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An Act designating Ms. G of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. as the official groundhog of the Commonwealth

Filed by Alice Hanlon Peisch  ·  3 cosponsors  ·  188th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 206 of the Acts of 2014.

H2864  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1991

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2013-01-22HouseReferred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2013-01-22SenateSenate concurred
2013-05-27JointHearing scheduled for 05/29/2013 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2013-11-04JointHearing scheduled for 11/06/2013 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-2
2014-01-06JointHearing scheduled for 01/08/2014 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in Wellesley Free Library
2014-01-23HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2014-01-28HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2014-01-30HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2014-03-31HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2014-04-03SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules
2014-07-17SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2014-07-17SenateRules suspended
2014-07-17SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2014-07-21HouseEnacted
2014-07-21SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2014-07-31ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 206 of the Acts of 2014

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2014-01-08State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington Street, WellesleyCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Place in ODEthics and Rules (S)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.