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Senate 2177 - Bill to continue the safe placement of newborn infants.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/06/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2007

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All Bill Actions

  • 04/04/07 S Reported from the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
  • 04/04/07 S New draft of S111 and H92
  • 04/04/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 141
  • 04/30/07 S Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment
  • 04/30/07 S Rules suspended
  • 04/30/07 S Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means) and ordered to a third reading -SJs 191-192
  • 05/01/07 S Read third
  • 05/01/07 S Postponed to July 2, 2007 -SJ 196
  • 07/02/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 07/02/07 S Passed to be engrossed - 35 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 61) -SJ 547
  • 07/05/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 513
  • 07/26/07 H Committee recommended ought to pass with certain amendments
  • 07/26/07 H Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendments pending
  • 07/26/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendments pending
  • 07/26/07 H Rules suspended
  • 07/26/07 H Read second
  • 07/26/07 H Amendments (as recommended by Ways and Means) adopted
  • 07/26/07 H Ordered to a third reading - 151 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 130)
  • 07/26/07 H Rules suspended
  • 07/26/07 H Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -HJ 572
  • 07/30/07 S Rules suspended
  • 07/30/07 S Senate concurred in the House amendment -SJ 642
  • 07/31/07 H Enacted -HJ 586
  • 07/31/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 661
  • 08/06/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2007

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