Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on March 12, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 6397
AN ACT CONCERNING OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To allow municipalities to impose a buyer's tax on certain real property transactions, to be used to purchase or protect open space, forest land, farm land or waterfront property, to remediate brownfields or for other environmental projects.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
4 co-sponsors
Ed Jutila, Elissa T. Wright, James Field Spallone, Tim O'Brien
In the Senate
2 co-sponsors
Its course
February 6 to March 12, 2009, 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 action7 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Mar 12 · stopped34 days
Environment CommitteeFeb 6 to Mar 628 days
Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeMar 6 to Mar 12 · stopped6 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 6 – Mar 6
- Feb 6Introduced and sent to Environment Committee
- Feb 11Heard in Environment Committee
- Mar 6Environment Committee recommended it and sent it to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
All 7 actions, as published
- Feb 6REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 11PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 6Joint Favorable Change of ReferenceBoth houses
- Mar 9FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 11RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 11FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
- Mar 12FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate