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House 4294 - Joint petition of Eric Turkington and Robert A. O'Leary relative to conservation restrictions on certain parcels of land under the control of the town of Edgartown.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 278 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Eric Turkington

All Bill Actions

  • 05/31/07 H Referred to the committee on House Rules -HJ 440
  • 08/02/07 H Reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -HJ 591
  • 10/15/07 S Senate concurred -SJ 854
  • Public Hearing date Nov 8 am at 11:00 in Room B-1
  • 11/13/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 833
  • 11/14/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 11/14/07 H Rules suspended
  • 11/14/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 839
  • 05/02/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1404
  • 05/06/08 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1538
  • 06/04/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1864
  • 07/29/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 07/29/08 S Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJ 2159
  • 07/29/08 H Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 463) -HJ 1863
  • 07/29/08 S Enacted - 38 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 311)
  • 07/29/08 S Laid before the Governor -SJs 2206-2207
  • 08/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 278 of the Acts of 2008

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