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An Act preserving open space in the Commonwealth

Filed by Ruth B. Balser  ·  62 cosponsors  ·  192nd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H851  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD271

25 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2021-03-29HouseReferred to the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
2021-03-29SenateSenate concurred
2021-05-11JointHearing scheduled for 05/18/2021 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-06-09HouseAccompanied by S524 and H974
2021-06-09HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2021-07-28HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2021-07-28HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2021-07-28HouseRules suspended
2021-07-28HouseRead second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed
2021-08-05SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2022-04-07SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place there of the text of S2820
2022-04-07SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2022-04-07SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, April 14, 2022
2022-04-14SenateRead second
2022-04-14SenateAmended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2820
2022-04-14SenateOrdered to a third reading
2022-04-14SenateRead third
2022-04-14SenateReprinted as amended, see S2831
2022-04-14SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #149 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
2022-04-19HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2022-07-07HouseRules suspended
2022-07-07HouseHouse NON-concurred in the Senate amendment
2022-07-07HouseCommittee of conference appointed (Balser-O'Day-Gifford)
2022-07-11SenateCommittee of conference appointed (DiDomenico-Eldridge-Tarr), in concurrence
2022-11-10HouseReported by H5381

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2022-04-14SenateNo. 149Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #149 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)39–0

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act preserving open space in the CommonwealthAdopted

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2022-04-07 15:45  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text

favorable · 15

reserve right · 1

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
2021-05-18Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (J)Virtual Hearing, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEnvironment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (J)
FavorableWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Accompanied

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.