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Senate 2323 - Petition of Steven C. Panagiotakos, Thomas A. Golden, Jr., David M. Nangle and Kevin J. Murphy (by vote of the town) for legislation relative to elections in the city of Lowell in the current year.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 09/06/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 107 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Steven C. Panagiotakos

All Bill Actions

  • 08/20/07 S Referred to the committee on Election Laws
  • 08/23/07 H House concurred
  • 08/23/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee
  • 08/23/07 S Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
  • 08/23/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 615
  • 08/27/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 08/27/07 H Rules suspended
  • 08/27/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 621
  • 08/30/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed
  • 08/30/07 H Enacted -HJ 627
  • 08/30/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor
  • 09/06/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 107 of the Acts of 2007

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