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Senate 2159 - Petition of Michael R. Knapik and Donald F. Humason, Jr. (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation relative to the city of Westfield regarding the Westfield Municipal Light Board.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 10/18/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 139 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Michael R. Knapik

All Bill Actions

  • 03/19/07 S Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy -SJ 93
  • 03/20/07 H House concurred -HJ 140
  • Public Hearing date May 22 am at 10:30 in Room A-2
  • 08/02/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 664
  • 08/20/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 08/20/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 690
  • 08/23/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 615
  • 09/17/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 650
  • 09/18/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 655
  • 10/04/07 H Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -HJ 706
  • 10/09/07 H Enacted -HJ 710
  • 10/10/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 844
  • 10/18/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 139 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.