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Senate 501 - Petition of John A. Hart, Jr. for legislation relative to the Peninsula yacht club.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 07/08/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 1687

Sponsor:

  • John A. Hart, Jr.

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 S Referred to the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
  • 01/11/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Sep 24 pm at 1:00 in Room A-1
  • 02/19/08 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 1237
  • 06/02/08 S Committee recommended ought to pass
  • 06/02/08 S Rules suspended
  • 06/02/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1857
  • 07/01/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 07/01/08 S Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1983
  • 07/07/08 S Motion to reconsider prevailed
  • 07/07/08 S Amendment adopted
  • 07/07/08 S Passed to be engrossed -SJ 1993
  • 07/08/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 1687

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