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An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to authorize certain COVID-19 spending in anticipation of federal reimbursement

Filed by  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  191st General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 124 of the Acts of 2020.

H4808  ·  Bill

27 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2020-06-24HouseH4802, published as amended
2020-06-24HousePassed to be engrossed - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 188)
2020-06-25SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2020-06-25SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2020-06-29SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2789
2020-07-02SenateRead second
2020-07-02SenateAmendment by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2789, as amended
2020-07-02SenateOrdered to a third reading
2020-07-02SenateRead third
2020-07-02SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #209 (Yeas 39 - Nays 0)
2020-07-02SenateReprinted as amended, see S2799
2020-07-09HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2020-07-13HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment, see H4853
2020-07-13SenateRules suspended
2020-07-13SenateSenate concurred in the further House amendment
2020-07-15HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2020-07-16SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2020-07-16HouseEnacted
2020-07-16SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2020-07-24ExecutiveGovernor returned to the House with veto
2020-07-24HouseFor message, see H4880
2020-07-24HouseReferred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2020-07-24ExecutiveSigned (in part) by the Governor, Chapter 124 of the Acts of 2020
2020-07-27HouseRules suspended
2020-07-27HouseThe following items severally reported from the committee on House Ways and Means recommending, in each instance, that the action of the General Court stand; and the items severally were referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2020-07-27HouseItem 1599-1231 passed over veto - 127 YEAS to 31 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 235)
2020-07-27HouseItem 1599-1232 passed over veto - 127 YEAS to 31 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 236)

3 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2020-07-02SenateNo. 209Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #209 (Yeas 39 - Nays 0)39–0
2020-07-27 22:38HouseNo. 235item 1599-1231 COVID-19 RESERVE127–31
2020-07-27 22:47HouseNo. 236item 1599-1232 COVID-19 RESERVE127–31

2 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Further AmendmentAaron MichlewitzAdopted

Showing 1 of 2. An amendment marked consolidated was folded into a consolidated amendment, which under House Rule 33F cannot be adopted except by a roll call.

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2020-06-29 10:05  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 18

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

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

  • House Committee on Ways and Means

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.