{"Title":"An Act relative to absentee ballots","BillNumber":"H536","DocketNumber":"HD420","GeneralCourtNumber":189,"PrimarySponsor":{"Id":"BMA1","Name":"Brian M. Ashe","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/189/LegislativeMembers/BMA1","ResponseDate":"2015-01-13T13:13:07.437"},"Cosponsors":[{"Id":"BMA1","Name":"Brian M. Ashe","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/189/LegislativeMembers/BMA1","ResponseDate":"2015-01-13T13:13:07.4366667"},{"Id":"S_G1","Name":"Sean Garballey","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/189/LegislativeMembers/S_G1","ResponseDate":"2015-02-03T16:30:07.21"},{"Id":"JNR1","Name":"Jeffrey N. Roy","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/189/LegislativeMembers/JNR1","ResponseDate":"2015-01-28T08:00:58.7033333"},{"Id":"CJW1","Name":"Chris Walsh","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/189/LegislativeMembers/CJW1","ResponseDate":"2015-01-28T15:27:45.3266667"}],"JointSponsor":null,"BillHistory":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/189/Documents/H536/DocumentHistoryActions","LegislationTypeName":"Bill","Pinslip":"By Mr. Ashe of Longmeadow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 536) of Brian M. Ashe and others 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":189,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/189/Committees/J15"},"Votes":[]}],"Amendments":[]}