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Senate 2474 - Petition of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. and Allen J. McCarthy for legislation relative to the use of a building in the town of Whitman.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/05/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 255 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Robert S. Creedon, Jr.

All Bill Actions

  • 09/13/07 S Referred to the committee on Joint Rules -SJ 716
  • 10/04/07 S Rules suspended
  • 10/04/07 S Referred to the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets -SJ 837
  • 01/28/08 H House concurred -HJ 1022
  • Public Hearing date Mar 19 pm at 1:00 in Room 222
  • 04/28/08 S Reporting date extended to Wednesday, May 21, 2008 -SJs 1513-1514
  • 05/02/08 H Rules suspended
  • 05/02/08 H House concurred -HJs 1401-1402
  • 05/12/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 1568
  • 06/09/08 S Committee recommended ought to pass
  • 06/09/08 S Rules suspended
  • 06/09/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1881
  • 06/12/08 S Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1899
  • 06/16/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 1604
  • 07/24/08 H Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  • 07/24/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 07/24/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/24/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1820
  • 07/29/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1859
  • 07/30/08 H Enacted -HJ 1912
  • 07/30/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 2269
  • 08/05/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 255 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.