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An Act authorizing ranked choice voting for local elections in the city of Salem

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

H5584  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD6256

3 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-07-16HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2026-07-20SenateSenate concurred
2026-09-04JointHearing scheduled for 09/15/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2026-09-15Election Laws (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonConfirmed

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.