{"Title":"An Act relative to absentee ballots","BillNumber":"H759","DocketNumber":"HD193","GeneralCourtNumber":192,"PrimarySponsor":{"Id":"BMA1","Name":"Brian M. Ashe","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/BMA1","ResponseDate":"2021-01-13T17:12:57.907"},"Cosponsors":[{"Id":"BMA1","Name":"Brian M. Ashe","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/BMA1","ResponseDate":"2021-01-13T17:12:57.9066667"},{"Id":"PMO","Name":"Patrick M. O'Connor","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/PMO","ResponseDate":"2021-03-15T15:05:28.9233333"},{"Id":"D_R1","Name":"David Allen Robertson","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/D_R1","ResponseDate":"2021-02-25T14:49:17.1466667"},{"Id":"BLW1","Name":"Bud L. Williams","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/BLW1","ResponseDate":"2021-02-17T07:09:37.8866667"}],"JointSponsor":null,"BillHistory":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/Documents/H759/DocumentHistoryActions","LegislationTypeName":"Bill","Pinslip":"By Mr. Ashe of Longmeadow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 759) 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":192,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/Committees/J15"},"Votes":[]}],"Amendments":[]}