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An Act establishing representative town meetings

Filed by Brian W. Murray  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  193rd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2024.

H2089  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD820

13 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2023-02-16HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2023-02-16SenateSenate concurred
2023-06-12JointHearing scheduled for 06/20/2023 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2023-07-17HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2023-08-14HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2023-08-14HouseRules suspended
2023-08-14HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2023-09-07HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2023-09-11SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2023-10-19SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2024-02-05HouseEnacted
2024-02-05SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2024-02-12ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2024

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2023-06-20Municipalities and Regional Government (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (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.