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An Act authorizing the town of Middlefield to continue the employment of police chief Thomas Austin

Filed by Benjamin B. Downing  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2016.

S1941  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2106

13 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2015-06-11SenateReferred to the committee on Public Service
2015-06-15HouseHouse concurred
2015-07-07JointHearing scheduled for 07/21/2015 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
2015-07-27SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2015-07-30SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2015-11-05SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2015-11-05SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2015-11-09HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2015-11-23HouseRules suspended
2016-02-18HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2016-02-22HouseEnacted
2016-02-22SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2016-03-03ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2016

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2015-07-21Public Service (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
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.