Massachusetts Senate Bill 53 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on April 15 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-03 - No further action
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to corporate rights and political spending. Election Laws.

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to corporate rights and political spending

Sen. Kenneth Donnelly [D]	Rep. Chris Walsh [D]	Sen. Benjamin Downing [D]	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]
Rep. Timothy Madden [D]	Sen. Barbara L'Italien [D]	Rep. David Rogers [D]	Rep. Cory Atkins [D]
Rep. Tom Sannicandro [D]	Sen. Joan Lovely [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-03	Joint	No further action
2017-01-03	Joint	Joint session held and dissolved
2016-07-13	Joint	Joint session held and recessed to Tuesday, January 3, 2017
2016-05-18	Joint	Joint session held and recessed to Wednesday, July 13, 2016
2016-04-06	Joint	Joint session held and recessed to Wednesday, May 18, 2016
2016-02-03	Joint	Placed at the end of the calendar
2016-02-03	Joint	Read twice
2015-05-13	Joint	Joint session held and recessed to Wednesday, October 21, 2015
2015-05-12	Senate	Called for consideration in the joint session
2015-05-11	House	Placed on file
2015-04-30	Senate	Placed on file
2015-04-30	Senate	Committee recommended ought NOT to pass
2015-04-22	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 04/28/2015 from 02:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1
2015-04-15	House	House concurred
2015-04-15	Senate	Referred to the Joint Committee on Election Laws

S1285 (Similar To) 2016-03-14 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S1148 (Similar To) 2016-06-23 - Accompanied a study order, see S2356
S57 (Similar To) 2015-05-11 - Placed on file
S596 (Similar To) 2016-06-23 - Accompanied a study order, see S2356
S1197 (Similar To) 2016-03-28 - Accompanied a study order, see S2199
S1682 (Similar To) 2016-07-26 - New draft substituted, see S2463
H121 (Similar To) 2016-03-24 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
S2034 (Similar To) 2015-11-18 - New draft substituted, see S2054
S2278 (Similar To) 2016-07-11 - Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
S1570 (Similar To) 2016-05-12 - Accompanied a study order, see S2290
S731 (Similar To) 2016-05-05 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2278
S1388 (Similar To) 2016-06-06 - Accompanied a study order, see S2314
S1489 (Similar To) 2016-05-12 - Accompanied a study order, see S2290
S774 (Similar To) 2016-04-04 - Accompanied a study order, see S2204
S1233 (Similar To) 2016-03-28 - Accompanied a study order, see S2199
S671 (Similar To) 2016-01-19 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S764 (Similar To) 2016-04-04 - Accompanied a study order, see S2204
S1692 (Similar To) 2016-04-19 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S53
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S53.pdf