{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156b-8","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, § 8","heading":"Voting by stockholders; effect of articles of organization or by-laws","body":"Section 8. (a) Whenever, with respect to any action to be taken by the stockholders of a corporation, the articles of organization or by-laws require the vote or concurrence of the holders of all of the shares, or of any class or series thereof, or a greater proportion thereof than required by this chapter with respect to such action, the provisions of the articles of organization or by-laws shall control.\n(b) Whenever, with respect to any action to be taken by the stockholders of a corporation as to which a vote of each class of stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon is required by this chapter, the articles of organization or by-laws provide that two or more classes of stock shall vote as a single class, the provisions of the articles of organization or by-laws shall control, provided, however, that no such provision shall deprive any class or series of stock whose rights would be adversely affected by such action of any right to a separate vote which such class or series may have under section seventy-one or section seventy-four.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 156B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156B/Section8","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:38Z","sha256":"0878a047f7a84105caaab73d5afb6b7af42da258ae4bc4df6365dc453a663152","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156b-7","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156b-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}