JOINT COMMITTEE ON ELECTION LAWS

House Staff:
Room 443
State House
Boston, MA 02133
House Staff Telephone: (617) 722-2460

Senate Staff:
Room 109E
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Senate Staff Telephone: (617) 722-1200

It shall be the duty of the committee on Election Laws to consider all matters concerning elections, election laws and such other matters as may be referred.

Members appointed to the committee:

Kennedy of Second Plymouth and Bristol - Chair
Buoniconti of Hampden-Vice-Chair
Hart of First Suffolk
Menard of First Bristol and Plymouth
Petruccelli of First Suffolk and Middlesex
Brown of Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

Moran of Boston- Chair
Golden of Lowell,-Vice-Chair
Kujawski of Webster
Falzone of Saugus
Allen of Boston
Smith of Everett
Ashe of Longmeadow
Bowles of Attleboro
_______ of  ______
Frost of Auburn
Jones of North Reading

List of matters that have been referred to the committee:



Docket No.
 Bill No. Sponsor Title
       
SD1564 S20 Chang-Díaz An Act Relative to the Preparation of Certain Ballots in the City of Boston. 
SD1172 S22 Moore An Act Establishing an Independent Redistricting Commission. 
SD1298 S331 Baddour An Act relative to the administration of political action committees organized by not-for-profit corporations. 
SD180 S332 Brewer An Act relative to the street list. 
SD1685 S333 Brown An Act relative to campaign finance during special elections. 
SD1733 S334 Brown An Act providing for the proper furnishing of ballots in the Commonwealth 
SD1741 S335 Brown An Act requiring photo identification to recieve a ballot 
SD1820 S336 Brown An Act relative to campaign finance. 
SD1829 S337 Brown An Act relative to campaign accounts of judges. 
SD1091 S338 Creem An Act relative to voter registration. 
SD1579 S339 Creem An Act relating to polling locations. 
SD1893 S340 Creem An Act require voting systems to be accessible to people with disabilities. 
SD1995 S341 Creem An Act to Establish Election Day Registration. 
SD592 S342 Downing An Act protecting consumers during a state of emergency. 
SD304 S343 Eldridge An Act prohibiting campaign signs on public property. 
SD306 S344 Eldridge An Act Relative to Election Officers. 
SD704 S345 Eldridge An Act authorizing cities, town, and districts to send certain information to registered voters. 
SD1768 S346 Eldridge An Act Relative to Fundraising Receptions During Budget Deliberations. 
SD2008 S347 Eldridge An Act to Restore Public Confidence in Government by Eliminating "Pay-to-Play" Opportunities . 
SD2009 S348 Eldridge An Act Ensuring the Freedom to Vote in the Commonwealth. 
SD151 S349 Galluccio An Act relative to an employment marketability curriculum. 
SD1440 S350 Joyce An Act relative to polling place safety. 
SD108 S351 Knapik An Act relative to voter registration in public high schools. 
SD146 S352 Menard An Act regulating campaign contributions. 
SD591 S353 Menard An Act relative to the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote. 
SD776 S354 Morrissey An Act relative to street lists. 
SD1281 S355 Panagiotakos An Act Relative to a Unified Ballot. 
SD2001 S356 Petruccelli An Act establishing risk-limiting audits of election results. 
SD1839 S357 Rosenberg An Act expanding financial reporting requirements and information available for voters regarding ballot initiatives. 
SD488 S358 Tarr An Act to remove unfair incumbent advantage from the ballot and to change “unenrolled” to “independent” 
SD769 S359 Tarr An Act protecting the privacy of tax assessors 
SD957 S360 Tisei An Act relative to voter identification. 
SD958 S361 Tisei An Act relative to voting list access. 
SD959 S362 Tisei An Act relative to campaign reporting. 
SD960 S363 Tisei An Act relative to independent campaign expenditures and electioneering communications. 
SD1022 S364 Tisei An Act Closing Campaign Finance Loopholes. 
HD3937 H551 Alicea An Act relative to the street list. 
HD1419 H552 Atkins An Act relative to residency requirements in local elections. 
HD1425 H553 Atkins An Act relative to age requirements in local elections. 
HD516 H554 Atsalis An Act to change the definition of unenrolled voter to no party affiliation on official massachusetts election ballots. 
HD518 H555 Atsalis An Act relative to voting by sex offenders. 
HD1406 H556 Ayers An Act assuring that polling places are accessible to elderly and physically challenged voters. 
HD1796 H557 Binienda An Act prohibiting certain election practices. 
HD216 H558 Bradley An Act Relative to Election Day Registration. 
HD220 H559 Bradley An Act to protect the integrity of initiative and referendum petitions. 
HD223 H560 Bradley An Act relative to campaign finance. 
HD733 H561 Bradley
HD1121 H562 Cabral An Act relative to the annual street list. 
HD1728 H563 Callahan An Act relative to campaign contributions by lobbyists. 
HD3223 H564 Calter An Act establishing a task force on election day registration. 
HD2129 H565 Canessa An Act relative to voter identification at election polls. 
HD736 H566 Cantwell An Act relative to polling places used for the general election. 
HD1212 H567 Costello An Act relative to using electronic devices to tabulate election results. 
HD1592 H568 D'Amico An Act establishing seventeen-year-old primary voting. 
HD348 H569 deMacedo An Act establishing voter identification procedures. 
HD3139 H570 Fagan An Act relative to establishing an electronic system for the submission, retrieval, storage, and public disclosure of campaign finance reports. 
HD3321 H571 Fagan An Act relative to the collection of signatures for initiative and referendum petitions. 

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