Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H856: An Act relative to reprecincting
Status: In committee, September 2, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
SECTION 1. Section 9A of chapter 9 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting before the first paragraph the following paragraph:- For the purposes of this section “decennial division” shall mean the decennial division of congressional, representative, senatorial and councillor districts as set forth in sections 1 through 7A, inclusive, of chapter 54. SECTION 2. Said section 9A of said chapter 9, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following 7 paragraphs:- The commission shall not approve the division of any city or town into wards and precincts as required by chapter 54 until the final approval by the governor of the enacted decennial division. The commission shall minimize the approval of sub-precincts and not impose a strict mathematical formula on the population deviation for municipal precincts unless the creation of a sub-precinct is required to meet a plus or minus 10 per cent population deviation for municipal representative districts. The commission shall provide the state secretary with the meeting notice and minutes of all commission meetings, which shall be posted on the secretary’s website. The commission shall provide the state secretary an electronic geographic information system shapefile or equivalent containing the population of every city and town ward, precinct and sub-precinct within the boundaries of the approved congressional, …
Sponsors
- Michael Moran (D, 18th Suffolk) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- : Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Election Laws
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Election Laws (August 13, 2025): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H856?
- H856 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act relative to reprecincting.
- What is the status of H856?
- In committee as of September 2, 2025. Latest action: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (September 2, 2025).
- Who sponsored H856?
- Michael Moran (D, 18th Suffolk).
- Where is the official record for H856?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H856
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