Massachusetts First

The 194th General Court is in full swing, and over 6,500 bills have been filed so far. We are focusing on election- and voter-related bills, some of which will merit a deeper dive.

Below is a collection of relevant bills we identified by using the search term “elections” on the Massachusetts Legislature’s website. We will update the list when new bills are submitted or when others are discovered.

Bill Number	Sponsor	Co-Sponsor	Description
HD.1906	Garballey, Sean 23rd Middlesex	Lewis, Jack Patrick 7th Middlesex	An Act relative to age requirements in local elections
HD.106	Sena, Danillo A. 37th Middlesex	Cataldo, Simon 14th Middlesex	An Act granting the town of Acton the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for town residents aged 16 and 17 years old
HD.1693	Holmes, Russell E. 6th Suffolk		An Act granting the city of Boston the authority to endow legal voting rights in municipal elections for city of Boston residents aged 16 and 17 years old
SD.369	Eldridge, James B. Middlesex & Worcester		An Act extending voting rights in municipal elections to noncitizen voters of the commonwealth
HD.765	Montaño, Samantha 15th Suffolk		An Act extending voting rights in municipal elections to noncitizen voters of the Commonwealth
HD.2170	Connolly, Mike 26th Middlesex		An Act extending voting rights in municipal elections to noncitizen voters of the commonwealth
HD.2617	Philips, Edward R. 8th Norfolk		An Act authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens residing in Sharon
HD.2564	Connolly, Mike 26th Middlesex		An Act expanding democratic participation
HD.3562	Garry, Colleen M. 36th Middlesex		An Act ensuring the election integrity through voter identification
SD.628	Durant, Peter J Worcester and Hampshire		An Act relative to safe and secure elections
HD.542	Sabadosa, Lindsay N. 1st Hampshire	Comerford, Joanne M. Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester	An Act amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow resident non-citizens to vote in preliminary and city elections
HD.2967	Rogers, David M 24th Middlesex		An Act enabling cities and towns to extend voting rights in municipal elections to certain noncitizens of the Commonwealth
HD.1693	Holmes, Russell E 6th Suffolk		An Act granting the city of Boston the authority to endow legal voting rights in municipal elections for city of Boston residents aged 16 and 17 years old
SD.667	Creem, Cynthia Stone Norfolk and Middlesex		An Act establishing same day voter registration
HD.106	Sena, Danillo A. 37th Middlesex	Cataldo, Simon 14th Middlesex	An Act granting the town of Acton the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for town residents aged 16 and 17 years old
S.7	Miranda, Liz 2nd Suffolk		Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights
HD.540	Sabadosa, Lindsay N. 1st Hampshire	Comerford, Joanne M. Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester	An Act amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow residents sixteen years of age or older to vote in preliminary and city elections
HD.2915	Connolly, Mike 26th Middlesex		An Act enabling children’s right to vote
SD.1783	DiDomenico, Sal N. Middlesex and Suffolk		An Act enabling children’s right to vote
HD.1487	Berthiaume, Jr., Donald R. 5th Worcester		An Act requiring photo ID’s to vote
HD.1996	Lewis, Jack Patrick 7th Middlesex	Garballey, Sean 23rd Middlesex	An Act relative to youth voting and civic participation
HD.856	Gentile, Carmine Lawrence 13th Middlesex		An Act establishing same day registration of voters
HD.431	Meschino, Joan 3rd Plymouth		An Act relative to youth voter engagement
SD.350	O’Connor, Patrick M. 1st Plymouth and Norfolk		An Act relative to youth voter engagement
SD.2167	Rausch, Rebecca L. Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex		An Act ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range
SD.1936	Collins, Nick 1st Suffolk		An Act relative to specially qualified voters

by Citizens for Truth

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Source:

https://malegislature.gov/