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An Act relative to campaign contribution limits for certain candidates running for office in a state election

Filed by Garrett J. Bradley  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 156 of the Acts of 2016.

H542  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2110

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2015-01-20HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2015-01-20SenateSenate concurred
2015-11-12JointHearing scheduled for 11/17/2015 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222
2016-03-16HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2016-03-24HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2016-03-24HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2016-03-24HouseRules suspended
2016-06-22HouseRules suspended
2016-06-22HouseRead third (title changed), amended
2016-06-22HousePassed to be engrossed - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 285)
2016-07-07HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2016-07-11HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2016-07-13SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2016-07-13SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2016-07-13HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2016-07-13HouseEnacted
2016-07-22ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 156 of the Acts of 2016

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2015-11-17Election Laws (J)222, 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 (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.