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An Act fostering voter opportunities, trust, equity and security

Filed by Cynthia Stone Creem  ·  38 cosponsors  ·  192nd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S459  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1002

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2021-03-29SenateReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2021-03-29HouseHouse concurred
2021-05-17JointHearing scheduled for 05/19/2021 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-07-21SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2021-09-30SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2545
2021-09-30SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2021-09-30SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Wednesday, October 6, 2021
2021-10-06SenateRead second
2021-10-06SenateNew draft substituted, as amended, see S2545

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act fostering voter opportunities, trust, equity and securitySenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2021-09-30 11:00  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 14

reserve right · 2

no action · 1

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
2021-05-19Election Laws (J)Virtual Hearing, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
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.