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An Act relative to disclosure of top contributors for independent expenditures or electioneering communications

Filed by Garrett J. Bradley  ·  23 cosponsors  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 207 of the Acts of 2016.

H543  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2111

43 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2016-08-09ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 207 of the Acts of 2016
2016-07-31SenateRe-enacted and again laid before the Governor
2016-07-31HouseRe-enacted
2016-07-31SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2016-07-31SenateMotion to reconsider prevails
2016-07-31SenateEmergency preamble rejected
2016-07-31HouseMotion to reconsider negatived - 34 YEAS to 124 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 536)
2016-07-31HouseEmergency preamble adopted - 124 YEAS to 34 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 534)
2016-07-31SenateGovernor's amendment adopted
2016-07-31SenateAmendment (Fattman) rejected
2016-07-31SenateRules suspended
2016-07-05SenateRead third
2016-07-30HouseFurther amendment 2 rejected
2016-07-30HouseFurther amendment 1 rejected
2016-07-30HouseFurther amendment 3 adopted
2016-07-30HouseGovernors amendment adopted (in the form approved by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading)
2016-07-30HouseRules suspended
2016-07-23HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2016-07-23HouseFor message, see H4543
2016-07-22HouseGovernor returned to the House with recommendation of amendment
2016-07-14SenateLaid before the Governor
2016-07-14SenateEnacted -see Roll Call #412 [Yeas 34 - Nays 6]
2016-07-14SenateMotion to suspend the rules negatived
2016-07-14HouseEnacted
2016-07-14SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2016-07-14HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2016-07-11HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2016-07-07HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2016-07-05SenateOrdered to a third reading
2016-07-05SenateAmendment #1 (Brady) adopted
2016-07-05SenatePassed to be engrossed
2016-07-05SenateRead, rules suspended, read second
2016-07-05SenateAmendment #2 (Tarr) rejected
2016-06-22HousePassed to be engrossed - 146 YEAS to 10 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 286)
2016-06-22HouseRead third (title changed)
2016-06-22HouseRules suspended
2016-06-22HouseRules suspended
2016-06-22HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2016-03-28HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2016-03-16HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2015-11-12JointHearing scheduled for 11/17/2015 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222
2015-01-20SenateSenate concurred
2015-01-20HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2016-07-14 14:24SenateNo. 412Enacted -see Roll Call #412 [Yeas 34 - Nays 6]34–6

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)
Further AmendmentBills 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.