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An Act amending chapter 445 of the acts of 1960 and establishing a board of election commissioners in the city of Salem

Filed by Manny Cruz  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H3907  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4481

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-03-17HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2025-10-23SenateSenate concurred
2025-10-28JointHearing scheduled for 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2026-02-17HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-16HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-16HouseRules suspended
2026-03-16HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-23HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-27SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-06-11SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Election Laws (J)  ·  2026-02-11 12:15  ·  Poll/Vote

favorable · 10

reserve right · 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
2025-11-13Election Laws (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (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.