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H867 • 2025

An Act relative to bake sales, farmer’s markets, or community festivals by political party committees

An Act relative to bake sales, farmer’s markets, or community festivals by political party committees

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

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to bake sales, farmer’s markets, or community festivals by political party committees

An Act relative to bake sales, farmer’s markets, or community festivals by political party committees By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to bake sales, farmer’s markets, or community festivals by political party committees By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 867) of Jeffrey N.
  • Roy relative to campaign contributions at bake sales, farmer’s markets, or community festivals by political party committees.
  • 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. 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 bake sales, farmer’s markets, or community festivals by political party committees
By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 867) of Jeffrey N. Roy relative to campaign contributions at bake sales, farmer’s markets, or community festivals by political party committees. Election Laws.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.867

Section 1 of chapter 55 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the definition of “contribution” the following sentence in line 72:-

It shall not include any payments in the aggregate of less than $10,000 per calendar year made by individuals for food, beverages, or goods sold by a political party committee organized pursuant to G.L. c. 52, §§2 and 3 for a nominal price per item at events such as bake sales, farmer’s markets, or community festivals even if the purchase price exceeds the cost of the goods sold.

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