MA H3860

Bill

Relative to election procedures in the City of Boston

Introduced
06/06/2019

In Committee
06/06/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to election procedures in the city of Boston. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]

AI Summary

This bill amends a section of the 1948 acts regarding election procedures in the City of Boston. The key provisions of the bill are: (1) prohibiting individuals from being a candidate for nomination for two elective offices at the same municipal election, even if they are qualified for both, and (2) including a severability clause to ensure that if any part of the bill is found unconstitutional, the remaining provisions will still be valid.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (1)

Mike Moran (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4403 (on 02/10/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3860

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3860
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3860.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2767	Designating the Boston cream pie cupcake as the official cupcake of the Commonwealth	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading	Similar To
H3696	Relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
H3856	Granting the City of Somerville the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for City of Somerville residents aged 16 and 17 years old	Accompanied a study order, see H4403	Similar To
H3936	Validating a certain election in the town of Boylston	Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H4161	Relative to youth voter engagement	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H4403	Election Laws	Reported, in part, by H639	Replaced by
H863	Providing for the maintenance of the Neponset River for the health and safety of the public	Accompanied a study order, see H5070	Similar To
H864	Relative to access to the Hollingsworth Dam	Accompanied a study order, see H5078	Similar To
S2291	Granting noncitizen permanent residents in the town of Warwick the right to vote in municipal elections	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Similar To
S2320	Relative to the Boston Residents Job Policy	Accompanied a study order, see S2569	Similar To
S2440	Relative to local housing authority board member elections	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2767

Designating the Boston cream pie cupcake as the official cupcake of the Commonwealth

Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading

Similar To

H3696

Relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

H3856

Granting the City of Somerville the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for City of Somerville residents aged 16 and 17 years old

Accompanied a study order, see H4403

Similar To

H3936

Validating a certain election in the town of Boylston

Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H4161

Relative to youth voter engagement

Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence

Similar To

H4403

Election Laws

Reported, in part, by H639

Replaced by

H863

Providing for the maintenance of the Neponset River for the health and safety of the public

Accompanied a study order, see H5070

Similar To

H864

Relative to access to the Hollingsworth Dam

Accompanied a study order, see H5078

Similar To

S2291

Granting noncitizen permanent residents in the town of Warwick the right to vote in municipal elections

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Similar To

S2320

Relative to the Boston Residents Job Policy

Accompanied a study order, see S2569

Similar To

S2440

Relative to local housing authority board member elections

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

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