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Dear (name and title inserted automatically),
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Dear (name and title inserted automatically),
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IntroducedJan 09, 2021
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2021
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
relative to the absentee ballot application process.
Last Action
Senate • May 04, 2021: Remote Hearing: 05/10/2021, 09:45 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 23
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Sponsors:
Votes
YES: 198
- Abbas, Daryl
- Abrami, Patrick
- Abramson, Max
- Acton, Dennis
- Aldrich, Glen
- Alexander, Joe
- Allard, James
- Alliegro, Mark
- Ammon, Keith
- Andrus, Louise
- Ankarberg, Aidan
- Aron, Judy
- Avellani, Lino
- Ayer, Paul
- Bailey, Glenn
- Baldasaro, Al
- Baxter, Tim
- Bean, Harry
- Belanger, Cody
- Berezhny, Lex
- Bernardy, JD
- Bershtein, Alan
- Binford, David
- Blasek, Melissa
- Boehm, Ralph
- Bordes, Mike
- Boyd, Stephen
- Burt, John
- Callum, John
- Cambrils, Jose
- Comtois, Barbara
- Copp, Anne
- Cordelli, Glenn
- Craig, Kevin
- Crawford, Karel
- Creighton, Jim
- Cushman, Leah
- Davis, Arnold
- DeLemus, Susan
- Depalma IV, Joseph
- Deshaies, Brodie
- DeSimone, Debra
- Dodge, Dustin
- Dolan, Tom
- Dostie, Donald
- Doucette, Fred
- Edwards, Jess
- Elliott, Robert
- Emerick, Tracy
- Erf, Keith
- Fedolfi, Jim
- Folsom, Beth
- Ford, Oliver
- Foster, William
- Gagne, Larry
- Gay, Betty
- Gordon, Edward
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Graham, John
- Green, Dennis
- Greene, Bob
- Greeson, Jeffrey
- Griffin, Barbara
- Griffin, Gerald
- Griffin, Mary
- Groen, Fenton
- Gunski, Michael
- Ham, Bonnie
- Harb, Robert
- Harley, Tina
- Harrington, Michael
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Hayward, Peter
- Healey, Robert
- Hill, Gregory
- Hobson, Deborah
- Homola, Susan
- Hopper, Gary
- Horgan, James
- Hough, Gregg
- Howard, Raymond
- Hunt, John
- Infantine, William
- Janigian, John
- Johnson, Dawn
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Katsakiores, Phyllis
- Kelley, Diane
- Kelsey, Niki
- Kennedy, Margaret
- Khan, Aboul
- Kilanski, Ben
- King, Bill
- Kittredge, Mac
- Klose, John
- Kofalt, Jim
- Ladd, Rick
- Lang, Timothy
- Lanzara, Tom
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Lekas, Alicia
- Lekas, Tony
- Lewicke, John
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Littlefield, Richard
- Love, David
- Lundgren, David
- Lynn, Bob
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Mackie, Jonathan
- Marsh, William
- Marston, Dick
- Mayville, Mary
- McBride, Everett
- McConkey, Mark
- McGuire, Carol
- McLean, Mark
- McMahon, Charles
- Melvin, Charles
- Merner, Troy
- Milz, David
- Moffett, Michael
- Mooney, Maureen
- Nelson, Bill
- Newton, Clifford
- Notter, Jeanine
- Nunez, Hershel
- O'Hara, Travis
- Ober, Lynne
- Ober, Russell
- Osborne, Jason
- Pauer, Diane
- Pearl, Howard
- Pearson, Mark
- Pearson, Stephen
- Piemonte, Tony
- Pitaro, Matthew
- Pitre, Joseph
- Plett, Fred
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Post, Lisa
- Potucek, John
- Pratt, Kevin
- Prout, Andrew
