---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to voting options in response to COVID-19"
description: "The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment of the House Bill relative to voting options in response to COVID-19 (House, No. 4778), reports recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4820)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "H 4820"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4820 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COVID-19 Voting"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-06-30"
last_action: "2020-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f879d8c5-2121-4eba-a833-d542fb376f12"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4820"
source_hash: "fe2376cc2fd03aff40dcdcbae2257ff476a30dc831c7bfe286748862d30569d7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 4820 (191st) — An Act relative to voting options in response to COVID-19

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment of the House Bill relative to voting options in response to COVID-19 (House, No. 4778), reports recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4820).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4820.pdf)

## Sponsors

- COVID-19 Voting — primary (person)
- Aaron Vega — cosponsor (person)
- Adam G. Hinds — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian C. Madaro — cosponsor (person)
- Alice Hanlon Peisch — cosponsor (person)
- Andres X. Vargas — cosponsor (person)
- Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
- Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
- Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Carlos González — cosponsor (person)
- Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
- Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn C. Dykema — cosponsor (person)
- Christina A. Minicucci — cosponsor (person)
- Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Hendricks — cosponsor (person)
- Claire D. Cronin — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Cahill — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel J. Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel R. Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle W. Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
- David Biele — cosponsor (person)
- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- David Paul Linsky — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Provost — cosponsor (person)
- Dylan A. Fernandes — cosponsor (person)
- Edward F. Coppinger — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth A. Malia — cosponsor (person)
- Eric P. Lesser — cosponsor (person)
- Frank A. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Harriette L. Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- House Committee on Ways and Means — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- James J. O'Day — cosponsor (person)
- James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- James T. Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jay D. Livingstone — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Joan Meschino — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
- John H. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Lawn, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Mahoney — cosponsor (person)
- Joint Committee on Election Laws — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Hecht — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- José F. Tosado — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen R. LaNatra — cosponsor (person)
- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth I. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin G. Honan — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Dean Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lori A. Ehrlich — cosponsor (person)
- Louis L. Kafka — cosponsor (person)
- Marcos A. Devers — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Duaime Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie C. Decker — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Michael S. Day — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle L. Ciccolo — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
- Mindy Domb — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
- Nika C. Elugardo — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Joseph Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Paul F. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Donato — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
- Richard M. Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth B. Balser — cosponsor (person)
- Sal N. DiDomenico — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah K. Peake — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
- Smitty Pignatelli — cosponsor (person)
- Stephan Hay — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)
- Tami L. Gouveia — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Tricia Farley-Bouvier — cosponsor (person)
- William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Driscoll, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-06-30** Reported from the committee of conference
- **2020-06-30** Reported on H4778
- **2020-06-30** Rules suspended
- **2020-06-30** Committee of conference report accepted - 157 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 191)
- **2020-07-02** Rules suspended
- **2020-07-02** Conference committee report accepted, in concurrence -see Roll Call #204 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
- **2020-07-02** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2020-07-02** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2020-07-02** Enacted `passage`
- **2020-07-02** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2020-07-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 115 of the Acts of 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f879d8c5-2121-4eba-a833-d542fb376f12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).