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An Act relative to municipal elections in the city of Somerville

Filed by Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.  ·  3 cosponsors  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 321 of the Acts of 2016.

H4175  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4650

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2016-04-06HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2016-04-07SenateSenate concurred
2016-04-11JointHearing scheduled for 04/13/2016 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in B-2
2016-05-19HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2016-06-15HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2016-06-15HouseRules suspended
2016-10-06HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2016-10-11SenateRead
2016-10-11SenateRules suspended
2016-10-11SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2016-11-17SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2016-11-17SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2016-11-21HouseEnacted
2016-11-21SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2016-11-29ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 321 of the Acts of 2016

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2016-04-13Election Laws (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.