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House 5032 - Petition of Karyn E. Polito and Edward M. Augustus, Jr., relative to the preservation of certain land in the town of Shrewsbury under the care, custody and control of the Department of Mental Retardation.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 11/13/08 S Read second, amended, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed

Sponsor:

  • Karyn E. Polito

All Bill Actions

  • 07/29/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/29/08 H Read and referred to the committee on House Rules
  • 07/29/08 S Senate concurred -SJ 2203
  • 07/29/08 H Committee recommended ought to pass
  • 07/29/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/29/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1854
  • 09/25/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 2018
  • 09/29/08 S Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 2544
  • 11/13/08 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 11/13/08 S Rules suspended
  • 11/13/08 S Read second, amended, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed

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