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Senate 2736 - Petition of Marc R. Pacheco and David L. Flynn (by vote of the town) for legislation relative to the North Raynham Water District.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 265 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Marc R. Pacheco

All Bill Actions

  • 06/09/08 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -SJ 1876
  • 06/10/08 H House concurred -HJ 1564
  • 07/14/08 S Reporting date extended to Friday, July 25, 2008 -SJ 2060
  • 07/16/08 H House concurred -HJ 1725
  • Public Hearing date Jul 23 am at 11:00 in Room B-2
  • 07/24/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 2126
  • 07/29/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 07/29/08 S Read second
  • 07/29/08 S Amendment adopted
  • 07/29/08 S Ordered to a third reading
  • 07/29/08 S Read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 2209
  • 07/30/08 H Read, rules suspended
  • 07/30/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJs 1881-1882
  • 07/31/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/31/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1949
  • 07/31/08 H Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 597) -HJs 1954-1955
  • 07/31/08 S Enacted - 38 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 432)
  • 08/01/08 S Laid before the Governor -SJs 2465-2466
  • 08/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 265 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.