{"Title":"An Act relative to absentee ballots","BillNumber":"H632","DocketNumber":"HD687","GeneralCourtNumber":191,"PrimarySponsor":{"Id":"BMA1","Name":"Brian M. Ashe","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/LegislativeMembers/BMA1","ResponseDate":"2019-01-14T12:17:04.37"},"Cosponsors":[{"Id":"BMA1","Name":"Brian M. Ashe","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/LegislativeMembers/BMA1","ResponseDate":"2019-01-14T12:17:04.37"},{"Id":"RBB1","Name":"Ruth B. Balser","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/LegislativeMembers/RBB1","ResponseDate":"2019-01-18T16:44:55.03"},{"Id":"S_H1","Name":"Stephan Hay","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/LegislativeMembers/S_H1","ResponseDate":"2019-02-01T16:17:43.1633333"},{"Id":"AJP1","Name":"Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/LegislativeMembers/AJP1","ResponseDate":"2019-01-22T09:30:20.32"},{"Id":"JHR1","Name":"John H. Rogers","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/LegislativeMembers/JHR1","ResponseDate":"2019-02-01T16:39:50.0233333"},{"Id":"BLW1","Name":"Bud L. Williams","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/LegislativeMembers/BLW1","ResponseDate":"2019-01-18T12:58:09.39"}],"JointSponsor":null,"BillHistory":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/Documents/H632/DocumentHistoryActions","LegislationTypeName":"Bill","Pinslip":"By Mr. Ashe of Longmeadow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 632) 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":191,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/Committees/J15"},"Votes":[]}],"Amendments":[]}