Special Commission Reports may have House or Senate bill numbers. Special commissions may propose legislation as an appendix to a mandated report.
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The agencies' recommendations come with bill drafts, and are printed as the first series of bills within a year. The bill number varies in the second session.Īdministrative agencies may file proposed legislation. The annual message of the Governor is printed as Senate Bill 1 in the first year of a legislative session. Another source to examine when the Governor has proposed legislation is the annual message of the Governor, a program in accordance with which the governor may initiate bills throughout the legislative sessions, may be detailed. Bills as proposed and filing letters of the current administration may be found on the governor's website. This is an extremely important document for determining intent of legislation, and is part of the legislative package. Along with the proposed bill will be a "transmittal letter," which details the need for the bill. If the Governor has introduced a bill, a Governor's message will be filed with the House clerk and given a House bill number. For very recent bills, check the General Court's online information or contact the House or Senate clerk. The State Archives at Columbia Point maintain the documents comprising the legislative package for each bill introduced in the General Court. All petitioner names appear on the bill, as well as handwritten changes made by committees that reviewed the bill. In some rare cases, a statement of intent may be filed with the bill, printed at the top of the bill. Once you have a bill number and year, you can look for the "legislative package." This package contains the original petition filed with the Senate or House clerk, which is a simple form, along with the bill itself, including the text. Guide to Massachusetts General and Special Acts (not held at Harvard, but held by other area libraries)(1972-2008).1925-1965 searchable in HathiTrust and GoogleBooks. In its yearly cumulative edition, it contains a table entitles "Acts and Resolves Approved by the Governor" which traces every session law back to its final bill number. Bulletin of Committee Work ( Harvard Depository 1915-1978): describes legislative committees' work through each session.Journal of the House of Representatives and Journal of the Senate (See House and Senate Journals below): For bills after 1973, a bill history summary is included in the final volume.
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