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Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

J10  ·  189th General Court  ·  House chair: James J. O'Day  ·  Senate chair: Barbara A. L'Italien

It shall be the duty of the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government to consider matters seeking the enactment of special laws for a city or town, the establishment of economic, district and local planning commissions, rent control and zoning, and matters concerning the various counties, former counties and regional government entities, including the salaries and tenure of employees, registers of deeds and sheriffs (but excluding the retirement of such employees) and such other matters as may be referred.

1 matters before it  ·  327 reported out  ·  18 hearings  ·  the legislature's own page

8 recorded committee votes

DateBillQuestionPositions
2015-04-09 13:30H3206On recommending favorable report of H.3206favorable 3  ·  no action 13
2015-05-13 16:30H1846On whether to report the bill favorablyfavorable 7  ·  no action 9
2015-05-14 16:00H3360Question on whether to give the bill a favorable recommendationfavorable 5  ·  no action 11
2015-07-09 16:00H3585Shall the committee report out favorably H.3585 ?favorable 2  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 13
2015-10-27 15:00H3816Whether to report out favorably the text of H.3816favorable 7  ·  no action 10
2015-10-29 16:00H3819On whether to report out favorably the text of H.3819favorable 6  ·  no action 11
2015-11-06 11:00H3834On whether to report favorably the text of H.3834favorable 4  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 12
2016-03-24 16:00H4051Whether the committee will report H.4051 favorablyfavorable 6  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 10

15 public hearings

DateWhereBills heardStatus
2015-04-07A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston4Completed
2015-05-12428, 24 Beacon Street, Boston17Completed
2015-06-16222, 24 Beacon Street, Boston30Completed
2015-07-16A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston28Completed
2015-07-30A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston20Completed
2015-09-17A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston20Completed
2015-10-08A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston22Completed
2015-11-12A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston25Completed
2015-12-10A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston30Completed
2016-01-21A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston14Completed
2016-02-09A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston1Completed
2016-02-22A-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston15Completed
2016-04-12A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston5Completed
2016-06-14A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston11Completed
2016-07-12A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston8Completed

A bill counted as reported out may have been reported into a study order, which ends it for the session. Recorded votes here are the ones the committee published; House Rule 17B and Senate Rule 12 require them, and the site's methods note how often one is actually posted.