Massachusetts 192nd Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Passed Senate 26 D cosponsors

S 2554 — An Act fostering voter opportunities, trust, equity and security

Last action — Reported by S2924

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced October 06, 2021. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 38% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 40 sponsors

    0 primary, 40 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (26 D).

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

Senate, October 6, 2021 -- Text of the Senate Bill fostering voter opportunities, trust, equity and security (being the text of Senate, No. 2545, printed as amended)

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Reported by S2924

  2. Committee of conference appointed, in concurrence - (M. Moran-Ryan-Dooley)

  3. House insisted on its amendment

  4. Committee of conference (Finegold-Creem-Fattman), appointed

  5. Senate NON-concurred in the House amendment

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Passed to be engrossed - 124 YEAS to 34 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 140 )

  8. Read third

  9. Ordered to a third reading

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

  11. Rules suspended

  12. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment (H4359) pending

  13. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  14. Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  15. Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #95 (Yeas 36 to Nays 3)

  16. Text of S2545, printed as amended

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 40 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (40)

Not signed on (164)

164 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

civil-rights elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does S 2554 do?
Senate, October 6, 2021 -- Text of the Senate Bill fostering voter opportunities, trust, equity and security (being the text of Senate, No. 2545, printed as amended)
Who sponsors S 2554?
S 2554 is sponsored by James B. Eldridge (Democrat), Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Cynthia Stone Creem (Democrat), Eric P. Lesser, Jason M. Lewis (Democrat), Thomas M. Stanley (Democrat), Joanne M. Comerford (Democrat), Sal N. DiDomenico (Democrat), Harriette L. Chandler, Vanna Howard (Democrat), Jack Patrick Lewis (Democrat), Cindy F. Friedman (Democrat), John Barrett, III (Democrat), Joseph A. Boncore, Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democrat), Kay Khan, Rebecca L. Rausch (Democrat), Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. (Democrat), Michelle L. Ciccolo (Democrat), Brendan P. Crighton (Democrat), Carol A. Doherty, Michael O. Moore (Democrat), Adam G. Hinds, Maria Duaime Robinson, Adam J. Scanlon (Democrat), David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democrat), Erika Uyterhoeven (Democrat), Patricia D. Jehlen (Democrat), John J. Cronin (Democrat), Lori A. Ehrlich, Anne M. Gobi, Julian Cyr (Democrat), Sonia Chang-Diaz, Adam Gómez (Democrat), Susan L. Moran, Joan B. Lovely (Democrat), Diana DiZoglio, Christina A. Minicucci, Michael J. Barrett (Democrat), and Edward J. Kennedy (Democrat).
What is the current status of S 2554?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced October 06, 2021. It now moves to the second chamber.
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