188th General Court

Senate Amendment

Sponsor: Stephen Brewer

Protect Our Communities

Sponsor: Katherine Clark

Text of amendment #23 to S2001 (Senator Tarr)

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Cost Certification

Sponsor: Robert Hedlund

Special procedures for consideration of the Senate Bill restoring the minimum wage and providing unemployment insurance reforms (Senate, No. 2123) ought to be adopted

Sponsor: John Binienda

Authorizing the town of Falmouth to expend borrowed funds to offset certain costs associated with the installation of low pressure pumps on private property in the little pond sewer service area

Sponsor: Therese Murray

Relative to certain loans by the Federal Home Loan Bank

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services

Relative to direct wine shipper licenses

Sponsor: John Scibak

Further protecting consumers of the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

To promote environmentally sound transportation of agricultural products

Sponsor: Stephen Brewer

Exempting the Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board membership from conflict of interest regarding discussion of shellfish licensing

Sponsor: Daniel Wolf

Relative to trust funds at the University of Massachusetts

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to regional 911 emergency communication districts

Sponsor: James Timilty

Modernizing the banking laws and enhancing the competitiveness of state-chartered banks

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to the sterilization of musical instruments in schools

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to condominiums

Sponsor: Brian Joyce

Relative to rights of persons receiving services from program or facilities of the Department of Mental Health

Sponsor: Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Authorizing the appointment of special police officers in the town of Merrimac

Sponsor: Leonard Mirra

Relative to parking violations in the town of Wellfleet

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

Relative to injured on duty benefits for environmental police officers

Sponsor: Kathi-Anne Reinstein

Authorizing certain investments by the Treasurer of the city of Peabody.

Sponsor: Joan Lovely

Establishing a sick leave bank for Marie Silva, an employee of the Department of Developmental Services

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Establishing a sick leave bank for Derik DiRico, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Sponsor: Thomas Petrolati

Authorizing the appointment of special police officers in the town of Dartmouth

Sponsor: Mark Montigny

Relative to certificates of insurance

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to the use of headlights

Sponsor: Bills in the Third Reading

Validating the actions taken at a certain state election in the town of Mattapoisett

Authorizing the town of Sunderland to continue the employment of James P. Bielunis as a call firefighter

Sponsor: Stanley Rosenberg

Establishing a gaming revenue stabilization fund in the town of Plainville

Sponsor: Richard Ross

Further regulating town meeting notices

Sponsor: Michael Rodrigues

Relative to designating Route 18 in New Bedford to honor the Edward M. Kennedy Historical Waterfront Boulevard

Sponsor: Mark Montigny

Relative to the transfer of the employees of the Franklin Regional Council of Governments to the state employees’ retirement system

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to the Muscular Dystrophy Association

Sponsor: Diana DiZoglio

Relative to the sale of malt beverages and distilled spirits at auction

Sponsor: Bills in the Third Reading

Relative to private construction contracts

Sponsor: Brian Joyce

Changing the composition of the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations

Sponsor: James Timilty

Encouraging municipal recycling and composting

Sponsor: James Eldridge

Creating the official shellfish of the Commonwealth.

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Establishing a sick leave bank for India Haith, an employee of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Sponsor: Martin Walsh

Authorizing the city of Taunton to grant additional liquor licenses

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Relative to financial literacy in schools

Sponsor: James Eldridge

Authorizing the town of Tolland to continue the employment of police officer Lester M. Walker

Sponsor: Donald Humason

Relative to energy efficiency education

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Creating a process to evaluate exposure to catastrophic flooding as a result of climate change

Sponsor: William Brownsberger

Amending the municipal ticket law.

