Scope and Content: Legislation passing the House and Senate of the General Court is sent for engrossing, signed by the speaker of the House and the Senate president, and forwarded to the governor for signature.  A pocket veto occurs when the governor fails to sign a bill passed near the close of the session, leaving the legislature no opportunity to override this action.  Pocket vetoes include the bill packet and engrossed act.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by legislative session, thereunder by bill number
Notes: Series is entered under the Governor’s Legislative Office as the unit that coordinates gubernatorial interaction with the General Court.  Files from 1970-1974, 1976-1980 were transferred to Archives from Massachusetts Regulations Division
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