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An Act granting the City of Somerville the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for City of Somerville residents aged 16 and 17 years old

Filed by Christine P. Barber  ·  15 cosponsors  ·  191st General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H3856  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4233

4 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2019-06-05HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2019-06-10SenateSenate concurred
2020-01-16JointHearing scheduled for 01/22/2020 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2020-02-10HouseAccompanied a study order, see H4403

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2020-01-22Election Laws (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
AccompaniedElection Laws (J)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

  • Mike Connolly
  • Denise Provost
  • Patricia D. Jehlen
  • Jesse Clingan
  • Wilfred N. Mbah
  • Ben Ewen-Campen
  • Jefferson Thomas Scott
  • Lance Davis
  • Mark Niedergang
  • Mary Jo Rossetti
  • William A. White Jr.
  • Matthew McLaughlin
  • Stephanie Hirsch
  • Katjana Ballantyne
  • Joseph A. Curtatone

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.