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MA H 1690

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An Act relative to authorizing electronic signatures for criminal complaints

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

Description

By Representative Fiola of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1690) of Carole A. Fiola and Steven J. Ouellette relative to authorizing electronic signatures for criminal complaints. The Judiciary.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2025-10-20 — Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-09:00 PM in A-2
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Carole A. Fiolaprimary
  • Steven J. Ouellettecosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

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  2. 2025-02-27

    Senate concurred

  3. 2025-05-29

    Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-09-11

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

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  5. 2025-10-14

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading

  6. 2025-10-20

    Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-09:00 PM in A-2

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Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1690

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