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An Act relative to a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing

Filed by Marc R. Pacheco  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  189th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S457  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD514

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2015-04-15SenateReferred to the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
2015-04-15HouseHouse concurred
2015-10-14JointHearing scheduled for 10/20/2015 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2016-02-22SenateAccompanied by H659, H677, H740 and S450
2016-02-22SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2016-06-02SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a new draft, see S2309
2016-06-02SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2016-06-02SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, June 9, 2016
2016-06-09SenateRead second
2016-06-09SenateNew draft substituted, see S2309

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2016-06-02 10:35  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 13

reserve right · 4

no action · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2015-10-20Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEnvironment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)

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.