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House advances bill to change 2026 state primary election date to third reading
Summary
House Bill 45 31, relating to the 2026 state primary election date, was advanced to a third reading after suspension of House rule 7A and a voice vote; no detailed floor debate is recorded in the provided transcript.
The Massachusetts House ordered House Bill 45 31, a bill relative to the 2026 state primary election date, to a third reading after the suspension of House rule 7A. The suspension motions were moved by members on the floor and carried by voice vote.
The committee on Ways and Means reported the bill and the Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling recommended it be scheduled for consideration by the House. After a suspension of the rules, the bill received a second reading and was ordered to a third reading. The transcript records the procedural steps — suspension of rule 7A, second reading, and ordering the bill to a third reading — but does not include floor debate on the substance of the proposed date change in the provided excerpts.
Action and procedure: Multiple members moved to suspend rule 7A to bring the matter forward; the voice votes recorded on the floor resulted in the order to take the bill up and send it to a third reading. The bill later appeared on the third-reading calendar and was passed to be engrossed in subsequent floor action noted in the transcript.
