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House 4121 - Petition of Lida E. Harkins and Scott P. Brown (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Needham to construct and maintain a common sewer line through the Farley Pond Conservation Area.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 11/27/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Lida E. Harkins

All Bill Actions

  • 06/27/07 H Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -HJ 498
  • 07/02/07 S Senate concurred -SJ 545
  • Public Hearing date Sep 19 am at 11:30 in Room 437
  • 09/20/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 668
  • 10/01/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 690
  • 10/02/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 698
  • 11/07/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 818
  • 11/08/07 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 925
  • 11/13/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 11/13/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 944
  • 11/20/07 H Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 221) -HJ 896
  • 11/20/07 S Enacted - 37 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 139)
  • 11/20/07 S Laid before the Governor -SJs 973-974
  • 11/27/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2007

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