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H837 • 2025

An Act relative to election ballots

An Act relative to election ballots

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Sponsor
Richard M. Haggerty
Last action
2025-10-08
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 relative to election ballots

An Act relative to election ballots By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to election ballots By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 837) of Richard M.
  • Haggerty relative to election ballots.
  • 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. 2025-10-08 House

    Rules suspended

  2. 2025-10-08 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  3. 2025-10-06 House

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

  4. 2025-09-02 House

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

  5. 2025-06-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 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 relative to election ballots
By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 837) of Richard M. Haggerty relative to election ballots. Election Laws.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.837

SECTION 1. Section 25B of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out from paragraph (h) subsection (1) and inserting in its place the following:-

(1) Official ballots, identical in all respects to the official ballots designated in section 44 of chapter 54 of the General Laws.

SECTION 2. Section 87 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (a) and inserting in its place the following:-

(a). Official ballots, identical in all respects to the official ballots designated in section 44 of chapter 54 of the General Laws.

SECTION 3.

This Act shall take effect upon its passage.

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