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Senate 2589 - Petition of Robert A. Antonioni and Stephen L. DiNatale (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Fitchburg to use certain park land for the Wallace Civic Center and Planetarium and to lease the same to the Commonwealth.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 288 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Robert A. Antonioni

All Bill Actions

  • 03/31/08 S Referred to the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets -SJ 1406
  • 04/01/08 H House concurred -HJ 1201
  • Public Hearing date Apr 29 am at 11:00 in Room B-2
  • 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
  • 05/29/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 1846
  • 06/26/08 S Committee recommended ought to pass
  • 06/26/08 S Rules suspended
  • 06/26/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1941
  • 07/01/08 S Read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1959
  • 07/02/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 1676
  • 07/14/08 H Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  • 07/14/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1710
  • 07/15/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1718
  • 07/29/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/29/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1860
  • 07/30/08 H Enacted - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 509) -HJs 1902-1903
  • 07/31/08 S Enacted - 24 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 356)
  • 07/31/08 S Laid before the Governor -SJs 2309-2310
  • 08/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 288 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.