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House 4474 - Petition of Denis E. Guyer and Stephen Stat Smith relative to conveying land from the town of Plainfield to the Plainfield Congregational Church.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/14/08 H Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Sponsor:

  • Denis E. Guyer

All Bill Actions

  • 05/31/07 H Referred to the committee on House Rules -HJ 438
  • 01/10/08 H Reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -HJ 985
  • 01/14/08 S Senate concurred -SJ 1150
  • Public Hearing date Jan 22 am at 11:00 in Room B-1
  • 02/04/08 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  • 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
  • 06/30/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1662
  • 07/01/08 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1958
  • 07/15/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 2063
  • 07/17/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 07/17/08 S Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed -SJ 2097
  • 07/29/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/29/08 H House concurred in the Senate amendment -HJ 1877
  • 07/30/08 H Enacted
  • 07/30/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor
  • 08/14/08 G Governor returned to the House with veto
  • 08/14/08 H For message, see H5071
  • 08/14/08 H Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

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