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Renzullo, Andrew
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Rice, Kimberly
- Rollins, Skip
- Rouillard, Claire
- Roy, Terry
- Sanborn, Gail
- Sanborn, Laurie
- Santonastaso, Matthew
- Seaworth, Brian
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Silber, Norman
- Simon, Matthew
- Smith, Denise
- Smith, Jonathan
- Smith, Steven
- Somero, Paul
- Soti, Julius
- Spillane, James
- Spilsbury, Walter
- Stapleton, Walter
- Sweeney, Joe
- Sylvia, Michael
- Sytek, John
- Terry, Paul
- Testerman, Dave
- Theberge, Robert
- Thomas, Douglas
- Torosian, Peter
- Tripp, Richard
- Trottier, Douglas
- True, Chris
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Leonard
- Ulery, Jordan
- Umberger, Karen
- Vandecasteele, Susan
- Verville, Kevin
- Vose, Michael
- Wallace, Scott
- Walsh, Thomas
- Warden, Mark
- Welch, David
- Wells, Natalie
- Weyler, Kenneth
- White, Nick
- Wuelper, Kurt
- Yakubovich, Michael
- Yokela, Josh
NO: 174
- Abbott, Michael
- Abel, Richard
- Adjutant, Joshua
- Almy, Susan
- Altschiller, Debra
- Ames, Richard
- Baroody, Benjamin
- Bartlett, Christy
- Beaulieu, Jane
- Berch, Paul
- Bergeron, Paul
- Bixby, Peter
- Bordenet, John
- Bouchard, Donald
- Bouldin, Amanda
- Bouldin, Andrew
- Bradley, Amy
- Buco, Thomas
- Bunker, Lisa
- Burroughs, Anita
- Cahill, Michael
- Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline
- Cannon, Gerri
- Caplan, Tony
- Chase, Wendy
- Chretien, Jacqueline
- Cloutier, John
- Cohen, Bruce
- Conley, Casey
- Connors, Erika
- Cornell, Patricia
- Cushing, Robert Renny
- DiLorenzo, Charlotte
- DiSilvestro, Linda
- Dontonville, Roger
- Dutzy, Sherry
- Eaton, Daniel
- Ebel, Karen
- Edgar, Michael
- Egan, Timothy
- Ellis, Donna
- Ellison, Arthur
- Espitia, Manny
- Fargo, Kristina
- Faulkner, Barry
- Fellows, Sallie
- Fenton, Donovan
- Fontneau, Timothy
- Fox, Dru
- Freitas, Mary
- Gallager, Eric
- Gilman, Julie
- Goley, Jeffrey
- Gomarlo, Jennie
- Gottling, Suzanne
- Gourgue, Amanda
- Grassie, Chuck
- Griffith, Willis
- Grossman, Gaby
- Grote, Jaci
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hamblet, Joan
- Hamer, Heidi
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Hatch, William
- Heath, Mary
- Herbert, Christopher
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Hyland, Stephanie
- Jack, Martin
- Jeudy, Jean
- Kelley, Eamon
- Kenney, Cam
- King, Mark
- Klee, Patricia
- Klein-Knight, Nicole
- Knirk, Jerry
- Labranche, Tony
- Laflamme, Larry
- Lane, Connie
- Langley, Diane
- Laughton, Stacie-Marie
- Leishman, Peter
- Levesque, Cassandra
- Ley, Douglas
- Long, Patrick
- Loughman, Tom
- MacKay, James
- Maggiore, Jim
- Malloy, Dennis
- Mann, John
- Mason, James
- Massimilla, Linda
- McAleer, Chris
- McBeath, Rebecca
- McGhee, Kat
- McWilliams, Rebecca
- Merchant, Gary
- Meuse, David
- Moran, Melbourne
- Muirhead, Russell
- Mullen, Sue
- Murphy, James
- Murray, Kate
- Murray, Megan
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Nutting-Wong, Allison
- O'Brien, Michael
- O'Hearne, Andrew
- Oxenham, Lee
- Paige, Mark
- Parshall, Lucius
- Pedersen, Michael
- Perez, Maria
- Petrigno, Peter
- Piedra, Israel
- Pimentel, Roderick
- Porter, Marjorie
- Query, Joshua
- Read, Ellen
