# Massachusetts S 3186: An Act conforming with the electoral count reform act of 2022 and ensuring uniform faithful presidential electors

Massachusetts S 3186, An Act conforming with the electoral count reform act of 2022 and ensuring uniform faithful presidential electors, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by James B. Eldridge (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-10-26 (Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 3186
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act conforming with the electoral count reform act of 2022 and ensuring uniform faithful presidential electors
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-04-02
- Last action: 2026-10-26, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- Sponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, Election Laws, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (5 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: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Peter J. Durant (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-23 | committee | Committee Favorable: Shall the bill be reported favorably? | pass | 5 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (8)

- 2026-10-26: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2026-09-21: Reporting date extended to Tuesday November 3, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-09-15: Hearing rescheduled to 09/15/2026 from 01:00 PM-02:00 PM in A-2 <br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-09-04: Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 (legislature)
- 2026-07-20: House concurred (House)
- 2026-07-13: Referred to the committee on Election Laws (Senate)
- 2026-07-13: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3186.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3186.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S3186-194 (as of 2026-11-04).