Sponsor: Salvatore DiDomenico

Relative to reserving beds in nursing homes during certain leaves of absence

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Elder Affairs

Relative to credits to the workforce competitiveness trust fund

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Officially making the month of March multiple system atrophy awareness month

Sponsor: George Peterson

Establishing 6-year career plans for all Massachusetts public school students

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

To improve the collection and analysis of data relative to traffic stops and to establish a primary safety belt law

Sponsor: Harriette Chandler

Creating a commission to study the feasibility of divestment of fossil fuels from the Commonwealth's pension systems

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Service

Relative to food labeling

Sponsor: Richard Moore

Establishing the Massachusetts Cemeteries Board of Oversight

Sponsor: Michael Rush

Relative to stabilizing the commonwealth’s nursing facilities

Sponsor: Harriette Chandler

Resolve relative to the reimbursement of Chester Gorski

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

Sponsor: James Timilty

Providing non-certified copies of records

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Providing for a distinctive registration plate for Olympians

Sponsor: James Timilty

Relative to student records coordination across public higher education institutions

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Relative to enhanced enforcement of civil penalties

Sponsor: Katherine Clark

Authorizing the issuance of a certain license for the retail sale of bottled wine in the town of Topsfield

Sponsor: Joan Lovely

Authorizing municipalities to utilize funds from enterprise accounts

Sponsor: Theodore Speliotis

Relative to debarment in public contracts

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Relative to manslaughter.

Sponsor: Eugene O'Flaherty

Authorizing the transfer of a parcel of land in the city of Taunton

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Providing for HIV testing for at risk police officers.

Sponsor: Thomas McGee

Relative to transparency in private utility construction contracts

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

To exempt certain projects in the town of Bernardston from the prevailing wage law

Sponsor: Stanley Rosenberg

Promote safety in the transportation of students.

Sponsor: Thomas McGee

A sick leave bank for person now deceased

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Service

Relative to Full Application of Telemedicine Coverage

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Relative to records open to public inspection

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Relative to psychotropic medications

Sponsor: Kathleen O'Connor Ives

Relative to the creation of a special commission on coastal erosion

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Providing incentives for productive workers compensation audits

Sponsor: Joseph Wagner

To accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation by partnering world-class entrepreneurs with state agencies

Sponsor: Karen Spilka

Relative to revitalize state public housing developments

Sponsor: Anthony Petruccelli

Relative to the safety of law enforcement officers

Sponsor: Michael Moore

Establishing a sick leave bank for Marie Alito, an employee of the Middlesex Probate and Family Court

Sponsor: Paul Donato

Establishing the Correctional Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights

Sponsor: Michael Moore

Clarifying dual service

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Service

Prohibiting clinical laboratory self-referrals

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Prohibiting clinical laboratory self-referrals

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Health

Relative to flying flags at half-staff upon the death of a police officer or firefighter

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Relative to insurance holding companies

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Establishing a sick leave bank for Juan Leon, an employee of the Department of Correction

Sponsor: Jennifer Flanagan

Relative to liquor license applicants

Sponsor: William Brownsberger

Making an investigation and studying certain Senate documents related to public service

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Service

Resolve authorizing reprinting of “Art in the Massachusetts State House”

Sponsor: Richard Moore

Establishing an apprentice training program for the rehabilitation of foreclosed properties

Sponsor: Kevin Honan

Relative to special one-day licenses to sell or dispense alcoholic beverages

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Clarifying the collection of condominium fees

Sponsor: Stanley Rosenberg

Relative to the Nantucket Memorial Airport Fuel Revolving Account

Sponsor: Timothy Madden

Establishing a sick leave bank for Beth-Ann Litchfield, an employee of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Relative to the drug Salvinorin

Sponsor: Brian Joyce

Quality of health care

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Health

Further promoting energy efficiency and green jobs

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Establishing a sick leave bank for Brian Schwenk, an employee of the Department of Correction

Sponsor: Angelo D'Emilia

To permit town resident, Evens Maurice, to apply and be considered for appointment to the position of police officer in the town of Arlington

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Relative to medical examinations in correctional facilities

Sponsor: Cynthia Creem

Creating a pilot program to limit driving under the influence of alcohol

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Relative to updating the drug Class A schedule

Sponsor: Brian Joyce

Relative to the composition of the citizens advisory committee for the former Northampton State Hospital

Sponsor: Theodore Speliotis

Relative to fire safety

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to the licensing and supervision of debt management services

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Updating chapter 40R

Sponsor: Harriette Chandler

Promoting restorative justice practices.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

MassHealth

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Relative to affordable housing in the town of Shrewsbury

