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MA S 503

in committee

An Act decoupling the municipal census from voter registration

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

Quick answers

Did MA S 503 pass?

Not yet. MA S 503 is in committee as of 2025-11-24 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-11-24): Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

What is MA S 503 about?

By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 503) of Cynthia Stone Creem, James B. Eldridge, Sal N. DiDomenico, Jacob R. Oliveira and other members of the Senate for legislation to decouple the municipal census from voter registration. Election Laws.

Who sponsors MA S 503?

Cynthia Stone Creem is the primary sponsor of MA S 503, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Description

By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 503) of Cynthia Stone Creem, James B. Eldridge, Sal N. DiDomenico, Jacob R. Oliveira and other members of the Senate for legislation to decouple the municipal census from voter registration. Election Laws.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-11-24 — Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Cynthia Stone Creemprimary
  • James B. Eldridgecosponsor
  • Sal N. DiDomenicocosponsor
  • Jacob R. Oliveiracosponsor
  • Patricia D. Jehlencosponsor
  • Bruce E. Tarrcosponsor
  • William J. Driscoll, Jr.cosponsor
  • Manny Cruzcosponsor
  • Rebecca L. Rauschcosponsor
  • Mike Connollycosponsor
  • Joanne M. Comerfordcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on Election Laws

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-27

    House concurred

  3. 2025-08-29

    Hearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in B-1

  4. 2025-11-24

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S503

Attribution

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