HB 1272
(New Title) providing an option for each candidate's party affiliations to be printed on the town or school district ballot.
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On the record
Quoted from the General Court bill status page, not worked out from the docket.
| Status | SENATE |
|---|---|
| In the House | PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT |
| In the Senate | INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE |
| Introduced | 1/7/2026 |
| Floor date | 3/11/2026 |
| LSR number | 2836 |
| Local government impact | no |
| Committee code | H36 |
Where it stands
House: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT · Senate: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Every floor vote on this bill was a voice or division vote, so there is no record of how individual legislators voted.
Sponsors
Wherry, Robert(R) Hills 13, Brown, Richard(R) Carr 8, Ford, Mary(R) Rock 3, Mannion, Tom(R) Hills 1, McGrath, Linda(R) Rock 40, Murphy, Mary(R) Hills 27, Pauer, Diane(R) Hills 36, Sellers, John(R) Graf 10
Prime sponsor in bold. From the General Court sponsor file.
What happened
Every action recorded in the official docket, in order. Each line ends with the journal or calendar that recorded it; where we have the document, that citation links to it.
- January 7, 2026Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law
- February 17, 2026Public Hearing: 02/17/2026 11:20 am GP 158
- March 3, 2026Executive Session: 03/03/2026 10:00 am GP 158
- March 4, 2026Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0947h 03/03/2026 (Vote 9-7; RC)
- March 4, 2026Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- March 11, 2026Amendment # 2026-0947h: AA VV 03/11/2026
- March 11, 2026Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0947h: MA DV 171-156 03/11/2026
- March 12, 2026Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs
- March 31, 2026Hearing: 03/31/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 01:30 pm
- April 16, 2026Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 04/16/2026, Vote 4-0, CC
- April 16, 2026Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV = =; 04/16/2026
Votes
Roll call tallies and individual votes from the General Court roll call files. Presiding, excused and absent are shown separately: one member presides over each House roll call and does not vote except to break a tie.
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0947h
Decided on a division vote. Only the outcome was recorded — there is no count of how any member voted.
Inexpedient to Legislate
Decided on a voice vote. Only the outcome was recorded — there is no count of how any member voted.
Committee reports
No committee report on file. Majority and minority reports are printed in the House Calendar rather than the docket.
Hearings and recordings
Recordings are the General Court’s own, on YouTube. Start times are estimates unless stated otherwise, and the player opens early.
- February 17, 2026 at 11:20Election Law public hearing recording 0:08:30–0:09:00, about 0 min (estimated)
- March 3, 2026 at 10:00Election Law executive session recording 0:02:00–0:09:44, about 8 min (estimated)
- March 11, 2026House floor debate recording (start time not identified)
- March 31, 2026 at 13:30Election Law and Municipal Affairs hearing recording (start time not identified)
- April 16, 2026Senate floor debate recording (start time not identified)
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