- Rich, Cecilia
- Richards, Beth
- Rogers, Katherine
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Salloway, Jeffrey
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Schapiro, Joe
- Schmidt, Janice
- Schmidt, Peter
- Schuett, Dianne
- Schultz, Kristina
- Shaw, Barbara
- Shurtleff, Steve
- Simpson, Alexis
- Smith, Marjorie
- Smith, Suzanne
- Smith, Timothy
- Snow, Kendall
- Sofikitis, Catherine
- Somssich, Peter
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spang, Judith
- Stavis, Laurel
- Stevens, Deb
- Sullivan, Brian
- Sykes, George
- Tanner, Linda
- Telerski, Laura
- Thompson, Dennis
- Toll, Amanda
- Toomey, Dan
- Treleaven, Susan
- Tucker, Edith
- Vail, Suzanne
- Van Houten, Constance
- Vann, Ivy
- Veilleux, Daniel
- Vincent, Kenneth
- Wall, Janet
- Wallner, Mary Jane
- Walz, Mary Beth
- Ward, Gerald
- Wazir, Safiya
- Weber, Lucy
- Welkowitz, Lawrence
- Weston, Joyce
- Wilhelm, Matthew
- Wolf, Dan
- Woodcock, Stephen
- Woods, Gary
NOT VOTING: 3
EXCUSED: 23
- Alicea, Caroletta
- Berry, Ross
- Booras, Efstathia
- Cleaver, Skip
- Cote, David
- Cross, Kenna
- Danielson, David
- Frost, Sherry
- Kimball, Mary Ann
- Leavitt, John
- Luneau, David
- Major, Norman
- McKinney, Betsy
- Myler, Mel
- Nordgren, Sharon
- Nutter-Upham, Frances
- Oxaal, Ariel
- Packard, Sherman
- Pantelakos, Laura
- Pickering, Daniel
- Ruprecht, Denny
- Varney, Peter
- Von Plinsky, Sparky
YES: 198
- Abbas, Daryl
- Abrami, Patrick
- Abramson, Max
- Acton, Dennis
- Aldrich, Glen
- Alexander, Joe
- Allard, James
- Alliegro, Mark
- Ammon, Keith
- Andrus, Louise
- Ankarberg, Aidan
- Aron, Judy
- Avellani, Lino
- Ayer, Paul
- Bailey, Glenn
- Baldasaro, Al
- Baxter, Tim
- Bean, Harry
- Belanger, Cody
- Berezhny, Lex
- Bernardy, JD
- Bershtein, Alan
- Binford, David
- Blasek, Melissa
- Boehm, Ralph
- Bordes, Mike
- Boyd, Stephen
- Burt, John
- Callum, John
- Cambrils, Jose
- Comtois, Barbara
- Copp, Anne
- Cordelli, Glenn
- Craig, Kevin
- Crawford, Karel
- Creighton, Jim
- Cushman, Leah
- Davis, Arnold
- DeLemus, Susan
- Depalma IV, Joseph
- Deshaies, Brodie
- DeSimone, Debra
- Dodge, Dustin
- Dolan, Tom
- Dostie, Donald
- Doucette, Fred
- Edwards, Jess
- Elliott, Robert
- Emerick, Tracy
- Erf, Keith
- Fedolfi, Jim
- Folsom, Beth
- Ford, Oliver
- Foster, William
- Gagne, Larry
- Gay, Betty
- Gordon, Edward
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Graham, John
- Green, Dennis
- Greene, Bob
- Greeson, Jeffrey
- Griffin, Barbara
- Griffin, Gerald
- Griffin, Mary
- Groen, Fenton
- Gunski, Michael
- Ham, Bonnie
- Harb, Robert
- Harley, Tina
- Harrington, Michael
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Hayward, Peter
- Healey, Robert
- Hill, Gregory
- Hobson, Deborah
- Homola, Susan
- Hopper, Gary
- Horgan, James
- Hough, Gregg
- Howard, Raymond
- Hunt, John
- Infantine, William
- Janigian, John
- Johnson, Dawn
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Katsakiores, Phyllis
- Kelley, Diane
- Kelsey, Niki
- Kennedy, Margaret
- Khan, Aboul
- Kilanski, Ben
- King, Bill
- Kittredge, Mac
- Klose, John
- Kofalt, Jim
- Ladd, Rick
- Lang, Timothy
- Lanzara, Tom
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Lekas, Alicia
- Lekas, Tony
- Lewicke, John
