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An Act relative to the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole in the city known as the town of Randolph

Filed by William J. Driscoll, Jr.  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  193rd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4049  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4474

18 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2023-07-27HouseReferred to the committee on House Rules
2023-08-03HouseReported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Election Laws
2023-08-07SenateSenate concurred
2023-11-29JointHearing scheduled for 12/05/2023 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2024-01-02SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2024-01-18SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2024-06-25SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2024-06-26HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2024-07-31HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H4963
2024-07-31HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2024-07-31HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2024-07-31HouseRead second
2024-07-31HouseAmended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) adopted
2024-07-31HouseNew text substituted, see H4963
2024-07-31HouseOrdered to a third reading
2024-07-31HouseRules suspended
2024-07-31HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2024-12-31SenateNo further action taken

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act relative to the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole in the city known as the town of RandolphHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2023-12-05Election Laws (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (H)
FavorableElection Laws (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

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.