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House 4097 - Petition of Stephen Stat Smith (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that candidates for public office in the city of Everett be authorized to appear on only one ballot at elections in said city.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 06/25/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 155 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Stephen Stat Smith

All Bill Actions

  • 06/19/07 H Referred to the committee on Election Laws -HJ 476
  • 06/21/07 S Senate concurred -SJ 504
  • Public Hearing date Oct 22 pm at 1:00 in Room A-2
  • 10/24/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 769
  • 10/31/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 793
  • 11/07/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 818
  • 05/22/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1501
  • 05/29/08 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1848
  • 06/12/08 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1898
  • 06/16/08 H Enacted -HJ 1607
  • 06/16/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1908
  • 06/25/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 155 of the Acts of 2008

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