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Senate 2734 - Petition of Robert L. Hedlund(by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Weymouth to transfer certain water supplyland.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 07/31/08 H Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 602) -HJs 1956-1957

Sponsor:

  • Robert L. Hedlund

All Bill Actions

  • 06/04/08 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -SJ 1861
  • 06/05/08 H House concurred -HJ 1555
  • 06/30/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1946
  • 07/10/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 2006
  • 07/30/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 07/30/08 S Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJ 2221
  • 07/30/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1882
  • 07/31/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 07/31/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/31/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading
  • 07/31/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/31/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1924
  • 07/31/08 H Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 602) -HJs 1956-1957

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