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Senate 1152 - Petition of Stephen M. Brewer and Geraldo Alicea (by vote of town) for legislation relative to the Charlton water and sewer commission.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 11/19/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 176 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Stephen M. Brewer

All Bill Actions

  • 01/10/07 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
  • 01/10/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Apr 10 am at 11:00 in Room B-2
  • 04/26/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 183
  • 05/10/07 S Read second, amended and ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJs 218-219
  • 05/14/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 399
  • 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
  • 07/26/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 568
  • 07/30/07 H Enacted -HJ 581
  • 07/31/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 661
  • 08/09/07 G Governor returned to the Senate with an amendment
  • 08/09/07 S For message, see S2316
  • 08/09/07 S Referred to the committee on Senate Bills in the Third Reading. -SJ 675
  • 10/01/07 S Bills in the Third Reading report accepted
  • 10/01/07 S Governor's amendment adopted -SJ 827
  • 11/13/07 H Rules suspended
  • 11/13/07 H House concurred in the Senate amendment -HJ 829
  • 11/14/07 H Re-enacted -HJ 837
  • 11/14/07 S Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor -SJ 951
  • 11/19/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 176 of the Acts of 2007

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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.