{"Title":"An Act relative to absentee ballots","BillNumber":"H558","DocketNumber":"HD1646","GeneralCourtNumber":188,"PrimarySponsor":{"Id":"BMA1","Name":"Brian M. Ashe","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/188/LegislativeMembers/BMA1","ResponseDate":"2013-01-17T11:53:18.03"},"Cosponsors":[{"Id":"BMA1","Name":"Brian M. Ashe","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/188/LegislativeMembers/BMA1","ResponseDate":"2013-01-17T11:53:18.03"},{"Id":"D_P1","Name":"Denise Provost","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/188/LegislativeMembers/D_P1","ResponseDate":null}],"JointSponsor":null,"BillHistory":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/188/Documents/H558/DocumentHistoryActions","LegislationTypeName":"Bill","Pinslip":"By Mr. Ashe of Longmeadow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 558) of Brian M. Ashe and Denise Provost relative to absentee ballots.  Election Laws.  ","DocumentText":"\tChapter 54 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 89 the following section:-\r\n\tSection 89A.  \r\n\tRecords identifying any voter who has applied to vote by absentee ballot shall be kept confidential and shall not be considered a public record under clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 until the ballot has been returned; provided, however, that election officials may use these records in the proper discharge of their duties.\r\n","EmergencyPreamble":null,"RollCalls":[],"Attachments":[],"CommitteeRecommendations":[{"Action":"Accompanied","FiscalAmounts":[],"Committee":{"CommitteeCode":"J15","GeneralCourtNumber":188,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/188/Committees/J15"},"Votes":[]}],"Amendments":[]}