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An Act relative to the Great Barrington Fire District

Filed by Leigh Davis  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2026.

H924  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2478

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-23JointHearing scheduled for 07/01/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-10-09HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-11-06HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-11-06HouseRules suspended
2025-11-06HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-04HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-08SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2026-01-29SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-01-29SenateRules suspended
2026-01-29SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-02HouseEnacted
2026-02-02SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-02-11ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2026

2 committee votes

Environment and Natural Resources (J)  ·  2025-09-29 16:16  ·  Should the Committee report the following bill out favorably?

favorable · 11

Rules (S)  ·  2026-01-27 12:00  ·  Placed in the Orders of the Day

favorable · 7

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
2025-07-01Environment and Natural Resources (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEnvironment and Natural Resources (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Place in ODRules (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.