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House 4437 - Petition of Mary S. Rogeness (by vote of the town) that the town of Longmeadow be authorized to continue the employment of Robert Danio, chief of the police department of said town.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 05/13/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 104 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Mary S. Rogeness

All Bill Actions

  • 12/17/07 H Referred to the committee on Public Service -HJ 947
  • 12/20/07 S Senate concurred -SJ 1036
  • Public Hearing date Feb 28 am at 10:30 in Room A-1
  • 03/11/08 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  • 03/11/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1138
  • 03/12/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1148
  • 03/20/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1175
  • 03/24/08 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1366
  • 04/03/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 1418
  • 04/17/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 04/17/08 S Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1482
  • 05/01/08 H Rules suspended
  • 05/01/08 H House concurred in the Senate amendment -HJs 1352-1353
  • 05/01/08 H Enacted -HJ 1399
  • 05/06/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1540
  • 05/13/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 104 of the Acts of 2008

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Bills are the most common form of proposals for laws. In order to become a law, a bill must be approved by a majority vote in both the House and the Senate, and then must be approved by the Governor.