Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Election Laws

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Voting Access, Local and Late File Bills

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by November 15, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The Chairs will limit testimony to three minutes per individual and ten minutes per panel. The Chairs reserve the right to call public officials out of turn. The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be live streamed on the Massachusetts Legislature website. To register to testify, you must provide contact information through THIS FORM by 5:00 PM on Monday, September 15, 2025. Written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Election Laws at 24 Beacon Street, Room 413-F, Boston, MA 02133, or by e-mail to Emerson.Gagnon@masenate.gov and Erin.Walsh@mahouse.gov.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Election Laws - 9-16-2025	9/16/2025 1:00 PM	04:01:01

Voting Access, Local and Late File Bills 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.498	An Act relative to Election Day registration at polling places	Michael D. Brady
S.499	An Act relative to early voting and dates for voter registration	William N. Brownsberger
S.500	An Act relative to specially qualified voters	Nick Collins
S.503	An Act decoupling the municipal census from voter registration	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.504	An Act enforcing accessibility for voters with disabilities	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.505	An Act establishing same day voter registration	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.524	An Act relative to voting rights restoration	Liz Miranda
S.2552	An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to recall elected officials	Kelly A. Dooner
H.799	An Act decoupling the municipal census from voter registration	Shirley B. Arriaga
H.800	An Act assuring that polling places are accessible to elderly and physically challenged voters	Bruce J. Ayers
H.820	An Act enforcing accessibility for voters with disabilities	Kate Donaghue
H.834	An Act establishing same day registration of voters	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.836	An Act expanding ballot access for regional school district votes	Richard M. Haggerty
H.839	An Act increasing voter registration and participation to help prevent recidivism	Russell E. Holmes
H.849	An Act relative to inactive voters and municipal census administration	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.857	An Act increasing voter participation in primary elections	James M. Murphy
H.863	An Act establishing same-day voter registration	Orlando Ramos
H.865	An Act relative to the qualification of voters	David M. Rogers
H.873	An Act relative to voting rights	Chynah Tyler
H.874	An Act relative to voting rights restoration	Erika Uyterhoeven
H.3918	An Act granting the city of Somerville the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for City of Somerville residents aged 16 and 17 years old	Christine P. Barber
H.4033	An Act providing for legal voting rights in municipal elections for non-citizen residents of the city of Somerville	Erika Uyterhoeven
H.4095	An Act granting the town of Conway the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for town of Conway residents aged 16 and 17 years old	Natalie M. Blais
H.4096	An Act amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow residents sixteen years of age or older to vote in preliminary and city elections	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.4097	An Act amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow resident non-citizens to vote in preliminary and city elections	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.4132	An Act to grant the town of Lexington the authority to endow legal residents with local voting rights in municipal elections	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.4148	An Act relative to lawful noncitizen permanent resident voting in the town of Shutesbury	Aaron L. Saunders
H.4190	An Act authorizing extending local voting rights for lawful permanent residents residing in the city known as the town of Amherst	Mindy Domb
H.4209	An Act granting the town of Sunderland the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for town of Sunderland residents aged 16 and 17 years old	Natalie M. Blais
H.4223	An Act lowering the voting age in municipal elections in the town of Arlington	Sean Garballey
H.4241	An Act granting the town of Whately the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for town of Whately residents aged 16 and 17 years old	Natalie M. Blais
H.4242	An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Dalton	Leigh Davis

Present (8)

Daniel J. Hunt (HOU)

Leigh Davis (HOU)

Paul K. Frost (HOU)

Ryan M. Hamilton (HOU)

Tara T. Hong (HOU)

Rita A. Mendes (HOU)

Joan Meschino (HOU)

Priscila S. Sousa (HOU)

Absent (3)

Marc T. Lombardo (HOU)
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Christopher M. Markey (HOU)
*

David Allen Robertson (HOU)
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	Document
	H799 Bill Summary
	H800 Bill Summary
	H820 Bill Summary
	H834 Bill Summary
	H836 Bill Summary
	H839 Bill Summary
	H849 Bill Summary
	H857 Bill Summary
	H863 Summary
	H865 Bill Summary
	H873 Bill Summary
	H874 Bill Summary
	H3918 Bill Summary
	H4033 Bill Summary
	H4095 Bill Summary
	H4096 Bill Summary
	H4097 Bill Summary - Copy
	H4132 Bill Summary
	H4148 Bill Summary
	H4190 Bill Summary
	H4209 Bill Summary
	H4223 Bill Summary
	H4241 Bill Summary
	H4242 Bill Summary

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Election Laws

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