The Beacon Hill FYI
House  ·  Senate  ·  Committees  ·  The data

An Act authorizing the city known as the town of Amherst to hold a special election on November 6, 2018

Filed by Solomon Goldstein-Rose  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  190th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2018.

H4482  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4795

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2018-05-09HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2018-05-10SenateSenate concurred
2018-05-25JointHearing scheduled for 05/30/2018 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in B-1
2018-05-25JointHearing scheduled for 05/31/2018 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in B-1
2018-05-29JointHearing canceled – new hearing TBD
2018-06-07HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2018-06-11HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2018-06-11HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2018-06-11HouseRules suspended
2018-06-20HouseRules suspended
2018-06-20HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2018-06-20SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2018-06-21SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2018-06-21SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2018-06-25HouseEnacted
2018-06-25SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2018-06-28ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2018

1 of these was struck from the record by the clerk and shown ruled through, because a struck line is part of what the record says happened.

Public hearings

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2018-05-30Election Laws (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted
2018-05-31Election Laws (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCanceled

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
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.