# Massachusetts H 5539: An Act relative to recall elections in the town of Danvers

Massachusetts H 5539, An Act relative to recall elections in the town of Danvers, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Sally P. Kerans (Democratic); status third reading, last action 2026-09-14 (Read second and ordered to a third reading) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5539
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to recall elections in the town of Danvers
- Status: third reading
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-06-25
- Last action: 2026-09-14, Read second and ordered to a third reading
- Sponsors: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Sally P. Kerans (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Election Laws, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Senate
- Sponsor: Sally P. Kerans (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-01 | committee | Committee Favorable: Poll/Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (9)

- 2026-09-14: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-09-14: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-09-14: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-09-03: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-07-21: Hearing rescheduled to 07/21/2026 from 01:00 PM-02:20 PM in A-1 <br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-07-09: Hearing rescheduled to 07/21/2026 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1 <br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to include Virtual</span> (legislature)
- 2026-06-30: Hearing scheduled for 07/21/2026 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2026-06-25: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2026-06-25: Referred to the committee on Election Laws (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5539.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5539.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5539-194 (as of 2026-11-01).