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House 4084 - Bill amending the law providing incentives to the motion picture industry.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 07/20/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 63 of the Acts of 2007

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All Bill Actions

  • 06/11/07 H Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
  • 06/11/07 H Recommended new draft for H4043
  • 06/13/07 H Substituted for H4043
  • 06/13/07 H Ordered to a third reading
  • 06/13/07 H Amendment rejected
  • 06/13/07 H Amendment rejected
  • 06/13/07 H Amendment rejected
  • 06/13/07 H Amendment rejected
  • 06/13/07 H Amendment adopted
  • 06/13/07 H Passed to be engrossed - 153 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 98) -HJs 464-466
  • 06/14/07 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 490
  • 06/21/07 S Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2274
  • 06/21/07 S Rules suspended
  • 06/21/07 S Read second
  • 06/21/07 S Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2274
  • 06/21/07 S Ordered to a third reading
  • 06/21/07 S Amendment (Tisei new text, see S2275) rejected - 5 YEAS to 29 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 52)
  • 06/21/07 S Motion to reconsider negatived
  • 06/21/07 S Amendment (Antonioni-Wilkerson) rejected
  • 06/21/07 S Passed to be engrossed - 31 YEAS to 3 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 53) -SJs 512-514
  • 07/09/07 H Rules suspended
  • 07/09/07 H House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of H4130 -HJ 516
  • 07/11/07 S Rules suspended
  • 07/11/07 S Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof a new text, see Senate document numbered 2288 -SJ 568
  • 07/12/07 H Rules suspended
  • 07/12/07 H House concurred in the Senate amendment -HJs 533-534
  • 07/12/07 H Emergency preamble adopted
  • 07/12/07 S Emergency preamble adopted -SJ 575
  • 07/12/07 H Enacted - 148 YEAS to 4 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 119) -HJs 524-525
  • 07/12/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 576
  • 07/20/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 63 of the Acts of 2007

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