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An Act authorizing the board of selectmen of the town of Topsfield to appoint the town clerk

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

Became Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2015.

S1949  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2112

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2015-06-18SenateReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2015-06-22HouseHouse concurred
2015-07-09JointHearing scheduled for 07/16/2015 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in B-2
2015-07-20SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2015-07-29SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2015-08-06SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2015-08-06SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2015-08-07HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2015-08-10HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2015-08-10HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2015-08-10HouseRules suspended
2015-08-24HouseRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2015-08-24SenateSenate concurred to the House amendment
2015-08-24HouseEnacted
2015-08-24SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2015-08-28ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2015

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2015-07-16Municipalities and Regional Government (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Recommended 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.