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Senate 1650 - Petition of Richard R. Tisei, Mark V. Falzone and Michael E. Festa for legislation to authorize the town of Wakefield to issue pension obligation bonds or notes.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 04/17/08 S Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor -SJ 1482

Sponsor:

  • Richard R. Tisei

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 S Referred to the committee on Public Service
  • 01/11/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Jul 26 am at 10:30 in Room B-2
  • 10/09/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 840
  • 10/11/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 10/11/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 847
  • 10/15/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 739
  • 11/14/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 837
  • 11/15/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 844
  • 02/28/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1108
  • 03/03/08 H Enacted -HJ 1115
  • 03/03/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1276
  • 03/13/08 G Governor returned to the Senate with an amendment
  • 03/18/08 S For message, see S2552
  • 03/18/08 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Bills in the Third Reading. -SJ 1322
  • 03/24/08 S Bills in the Third Reading report accepted
  • 03/24/08 S Governor's amendment adopted -SJs 1366-1367
  • 04/15/08 H Rules suspended
  • 04/15/08 H House concurred -HJ 1263
  • 04/17/08 H Re-enacted -HJ 1278
  • 04/17/08 S Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor -SJ 1482

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