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An Act exempting the position of police chief in the town of Orange from the civil service law

Filed by Susannah M. Whipps Lee  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 323 of the Acts of 2016.

H4025  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4500

24 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2016-02-24HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2016-02-25SenateSenate concurred
2016-04-04HouseCommittee recommended ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10)
2016-04-04HouseRules suspended
2016-04-04HouseRecommitted to the committee on Public Service
2016-04-06HouseReporting date extended to Friday, April 29, 2016, pending concurrence
2016-04-11JointHearing scheduled for 04/13/2016 from 01:00 PM-02:00 PM in B-1
2016-07-18HouseCommittee recommended ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10)
2016-07-18HouseRules suspended
2016-07-18HouseRecommitted to the committee on Public Service
2016-09-08HouseCommittee recommended ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10)
2016-09-08HouseRules suspended
2016-09-08HouseRecommitted to the committee on Public Service
2016-09-12HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2016-09-22HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2016-09-22HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2016-09-22HouseRules suspended
2016-10-17HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2016-10-20SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2016-11-17SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2016-11-17SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2016-11-21HouseEnacted
2016-11-21SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2016-11-29ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 323 of the Acts of 2016

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2016-04-13Public Service (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (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.