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Bill 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). us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st H 4820 Massachusetts H 4820 (191st)
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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

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; origin ocd-bill/f879d8c5-2121-4eba-a833-d542fb376f12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).