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Senate 2217 - Bill relative to pension divestment.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 06/26/07 S See S2255

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All Bill Actions

  • 04/23/07 S Reported from the committee on Public Service
  • 04/23/07 S New draft of S1474
  • 04/23/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 180
  • 06/04/07 S Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a new draft, see S2255
  • 06/04/07 S Rules suspended
  • 06/04/07 S Read second
  • 06/04/07 S New draft substituted, see S2255 -SJ 475
  • 06/05/07 S Recommended new text for S2255
  • 06/05/07 S Rules suspended
  • 06/05/07 S Motion to lay on the table pending and postponed until the next session -SJ 479
  • 06/21/07 S Motion to lay on the table negatived
  • 06/21/07 S Laid over (under Senate Rule 31) until the next session -SJs 507-509
  • 06/26/07 S Bills in the Third Reading discharged
  • 06/26/07 S Substituted as a new text for S2255 -SJs 524-527
  • 06/26/07 S See S2255

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