Sponsor: Michael Moore

Upgrading mobile broadband coverage in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Establishing a sick leave bank for James Goguen, an employee of the Department of Developmental Services

Sponsor: Richard Ross

Relative to redevelopment in the Roxbury area of the city of Boston

Sponsor: Sonia Chang-Diaz

Relative to the Max Ulin rink

Sponsor: Brian Joyce

Relative to pesticide applications

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Relative to enhancing english opportunities for all students in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Salvatore DiDomenico

Relative to construction defect claims by condominium owners

Sponsor: James Eldridge

Establishing a sick leave for John B. Resendes, Jr., an employee of the Department of Corrections

Sponsor: Mark Montigny

Relative to physician assistants and interscholastic athletic head injuries

Sponsor: Patricia Haddad

Establishing a sick leave bank for Richard Brophey, an employee of the Department of Unemployment Assistance

Sponsor: Sheila Harrington

Authorizing the establishment of old growth forest reserves

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Elephants

Sponsor: Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development

Establishing a sick leave bank for Eileen Bazinet, an employee of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission

Sponsor: James Timilty

Study Order relative to financial services issues

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services

Authorizing the use of bow and arrows for Sunday deer hunting

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Lessening the financial burden on small limited liability companies

Sponsor: Eileen Donoghue

To regulate the use of automatic license plate reader systems

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation

Requiring equal benefits for all new parents

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker’s Compensation Act

Sponsor: John Hart

Authorizing the city of Lawrence to establish a program for enforcement against illegal dumping

Sponsor: Marcos Devers

Relative to the pooling of tips

Sponsor: Michael Rodrigues

Relative to Feoffees

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

To combat tax and insurance fraud.

Sponsor: James Timilty

To address the lack of sex-specific data in Massachusetts

Sponsor: Karen Spilka

Elative to defense against abusive waivers act

Sponsor: Katherine Clark

To establish a commission on full and fair education funding and administration

Sponsor: James Timilty

Relative to the reinstatement of a workers compensation insurance policy

Sponsor: Michael Rodrigues

Establishing a sick leave bank for Robert Binton, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Sponsor: John Binienda

Relative to the regionalization of public safety services

Sponsor: Katherine Clark

Promoting the use of total energy impact analysis

Sponsor: James Eldridge

To preserve eligibility for PACE program and certain waivered participants

Sponsor: James Eldridge

Regarding the penalties for drag racing.

Sponsor: Cynthia Creem

To protect bicyclists in bicycle lanes

Sponsor: William Brownsberger

Relative to year of manufacture registration plates

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Veterans affairs

Sponsor: Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

Relative to the needs of students with autism

Sponsor: Committee on Education

Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy and other related matters

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Relative to senior citizen property taxes

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Revenue

Issues related to the Judiciary

Sponsor: Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Providing for an early retirement incentive program for Employees of the Massachusetts Port Authority

Sponsor: Anthony Petruccelli

To involve youth in civic engagement

Sponsor: Committee on Education

Establishing a sick leave bank for Audrey Graham Smith, an employee of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Sponsor: Kevin Kuros

To promote worksite safety and restoration of local roads

Sponsor: Michael Rush

Protecting condominium owners

Sponsor: Richard Moore

Health Care Financing Matters

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

To clarify employer sanctions for improper expenditure of withholdings or deductions from wages.

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Resolve creating a commission to study ways to prevent bullying of tenants in public and subsidized multi-family housing

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Housing

Reducing permitted idling times

Sponsor: William Brownsberger

Relative to the composition of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sponsor: Committee on Education

Further regulating the appointment of police officers

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Relative to water meter testing fees

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Establishing a sick leave bank for Keith M. Adams, an employee of the Department of Public Health

Sponsor: Josh Cutler

To safeguard municipal permitting

Sponsor: Michael Rodrigues

Establishing the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund

Sponsor: James Timilty

Relative to criminal justice training regarding autistic persons

Sponsor: Katherine Clark

Providing for burial benefits under the workers' compensation act

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Requiring recordkeeping at public construction worksites in order to protect first responders

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Reviving the Foundation Budget Review Commission

