# Massachusetts H 801: An Act relative to the town of Cheshire's special election

Massachusetts H 801, An Act relative to the town of Cheshire's special election, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by John Barrett III (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-20 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 801
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to the town of Cheshire's special election
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-08-20, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2025
- Sponsor: John Barrett III (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Election Laws, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Cheshire special election results confirmed: benefit, low. The law ratifies all actions tied to Cheshire’s August 12, 2024 special election. It fixes missing steps like posting the election warrant and voter information. Results and actions from that election are valid and enforceable, and cannot be thrown out for those posting issues. It applies only to t…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Barrett III (Democratic), House

## Actions (14)

- 2025-08-20: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2025
- 2025-08-14: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-08-14: Enacted (House)
- 2025-08-11: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-08-11: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-07-28: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2025-07-24: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-07-21: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-07-21: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-07-21: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-07-10: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-04-28: Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Election Laws (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-08-20: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H801.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- 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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- 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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)

## Sources
- [Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H801.pdf)

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- [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194)
- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H801-194 (as of 2026-11-01).