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House 4460 - Petition of James E. Vallee and others (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Medway.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 04/15/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 84 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • James E. Vallee

All Bill Actions

  • 01/07/08 H Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -HJ 977
  • 01/09/08 S Senate concurred -SJ 1071
  • Public Hearing date Jan 22 am at 11:00 in Room B-1
  • 01/29/08 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1027
  • 02/04/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1037
  • 02/06/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1043
  • 02/21/08 H Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1077
  • 02/25/08 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1247
  • 03/03/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 03/03/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1274
  • 03/06/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 03/06/08 S Read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1300
  • 03/12/08 H Enacted -HJ 1146
  • 03/13/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1318
  • 03/21/08 G Governor returned to the House with an amendment
  • 03/27/08 H For message, see H4923
  • 03/27/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Bills in the Third Reading -HJ 1184
  • 04/03/08 H Amendment adopted (in the form approved by committee) -HJ 1221
  • 04/07/08 S Rules suspended
  • 04/07/08 S Lieutenant-Governor's amendment adopted (as corrected BTR) -SJ 1433
  • 04/08/08 H Re-enacted -HJ 1231
  • 04/10/08 S Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor -SJ 1447
  • 04/15/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 84 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.