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Senate 2485 - Petition of Brian A. Joyce, Linda D. Forry and Walter F. Timility (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Milton to issue one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises of a certain restaurant.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 07/28/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 207 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Brian A. Joyce

All Bill Actions

  • 02/06/08 S Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure -SJ 1196
  • 02/07/08 H House concurred -HJ 1046
  • Public Hearing date Mar 18 am at 10:30 in Room A-1
  • 04/24/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1504
  • 04/29/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 04/29/08 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1523
  • 04/30/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1328
  • 05/21/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1491
  • 05/22/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1502
  • 07/17/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1745
  • 07/21/08 H Enacted -HJ 1755
  • 07/21/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 2106
  • 07/28/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 207 of the Acts of 2008

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