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House 3954 - Petition of Alice Hanlon Peisch and others (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Wellesley to exchange certain property with James and Pamela Broderick.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 07/25/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Alice Hanlon Peisch

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 H Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
  • 01/11/07 S Senate concurred
  • Public Hearing date Apr 2 pm at 1:00 in Room B-1
  • 04/19/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 209
  • 04/26/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 04/26/07 H Rules suspended
  • 04/26/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 312
  • 05/09/07 H Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -HJ 382
  • 05/10/07 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 216
  • 05/24/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 05/24/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 430
  • 06/13/07 H Enacted - 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 102) -HJ 467
  • 06/21/07 S Enacted - 34 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 51)
  • 06/21/07 S Laid before the Governor -SJs 511-512
  • 06/28/07 G Governor returned to the House with an amendment
  • 06/28/07 H For message, see H4126
  • 06/28/07 H Referred to the committee on House Bills in the Third Reading -HJ 504
  • 07/12/07 H Amendment adopted (in the form approved by committee) -HJ 534
  • 07/16/07 S Rules suspended
  • 07/16/07 S Governor's amendment adopted -SJ 584
  • 07/19/07 H Re-enacted - 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 123) -HJ 553
  • 07/19/07 S Re-Enacted - 34 YEAS to 0 NAYS (see Senate Roll Call, No. 68)
  • 07/19/07 S Again laid before the Governor -SJ 605
  • 07/25/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2007

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