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An Act granting authority to postpone 2020 municipal elections in the commonwealth and increase voting options in response to the declaration of emergency to respond to COVID-19

Reported by Senate Committee on Ways and Means  ·  191st General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2020.

S2608  ·  Bill

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2020-03-23SenateReported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2020-03-23SenateReported on a part of H4398
2020-03-23SenateBill reported favorably by committee
2020-03-23SenateRules suspended
2020-03-23SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2020-03-23SenateRead, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2020-03-23HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2020-03-23SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2020-03-23HouseEnacted
2020-03-23SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2020-03-23ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2020

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2020-03-22 19:00  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment

favorable · 15

no action · 3

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
In PartWays and Means (S)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.