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An Act authorizing the town of Reading to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Filed by Bradley H. Jones, Jr.  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 343 of the Acts of 2016.

H4703  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5094

13 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2016-10-13HouseReferred to the committee on Revenue
2016-10-17JointHearing scheduled for 10/26/2016 from 11:45 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
2016-11-03HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2016-11-03HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2016-11-03HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2016-11-03HouseRules suspended
2016-11-07HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2016-11-10SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2016-12-12SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2016-12-12SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2016-12-15HouseEnacted
2016-12-15SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2016-12-23ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 343 of the Acts of 2016

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2016-10-26Revenue (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableRevenue (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.