Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Election Laws

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Election Security, Locals

The Joint Committee on Election Laws will hold a hybrid public hearing to solicit written and oral testimony in-person and remotely on the following

bills. Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by September 6, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly

on the Joint Committee on Election Laws page

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

Written testimony can be submitted via email to Karen Zirkle at karen.zirkle@mahouse.gov, Matthew O’Brien at matthew.o'brien@mahouse.gov and Emerson Gagnon at emerson.gagnon@masenate.gov

CHAIR DANIEL J. HUNT

JOINT COMMITTEE ON ELECTION LAWS

ATTN: KAREN ZIRKLE AND ERIN WALSH

24 BEACON ST ROOM 445

BOSTON MA 02133

In-person oral testimony and remote testimony sign-up here

For in-person and remote testimony please include:

1. Name;

2. Organization you represent;

3. Whether on behalf of yourself or an organization;

4. Mailing address;

5. Email address;

6. Telephone number;

7. In-person or remote testimony;

8. Bills testifying on;

9. Whether support or oppose.

For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing.

This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Daniel J. Hunt. If you have any questions regarding the hearing, legislation, format of the hearing or reasonable accommodations required to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process, please email: Karen Zirkle at karen.zirkle@mahouse.gov. House Chair Hunt’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2460.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Election Laws - 7-8-2025	7/8/2025 1:00 PM	00:36:03

Election Security/Locals 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.510	An Act relative to safe and secure elections	Peter J. Durant
S.514	An Act to protect the integrity of town meetings	Paul R. Feeney
S.516	An Act to protect democracy	John F. Keenan
S.517	An Act strengthening the post-election audit process	Edward J. Kennedy
H.802	An Act requiring photo ID’s to vote	Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.
H.823	An Act relative to election emergencies	Paul J. Donato
H.833	An Act ensuring the election integrity through voter identification	Colleen M. Garry
H.842	An Act to increase the safety and security of unattended ballot boxes	Steven S. Howitt
H.846	An Act enhancing disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.858	An Act providing disclosure of political phone calls	James M. Murphy
H.876	An Act strengthening the post-election audit process	Andres X. Vargas
H.879	An Act to preserve local decision making during an emergency	Tommy Vitolo
H.4171	An Act relative to any vacancy among town meeting members in Milford	Brian W. Murray
H.4170	An Act relative to the office of ward 7 councilor in the city of Marlborough	Danielle W. Gregoire
H.4185	An Act relative to the nomination process for candidates for town meeting in Milford	Brian W. Murray
H.4201	An Act relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term	Shirley B. Arriaga
H.4202	An Act relative to the recall of any holder of elective office in the city of Chicopee	Shirley B. Arriaga
H.4203	An Act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill	Andres X. Vargas
H.4204	An Act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill	Andres X. Vargas
H.4224	An Act validating the New Salem annual town election	Aaron L. Saunders
H.4090	An Act relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston	Chynah Tyler
S.2511 C	An Act relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston	Liz Miranda

	Document
	H802 summary
	H823 summary
	H833 summary
	H842 summary
	H846 summary
	H858 summary
	H876 summary (1)
	H879 summary (1)
	H4090 Summary (2)
	H4170 Summary (1)
	H4171 Summary
	H4185 Summary (1)
	H4201 Summary (1)
	H4202 Summary (1)
	H4203 Summary (1)
	H4204 Summary (1)
	H4224-Summary (1)

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Election Laws

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