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H816 • 2025

An Act relative to political contributions

An Act relative to political contributions

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Sponsor
Michael S. Day
Last action
2026-04-02
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5311 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to political contributions

An Act relative to political contributions By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to political contributions By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 816) of Michael S.
  • Day relative to political campaign contributions.
  • Election Laws.

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  • 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. 2026-04-02 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5311 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-10-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Election Laws

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  5. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to political contributions
By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 816) of Michael S. Day relative to political campaign contributions. Election Laws.

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Bill H.816

SECTION 1: Section 7a of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, Chapter 55 is hereby amended by striking out the language in subsection (3) and replacing it with the following;

(3) An individual may in addition make campaign contributions to any political committee not specified in paragraph (1), (2), (4) or (5); provided, however, that the aggregate of such campaign contributions to any one such political committee shall not exceed in any one calendar year the sum of five hundred dollars ($500).

SECTION 2: Section 7a of the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 55 in hereby amended by adding the following subsection;

(5) An individual may in addition make campaign contributions to any independent expenditure PAC as defined in section 18A; provided, however, that the aggregate of campaign contributions to any one such independent expenditure PAC shall not exceed in any one calendar year the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

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