Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Election Laws

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Ranked Choice Voting, Local and Late File Bills

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by January 12, 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 Wednesday, November 12, 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 Karen.Zirkle@mahouse.gov.

Please note that all written submissions may be made available to the public upon request. If you have any questions, please email Emerson.Gagnon@masenate.gov or Karen.Zirkle@mahouse.gov.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Election Laws - 11-13-2025	11/13/2025 1:00 PM	02:35:27

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

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.531	An Act providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections	Rebecca L. Rausch
H.809	An Act establishing ranked choice voting for certain offices in the town of Lexington	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.835	An Act amending the home rule charter of the city of Easthampton	Homar Gómez
H.869	An Act relative to ranked choice voting in the town of Acton	Danillo A. Sena
H.4034	An Act authorizing ranked choice voting in the town of Brookline	Tommy Vitolo
H.4098	An Act relative to ranked choice voting in the city of Northampton	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.4189	An Act relative to the implementation of elements of the charter for the city known as the town of Amherst	Mindy Domb
H.4309	An Act relative to preliminary elections in the town of Longmeadow	Brian M. Ashe
H.4377	An Act eliminating the preliminary election in the city of Revere in 2025	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.4434	An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Charlemont	Natalie M. Blais
H.4498	An Act regulating elections in the town of Conway	Natalie M. Blais
H.4499	An Act authorizing ranked choice voting in the town of Arlington	Sean Garballey
H.4522	An Act authorizing remote participation at town meetings and special town meetings in the Town of Concord	Simon Cataldo
H.3907	An Act amending chapter 445 of the acts of 1960 and establishing a board of election commissioners in the city of Salem	Manny Cruz
S.2678	An Act validating the proceedings at the Millbury annual town meeting	Maura T. Healey
S.2679	An Act relative to elected and appointed officials of the town of Plymouth	Maura T. Healey
H.4713	An Act relative to ranked choice voting in the town of Concord	Carmine Lawrence Gentile

Present (10)

Daniel J. Hunt (HOU)

John F. Keenan (SEN)

Leigh Davis (HOU)

Ryan C. Fattman (SEN)

Paul K. Frost (HOU)

Ryan M. Hamilton (HOU)

Tara T. Hong (HOU)

Rita A. Mendes (HOU)

Joan Meschino (HOU)

Rebecca L. Rausch (SEN)

Absent (2)

Marc T. Lombardo (HOU)
*

Christopher M. Markey (HOU)
*

Hearing Conflicts (5)

Cynthia Stone Creem (SEN)
*Legislative session

James B. Eldridge (SEN)
*Legislative session

Jacob R. Oliveira (SEN)
*Legislative session

David Allen Robertson (HOU)
*Another committee hearing

Priscila S. Sousa (HOU)
*Another committee hearing

	Document
	H4309 Bill Summary (1)
	H4377 Bill Summary
	H809 Bill Summary
	H835 Bill Summary
	H869 Bill Summary
	H3907 Bill Summary
	H4034 Bill Summary
	H4098 Bill Summary
	H4189 Bill Summary
	H4189 Bill Summary
	H4434 Bill Summary
	H4498 Bill Summary
	H4499 Bill Summary
	H4522 Bill Summary (2)

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Election Laws

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