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An Act providing for the annual observance of the month of May as the official month of kindness

Filed by Kenneth I. Gordon  ·  29 cosponsors  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2016.

H2747  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1519

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2015-01-20HouseReferred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2015-01-20SenateSenate concurred
2015-11-16HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2015-11-17HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2015-11-17HouseRules suspended
2016-01-27HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2016-01-27HouseRules suspended
2016-01-28SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2016-04-11SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2016-04-11SenateRules suspended
2016-04-11SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2016-04-13HouseAmendment adopted
2016-04-13HouseRules suspended
2016-04-13SenateSenate concurred in the House amendment
2016-04-13HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2016-04-13HouseEnacted
2016-04-13SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2016-04-14SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2016-04-22ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2016

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 ODRules (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.