Became Chapter 151 of the Acts of 2016.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-15 | Senate | Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government |
| 2015-04-15 | House | House concurred |
| 2015-07-09 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 07/16/2015 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in B-2 |
| 2015-10-01 | Senate | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 2016-05-19 | Senate | Committee recommended ought to pass |
| 2016-05-19 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2016-05-19 | Senate | Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 2016-05-23 | House | Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 2016-06-13 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 2016-06-27 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 2016-06-27 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2016-06-27 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2016-07-07 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 2016-07-07 | House | Enacted |
| 2016-07-14 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 151 of the Acts of 2016 |
Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.
| Date | Committee | Where | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-16 | Municipalities and Regional Government (J) | A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston | Completed |
| Action | Committee |
|---|---|
| Favorable | Municipalities and Regional Government (J) |
| Favorable | Ways and Means (S) |
| Favorable | Ways and Means (H) |
| Place in OD | Steering, Policy and Scheduling (H) |
| Correctly Drawn | Bills in the Third Reading (H) |
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.