Senate, No. 800
Petition of Jarrett T. Barrios, Jay R. Kaufman, Denis E. Guyer, David P. Linsky and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to marriage laws.
01/11/07 S Referred to the committee on The Judiciary
01/11/07 H House concurred
Public Hearing date Mar 4 pm at 1:00 in Room A-1
05/01/08 S Accompanied a study order, see S2632 -SJ 1525
07/14/08 S Reported on a part of S2632
07/14/08 S Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
07/14/08 S Rules suspended
07/14/08 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 2056
07/15/08 S Read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 2062
07/15/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1715
07/22/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1762
07/23/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1773
07/29/08 H Rules suspended
07/29/08 H Read third
07/29/08 H Passed to be engrossed - 119 YEAS to 36 NAYS (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 462) -HJs 1861-1862
07/30/08 H Quorum roll call - 143 members in attendance (See Yea and Nay in Supplement, No. 480)
07/30/08 H Emergency preamble adopted
07/30/08 S Emergency preamble adopted -SJ 2227
07/30/08 H Enacted -HJ 1887
07/30/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 2269
07/31/08 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 216 of the Acts of 2008
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