Towns; transition to cities.
Summary
Transition of towns to cities. Makes anexception to the current moratorium on the granting of new city chartersby allowing towns with a population of greater than 50,000 that aretransitioning to city status to seek a city charter. The bill containsa technical amendment.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 30, 2019
Last action Feb 11, 2020
Floor votes
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No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Charters
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100934D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Wendy Gooditis
DDemocratic
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