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Senate 2676 - Petition of Stanley C. Rosenberg Peter V. Kocot for legislation to affect certain land in Northampton subject to an agricultural preservation restriction.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 07/09/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1695

Sponsor:

  • Stanley C. Rosenberg

All Bill Actions

  • 04/10/08 S Referred to the committee on Joint Rules -SJ 1440
  • 04/14/08 S Rules suspended
  • 04/14/08 S Referred to the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture -SJ 1451
  • 05/02/08 H House concurred -HJ 1402
  • 05/19/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets -SJ 1591
  • Public Hearing date Jun 4 am at 11:00 in Room B-2
  • 06/16/08 S Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a new draft, see S2752
  • 06/16/08 S Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 1904
  • 06/23/08 S Committee pending new draft ought NOT to be adopted and bill ought to pass
  • 06/23/08 S Rules suspended
  • 06/23/08 S Pending new draft (S2752) rejected
  • 06/23/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1919
  • 06/26/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 06/26/08 S Read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1940
  • 06/26/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 1639
  • 07/08/08 H Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  • 07/08/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1689
  • 07/09/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1695

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