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Littlefield, Richard
- Love, David
- Lundgren, David
- Lynn, Bob
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Mackie, Jonathan
- Marsh, William
- Marston, Dick
- Mayville, Mary
- McBride, Everett
- McConkey, Mark
- McGuire, Carol
- McLean, Mark
- McMahon, Charles
- Melvin, Charles
- Merner, Troy
- Milz, David
- Moffett, Michael
- Mooney, Maureen
- Nelson, Bill
- Newton, Clifford
- Notter, Jeanine
- Nunez, Hershel
- O'Hara, Travis
- Ober, Lynne
- Ober, Russell
- Osborne, Jason
- Pauer, Diane
- Pearl, Howard
- Pearson, Mark
- Pearson, Stephen
- Piemonte, Tony
- Pitaro, Matthew
- Pitre, Joseph
- Plett, Fred
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Post, Lisa
- Potucek, John
- Pratt, Kevin
- Prout, Andrew
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Renzullo, Andrew
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Rice, Kimberly
- Rollins, Skip
- Rouillard, Claire
- Roy, Terry
- Sanborn, Gail
- Sanborn, Laurie
- Santonastaso, Matthew
- Seaworth, Brian
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Silber, Norman
- Simon, Matthew
- Smith, Denise
- Smith, Jonathan
- Smith, Steven
- Somero, Paul
- Soti, Julius
- Spillane, James
- Spilsbury, Walter
- Stapleton, Walter
- Sweeney, Joe
- Sylvia, Michael
- Sytek, John
- Terry, Paul
- Testerman, Dave
- Theberge, Robert
- Thomas, Douglas
- Torosian, Peter
- Tripp, Richard
- Trottier, Douglas
- True, Chris
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Leonard
- Ulery, Jordan
- Umberger, Karen
- Vandecasteele, Susan
- Verville, Kevin
- Vose, Michael
- Wallace, Scott
- Walsh, Thomas
- Warden, Mark
- Welch, David
- Wells, Natalie
- Weyler, Kenneth
- White, Nick
- Wuelper, Kurt
- Yakubovich, Michael
- Yokela, Josh
NO: 174
- Abbott, Michael
- Abel, Richard
- Adjutant, Joshua
- Almy, Susan
- Altschiller, Debra
- Ames, Richard
- Baroody, Benjamin
- Bartlett, Christy
- Beaulieu, Jane
- Berch, Paul
- Bergeron, Paul
- Bixby, Peter
- Bordenet, John
- Bouchard, Donald
- Bouldin, Amanda
- Bouldin, Andrew
- Bradley, Amy
- Buco, Thomas
- Bunker, Lisa
- Burroughs, Anita
- Cahill, Michael
- Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline
- Cannon, Gerri
- Caplan, Tony
- Chase, Wendy
- Chretien, Jacqueline
- Cloutier, John
- Cohen, Bruce
- Conley, Casey
- Connors, Erika
- Cornell, Patricia
- Cushing, Robert Renny
- DiLorenzo, Charlotte
- DiSilvestro, Linda
- Dontonville, Roger
- Dutzy, Sherry
- Eaton, Daniel
- Ebel, Karen
- Edgar, Michael
- Egan, Timothy
- Ellis, Donna
- Ellison, Arthur
- Espitia, Manny
- Fargo, Kristina
- Faulkner, Barry
- Fellows, Sallie
- Fenton, Donovan
- Fontneau, Timothy
- Fox, Dru
- Freitas, Mary
- Gallager, Eric
- Gilman, Julie
- Goley, Jeffrey
- Gomarlo, Jennie
- Gottling, Suzanne
- Gourgue, Amanda
- Grassie, Chuck
- Griffith, Willis
- Grossman, Gaby
- Grote, Jaci
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hamblet, Joan
- Hamer, Heidi
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Hatch, William
- Heath, Mary
- Herbert, Christopher
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Hyland, Stephanie
- Jack, Martin
- Jeudy, Jean
- Kelley, Eamon
- Kenney, Cam
- King, Mark
- Klee, Patricia
- Klein-Knight, Nicole
- Knirk, Jerry
- Labranche, Tony
- Laflamme, Larry
