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House 3753 - Petition of John H. Rogers (by vote of the town) relative to authorizing the town of Norwood to convey certain park land to the Karsten Company for residential housing purposes.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 07/25/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • John H. Rogers

All Bill Actions

  • 02/27/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -HJ 115
  • 03/01/07 S Senate concurred -SJ 76
  • Public Hearing date Apr 2 pm at 1:00 in Room B-1
  • 04/19/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 209
  • 04/24/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 04/24/07 H Rules suspended
  • 04/24/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 231
  • 05/24/07 H Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed -HJ 428
  • 05/29/07 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 463
  • 06/21/07 S Read second and ordered to a third reading
  • 06/21/07 S Rules suspended
  • 06/21/07 S Read third
  • 06/21/07 S Amendment adopted
  • 06/21/07 S Passed to be engrossed -SJ 506
  • 06/21/07 H Rules suspended
  • 06/21/07 H House concurred -HJ 485
  • 06/27/07 H Enacted - 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 107) -HJ 500
  • 07/09/07 S Rules suspended
  • 07/09/07 S Amendment adopted -SJ 564
  • 07/12/07 H Rules suspended
  • 07/12/07 H House concurred -HJ 524
  • 07/12/07 H Again enacted - 155 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 118) -HJ 533
  • 07/17/07 S Enacted - 34 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 66)
  • 07/17/07 S Laid before the Governor -SJ 591
  • 07/25/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2007

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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.