MA S52

Bill

MA S52

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to remove restrictions on absentee ballots

Introduced
04/15/2015

In Committee
04/30/2015

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to the removal of restrictions on absentee ballots. Election Laws.

AI Summary

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove existing restrictions on absentee ballots, which are ballots cast by voters who cannot be present at their polling place on Election Day. The amendment would annul Article XLV of the Amendments to the Constitution, as it appears in Article CV, and replace it with new language that grants the general court, or legislature, the power to create laws allowing for absentee voting for any elected official or any question presented to voters. This change aims to make voting more accessible by allowing for broader provisions for casting ballots without being physically present at a polling station.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (5)

Jamie Eldridge (D)*, Paul Heroux (D), Jason Lewis (D), Benjamin Swan (D), Chris Walsh (D),

Last Action

Placed on file (on 05/11/2015)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S52

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S52
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S52.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
S1094	Relative to Parking Advancements for the Revitalization of Communities (PARC)	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S1137	Restricting the sale of tobacco products at health care institutions	Accompanied a new draft, see S2152	Similar To
S1207	Removing the restrictions on the licenses of nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists as recommended by the Institute of Medicine and the Federal Trade Commission	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1242	Relative to preventing illegal trafficking of firearms	Accompanied a study order, see S2362	Similar To
S1745	Authorizing the Commonwealth to grant an easement to the town of Barnstable and the town of Barnstable to grant or assign several conservation restrictions to the Commonwealth	Accompanied a new draft, see S1990	Similar To
S2234	To protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Reprinted as amended, see S2269	Similar To
S2269	To protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means with the amendment pending	Similar To
S587	Relative to administrative simplification	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Similar To
S595	To preserve affordable health coverage for Massachusetts residents	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Similar To
S598	Relative to hospital closures and health planning	Accompanied a study order, see S2382	Similar To
S600	Relative to payment for long term care workers CORIs	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Similar To
S694	Relative to creating a statutory housing restriction and providing remedies related to statutory housing	Accompanied H1130	Similar To
S704	Relating to 40B use restrictions	Accompanied a study order, see S2383	Similar To
S975	Clarifying the meal break law to allow for private enforcement	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

S1094

Relative to Parking Advancements for the Revitalization of Communities (PARC)

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S1137

Restricting the sale of tobacco products at health care institutions

Accompanied a new draft, see S2152

Similar To

S1207

Removing the restrictions on the licenses of nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists as recommended by the Institute of Medicine and the Federal Trade Commission

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1242

Relative to preventing illegal trafficking of firearms

Accompanied a study order, see S2362

Similar To

S1745

Authorizing the Commonwealth to grant an easement to the town of Barnstable and the town of Barnstable to grant or assign several conservation restrictions to the Commonwealth

Accompanied a new draft, see S1990

Similar To

S2234

To protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction

Reprinted as amended, see S2269

Similar To

S2269

To protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction

Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means with the amendment pending

Similar To

S587

Relative to administrative simplification

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Similar To

S595

To preserve affordable health coverage for Massachusetts residents

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Similar To

S598

Relative to hospital closures and health planning

Accompanied a study order, see S2382

Similar To

S600

Relative to payment for long term care workers CORIs

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Similar To

S694

Relative to creating a statutory housing restriction and providing remedies related to statutory housing

Accompanied H1130

Similar To

S704

Relating to 40B use restrictions

Accompanied a study order, see S2383

Similar To

S975

Clarifying the meal break law to allow for private enforcement

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

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