- Lane, Connie
- Langley, Diane
- Laughton, Stacie-Marie
- Leishman, Peter
- Levesque, Cassandra
- Ley, Douglas
- Long, Patrick
- Loughman, Tom
- MacKay, James
- Maggiore, Jim
- Malloy, Dennis
- Mann, John
- Mason, James
- Massimilla, Linda
- McAleer, Chris
- McBeath, Rebecca
- McGhee, Kat
- McWilliams, Rebecca
- Merchant, Gary
- Meuse, David
- Moran, Melbourne
- Muirhead, Russell
- Mullen, Sue
- Murphy, James
- Murray, Kate
- Murray, Megan
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Nutting-Wong, Allison
- O'Brien, Michael
- O'Hearne, Andrew
- Oxenham, Lee
- Paige, Mark
- Parshall, Lucius
- Pedersen, Michael
- Perez, Maria
- Petrigno, Peter
- Piedra, Israel
- Pimentel, Roderick
- Porter, Marjorie
- Query, Joshua
- Read, Ellen
- Rich, Cecilia
- Richards, Beth
- Rogers, Katherine
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Salloway, Jeffrey
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Schapiro, Joe
- Schmidt, Janice
- Schmidt, Peter
- Schuett, Dianne
- Schultz, Kristina
- Shaw, Barbara
- Shurtleff, Steve
- Simpson, Alexis
- Smith, Marjorie
- Smith, Suzanne
- Smith, Timothy
- Snow, Kendall
- Sofikitis, Catherine
- Somssich, Peter
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spang, Judith
- Stavis, Laurel
- Stevens, Deb
- Sullivan, Brian
- Sykes, George
- Tanner, Linda
- Telerski, Laura
- Thompson, Dennis
- Toll, Amanda
- Toomey, Dan
- Treleaven, Susan
- Tucker, Edith
- Vail, Suzanne
- Van Houten, Constance
- Vann, Ivy
- Veilleux, Daniel
- Vincent, Kenneth
- Wall, Janet
- Wallner, Mary Jane
- Walz, Mary Beth
- Ward, Gerald
- Wazir, Safiya
- Weber, Lucy
- Welkowitz, Lawrence
- Weston, Joyce
- Wilhelm, Matthew
- Wolf, Dan
- Woodcock, Stephen
- Woods, Gary
NOT VOTING: 3
EXCUSED: 23
- Alicea, Caroletta
- Berry, Ross
- Booras, Efstathia
- Cleaver, Skip
- Cote, David
- Cross, Kenna
- Danielson, David
- Frost, Sherry
- Kimball, Mary Ann
- Leavitt, John
- Luneau, David
- Major, Norman
- McKinney, Betsy
- Myler, Mel
- Nordgren, Sharon
- Nutter-Upham, Frances
- Oxaal, Ariel
- Packard, Sherman
- Pantelakos, Laura
- Pickering, Daniel
- Ruprecht, Denny
- Varney, Peter
- Von Plinsky, Sparky
Actions
- May 04, 2021 | Senate
- Remote Hearing: 05/10/2021, 09:45 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 23
- Apr 13, 2021 | Senate
- Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 12
- Apr 08, 2021 | House
- Ought to Pass: MA RC 198-174 04/08/2021
- Mar 29, 2021 | House
- Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 18 P. 43
- Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- Mar 03, 2021 | House
- ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/10/2021 10:20 am Members of the public may attend using the following link: To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/95087806399 (if necessary)
- Mar 08, 2021 | House
- Executive Session: 03/08/2021 12:00 pm Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/91394352757
- Mar 04, 2021 | House
- Public Hearing: 03/04/2021 01:00 pm Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/91092569734 Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- Jan 09, 2021 | House
- Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 42
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