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Senate 1189 - Petition of Marc R. Pacheco, Stephen R. Canessa and William M. Strauss (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Middleborough to use a portion of town-owned land for purposes other than water supply protection and storage.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/07/08 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Bills in the Third Reading. -SJ 2486

Sponsor:

  • Marc R. Pacheco

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
  • 01/11/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Apr 2 pm at 1:00 in Room B-1
  • 04/05/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 150
  • 05/01/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 05/01/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 198
  • 05/03/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 368
  • 06/11/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 457
  • 06/13/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 463
  • 07/29/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/29/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1859
  • 07/30/08 H Enacted - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 524) -HJ 1910
  • 07/31/08 S Enacted - 27 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 357)
  • 07/31/08 S Laid before the Governor -SJs 2310-2311
  • 08/07/08 G Governor returned to the Senate with an amendment
  • 08/07/08 S For message, see S2868
  • 08/07/08 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Bills in the Third Reading. -SJ 2486

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Bills are the most common form of proposals for laws. In order to become a law, a bill must be approved by a majority vote in both the House and the Senate, and then must be approved by the Governor.