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. 1793) of Jonathan Hecht, Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others 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 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2019
Last action Feb 24, 2020
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
Feb 24, 2020
Committee
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
lower
0 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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