An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire certain parcels of land in the city of Worcester
Senate, May 3, 2012 -- Recommended new draft from the Senate committee on Ways and Means for the Senate Bill authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire certain parcels of land in the city of Worcester (Senate, No. 2029)
Bill Information
Bill Information
- Sponsor:
- Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Status:
- Referred to House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire certain parcels of land in the city of Worcester to facilitate bridge construction, therefore, it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Bill History
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 5/3/2012 | Senate | Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 5/3/2012 | Senate | New draft of S2029 |
| 5/3/2012 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 5/3/2012 | Senate | Substituted for S2029 |
| 5/3/2012 | Senate | Ordered to a third reading |
| 5/3/2012 | Senate | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 5/7/2012 | House | Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means |
| 7/23/2012 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of an amendment, H4300 |
| 7/23/2012 | House | Referred to the House committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending |
| 7/24/2012 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending |
| 7/25/2012 | House | Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means) and ordered to a third reading |
| 7/26/2012 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 7/26/2012 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 7/26/2012 | Senate | Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment |
| 7/27/2012 | House | Rules suspended |
| 7/27/2012 | House | House concurred in the Senate amendment |
| 7/30/2012 | House | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 7/30/2012 | Senate | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 7/30/2012 | House | Enacted - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 341) |
| 7/30/2012 | Senate | Enacted - Roll Call #280 [37 YEAS to 0 NAYS] |
| 7/30/2012 | Senate | Laid before the Governor |
| 8/6/2012 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 211 of the Acts of 2012 |
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