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An Act improving juror service

Filed by William N. Brownsberger  ·  190th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 435 of the Acts of 2018.

S771  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD627

13 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2017-04-24JointHearing scheduled for 05/02/2017 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2018-04-05SenateAccompanied by H750
2018-04-05SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2018-12-10SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass
2018-12-10SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2018-12-10SenateRules suspended
2018-12-13HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2018-12-28HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2018-12-28HouseRead second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed
2018-12-28HouseRules suspended
2018-12-31HouseEnacted
2018-12-31SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2019-01-10ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 435 of the Acts of 2018

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2018-12-10 10:35  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 14

no action · 2

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
2017-05-02Judiciary (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableJudiciary (J)
FavorableWays and Means (S)
FavorableWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.