Sponsor: Sonia Chang-Diaz

Relative to the recreational tramway board

Sponsor: James Timilty

Relative to residential construction contracts

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

To foster economic independence

Health Care Financing Matters

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Establishing a sick leave bank for Rose M. Passy, an employee of the Department of Developmental Services

Sponsor: Todd Smola

Promoting transparency in local government

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Relative to the health care work force center

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be police officers and firefighters

Sponsor: Salvatore DiDomenico

Requiring child and parent involvement in permanency and placement planning

Sponsor: Gale Candaras

Relative to equity in public contracting in honor of Bruce C. Bolling

Sponsor: Sonia Chang-Diaz

Financial Services

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services

Relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Authorizing the department of capital asset management and maintenance to lease certain land in the town of Hull to The Friends of the Paragon Carousel, Inc.

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to funerals

Sponsor: Thomas Kennedy

Relative to the Forensic Sciences Advisory Board

Sponsor: Cynthia Creem

Authorizing the town of Bellingham to grant an additional license for the sale of all alchoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises.

Sponsor: Kevin Kuros

Eliminating stage II vapor recovery systems

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Relative to eliminating sub-precincts in the town of Andover

Sponsor: Barry Finegold

Designating a certain bridge and park in the town of Millbury

Sponsor: Michael Moore

Equalizing the quarterly payments of excise taxes

Sponsor: Michael Rodrigues

Relative to sustainable water conservation practices

Sponsor: Thomas Kennedy

Amending the composition of the Stadium and Athletic Field Commission in the city of Malden

Sponsor: Paul Donato

Relative to information technology producer responsibility

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

To provide for the issuance of a distinctive registration plate for congenital heart defects research and treatment.

Sponsor: James Timilty

Establishing a sick leave bank for Robert James Boucher, an employee of the Department of Correction

Sponsor: Thomas Kennedy

Coordinating services for at-risk youth

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Providing funding for clean energy and energy efficiency measures for the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

To assist parental choice concerning special education placements

Sponsor: Sonia Chang-Diaz

Study order for the joint committee on Municipalities and Regional Government relative to dangerous dogs

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Relative to the sanctity of collective bargaining

Sponsor: James Timilty

Relative to management of early childhood caries

Sponsor: Harriette Chandler

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to child suicide

Sponsor: Committee on Education

Increasing recycling by landlords and tenants

Sponsor: James Eldridge

Relative to the powers of town moderators

Sponsor: Michael Rodrigues

Resolve to create a special commission to promote a recovery-focus in the mental health system

Sponsor: Patricia Jehlen

Public Health Joint Rule 10 Study Order

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Health

Relative to school improvement plans

Sponsor: Patricia Haddad

To regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Sponsor: Robert Hedlund

Relative to posting employment opportunities

Sponsor: Stanley Rosenberg

Public safety issues

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Authorizing the commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey a parcel of land in the city of New Bedford

Sponsor: Mark Montigny

To protect job applicants’ identity and privacy

Sponsor: William Brownsberger

Relative to training for law enforcement in dealing with individuals suffering from mental illness.

Sponsor: Cynthia Creem

To establish the Massachusetts Medical Marijuana program

Sponsor: John Keenan

Relative to the availability of prescription medication during an emergency

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Establishing a sick leave bank for Patricia A. Raftery, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Relative to motor vehicle license suspension

Sponsor: Harriette Chandler

Authorizing the Department of Transportation to install certain signs

Sponsor: Richard Moore

Providing for the waiver of fees for contesting motor vehicle infractions

Sponsor: Cynthia Creem

Improving safety at Automated Teller Machines

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services

Establishing a sick leave bank for Donna Salois, an employee of the Wrentham Development Center

Sponsor: Elizabeth Poirier

Establishing a sick leave bank for Carol Poyer, an employee of the Department of Youth Services

Sponsor: John Hart

Establishing a sick leave bank for Judith A. D'Antonio, an employee of the Department of Transitional Assistance

Sponsor: Stanley Rosenberg

Relative to the expansion of charitable license plates.

