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House 3748 - A message from His Excellency the Governor (under the provisions of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation authorizing the town of Wellesley to convey a certain parcel of land.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 06/27/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2007

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All Bill Actions

  • 02/22/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -HJ 108
  • 02/26/07 S Senate concurred -SJ 68
  • Public Hearing date Apr 10 am at 11:00 in Room B-2
  • 04/19/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 209
  • 04/25/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 04/25/07 H Rules suspended
  • 04/25/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 269
  • 05/09/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 382
  • 05/10/07 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 216
  • 05/17/07 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 233
  • 05/24/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 05/24/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 429
  • 06/13/07 H Enacted - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 101) -HJ 467
  • 06/21/07 S Enacted - 34 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 50)
  • 06/21/07 S Laid before the Governor -SJ 511
  • 06/27/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2007

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