Massachusetts House Bill 635 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 50)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-29 - Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
Pending: Joint Election Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections. Election Laws.

Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

Rep. Jennifer Benson [D]	Rep. Mike Connolly [D]	Rep. Tami Gouveia [D]	Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]
Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Rep. Stephan Hay [D]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]
Rep. Ruth Balser [D]	Rep. Christine Barber [D]	Rep. Natalie Blais [D]	Rep. Denise Provost [D]
Sen. James Eldridge [D]	Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]	Rep. Kenneth Gordon [D]	Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]
Rep. John Barrett [D]	Rep. Sarah Peake [D]	Rep. Jay Livingstone [D]	Rep. David Rogers [D]
Rep. Marjorie Decker [D]	Rep. Paul McMurtry [D]	Rep. Denise Garlick [D]	Sen. Paul Mark [D]
Rep. Michelle DuBois [D]	Rep. Daniel Donahue [D]	Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz [D]	Rep. Carmine Gentile [D]
Rep. Tram Nguyen [D]	Rep. Daniel Carey [D]	Rep. Michael Day [D]	Rep. Mindy Domb [D]
Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]	Rep. Jonathan Hecht [D]	Sen. John Velis [D]
Rep. Adrian Madaro [D]	Rep. Nika Elugardo [D]	Rep. Lori Ehrlich [D]	Sen. Diana DiZoglio [D]
Rep. Sean Garballey [D]	Rep. William Pignatelli [D]	Rep. Edward Coppinger [D]	Sen. Patricia Jehlen [D]
Rep. Jon Santiago [D]	Rep. Michelle Ciccolo [D]	Rep. John Lawn [D]	Rep. Kate Hogan [D]
Rep. James Hawkins [D]	Rep. Brian Murray [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-29	House	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-06-16	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-04-09	House	Reporting date extended to Friday June 26, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-02-13	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-02-05	House	Reporting date extended to Thursday April 30, 2020, pending concurrence
2019-10-29	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 11/06/2019 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Election Laws

S382 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2544
S1667 (Similar To) 2020-06-29 - Accompanied a study order, see S2795
S1524 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2545
H707 (Similar To) 2020-02-10 - Accompanied a study order, see H4403
S420 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2544
H719 (Similar To) 2020-06-29 - Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
S389 (Similar To) 2020-06-29 - Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
H643 (Similar To) 2020-02-10 - Accompanied a study order, see H4403
H3859 (Similar To) 2020-02-10 - Accompanied a study order, see H4403
S2291 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2544
H3889 (Similar To) 2020-11-04 - Accompanied a study order, see H5031

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H635
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H635.pdf