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Senate 1342 - Petition of Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Karyn E. Polito, Harold P. Naughton, Jr for legislation to provide a special commission on police training.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 07/16/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 3 of the Resolves of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Edward M. Augustus, Jr.

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 S Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
  • 01/11/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Apr 25 pm at 1:00 in Room B-1
  • 11/14/07 S Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Joint Rules -SJ 947
  • 02/07/08 S Discharged to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 1199
  • 03/04/08 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 03/04/08 S Rules suspended
  • 03/04/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1279
  • 03/06/08 S Read third (title changed)
  • 03/06/08 S Amendment adopted
  • 03/06/08 S Amendment adopted
  • 03/06/08 S Passed to be engrossed -SJ 1289
  • 03/10/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1131
  • 04/09/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1236
  • 04/10/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1241
  • 07/01/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1669
  • 07/03/08 H Resolve passed -HJ 1681
  • 07/07/08 S Resolve passed and laid before the Governor -SJs 1994-1995
  • 07/16/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 3 of the Resolves of 2008

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