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House 975 - Petition of Frank M. Hynes and others relative to exempting seniors from certain bank fees.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 05/15/08 S House amendment adopted

Sponsor:

  • Frank M. Hynes

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 H Referred to the committee on Financial Services
  • 01/11/07 S Senate concurred
  • 07/12/07 H Accompanied by S574
  • 07/12/07 H Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing -HJ 531
  • 10/10/07 H Committee recommended ought to pass
  • 10/10/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 714
  • 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 749
  • 02/06/08 H Read third (title changed)
  • 02/06/08 H Passed to be engrossed - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 251) -HJ 1044
  • 02/07/08 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 1200
  • 02/11/08 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 02/11/08 S Rules suspended
  • 02/11/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1212
  • 02/12/08 S Read third (title changed)
  • 02/12/08 S Passed to be engrossed - 37 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 175) -SJ 1215
  • 02/13/08 H Enacted -HJ 1060
  • 02/13/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1226
  • 02/21/08 G Governor returned to the House with an amendment
  • 02/25/08 H For message, see H4550
  • 02/25/08 H Referred to the committee on House Bills in the Third Reading -HJ 1079
  • 03/11/08 H Bills in the Third Reading report accepted
  • 03/11/08 H House refused to amend the bill -HJ 1141
  • 04/15/08 H Motion to reconsider prevailed
  • 04/15/08 H Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of H4683 -HJs 1266-1267
  • 05/15/08 S Rules suspended
  • 05/15/08 S Governor's amendment rejected
  • 05/15/08 S House amendment adopted

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