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Senate 2690 - Petition of Therese Murray and Thomas J. Calter, III (by vote of the town) for legislation relative to the town of Kingston.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 10/02/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor

Sponsor:

  • Therese Murray

All Bill Actions

  • 05/12/08 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -SJ 1567
  • 05/14/08 H House concurred -HJ 1470
  • Public Hearing date Jun 5 am at 11:00 in Room A-1
  • 06/11/08 S Reporting date extended to Thursday, July 17, 2008 -SJs 1888-1889
  • 07/17/08 H House concurred -HJ 1744
  • 07/17/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 2080
  • 07/23/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 07/23/08 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJ 2122
  • 07/23/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1770
  • 07/28/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1846
  • 07/30/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/30/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1892
  • 09/25/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 2018
  • 09/29/08 H Enacted
  • 10/02/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor

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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.