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Resolve establishing a special commission to study the effects of coastal and ocean acidification and its existing and potential effects on species that are commercially harvested and grown along the Massachusetts coast

Filed by Timothy R. Madden  ·  14 cosponsors  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H716  ·  Resolve  ·  docket HD2259

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2015-01-20HouseReferred to the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
2015-01-20SenateSenate concurred
2015-09-01JointHearing scheduled for 09/15/2015 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Westport Grange
2015-10-22HouseAccompanied by H765
2015-10-22HouseResolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2015-11-05HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2016-06-13HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2016-06-27HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2016-06-30HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2016-08-25HouseRead third (title changed)
2016-08-25HouseAmended by substitution of a resolve with the same title, H4593

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2015-09-15Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (J)Westport Grange, 931 Main Rd, WestportCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEnvironment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (J)
FavorableRules (J)
FavorableWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (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.