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An Act providing further penalties for intentional loss or damage to a gravestone or other grave marker.

Filed by Todd M. Smola  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 130 of the Acts of 2015.

H1600  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD256

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2015-01-20HouseReferred to the committee on The Judiciary
2015-01-20SenateSenate concurred
2015-07-01JointHearing scheduled for 07/14/2015 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2015-07-14JointHearing rescheduled to 07/14/2015 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2015-10-05HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2015-10-15HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2015-10-15HouseRules suspended
2015-11-04HouseRead third, amended
2015-11-04HousePassed to be engrossed - 149 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 173)
2015-11-16SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2015-11-18SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2015-11-18HouseEnacted
2015-11-18SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2015-11-23ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 130 of the Acts of 2015

1 of these was struck from the record by the clerk and shown ruled through, because a struck line is part of what the record says happened.

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2015-07-14Judiciary (J)Gardner Auditorium, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableJudiciary (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (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.