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Senate 2018 - Petition of Steven A. Baddour for legislation relative to child passenger safety.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 04/11/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Steven A. Baddour

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 S Referred to the committee on Transportation
  • 01/11/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Jun 21 am at 11:00 in Room A-2
  • 07/26/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 634
  • 07/30/07 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 07/30/07 S Rules suspended
  • 07/30/07 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 642
  • 07/31/07 S Read third
  • 07/31/07 S Passed to be engrossed - 35 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 81) -SJ 657
  • 08/02/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 590
  • 09/17/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 650
  • 04/02/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading
  • 04/02/08 H Rules suspended
  • 04/02/08 H Read third
  • 04/02/08 H Bills in the Third Reading report accepted
  • 04/02/08 H Passed to be engrossed -HJ 1214
  • 04/03/08 H Enacted -HJ 1221
  • 04/03/08 S Enacted - 39 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 199)
  • 04/03/08 S Laid before the Governor -SJ 1424
  • 04/11/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2008

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