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House 3973 - Petition of Jay R. Kaufman and Patrick M. Natalie (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to certain preliminary elections in the city of Woburn.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 06/25/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2007

Sponsor:

  • Jay R. Kaufman

All Bill Actions

  • 04/04/07 H Referred to the committee on Election Laws -HJ 172
  • 04/09/07 S Senate concurred -SJ 158
  • Public Hearing date Apr 26 pm at 1:00 in Room A-2
  • 05/17/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 415
  • 05/31/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 05/31/07 H Rules suspended
  • 05/31/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 440
  • 06/04/07 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 445
  • 06/05/07 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 477
  • 06/14/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 06/14/07 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 492
  • 06/19/07 H Enacted -HJ 479
  • 06/19/07 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 500
  • 06/25/07 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2007

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