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H836 • 2025

An Act expanding ballot access for regional school district votes

An Act expanding ballot access for regional school district votes

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Sponsor
Haggerty, Richard M.
Last action
2025-12-15
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act expanding ballot access for regional school district votes

An Act expanding ballot access for regional school district votes By Representatives Haggerty of Woburn and Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act expanding ballot access for regional school district votes By Representatives Haggerty of Woburn and Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 836) of Richard M.
  • Haggerty relative to ballot access for regional school district votes.
  • Election Laws.

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. 2025-12-15 House

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

  2. 2025-12-15 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-12-15 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-11-19 House

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

  5. 2025-08-29 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in B-1

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Election Laws

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act expanding ballot access for regional school district votes
By Representatives Haggerty of Woburn and Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 836) of Richard M. Haggerty relative to ballot access for regional school district votes. Election Laws.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.836

Section 16 of Chapter 71 is hereby amended by striking out Section16 (n) and inserting in place thereof the following section:

"The number and location of the polling place, or places, in each town shall be determined by the district committee after consultation with the select board or city council thereof; and the hours during which all the polls in the district are open shall be uniform throughout the district and shall be 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m."

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