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House 4710 - Petition of Angelo M. Scaccia (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to certain affordable housing in the city of Boston.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 10/08/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 355 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Angelo M. Scaccia

All Bill Actions

  • 04/28/08 H Referred to the committee on Housing -HJ 1294
  • 04/29/08 S Senate concurred -SJ 1520
  • Public Hearing date May 22 am at 10:30 in Room B-1
  • 06/09/08 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1560
  • 06/25/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1633
  • 06/26/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1643
  • 08/28/08 H Rules suspended
  • 08/28/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1984
  • 09/18/08 S Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 2533
  • 09/25/08 H Enacted -HJ 2018
  • 09/29/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 2546
  • 10/08/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 355 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.