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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act establishing the third Saturday in July as Negro Election Day"
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description: "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)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "192nd"
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identifier: "S 2703"
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citation: "Massachusetts S 2703 (192nd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Rules"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2022-02-17"
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last_action: "2022-07-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48aebfb5-b5ed-4bc3-8e07-33fdba293fb5"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2703"
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source_hash: "e59ba381bbf28a571afee2c90e308e26ebe75692cc80bbd755856243d911a2f8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts S 2703 (192nd) — An Act establishing the third Saturday in July as Negro Election Day
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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).
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2703.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Senate Committee on Rules — primary (person)
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- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Bud L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Joan B. Lovely — cosponsor (person)
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- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul F. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-17** Reported from the committee on Senate Rules
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- **2022-02-17** Recommended new draft for S2083
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- **2022-02-17** Substituted for S2083
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- **2022-02-17** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2022-02-17** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-29** Reported from the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
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- **2022-03-29** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
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- **2022-07-11** Rules suspended
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- **2022-07-11** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2022-07-13** Rules suspended
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- **2022-07-13** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2022-07-13** Rules suspended
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- **2022-07-13** Senate concurred in the House amendment
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- **2022-07-13** Emergency preamble adopted
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- **2022-07-14** Emergency preamble adopted
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- **2022-07-14** Enacted `passage`
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- **2022-07-14** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2022-07-25** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 108 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48aebfb5-b5ed-4bc3-8e07-33fdba293fb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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