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An Act establishing Peace Day in the Commonwealth

Filed by John F. Keenan  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 274 of the Acts of 2016.

S2181  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2471

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2016-03-03SenateReferred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2016-03-07SenateRules suspended
2016-03-07SenateReferred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2016-03-16HouseHouse concurred
2016-03-24JointHearing scheduled for 03/29/2016 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-2
2016-04-14SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2016-06-29SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2016-06-29SenateRules suspended
2016-06-29SenateRead second, amended, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2016-06-30HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2016-07-28HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2016-07-28HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2016-07-28HouseRules suspended
2016-09-19HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2016-09-22HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2016-09-22HouseEnacted
2016-09-22SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2016-09-22SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2016-09-30ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 274 of the Acts of 2016

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2016-03-29State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
Suspend RulesRules (J)
Place in ODRules (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.