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Senate 2287 - Petition of Marc R. Pacheco and Susan W. Gifford (by vote of the town) for legislation to establish a community events fund for the town of Wareham.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 04/15/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 82 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Marc R. Pacheco

All Bill Actions

  • 07/09/07 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -SJ 563
  • 07/12/07 H House concurred -HJ 529
  • Public Hearing date Sep 19 am at 11:30 in Room 437
  • 09/24/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 806
  • 09/27/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 09/27/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 816
  • 10/01/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 689
  • 10/15/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 740
  • 10/17/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 748
  • 04/03/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1222
  • 04/07/08 H Enacted -HJ 1228
  • 04/08/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1438
  • 04/15/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 82 of the Acts of 2008

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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.