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An Act authorizing the Department of Fish and Game to acquire land of the town of Townsend

Filed by Sheila C. Harrington  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 190 of the Acts of 2016.

H3748  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4122

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2015-09-03HouseReferred to the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
2015-09-08SenateSenate concurred
2015-10-14JointHearing scheduled for 10/20/2015 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2015-11-19HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2016-06-13HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2016-06-20HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2016-06-20HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) and ordered to a third reading
2016-06-20HouseRules suspended
2016-07-07HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2016-07-11SenateRead and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2016-07-28SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass
2016-07-28SenateRules suspended
2016-07-28SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2016-07-28HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2016-07-28SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2016-07-30HouseEnacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 415)
2016-07-30SenateEnacted - Roll Call #526 [YEAS 39 - NAYS 0]
2016-07-30SenateLaid before the Governor
2016-08-09ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 190 of the Acts of 2016

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2016-07-30 18:32SenateNo. 526Enacted - Roll Call #526 [YEAS 39 - NAYS 0]39–0

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2016-07-28 10:35  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 15

no action · 3

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
2015-10-20Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEnvironment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
FavorableWays and Means (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.