MA H71

Bill

Further providing for early voting by mail

Introduced
02/25/2021

In Committee
03/01/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to early voting by mail. Rules (House).

AI Summary

This bill extends the provisions of Chapter 255 of the Acts of 2020, which provided for early voting by mail, from March 31, 2021 to June 30, 2021. The key provisions of this bill are to amend the existing law by changing the expiration date of the early voting by mail provisions from March 31, 2021 to June 30, 2021 in several subsections of the law. This ensures that the early voting by mail option remains available to Massachusetts voters for a longer period of time.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (33)

Brad Jones (R)*, Jason Lewis (D)*, Brian Ashe (D), John Barrett (D), Jay Barrows (R), Linda Campbell (D), Michelle Ciccolo (D), Angelo D'Emilia (R), David DeCoste (R), Carol Doherty (D), Kim Ferguson (R), Paul Frost (R), Bill Galvin (D), Susan Gifford (R), Ken Gordon (D), Rich Haggerty (D), Steven Howitt (R), Hannah Kane (R), Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D), Leonard Mirra (R), Dave Muradian (R), Matt Muratore (R), Brian Murray (D), Tram Nguyen (D), Sarah Peake (D), Angelo Puppolo (D), Adam Scanlon (D), Paul Schmid (D), Todd Smola (R), Timothy Whelan (R), Donald Wong (R), Steve Xiarhos (R), Jon Zlotnik (D),

Last Action

New draft substituted, see H73 (on 03/01/2021)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H71

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H71
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H71.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H3983	Authorizing the city of Cambridge to offer early voting in municipal elections	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
H73	Further providing for early voting by mail	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2021	Replaced by
H831	Amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow for early mail-in ballots	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
H838	Relative to early voting cost reimbursements	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
S28	Further providing for early voting by mail	Hearing scheduled from 03/4/2021 @ 4:00 PM until 03/08/2021 @ 10:00 AM in Written Testimony Only	Similar To
S457	Extending early voting options in local elections	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
S477	To expand voter access by making mail-in voting permanent	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
S484	Modernizing access and improving laws in voting	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
S489	Relative to early voting cost reimbursements	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
S492	To fairly fund early voting	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To

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