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Senate 2247 - Petition of Stanley C. Rosenberg and Ellen Story (by vote of the town) for legislation relative to certain conservation land in the town of Amherst.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 11/27/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 191 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Stanley C. Rosenberg

All Bill Actions

  • 05/29/07 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -SJ 463
  • 05/30/07 H House concurred -HJ 435
  • Public Hearing date Jun 27 pm at 1:00 in Room 222
  • 08/23/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 617
  • 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
  • 11/15/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 843
  • 11/19/07 S Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 966
  • 11/20/07 H Enacted - 155 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 226) -HJs 899-900
  • 11/20/07 S Enacted - 37 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 146)
  • 11/20/07 S Laid before the Governor -SJs 984-985
  • 11/27/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 191 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.