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An Act to create the position of poet laureate for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Filed by Sarah K. Peake  ·  16 cosponsors  ·  188th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H2999  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1394

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2013-01-22HouseReferred to the committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development
2013-01-22SenateSenate concurred
2013-04-11JointHearing scheduled for 04/02/2013 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-2
2013-12-12HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2014-03-20HouseDischarged to the committee on House Rules
2014-03-20HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2014-11-24HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2014-11-24HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2014-11-24HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2014-11-24HouseRules suspended
2015-01-06HouseNo further action taken

1 committee vote

Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development (J)  ·  2013-12-09 16:00  ·  Should the committee report H.2999 out favorably.

favorable · 12

reserve right · 1

no action · 4

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2013-04-02Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableTourism, Arts and Cultural Development (J)
Discharge to Another CommitteeRules (J)
FavorableRules (H)
FavorableWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

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.