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An Act to protect against election misinformation

Filed by Tricia Farley-Bouvier  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H76  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1181

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-08-28JointHearing rescheduled to 09/11/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to include Virtual
2025-12-24HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-02-11HouseCommittee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-02-11HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5093
2026-02-11HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2026-02-11HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2026-02-11HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-02-11HouseNew draft substituted, see H5093

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act to protect against election misinformationHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Ad Info Tech/Cybersecurity  ·  2025-12-03 13:00  ·  AITIC Committee Poll

favorable · 8

adverse · 1

no action · 2

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-02-10 10:45  ·  H.76 “An Act to protect against election misinformation” as amended

favorable · 24

reserve right · 7

no action · 4

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
2025-09-11Ad Info Tech/CybersecurityA-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableAd Info Tech/Cybersecurity
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

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.