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An Act further providing for early voting by mail

Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means  ·  33 cosponsors  ·  192nd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2021.

H73  ·  Bill

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2021-03-01HouseReported from the committee on House Ways and Means
2021-03-01HousePending new draft of H71
2021-03-01HouseNew draft of H71
2021-03-01HouseOrdered to a third reading
2021-03-01HouseRules suspended
2021-03-01HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2021-03-04SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2021-03-04SenateHearing scheduled from 03/4/2021 @ 4:00 PM until 03/08/2021 @ 10:00 AM in Written Testimony Only
2021-03-11SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with amendment
2021-03-11SenateRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means), ordered to a third reading
2021-03-11SenateRead third
2021-03-11SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #18 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
2021-03-11HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2021-03-11HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2021-03-11HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2021-03-11SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2021-03-11HouseEnacted
2021-03-11SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2021-03-16ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2021

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2021-03-11SenateNo. 18Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #18 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)40–0

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act further providing for early voting by mailSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2021-03-11 10:35  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment

favorable · 16

reserve right · 2

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

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2021-03-08Ways and Means (S)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.