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Senate 1529 - Petition of Michael R. Knapik and Rosemary Sandlin for legislation relative to permitting the reinstatement of Roger B.Cataldo to the police department of the town of Southwick.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 06/20/08 G Signed by the Lieutenant-Governor, Acting Governor, Chapter 148 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Michael R. Knapik

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 S Referred to the committee on Public Service
  • 01/11/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Nov 1 am at 10:30 in Room B-2
  • 11/19/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 964
  • 01/02/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1058
  • 05/06/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 05/06/08 S Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1559
  • 05/08/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1458
  • 05/21/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1491
  • 05/22/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1502
  • 06/04/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1545
  • 06/09/08 H Enacted -HJ 1561
  • 06/11/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1887
  • 06/20/08 G Signed by the Lieutenant-Governor, Acting Governor, Chapter 148 of the Acts of 2008

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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.