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House 712 - Petition of Alice K. Wolf and others for legislation to prohibit compensating persons for signatures obtained on initiative or referendum petitions.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 03/10/08 H Discharged from committee and recommitted to the committee on Election Laws -HJ 1132

Sponsor:

  • Alice K. Wolf

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 H Referred to the committee on Election Laws
  • 01/11/07 S Senate concurred
  • Public Hearing date Sep 19 pm at 1:00 in Room A-2
  • 02/07/08 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1047
  • 03/10/08 H Discharged from committee and recommitted to the committee on Election Laws -HJ 1132

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