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An act relative to the removal of commemorative flag holders from the graves of veterans and certain police and fire personnel.

Filed by RoseLee Vincent  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 131 of the Acts of 2015.

H3173  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD279

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2015-01-20HouseReferred to the committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs
2015-01-20SenateSenate concurred
2015-06-17JointHearing scheduled for 07/14/2015 from 12:30 PM-01:30 PM in Battleship Cove
2015-10-28HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2015-11-02HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2015-11-04HouseRead second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third (title changed), amended
2015-11-04HouseRules suspended
2015-11-04HousePassed to be engrossed - 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 170)
2015-11-16SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2015-11-18SenateRead third (title changed)
2015-11-18SenatePassed to be engrossed - Roll Call #206 [YEAS 39 - NAYS 0]
2015-11-18HouseEnacted
2015-11-18SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2015-11-23ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 131 of the Acts of 2015

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2015-11-18 16:40SenateNo. 206Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #206 [YEAS 39 - NAYS 0]39–0

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2015-07-14Veterans and Federal Affairs (J)Battleship Cove, 5 Water Street, Fall RiverCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableVeterans and Federal Affairs (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.