Massachusetts · Bill 710 · 193rd General Court

An Act increasing voter participation in primary elections

H 710 Sponsored by James M. Murphy Failed

  1. Introduced Feb 16, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 16, 2023
  3. Failed  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

By Representative Murphy of Weymouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 710) of James M. Murphy for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the General Court) to investigate ways to increase voter participation in primary elections. Election Laws.

Every action

6 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Election Laws · Joint Committee on Election Laws
  2. SenateSenate concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 09/13/2023 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 · Joint Committee on Election Laws
  4. HouseReporting date extended to Tuesday May 28, 2024, pending concurrence
  5. SenateSenate concurred
  6. HouseAccompanied a study order, see H4923

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.