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Senate 2066 - Petition of Michael R. Knapik and Peter V. Kocot for legislation to designate a certain bridge in the town of Southampton as the Southampton Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 11/08/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 154 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Michael R. Knapik

All Bill Actions

  • 01/10/07 S Referred to the committee on Transportation
  • 01/10/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date May 10 am at 11:00 in Room B-2
  • 07/30/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 640
  • 10/01/07 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 823
  • 10/15/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 10/15/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 852
  • 10/17/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 745
  • 10/18/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 10/18/07 H Rules suspended
  • 10/18/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 758
  • 11/05/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 807
  • 11/07/07 H Enacted -HJ 817
  • 11/08/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 929
  • 11/08/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 154 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.