House, No. 678
Petition of Charles A. Murphy and others relative to the agreement among states to elect the President by national popular vote.
01/11/07 H Referred to the committee on Election Laws
01/11/07 S Senate concurred
Public Hearing date Sep 19 pm at 1:00 in Room A-2
10/10/07 H Accompanied by S445, S452 and H710
10/10/07 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 714
10/24/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 769
07/01/08 H Read second
07/01/08 H Postponed to July 9, 2008 -HJs 1672-1673
07/09/08 H Quorum roll call - 145 members in attendance (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 414)
07/09/08 H Amendment rejected - 39 YEAS to 117 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 415)
07/09/08 H Motion to postpone negatived - 43 YEAS to 112 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 416)
07/09/08 H Motion to recess negatived - 37 YEAS to 118 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 417)
07/09/08 H Ordered to a third reading - 119 YEAS to 37 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 418) -HJs 1697-1698
07/09/08 H Rules suspended - 127 YEAS to 27 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 420)
07/09/08 H Read third
07/09/08 H Bills in the Third Reading report accepted
07/09/08 H Amendment rejected - 38 YEAS to 115 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 421)
07/09/08 H Amendment rejected - 34 YEAS to 120 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 422)
07/09/08 H Amendment rejected - 34 YEAS to 120 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 423)
07/09/08 H Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, see H4952 -HJs 1698-1700
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