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IntroducedJan 09, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
Title: enabling ranked-choice voting for municipal elections.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 26, 2025: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 194-145 03/26/2025 HJ 10
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 600
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 194
- Aldrich, Glen
- Alexander, Joe
- Ammon, Keith
- Andrus, Louise
- Aron, Judy
- Aron, Michael
- Aures, Cyril
- Avellani, Lino
- Aylward, Deborah
- Bailey, Glenn
- Ball, Lorie
- Barbour, Liz
- Bean, Harry
- Beaulier, Calvin
- Belcher, Mike
- Bennett, Cindy
- Berezhny, Lex
- Bernardy, JD
- Berry, Ross
- Bjelobrk, Marie Louise
- Boehm, Ralph
- Bogert, Steven
- Boyd, Bill
- Boyd, Stephen
- Brown, Pam
- Brown, Richard
- Bryer, Scott
- Buco, Thomas
- Burnham, Claudine
- Cahill, Michael
- Cambrils, Jose
- Cole, Brian
- Comtois, Barbara
- Cordelli, Glenn
- Crawford, Karel
- Creighton, James
- Daniels, Gary
- Davis, Arnold
- DeLemus, Susan
- DeRoy, Susan
- DeSimone, Debra
- DeVito, Sayra
- Devoid, Ricky
- Dolan, Tom
- Donnelly, Tanya
- Drago, Mike
- Drew, Matt
- Drye, Margaret
- Dumais, Russell
- Dumont, Dillon
- Dunn, Ron
- Dupont, Pierre
- Durkin, Sean
- Erf, Keith
- Farrington, Samuel
- Fedolfi, Jim
- Flanagan, Jack
- Foote, Charles
- Ford, Mary
- Franz, Linda
- Freeman, Lisa
- Gagne, Larry
- Giasson, Henry
- Girard, Dale
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Granger, Michael
- Griffin, Gerald
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Guzofski, James
- Hamblen, Joseph
- Harb, Robert
- Harrington, Michael
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Hemingway, Wayne
- Hicks, Matthew
- Hill, Gregory
- Hunt, John
- Jack, Martin
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Karasinski, Sly
- Katsakiores, Phyllis
- Kelley, Diane
- Kenny, Catherine
- Kesselring, Steven
- Khan, Aboul
- Kofalt, Jim
- Korzen, Lori
- Kuttab, Katelyn
- Labrie, Brian
- Ladd, Rick
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Louis, Darrell
- Love, David
- Lunney, Matthew
- Lynn, Bob
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Mannion, Dennis
- Mannion, Tim
- Mannion, Tom
- Mattson, Rita
- Mazur, Lisa
- McDonnell, Valerie
- McFarlane, Donald
- McGrath, Linda
- McGuire, Carol
- McGuire, Dan
- McLean, Mark
- Mehegan, Peter
- Melvin, Charles
- Miles, Julie
- Milz, David
- Miner, Laurence
- Moffett, Michael
- Mooney, Maureen
- Morency, Pete
- Morse, Bryan
- Morton, Jonathan
- Murphy, Denis
- Murphy, Mary
- Murray, Kate
- Nadeau, Brian
- Nalevanko, Rich
- Noble, Kristin
- Notter, Jeanine
- Ohm, Bill
- Osborne, Jason
- Ouellet, Mike
- Panek, Sandra
- Paquette, Kathleen
- Pauer, Diane
- Pearson, Mark
- Peeples, Raymond
- Perez, Kristine
- Peternel, Katy
- Pitaro, Matthew
- Plante, Raymond
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Popovici-Muller, Daniel
- Porcelli, Susan
- Post, Lisa
- Potenza, Kelley
- Potucek, John
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Reinfurt, Sherri
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Rollins, Skip
- Roy, Terry
- Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Schneller, John
- Scully, Kevin
- Seaworth, Brian
- See, Alvin
- Seidel, Sheila
- Sellers, John
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Sirois, Shane
- Slottje, Jeremy
- Smith, Jonathan
- Soti, Julius
- Spillane, James
- Spilsbury, Walter
- Suiter, John
- Summers, James
- Sweeney, Joe
- Sytek, John
- Taylor, Brian
- Tenczar, Jeffrey
- Terry, Paul
- Thackston, Dick
- Thomas, Douglas
- Tierney, James
- Toner, Travis
- Tripp, Richard
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Len
- Ulery, Jordan
- Valerino, Brian
- Vallone, Mark
- Vandecasteele, Susan
- Vose, Michael
- Walker, David
- Walsh, Lilli
- Walsh, Thomas
- Weyler, Kenneth
- Wherry, Robert
- Wilson, Vicki
- Wood, Clayton
NO: 145
- Almy, Susan
- Ames, Dick
- Balboni, Peggy
- Baldwin, Heather
- Bay, Luz
- Beauchemin, Paige
- Berch, Paul
- Bergeron, Dan
- Bixby, Peter
- Bolton, Bill
- Bouchard, Donald
- Bricchi, Tracy
- Budathoki, Suraj
- Burroughs, Anita
- Burton, Wayne
- Caplan, Tony
- Chourasia, Manoj
- Cloutier, John
- Colby, Eleana
- Cormen, Thomas
- Cornell, Patricia
- Damon, Hope
- Darby, Will
- Dargie, Paul
- Davis, Fred
- DiSilvestro, Linda
- Ebel, Karen
- Elberger, Susan
- Fellows, Sallie
- Foss, Lily
- Fox, Dru
- Fracht, David
- Gallager, Eric
- Georges, Mary
- Germana, Nicholas
- Gibbs, Merryl
- Gilmore, Gary
- Grill, Jessica
- Grote, Jaci
- Gruber, James
- Grund, Stephanie
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hall, Muriel
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Hartnett, Tim
- Hegner, Karen
- Herbert, Christopher
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Howard, Heath
- Howard, Molly
- Howland, Allan
- Jacobs, Samantha
- Johnson, Erik
- Jones, Philip
- Juris, Louis
- Kelly, Eileen
- King, Seth
- Kluger, Lee Ann
- Knab, Allison
- LaMontagne, Jessica
- Lane, Connie
- Larochelle, John
- LeClerc, Daniel
- Leishman, Peter
- Lloyd, Christal
- Long, Patrick
- Lovett, Peter
- Lucas, Janet
- Luneau, David
- MacKay, James
- MacKenzie, Mark
- Maggiore, Jim
- Malloy, Dennis
- Manohar, Sanjeev
- Manos, Zoe
- Markell, Jay
- McAleer, Chris
- McGhee, Kat
