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Senate 2446 - Petition of Bruce E. Tarr and Bradford Hill (by vote of the town) for legislation relative to the operation of the sewer system of the town of Ipswich.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 03/27/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Bruce E. Tarr

All Bill Actions

  • 12/13/07 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -SJ 1029
  • 12/17/07 H House concurred -HJ 947
  • Public Hearing date Jan 22 am at 11:00 in Room B-1
  • 01/31/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1189
  • 02/11/08 S Taken out of the Notice Section of the Calendar
  • 02/11/08 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1211
  • 02/13/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1056
  • 03/06/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 03/06/08 H Rules suspended
  • 03/06/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1127
  • 03/13/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1158
  • 03/18/08 H Enacted -HJ 1165
  • 03/20/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1364
  • 03/27/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2008

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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.