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establishing a certain sales tax holiday in 2013

Filed by John Hart, Jr.  ·  188th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2013.

S175  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD422

30 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2013-01-22SenateReferred to the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
2013-01-22HouseHouse concurred
2013-06-24JointHearing scheduled for 06/26/2013 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in 437
2013-07-29HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2013-07-31HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2013-07-31HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2013-07-31HouseRules suspended
2013-07-31HouseRead second (amendment adopted, as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2013-07-31HouseAmendment 2 rejected
2013-07-31HouseAmendment 3 rejected
2013-07-31HouseAmendment 4 rejected
2013-07-31HouseAmendment 5 rejected
2013-07-31HouseAmendment 6 rejected
2013-07-31HouseOrdered to a third reading
2013-07-31HouseRules suspended
2013-07-31HouseRead third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed
2013-07-31SenateRead
2013-07-31SenateRules suspended
2013-07-31SenateRead second
2013-07-31SenateAmendment (Pacheco) rejected
2013-07-31SenateAmendment (Tarr) rejected
2013-07-31SenateAmendment (Tarr) rejected
2013-07-31SenateAmendment (Tarr) rejected
2013-07-31SenateOrdered to a third reading
2013-07-31SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2013-07-31HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2013-07-31HouseEnacted
2013-07-31SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2013-07-31SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2013-08-02ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2013

1 committee vote

Economic Development and Emerging Technologies (J)  ·  2013-07-26 13:00  ·  Shall the committee make a favorable report?

favorable · 10

no action · 8

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
2013-06-26Economic Development and Emerging Technologies (J)Western New England University, Blake Law Center, Moot Court Room, 1st Floor, SpringfieldCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEconomic Development and Emerging Technologies (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

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.