- Meuse, David
- Miller, Seth
- Murphy, Nancy
- Murray, Alissandra
- Murray, Megan
- Newell, Jodi
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Newsom, James
- O'Rorke, Terri
- Oppel, Thomas
- Paige, David
- Parshall, Lucius
- Payeur, Stephanie
- Pearson, Wayne
- Petrigno, Peter
- Polozov, Yury
- Preece, David
- Raymond, Heather
- Raynolds, Ned
- Read, Ellen
- Richards, Beth
- Rockmore, Ellen
- Roesener, James
- Rombeau, Catherine
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Ryan, Linda
- Salvi, Santosh
- Sargent, Gregory
- Scherr, Buzz
- Schmidt, Peter
- Schultz, Kris
- Seibert, Christine
- Simpson, Alexis
- Smith, Geoffrey
- Smith, Marjorie
- Snodgrass, Jim
- Sofikitis, Catherine
- Sorensen, Carrie
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spahr, Terry
- Spier, Carry
- St. Clair, Charlie
- Staub, Kathy
- Stavis, Laurel
- Stone, John
- Stringham, Jerry
- Sullivan, Brian
- Sullivan, Jared
- Swanson, Dale
- Sykes, George
- Telerski, Laura
- Tellez, Trinidad
- Thomas, Wendy
- Turer, Eric
- Vail, Suzanne
- Veilleux, Daniel
- Wade, Alice
- Wall, Janet
- Wallner, Mary Jane
- Ward, Gerald
- Weber, Lucy
- Weinstein, Toni
- Wheeler, Jonah
- Wilhelm, Matthew
- Woods, Gary
EXCUSED: 36
- Booras, Efstathia
- Bordes, Mike
- Bridle, Nicholas
- Chretien, Suzanne
- Coker, Matthew
- Colcombe, Riché
- Corcoran, Travis
- DeDe-Poulin, Denise
- Dolan, William
- England, Myles
- Faulkner, Barry
- Foxx, Loren
- Germana, Dylan
- Gilman, Julie
- Gonzalez, Ernesto
- Grant, George
- Gregg, Alicia
- Grossman, Gaby
- Haskins, Linda
- Janigian, John
- Kerwin, Erin
- Lundgren, David
- Malone, Amy
- Mandelbaum, Jennifer
- Minor, Sheri
- Nelson, Jodi
- Paige, Mark
- Palmer, William
- Prout, Andrew
- Rice, Kimberly
- Selig, Loren
- Thibault, James
- Trottier, Douglas
- Verville, Kevin
- Warden, Mark
- Woodcock, Stephen
OTHER: 23
- Ankarberg, Aidan
- Barton, Joseph
- de Vries, Erica
- Edgar, Michael
- Edwards, Jess
- Hall, Robley
- Jeudy, Jean
- Leapley, Nicole
- Leavitt, John
- Levesque, Cassandra
- McMahon, Charles
- Muirhead, Russell
- Muns, Chris
- Murphy, Michael
- Nagel, David
- Packard, Sherman
- Pearson, Stephen
- Plamondon, Marc
- Presa, Adam
- Proulx, Mark
- Selby, Donald
- Smith, Steven
- Varney, Peter
Actions
- Mar 26, 2025 | House
- Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 194-145 03/26/2025 HJ 10
- Mar 04, 2025 | House
- Executive Session: 03/04/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/04/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 17 P. 30
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- Public Hearing: 02/25/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- Jan 09, 2025 | House
- Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 18
Bill Texts
Documents
- Remote Testimony by Campbell, Leonard (Meredith, NH) - Support, House Election LawPDF
- Remote Testimony by Daniels, Josh (Saratoga Springs, UT) - Support, House Election LawPDF
- Remote Testimony by Hatcher, Phil (Dover, NH) - Support, House Election LawPDF
- Remote Testimony by Otis, Deb (Silver Spring, MD) - Support, House Election LawPDF
- Remote Testimony by Agostino, Amy (Londonderry, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by allen, mollie (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Ames, Sarah (Moultonborough, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Andrews, Carly (Salem, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Andros, Joanna (Walpole, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Argeriou, James (Candia, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Atherton, John (Dover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Bach, Cheri (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Barnes, Joshua (Raymond, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Barrette, Tyler (Rochester, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Basmaji, Michael (Merrimack, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Beaudoin, Breanna (Goffstown, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Beaulieu, Rebecca (Dover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Beck, Gerald (Holderness, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Beck, Kevin (Enfield, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Benton, Linda (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Berrio, Simon (Dalton, NH) - Oppose, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Bickerstaff, Alex (Somersworth, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Black, Bill (Hanover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Bliss, Mason (Peterborough, NH, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Braggins, Benjamin (Andover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Brophy, Judy (mont vernon, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Brown, Nancy (Hopkinton, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by BROWN, SHARON (NEWINGTON, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Brown, Steven (Dover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Buelvas, Natalie (Dover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Bull, Sherrin (Hooksett, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Bundy, Linda (Antrim, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Butler, Kelly (Swanzey, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Candiano, Nathan (Londonderry, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Carlisle, Lorna (Salisbury, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Carr, William (Concord, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Carreau, Jamie (Derry, NH) - Oppose, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Carter, Lilian (Deering, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Chadwick, Ray (Bedford, NH) - Oppose, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Christy, Genevieve (wonalncet, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Clum, Roger (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Coleman-Bagge, Linzee (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Collins, Erin (Wilton, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Collins, Matthew (Wilton, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Cooper, Holly (Concord, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Corbit, Kurt (Milford, NH) - Oppose, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Cross, Seth (Salisbury, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Custer, Joshua (Milton Mills, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Daniel, Heather (Dover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Daschbach, Virginia (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Davidson, Brenda (Concord, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Davis, Gregory (Salem, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by DeAngelis, Colleen (Concord, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Derhammer, Michael (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dodge, Blossom (Concord, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dorward, Thomas (Keene, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dow, Stephen (Somersworth, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dunnington, Ken (Dover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dutzy, Sherry (Nashua, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Ealy, Elven (Litchfield, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Eastman, Deanna (Chatham, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Ebrahim, Yussra (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Eherts, Faith (Nashua, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Fillo, Keely (Bow, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Folkert, Carla (Keene, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Foster, Sylvia (Durham, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Garland, Bruce (Lebanon, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Garland, Leane (Hanover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by George, Brian (Manchester, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Gibson, Claudia (Hanover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by GINGERICH, ALEX (Salem, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Glassman, Barbara (Nashua, NH) - Oppose, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hagan, Micheline (Barrington, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hahne, Benjamin (Mereimack, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Haley, David (Holderness, NH) - Oppose, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Halldorson, Christopher (Dover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hallinan, Marybeth E (Peterborough, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hamblet, Joan (PORTSMOUTH, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hamer, Gary (MANCHESTER, NH) - Oppose, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hamer, Heidi (MANCHESTER, NH) - Oppose, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hand, Caleb (Londonderry, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hardiman, Brandy (HAMPTON, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Harmon, Katherine (Bow, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Harriman, Lewis (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Harris, Kate (Dover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Harris, Michael (Nottingham, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hearn, Molly (Dover, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hedlund, Rebecca (PORTSMOUTH, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Heirtzler, Jan (DURHAM, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Henderson, Katherine (Concord, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hodgkins, Russell (Amherst, NH) - Oppose, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Huard, Samantha (Manchester, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Huberman, Anne (Peterborough, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hueber, Ryan (Manchester, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Ibrahim, Nadia (Manchester, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Jobin, Timothy (Windham, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Jonas, Marilyn (Wilton, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Juilfs, Alyssa (Whitefield, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Julian, Timothy (Newport, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML
- Remote Testimony by Kara, Rey (Manchester, NH) - Support, House Election LawHTML