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Filling vacancies in ward seats of the city council and school committee by special election in the city of Springfield

Filed by Benjamin Swan  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  188th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H3696  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD3907

13 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2013-10-15HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2013-10-16SenateSenate concurred
2013-12-04JointHearing scheduled for 12/04/2013 from 02:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
2014-03-24HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2014-04-07HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2014-04-10HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2014-06-30HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2014-07-01SenateRead and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2014-07-10SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2014-09-02SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2014-09-02SenateRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2014-09-04HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2015-01-06HouseNo further action taken

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2013-12-04Election Laws (J)Wilmington Public High School, 161 Church Street, WilmingtonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

  • Mayor Domenic J. Sarno

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.