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House 3503 - Petition of Denis E. Guyer and Stephen Stat Smith for legislation to designate a certain bridge in the town of Dalton as the Benjamin-Muraca Memorial Bridge.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 02/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Denis E. Guyer

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 H Referred to the committee on Transportation
  • 01/11/07 S Senate concurred
  • Public Hearing date May 10 am at 11:00 in Room B-2
  • 07/31/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 585
  • 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
  • 09/18/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 655
  • 09/27/07 H Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -HJ 683
  • 10/01/07 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 823
  • 10/15/07 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 10/15/07 S Rules suspended
  • 10/15/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 853
  • 10/17/07 H Enacted -HJ 747
  • 10/18/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 871
  • 10/26/07 G Governor returned to the House with an amendment
  • 10/29/07 H For message, see H4330
  • 10/29/07 H Referred to the committee on House Bills in the Third Reading -HJ 783
  • 01/28/08 H Bills in the Third Reading report accepted
  • 01/28/08 H Amendment adopted (in the form approved by committee) -HJ 1023
  • 01/31/08 S Rules suspended
  • 01/31/08 S Governor's amendment adopted -SJ 1190
  • 02/04/08 H Re-enacted -HJ 1037
  • 02/04/08 S Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor -SJ 1194
  • 02/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2008

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