Massachusetts 191st Legislature (2019-2020) Status: In Committee 60 D cosponsors

H 4762 — An Act relative to voting options in response to COVID-19

Last action — New draft substituted, see H4768

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 191st Legislature (2019-2020). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. New draft substituted, see H4768

  2. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

  3. Rules suspended

  4. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending

  5. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending

  6. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H4768

  7. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  8. New draft of S2653, S2654, S2709, H4699, H4721 and H4737

  9. Reported from the committee on Election Laws

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 88 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Joint Committee on Election Laws

Co-sponsors (88)

Not signed on (115)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors H 4762?
H 4762 is sponsored by Joint Committee on Election Laws, John J. Lawn, Jr. (Democrat), Michael J. Moran (Democrat), Eric P. Lesser, Ruth B. Balser, Harriette L. Chandler, Tram T. Nguyen (Democrat), Adam G. Hinds, Rebecca L. Rausch (Democrat), Tommy Vitolo (Democrat), Maria Duaime Robinson, Christine P. Barber (Democrat), Claire D. Cronin, Steven Ultrino (Democrat), Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democrat), Richard M. Haggerty (Democrat), Danielle W. Gregoire (Democrat), Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democrat), Thomas M. Stanley (Democrat), Adrian C. Madaro (Democrat), William C. Galvin (Democrat), Kay Khan, Jeffrey N. Roy (Democrat), José F. Tosado, Elizabeth A. Malia, Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democrat), Jonathan Hecht, Marcos A. Devers, Andres X. Vargas (Democrat), Daniel Cahill (Democrat), Kevin G. Honan (Democrat), Jason M. Lewis (Democrat), Joanne M. Comerford (Democrat), David Paul Linsky (Democrat), Kenneth I. Gordon (Democrat), Michelle L. Ciccolo (Democrat), William J. Driscoll, Jr. (Democrat), Carolyn C. Dykema, David M. Rogers (Democrat), Carole A. Fiola (Democrat), Mindy Domb (Democrat), Sean Garballey (Democrat), Frank A. Moran (Democrat), Linda Dean Campbell, Jack Patrick Lewis (Democrat), Aaron Vega, Jay D. Livingstone (Democrat), Tami L. Gouveia, Denise Provost, Stephan Hay, Edward F. Coppinger, Sal N. DiDomenico (Democrat), Louis L. Kafka, James T. Welch, Lori A. Ehrlich, Natalie M. Higgins (Democrat), James K. Hawkins (Democrat), Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democrat), Daniel R. Carey, Mike Connolly (Democrat), Peter Capano, Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. (Democrat), Paul F. Tucker, Carlos González (Democrat), Smitty Pignatelli, Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democrat), Brian W. Murray (Democrat), Christopher Hendricks (Democrat), David Biele (Democrat), Michael S. Day (Democrat), Marjorie C. Decker (Democrat), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Democrat), James J. O'Day (Democrat), Brendan P. Crighton (Democrat), Michael J. Barrett (Democrat), David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democrat), Nika C. Elugardo, Sarah K. Peake, Brian M. Ashe (Democrat), Joan Meschino (Democrat), Kate Lipper-Garabedian (Democrat), Paul J. Donato (Democrat), Daniel J. Ryan (Democrat), Christina A. Minicucci, Kate Hogan (Democrat), John H. Rogers (Democrat), John J. Mahoney (Democrat), Dylan A. Fernandes (Democrat), and Natalie M. Blais (Democrat).
What is the current status of H 4762?
This bill died with 191st Legislature (2019-2020). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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