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Senate 2179 - Bill relative to the sale of land by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 05/30/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2007

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All Bill Actions

  • 04/04/07 S Reported from the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
  • 04/04/07 S New draft of S19
  • 04/04/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 141
  • 04/09/07 S Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment
  • 04/09/07 S Rules suspended
  • 04/09/07 S Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means), ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJs 158-159
  • 04/09/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 182
  • 05/07/07 H Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 374
  • 05/08/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 378
  • 05/09/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading
  • 05/09/07 H Rules suspended
  • 05/09/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed
  • 05/09/07 H Emergency preamble adopted -HJ 383
  • 05/10/07 S Emergency preamble adopted -SJ 220
  • 05/16/07 H Enacted - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 94) -HJs 409-410
  • 05/23/07 S Enacted - 38 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 24)
  • 05/23/07 S Laid before the Governor -SJs 282-283
  • 05/30/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2007

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