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Senate 2679 - Petition of Dianne Wilkerson, Steven C. Panagiotakos, Stanley C. Rosenberg,Susan C. Fargo and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Nonprofit Awareness Day.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 10/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 349 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Dianne Wilkerson

All Bill Actions

  • 03/27/08 S Referred to the committee on Joint Rules -SJ 1389
  • 04/24/08 S Rules suspended
  • 04/24/08 S Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight -SJs 1506-1507
  • 05/02/08 H House concurred -HJ 1402
  • Public Hearing date Jun 11 am at 10:00 in Room B-2
  • 06/12/08 S Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10)
  • 06/12/08 S Rules suspended
  • 06/12/08 S Recommitted to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight -SJ 1901
  • 06/30/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 1945
  • 07/10/08 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 07/10/08 S Rules suspended
  • 07/10/08 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJ 2051
  • 07/14/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1708
  • 07/21/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1754
  • 07/22/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1764
  • 09/15/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 2007
  • 09/25/08 H Enacted -HJ 2018
  • 09/29/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 2545
  • 10/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 349 of the Acts of 2008

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