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An Act providing disclosure of political phone calls

Filed by James M. Murphy  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H858  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1978

4 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-27JointHearing scheduled for 07/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
2025-09-02HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Election Laws (J)  ·  2025-08-13 15:40  ·  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
2025-07-08Election Laws (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)

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.