An Act providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections
Filed by Rebecca L. Rausch · 23 cosponsors · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page
S531 · Bill · docket SD2194
5 actions
In the order the legislature recorded them.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | Referred to the committee on Election Laws |
| 2025-02-27 | House | House concurred |
| 2025-10-28 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 |
| 2025-12-08 | Senate | Reporting date extended to Friday, January 30, 2026 |
| 2026-01-15 | Senate | Accompanied a new draft, see S2911 |
Public hearing
House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.
| Date | Committee | Where | Status |
|---|
| 2025-11-13 | Election Laws (J) | A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston | Completed |
Committee actions
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.