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An Act establishing Massachusetts Farm-to-School Month and commending farm-to-school programs

Filed by Timothy R. Madden  ·  40 cosponsors  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 267 of the Acts of 2016.

H2782  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD63

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
2015-10-15JointHearing scheduled for 10/20/2015 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in 222
2015-11-16HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2016-01-25HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2016-01-25HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2016-01-27HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2016-05-12HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2016-05-16SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2016-09-01SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment
2016-09-01SenateRules suspended
2016-09-01SenateRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Senate Ways and Means), ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2016-09-06HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2016-09-06HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2016-09-12HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2016-09-12HouseEnacted
2016-09-12SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2016-09-12SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2016-09-21ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 267 of the Acts of 2016

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2016-09-01 10:35  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment

favorable · 16

no action · 2

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
2015-10-20State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)222, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
FavorableWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (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.