An Act relative to municipal governance during the COVID-19 emergency
Senate, May 4, 2020 -- Text of the Senate Bill relative to municipal governance during the COVID-19 emergency (being the text of Senate, No. 2673, printed as amended)
Bill Information
Bill Information
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to protect forthwith both public health and the viability of town meetings in the face of the state, national and global public health emergencies existing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and convenience.
Bill History
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 5/4/2020 | Senate | Text of S2673, printed as amended |
| 5/4/2020 | Senate | Passed to be engrossed |
| 5/7/2020 | House | Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 5/26/2020 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text contained in House document numbered 4752 |
| 5/26/2020 | House | Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 5/26/2020 | 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 |
| 5/26/2020 | House | Rules suspended |
| 5/26/2020 | House | Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) and ordered to a third reading |
| 5/26/2020 | House | Rules suspended |
| 5/26/2020 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 6/1/2020 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 6/1/2020 | Senate | Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2733 |
| 6/2/2020 | House | Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading |
| 6/4/2020 | House | House concurred in the Senate further amendment with a still further amendment, striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of H4777 |
| 6/4/2020 | Senate | Senate concurred in the House still further amendment |
| 6/4/2020 | House | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 6/4/2020 | Senate | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 6/4/2020 | House | Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 183) |
| 6/4/2020 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| 6/5/2020 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2020 |
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