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Senate 2487 - Petition of Brian A. Joyce, Linda D. Forry and Walter F. Timilty (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Milton to borrow money to fund certain payments.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 05/05/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Brian A. Joyce

All Bill Actions

  • 02/06/08 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -SJ 1196
  • 02/07/08 H House concurred -HJ 1046
  • Public Hearing date Feb 20 am at 11:00 in Room A-1
  • 03/18/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1321
  • 03/27/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading
  • 03/27/08 S Rules suspended
  • 03/27/08 S Read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1390
  • 03/31/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 737
  • 04/30/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 04/30/08 H Rules suspended
  • 04/30/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1329
  • 05/01/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1355
  • 05/02/08 H Enacted -HJ 1404
  • 05/05/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1534
  • 05/05/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 100 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.