Sponsor: James Timilty

Relative to regulation of discharge of pharmaceutical and personal care product-laden wastewater into private drinking water wells and municipal drinking water supplies

Sponsor: Michael Rush

Relative to the civil service eligibility list for police officers in the city of Quincy

Sponsor: John Keenan

Establishing a sick leave bank for Leonard DeMauro, an employee of the Department of Youth Services

Sponsor: Harriette Chandler

Relative to wage enforcement statutes of limitations

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Providing for a study by the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development relative to a state new markets tax credit program

Sponsor: Michael Knapik

Establishing a sick leave bank for John Daley, an employee of the department of children and families

Sponsor: James O'Day

Committee on Revenue

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Revenue

To amend the Barnstable County home rule charter by adding a recall provision

Sponsor: Daniel Wolf

Establishing a sick leave bank for Irene Archambault, an employee of the Trial Court

Sponsor: Sean Curran

Relative to pancreatic cancer screening

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services

Providing health insurance coverage for scalp hair prosthesis

Sponsor: Cynthia Creem

Breast density notification

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

To protect children and families from harmful flame retardants

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

To prevent homelessness among elderly and disabled persons and families facing no-fault evictions

Sponsor: John Hart

Regulating cadmium in children's jewelry

Sponsor: Gale Candaras

Directing the State-Saugus retirement board to retire John Coburn, a police officer of the town of Saugus

Sponsor: Donald Wong

To improve the excellence to teaching programs

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Relative to manufactured housing communities

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Housing

Relative to the qualification of inspectors of wire and assistant inspectors of wire employed by a city or town

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Relative to smart growth housing trust fund

Sponsor: Committee on Community Development and Small Business

Relative to uniform disciplinary procedures for correctional officers

Sponsor: James Timilty

Establishing a sick leave bank for John Morrill, an employee of the Attleboro district court

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Relative to the protection of firefighters and emergency medical technicians

Sponsor: Kathi-Anne Reinstein

Relating to special education evaluation and referral

Sponsor: Salvatore DiDomenico

Relative to the illegal occupation of a building

Sponsor: James Timilty

Providing additional protection against insurance fraud in the repair of damaged vehicles

Sponsor: Anthony Petruccelli

Relative to hoisting in-service training programs and short-term rental entities

Sponsor: James Timilty

Establishing a sick leave bank for Denis Cassidy, an employee of the Department of Correction

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Providing for the enhanced protection of the dig safe law

Sponsor: Salvatore DiDomenico

Relative to the expansion of the state DNA database

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Repealing the city of Lowell financial conditions act

Sponsor: Thomas Golden

Further regulating the licensing requirements for massage therapists

Sponsor: Theodore Speliotis

Relative to the treatment of mentally ill in prisons

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

To improve access to child and adolescent mental health services

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to the Glenwood Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund

Sponsor: Salvatore DiDomenico

Validating the results of a certain election held in the town of Chilmark

Relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving spouse of the Honorable Jonathan Brant

Sponsor: Ruth Balser

Relative to pesticide licensing and mosquito control

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Establishing a task force to protect Massachusetts children against child sexual abuse

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to the Department of Public Works in the town of Carver

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Establishing a special events fund in the city of Boston

Sponsor: Salvatore DiDomenico

Relative to the Board of Health of the city of Chicopee

Sponsor: Joseph Wagner

Authorizing the town of Wakefield to designate a check-off box on its tax bills for the Wakefield Veterans Relief Fund

Sponsor: Donald Wong

Establishing a sick leave bank for Lisa Renaud, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Correction

Sponsor: Peter Durant

Relative to the Templeton Developmental Center Reuse Committee

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Relative to the appointment of special police officers in the town of Millbury

Sponsor: Michael Moore

Increasing the amount of money that may be borrowed by the Thorndike Fire and Water District in the town of Palmer

Sponsor: Todd Smola

Adjusting the number of racing days at Suffolk Downs

Sponsor: Anthony Petruccelli

Establishing a sick leave bank for Emily Coollick-Burgess, an employee of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission

Sponsor: Michael Moore

Establishing a Mystic River watershed water quality commission

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Providing equitable treatment for post-acute care hospitals

