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House 3401 - Petition of Bradford Hill relative to the funding of joint public libraries.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 10/25/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 143 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Bradford Hill

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 H Referred to the committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development
  • 01/11/07 S Senate concurred
  • 04/04/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 174
  • 04/05/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 04/05/07 H Rules suspended
  • 04/05/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 179
  • 06/14/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 469
  • 06/19/07 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 500
  • 10/16/07 S Committee recommended ought to pass
  • 10/16/07 S Rules suspended
  • 10/16/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 862
  • 10/17/07 H Enacted -HJ 747
  • 10/18/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 871
  • 10/25/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 143 of the Acts of 2007

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