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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 407 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 63
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Erika Uyterhoeven
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying
proposal for constitutional amendment:
Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex1/9/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/25/2025Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex2/25/2025David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester2/25/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/28/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 407 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 63
By Representative Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by proposal for
constitutional amendment, House, No. 63) of Erika Uyterhoeven and others for a legislative
amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights of certain persons incarcerated in
correctional facilities due to felony convictions. Election Laws.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights.
A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in
joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the
following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if
similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the
state election next following]:
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
1 Article III of the Amendments to the Constitution, as amended, is hereby further
2amended by striking out the words “, excepting persons who are incarcerated in a correctional
3facility due to a felony conviction, and”, inserted by Article CXX of the Amendments to the
4Constitution.