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House 2014 - Petition of Robert A. Havern and Charles A. Murphy (by vote of the town) relative to the procedures of town meeting in Burlington.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/29/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 103 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Charles A. Murphy

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 H Referred to the committee on House Rules
  • 01/25/07 H Committee recommended ought to pass
  • 01/25/07 H Rules suspended
  • 01/25/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 68
  • 01/29/07 H Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -HJ 73
  • 01/29/07 S Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 37
  • 02/01/07 H Enacted -HJ 82
  • 02/01/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 41
  • 02/12/07 G Governor returned to the House with an amendment
  • 02/12/07 H For message, see H2035
  • 02/12/07 H Referred to the committee on House Bills in the Third Reading -HJs 91-92
  • 08/16/07 H Governor's amendment adopted (in the form approved by committee) -HJs 608-609
  • 08/20/07 S Rules suspended
  • 08/20/07 S Governor's amendment adopted -SJ 689
  • 08/23/07 H Re-enacted -HJ 617
  • 08/23/07 S Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor -SJ 696
  • 08/29/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 103 of the Acts of 2007

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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.