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Senate 2209 - Bill relative to making provisions for the management and operation of the Wallace Civic Center and Planetarium in the city of Fitchburg.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/08/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2007

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All Bill Actions

  • 04/12/07 S Reported from the committee on Higher Education
  • 04/12/07 S New draft of S708
  • 04/12/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets -SJ 161
  • 06/21/07 S Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 502
  • 07/02/07 S Committee recommended ought to pass
  • 07/02/07 S Rules suspended
  • 07/02/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 558
  • 07/05/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 513
  • 07/19/07 H Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of H4171
  • 07/19/07 H Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
  • 07/19/07 H Rules suspended
  • 07/19/07 H Read second, amendment adopted and ordered to a third reading
  • 07/19/07 H Rules suspended
  • 07/19/07 H Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed -HJs 549-550
  • 07/24/07 S Rules suspended
  • 07/24/07 S Senate concurred in the House amendments with a further amendment -SJs 631-632
  • 07/26/07 H Rules suspended
  • 07/26/07 H House concurred in the Senate amendment -HJs 563-564
  • 07/26/07 H Emergency preamble adopted
  • 07/26/07 S Emergency preamble adopted -SJs 637-638
  • 07/26/07 H Enacted - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 135) -HJ 576
  • 07/31/07 S Enacted - 35 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 82)
  • 07/31/07 S Laid before the Governor -SJs 657-658
  • 08/08/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2007

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