Became Chapter 149 of the Acts of 2016.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-21 | House | Referred to the committee on House Rules |
| 2016-01-06 | House | Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight |
| 2016-01-07 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 2016-01-14 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 01/20/2016 from 01:00 AM-03:00 PM in A-2 |
| 2016-03-14 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 2016-03-30 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending |
| 2016-03-30 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending |
| 2016-03-30 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2016-03-30 | House | Read second |
| 2016-03-30 | House | Amendment (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) rejected |
| 2016-03-30 | House | Ordered to a third reading |
| 2016-05-19 | House | Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed |
| 2016-05-23 | Senate | Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 2016-07-05 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2016-07-05 | Senate | Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed |
| 2016-07-05 | Senate | Committee recommended ought to pass |
| 2016-07-07 | House | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 2016-07-07 | Senate | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 2016-07-07 | House | Enacted |
| 2016-07-14 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 149 of the Acts of 2016 |
Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.
| Date | Committee | Where | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-20 | State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J) | A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston | Completed |
| Action | Committee |
|---|---|
| Favorable with Changes | State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J) |
| Suspend Rules | Rules (H) |
| Favorable with Amendment | Ways and Means (H) |
| Place in OD | Steering, Policy and Scheduling (H) |
| Correctly Drawn | Bills in the Third Reading (H) |
| Favorable | Ways 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.