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An Act advancing grid enhancement technologies

Filed by Michael J. Barrett  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  193rd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2531  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2892

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2023-12-14SenateRules suspended
2023-12-14SenateReferred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
2023-12-18HouseHouse concurred
2023-12-18JointHearing scheduled for 12/21/2023 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2023-12-29JointHearing scheduled for 01/11/2024 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2024-03-28SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2024-06-17SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2829
2024-06-17SenateAlso based on S2079, S2082, S2090, S2096, S2097, S2100, S2105, S2110, S2140, S2157, S2170, S2172 and S2529
2024-06-17SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2024-06-17SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, June 20, 2024
2024-06-20SenateRead second
2024-06-20SenateMotion to lay upon the table pending and postponed to the next session
2024-06-21SenateMotion to lay on the table negatived
2024-06-21SenateMotion to lay upon the table pending and postponed to the next session
2024-06-25SenateMotion to lay on the table negatived
2024-06-25SenateNew draft substituted, see S2829

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act upgrading the grid and protecting ratepayersSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2024-06-17 12:45  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 14

adverse · 1

reserve right · 2

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

Public hearings

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2023-12-21Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted
2024-01-11Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableTelecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (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.