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An Act making corrective changes in certain laws regarding the taxation of forest, farm and recreational land

Filed by Carolyn C. Dykema  ·  188th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 247 of the Acts of 2014.

H2551  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1347

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2013-01-22HouseReferred to the committee on Revenue
2013-01-22SenateSenate concurred
2013-04-29JointHearing scheduled for 04/09/2013 from 09:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2013-05-09HouseAccompanied by H2565
2013-05-09HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2013-05-13HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2013-05-15HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2014-03-17HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2014-03-20SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2014-07-31SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass
2014-07-31SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2014-07-31HouseEnacted
2014-07-31SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2014-07-31SenateRules suspended
2014-08-06ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 247 of the Acts of 2014

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2013-04-09Revenue (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableRevenue (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
FavorableWays and Means (S)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.