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H3321 • 2025

An Act modernizing microphotographic recording of documents

An Act modernizing microphotographic recording of documents

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Sponsor
Daniel M. Donahue
Last action
2025-12-24
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act modernizing microphotographic recording of documents

An Act modernizing microphotographic recording of documents By Representative Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act modernizing microphotographic recording of documents By Representative Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3321) of Daniel M.
  • Donahue relative to microphotographic recording of documents.
  • State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-24 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2025-12-24 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-12-24 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-12-11 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-09-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/09/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in A-1 and virtual

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act modernizing microphotographic recording of documents
By Representative Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3321) of Daniel M. Donahue relative to microphotographic recording of documents. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3321

"SECTION XX: Section 15 of chapter 36, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended, by striking out, in line 6, the words "microphotographic process".

SECTION XX: Said section 15 of said chapter 36, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting,

in line 8, after the word "entered", the words:- in a format approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth".

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