{"AmendmentNumber":"1387","ParentBillNumber":"H5500","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"CLG1","Name":"Carmine Lawrence Gentile","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/CLG1","ResponseDate":"2026-04-17T12:50:40.547"},"Category":"Constitutional Officers and State Administration","Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":"Adding an Additional Week Between State Primaries and General Elections","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Gentile of Sudbury moves to amend the bill by adding the following sections:\r\n\r\n“SECTION XXXX:\r\n\r\nSECTION 1: Chapter 53 of the General Laws is hereby amended in section 28, by striking out the following: “State primaries shall be held on the seventh Tuesday preceding biennial state elections” and inserting in place thereof the following: “State primaries shall be held on the eighth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections.”\r\n"}