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House 4056 - Joint petition of Eric Turkington and Robert A. O'Leary (by vote of the town) relative to the laying out of certain public roadways in the town of Nantucket.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/04/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 234 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Eric Turkington

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 H Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
  • 01/11/07 S Senate concurred
  • Public Hearing date Jun 27 pm at 1:00 in Room 222
  • 10/22/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 761
  • 10/24/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 770
  • 10/25/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 778
  • 03/13/08 H Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1158
  • 03/20/08 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1330
  • 04/03/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1417
  • 07/24/08 S Taken out of the Notice Section of the Calendar
  • 07/24/08 S Read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 2132
  • 07/28/08 H Enacted -HJ 1848
  • 07/28/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 2152
  • 08/04/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 234 of the Acts of 2008

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