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House 4071 - Petition of Benjamin Swan (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the composition and election of the city council and school committee of the city ofSpringfield.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 10/01/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 125 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Benjamin Swan

All Bill Actions

  • 06/07/07 H Referred to the committee on Election Laws -HJ 448
  • 06/14/07 S Senate concurred -SJ 489
  • Public Hearing date Jul 18 pm at 1:00 in Room A-2
  • 07/19/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 551
  • 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 651
  • 09/18/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 655
  • 09/27/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 683
  • 10/01/07 S Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 824
  • 10/01/07 H Enacted -HJ 692
  • 10/01/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 829
  • 10/01/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 125 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.