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Senate 1540 - Petition of Thomas M. McGee for legislation relative to the Essex Regional Retirement System.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 04/10/08 S New draft substituted, see S2635

Sponsor:

  • Thomas M. McGee

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 S Referred to the committee on Public Service
  • 01/11/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Jun 28 am at 10:30 in Room B-2
  • 11/29/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 922
  • 01/15/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 991
  • 01/16/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 997
  • 02/07/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1048
  • 02/11/08 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 1210
  • 03/26/08 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 03/26/08 S Rules suspended
  • 03/26/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1372
  • 04/10/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day -SJ 1443
  • 04/10/08 S Read third
  • 04/10/08 S New draft substituted, see S2635

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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.