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An Act improving campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees

Filed by Sal N. DiDomenico  ·  10 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S507  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1766

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-10-10JointHearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222
2025-11-24SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-01-08SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2898
2026-01-08SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2026-01-08SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 15, 2026
2026-01-15SenateRead second
2026-01-15SenateNew draft substituted, see S2898

2 committee votes

Election Laws (J)  ·  2025-11-12 12:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

reserve right · 1

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2026-01-08 16:45  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 15

reserve right · 2

no action · 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
2025-10-21Election Laws (J)222, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)

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.