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House 4890 - Bill authorizing the sale of certain land by the city of Haverhill in the town of Boxford.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 08/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 275 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Brian S. Dempsey

All Bill Actions

  • 06/26/08 H Substituted for H4599
  • 06/26/08 H Passed to be engrossed -HJs 1646-1647
  • 06/30/08 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1947
  • 07/10/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 2006
  • 07/31/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 07/31/08 S Read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 2339
  • 07/31/08 H Enacted - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 578) -HJ 1943
  • 07/31/08 S Enacted - 38 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 419)
  • 07/31/08 S Laid before the Governor -SJs 2446-2447
  • 08/06/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 275 of the Acts of 2008

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