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An Act to amend the Needham charter

Filed by Denise C. Garlick  ·  193rd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2024.

H3997  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4417

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2023-07-17HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2023-07-20SenateSenate concurred
2023-09-19JointHearing scheduled for 09/26/2023 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2023-11-13HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2023-12-11HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2023-12-11HouseRules suspended
2023-12-11HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2024-01-25HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2024-01-29SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2024-02-29SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2024-04-08SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2024-04-08SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2024-04-11HouseEnacted
2024-04-11SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2024-04-17ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2024

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2023-09-26Municipalities and Regional Government (J)B-1, 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)

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.