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An Act relative to dark money in local government

Filed by Simon Cataldo  ·  3 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H806  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD347

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-10-10JointHearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222
2025-11-19HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-12-18HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-12-18HouseRules suspended
2025-12-18HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Election Laws (J)  ·  2025-11-14 17:30  ·  Poll/Vote

favorable · 9

reserve right · 2

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
2025-10-21Election Laws (J)222, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
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.