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Senate 2844 - Petition of Richard R. Tisei, Christopher G. Fallon and Paul J. Donato (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the establishment of the Geriatric Authority of Malden and providing for the financing thereof.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 11/24/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading

Sponsor:

  • Richard R. Tisei

All Bill Actions

  • 07/28/08 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government -SJ 2141
  • 07/29/08 H House concurred -HJ 1857
  • 08/21/08 S Reporting date extended to Monday, September 22, 2008 -SJ 2504
  • 09/11/08 H House concurred -HJ 1998
  • 09/18/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 2531
  • 10/23/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 10/23/08 S Read second, amended, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJs 2271-2272
  • 10/24/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 2066
  • 11/24/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 11/24/08 H Rules suspended
  • 11/24/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading

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