Massachusetts · Bill 839 · 194th General Court

An Act increasing voter registration and participation to help prevent recidivism

H 839 Sponsored by Russell E. Holmes Failed

  1. Introduced Feb 27, 2025
  2. Failed  
  3. Passed the House  
  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 Holmes of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 839) of Russell E. Holmes relative to increasing voter registration and participation of people incarcerated for felony convictions to help prevent recidivism. Election Laws.

Every action

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

  1. CommitteeReported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order · Joint Committee on Election Laws
  2. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Election Laws · Joint Committee on Election Laws
  3. SenateSenate concurred
  4. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in B-1 · Joint Committee on Election Laws
  5. HouseAccompanied a study order, see H5311 (under House Rule 27)

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.