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Bill An Act establishing the third Saturday in July as Negro Election Day Senate, February 17, 2022 -- The committee on Rules, to whom was referred the Senate Bill to establish the third Saturday in July as Negro Election Day (Senate, No. 2083),-- reports, that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled “An Act establishing the third Saturday in July as Negro Election Day" (Senate, No. 2703). us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 192nd S 2703 Massachusetts S 2703 (192nd)
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Massachusetts S 2703 (192nd) — An Act establishing the third Saturday in July as Negro Election Day

Senate, February 17, 2022 -- The committee on Rules, to whom was referred the Senate Bill to establish the third Saturday in July as Negro Election Day (Senate, No. 2083),-- reports, that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled “An Act establishing the third Saturday in July as Negro Election Day" (Senate, No. 2703).

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Rules — primary (person)
  • Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
  • Bud L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Joan B. Lovely — cosponsor (person)
  • Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul F. Tucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-17 Reported from the committee on Senate Rules
  • 2022-02-17 Recommended new draft for S2083
  • 2022-02-17 Substituted for S2083
  • 2022-02-17 Ordered to a third reading
  • 2022-02-17 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2022-02-22 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2022-03-29 Reported from the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  • 2022-03-29 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
  • 2022-07-11 Rules suspended
  • 2022-07-11 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2022-07-13 Rules suspended
  • 2022-07-13 Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2022-07-13 Rules suspended
  • 2022-07-13 Senate concurred in the House amendment
  • 2022-07-13 Emergency preamble adopted
  • 2022-07-14 Emergency preamble adopted
  • 2022-07-14 Enacted passage
  • 2022-07-14 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2022-07-25 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 108 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48aebfb5-b5ed-4bc3-8e07-33fdba293fb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).