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An Act designating the town of Billerica as the Yankee Doodle Town

Filed by Marc T. Lombardo  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 260 of the Acts of 2016.

H4251  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4356

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2016-01-04HouseReferred to the committee on House Rules
2016-04-26HouseReported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2016-04-28SenateSenate concurred
2016-05-06JointHearing scheduled for 05/11/2016 from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM in B-2
2016-05-19HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2016-05-23HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2016-06-01HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2016-06-01HouseRules suspended
2016-06-02HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2016-06-06SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2016-08-25SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2016-08-25SenateRules suspended
2016-08-25SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2016-08-29HouseEnacted
2016-08-29SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2016-09-07ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 260 of the Acts of 2016

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2016-05-11State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
Suspend RulesRules (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Place in ODRules (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.