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An Act changing the timing of preliminary elections in the city known as the town of Agawam to eight weeks preceding regular elections

Filed by Michael J. Finn  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  193rd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2023.

H4023  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4484

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2023-07-27HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2023-07-31SenateSenate concurred
2023-09-05HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2023-09-05HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2023-09-05HouseRules suspended
2023-09-05HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2023-09-14HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2023-09-18SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2023-09-25SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2023-09-25SenateRead second, amended, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2023-09-25HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2023-09-25HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2023-09-25HouseEnacted
2023-09-25SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2023-09-27ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2023

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Corrective AmendmentJohn C. VelisAdopted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.