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House 4001 - Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2008 for the maintenance ofthe departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 07/02/07 H Reported, in part, by the committee of conference, see H4141 -HJ 510

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All Bill Actions

  • 04/27/07 H House, No. 4000, printed as amended by the House on April 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27
  • 04/27/07 H Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 85)
  • 04/27/07 H Motion to reconsider negatived -HJ 353
  • 05/01/07 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 195
  • 05/16/07 S Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S3 and inserting new emergency preamble
  • 05/16/07 S Referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules
  • 05/16/07 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for Wednesday, May 23, 2007 -SJs 232-233
  • 05/23/07 S Read second
  • 05/23/07 S For Senate actions on amendments to Ways and Means new text, see S3
  • 05/24/07 S Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3, amended (as recommended by the committee) - 38 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 45)
  • 05/24/07 S For text of Senate amendments, see S2250
  • 05/24/07 S Ordered to a third reading
  • 05/24/07 S Read third
  • 05/24/07 S Passed to be engrossed -SJs 399-461
  • 05/30/07 H Rules suspended
  • 05/30/07 H House NON-concurred in the Senate amendments
  • 05/30/07 H Committee of conference appointed (DeLeo-St. Fleur-deMacedo) -HJ 434
  • 05/31/07 S Committee of conference appointed (Panagiotakos-Tolman-Knapik), in concurrence -SJs 467-468
  • 06/04/07 H Notice of Senate appointments received -HJs 443-444
  • 07/02/07 H Reported, in part, by the committee of conference, see H4141 -HJ 510

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