2007 Regular Session

House Bill 7290

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

Became law as Public Act 07-227, signed July 6, 2007, 129 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To eliminate the requirement that the State Library Board submit a biennial report to the legislature, to permit former members of the Advisory Council on Library Planning and Development to serve additional terms, to clarify the responsibilities of the State Librarian and the State Library Board and to bring the guiding statute into compliance with actual practice, to update the public library statutes, to make technical revisions, to clarify the services that a principal public library must provide without cost, to clarify that the State Library's state document depository includes electronic and other intangible format publications as well as traditional printed publications, to change the publication of the official indexed list of Connecticut state publications from quarterly to annually, to clarify that the State Library's municipal document collection includes electronic and other intangible format publications as well as traditional printed publications and to enhance provisions concerning confidentiality of library records.

Its course

February 27 to July 6, 2007, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action30 actions on 17 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 27 to Jun 497 days

Education CommitteeFeb 27 to Mar 2829 days

Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeMar 28 to Apr 1720 days

Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMay 8 to May 91 day

In the SenateJun 4 to Jun 62 days

Waiting to be sentJun 6 to Jun 2822 days

With the GovernorJun 28 to Jul 68 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 27 – Jun 4

Feb 27Introduced and sent to Education Committee
Mar 8Heard in Education Committee
Mar 28Education Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
Apr 17Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee recommended a substitute for it
May 8Sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
May 9Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
Jun 4Passed the House of Representatives

In the Senate Jun 4 – Jun 6

Jun 4Sent to the Senate
Jun 6Passed the Senate

To the Governor Jun 25 – Jul 6

Jun 25Numbered Public Act 07-227
Jun 28Sent to the Secretary of the State
Jul 6Signed by the Governor

All 30 actions, as published

Feb 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
Mar 8PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
Mar 28Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
Mar 28FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
Apr 3RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
Apr 4FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
Apr 4FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
Apr 17Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
Apr 18FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
Apr 24REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
May 1RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
May 1FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
May 1HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
May 1FILE NO.Both houses
May 8REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
May 9Joint FavorableBoth houses
May 9FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
May 9RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
May 9NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
May 9TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
Jun 4HOUSE PASSEDHouse of Representatives
Jun 4TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17Both houses
Jun 5FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
Jun 5SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
Jun 6RULES SUSPENDEDSenate
Jun 6SENATE PASSEDSenate
Jun 6ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCESenate
Jun 25PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
Jun 28TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
Jul 6SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor