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Senate 1525 - Petition of Brian A. Joyce for legislation to regulate certain insurance benefits for elected officials of the town of Easton..

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 04/17/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 87 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Brian A. Joyce

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 S Referred to the committee on Public Service
  • 01/11/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Jul 12 am at 10:30 in Room B-2
  • 08/02/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 664
  • 09/27/07 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 817
  • 10/04/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 10/04/07 S Read third
  • 10/04/07 S Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 837
  • 02/11/08 S Committee recommended ought to pass
  • 02/11/08 S Referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules
  • 02/11/08 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1210
  • 02/12/08 S Passed to be engrossed -SJ 1214
  • 02/13/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing -HJ 1056
  • 02/26/08 H Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1085
  • 03/12/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1146
  • 03/13/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1158
  • 04/07/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1228
  • 04/08/08 H Enacted -HJ 1231
  • 04/10/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1445
  • 04/17/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 87 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.