# Massachusetts S 509: An Act relative to the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole in the city known as the town of Randolph

Massachusetts S 509, An Act relative to the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole in the city known as the town of Randolph, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by William J. Driscoll Jr. (Democratic); status passed senate, last action 2026-01-23 (Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 509
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole in the city known as the town of Randolph
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-01-23, Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsor: William J. Driscoll Jr. (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Election Laws, House Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (6 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: William J. Driscoll Jr. (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-07-24 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (8)

- 2026-01-23: Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-01-22: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-10-16: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-07-31: Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2025-06-10: Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: House concurred (House)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Election Laws (Senate)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-01-22: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S509.pdf)

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- 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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)

## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S509.pdf)

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- [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194)
- [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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [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-S509-194 (as of 2026-11-01).