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House 2383 - Petition of David B. Sullivan and others for legislation to regulate liquefied natural gas tanker import terminals.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/07/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 295 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • David B. Sullivan

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 H Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
  • 01/11/07 S Senate concurred
  • Public Hearing date Jan 30 pm at 1:00 in Room A-1
  • 05/01/08 H Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1354
  • 06/03/08 H Discharged to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy -HJ 1540
  • 06/04/08 S Senate concurred -SJ 1863
  • 07/23/08 H Committee recommended ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10)
  • 07/23/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/23/08 H Postponed to 1:00pm
  • 07/23/08 H Rejection negatived
  • 07/23/08 H Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
  • 07/23/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/23/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJs 1774-1775
  • 07/24/08 H Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1822
  • 07/28/08 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 2142
  • 07/29/08 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 07/29/08 S Rules suspended
  • 07/29/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading
  • 07/29/08 S Read third
  • 07/29/08 S Bills in the Third Reading discharged
  • 07/29/08 S Passed to be engrossed -SJ 2160
  • 07/29/08 H Enacted -HJ 1862
  • 07/29/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 2166
  • 08/07/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 295 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.