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An Act establishing a sales tax holiday in 2015

Reported by Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2015.

H3659  ·  Bill

23 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2015-07-16HouseReported from the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
2015-07-16HouseNew draft of S236
2015-07-29HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2015-07-29HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2015-07-29HouseRules suspended
2015-07-29HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means), ordered to the third reading, rules suspended, read third
2015-07-29HouseAmendment pending
2015-07-29HousePoint of Order well-taken
2015-07-29HouseAmendment laid aside
2015-07-29HousePassed to be engrossed - 136 YEAS to 20 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 102)
2015-07-29SenateRead
2015-07-29SenateRules suspended
2015-07-29SenateRead second
2015-07-29SenateAmendment #1 rejected
2015-07-29SenateAmendment #2 rejected -see Roll Call #89 [YEAS 6 - NAYS 32]
2015-07-29SenateOrdered to a third reading
2015-07-29SenateRead third
2015-07-29SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call # 90 [YEAS 27 - NAYS 11]
2015-07-30HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2015-07-30SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2015-07-30HouseEnacted
2015-07-30SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2015-08-06ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2015

2 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2015-07-29 18:39SenateNo. 89Question on adoption of the amendment #2 (offered by Tarr)6–32
2015-07-29 19:33SenateNo. 90Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call # 90 [YEAS 27 - NAYS 11]27–11

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftEconomic Development and Emerging Technologies (J)
FavorableWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (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.