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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act relative to the town of Cheshire's special election"
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description: "By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 801) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) for legislation to validate the results of the special election held in the town of Cheshire on August 12, 2024. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "194th"
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identifier: "H 801"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 801 (194th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John Barrett, III"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-02-27"
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last_action: "2025-08-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/216b52b4-281b-448b-9b28-0ca2841b467f"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H801"
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source_hash: "ee5ecdcc15b0522681c80dc44a3b096425faceff77f59f5048dc1c20cf5ebda7"
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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 H 801 (194th) — An Act relative to the town of Cheshire's special election
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By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 801) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) for legislation to validate the results of the special election held in the town of Cheshire on August 12, 2024. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]
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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/194/H801.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- John Barrett, III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Election Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
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- **2025-04-28** Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
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- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-21** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2025-07-21** Rules suspended
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- **2025-07-21** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-07-24** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-07-28** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2025-08-11** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2025-08-11** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-14** Enacted `passage`
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- **2025-08-14** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2025-08-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2025 `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/216b52b4-281b-448b-9b28-0ca2841b467f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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