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H881 • 2025

An Act relative to voter registration

An Act relative to voter registration

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Sponsor
Tommy Vitolo
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5253 (under House Rule 27)
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 relative to voter registration

An Act relative to voter registration By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to voter registration By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 881) of Tommy Vitolo relative to voter registration.
  • 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. 2026-03-19 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5253 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-06-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  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 voter registration
By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 881) of Tommy Vitolo relative to voter registration. Election Laws.

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Bill H.881

SECTION 1. Section 42G1/2 of chapter 51 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 official edition, is herby amended by striking out the following in subsection (d):

If necessary to comply with federal law, the division of medical assistance and the commonwealth health insurance connector authority may allow an applicant to decline to register to vote at the time of application. Otherwise, all automatic voter registration agencies, including the registry of motor vehicles, shall transmit records of all eligible applicants as provided in subsection (e) and these applicants may decline to register to vote only after receiving notice from the registrars under paragraph (3) of said subsection (d) of said section 65.

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