An Act to update the public shade tree law
Summary
By Messrs. Hecht of Watertown and Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1088) of Jonathan Hecht and Chris Walsh for legislation to regulate the powers of tree wardens in municipalities in the Commonwealth. Municipalities and Regional Government.
Bill status
passed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jan 2018
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2017
Last action Jan 29, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 29, 2018
Committee
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
lower
Jan 23, 2017
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Jan 23, 2017
Committee
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
lower
0 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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