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Senate 2257 - Petition of Marian Walsh (by vote of the town) for legislation exempting Brian J. Donoghue of Norwood from the maximum age requirements for appointment as a firefighter in the town of Norwood.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 11/08/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 931

Sponsor:

  • Marian Walsh

All Bill Actions

  • 06/07/07 S Referred to the committee on Public Service -SJs 481-482
  • 06/11/07 H House concurred -HJ 456
  • 08/30/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 702
  • 09/13/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 09/13/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJ 718
  • 09/17/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 649
  • 09/24/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 674
  • 09/27/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 683
  • 11/07/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 819
  • 11/08/07 H Enacted -HJ 823
  • 11/08/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 931

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