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MA S 509

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An Act relative to the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole in the city known as the town of Randolph

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · upper

Description

By Mr. Driscoll, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 509) of William J. Driscoll, Jr. (with the vote of the town) for legislation relative to the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole for state elections in the city known as the town of Randolph. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-23 — Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • William J. Driscoll, Jr.primary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on Election Laws

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  2. 2025-02-27

    House concurred

  3. 2025-06-10

    Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  4. 2025-07-31

    Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

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  5. 2025-10-16

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  6. 2026-01-22

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  7. 2026-01-22

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

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  8. 2026-01-23

    Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

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Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S509

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