Sponsor: Kevin Honan

Exempting real property owned by DevelopSpringfield Corporation from taxation

Sponsor: Benjamin Swan

Relative to the appointment of designees to the Inspector General Council

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Establishing a sick leave bank for April Bylund, an employee of the Department of Youth Services

Sponsor: Mary Keefe

Relative to observation services

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules

Designating Domestic Workers’ Rights Day

Sponsor: Michael Moran

To maintain public water systems

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Authorizing the town of Dudley to grant tax abatements for certain taxes to certain military personnel

Sponsor: Peter Durant

Relative to Shellfish Aquaculture license fees in the Town of Fairhaven

Sponsor: William Straus

Relative to acute-care medical-surgical bed counts

Sponsor: William Pignatelli

Relative to public health data sharing with the Boston Public Health Commission

Sponsor: Jeffrey Sanchez

Relative to the Massachusetts life and health insurance guaranty association law

Sponsor: Bills in the Third Reading

To increase the number of all alcohol licenses for restaurants in the town of Arlington

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Relative to special police officers in the town of Norwood

Sponsor: John Rogers

Designating a certain state owned bridge in the town of Randolph as the Charles L. Bowley memorial bridge

Sponsor: Walter Timilty

Relative to driver’s licenses and identification cards photographs

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Providing for a labor/management workplace and education trust fund at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Higher Education

To update the public shade tree law

Sponsor: Jonathan Hecht

To maintain public water systems

Sponsor: Jennifer Flanagan

To improve access to child and adolescent mental health services

Sponsor: Richard Moore

Strengthening early support and education

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Amending the charter of the town of Bourne

Sponsor: Bills in the Third Reading

Incorporating the title appearing in chapter 63 of the Acts of 2006 within chapter 260, section 33, of Massachusetts General Laws, as of the date of its enactment

Sponsor: John Rogers

RELATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TAX TITLE COLLECTION REVOLVING FUNDS

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules

Relative to hazardous materials response

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

For local tax transparency

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to retail licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages at continuing care retirement communities

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules

Relative to licensing massage therapists

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Regulating the direct shipment of wine

Sponsor: Timothy Madden

Relative to the composition of the citizens advisory committee for the former Northampton State Hospital

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to the sale of distilled spirits at auction

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Relative to the board of public works in the town of Fairhaven

Sponsor: William Straus

Designating the street hockey arena in Marine Park in the South Boston section of the city of Boston

Sponsor: Nick Collins

Relative to firefighters in the town of Merrimac

Sponsor: Leonard Mirra

Authorizing certain pharmacy interns to administer immunizations

Sponsor: Harriette Chandler

Relative to credit for reinsurance requirements

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Amending the Bourne home rule charter

Sponsor: David Vieira

ESTABLISHING A SICK LEAVE BANK FOR STEPHANIE DERONETTE, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Sponsor: Christopher Fallon

Establishing a Mystic River watershed water quality commission

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Resolve establishing a commission to study art in public spaces

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

Public service, retirement and other related issues

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Service

Establishing a sick leave bank for Jessica R. Brand, an employee of the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance

Sponsor: Stanley Rosenberg

Relative to the Department of Inspectional Services in the city of Lynn

Sponsor: Thomas McGee

Relative to the board of selectmen-town manager form of government in the town of Great Barrington

Sponsor: William Pignatelli

Relative to community shared solar energy systems in the town of Harvard

Sponsor: James Eldridge

Relative to the Middleton town charter

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Concerning long-term homeowners

Sponsor: Nick Collins

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Revenue to make an investigation and study of certain House documents concerning revenue issues.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Revenue

Authorizing Cary Gould to take the civil service examination for appointment as a police officer in the city of Gloucester notwithstanding the maximum age requirement

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Establishing a sick leave bank for Therese Cormier, an employee of the Trial Court

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Authorizing the town of Walpole to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages and wines and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH TO ESTABLISH AN 1820 COURTHOUSE FUND.

Sponsor: Therese Murray

Establishing a sick leave bank for Alexis Baez, an employee of the Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital

Sponsor: Harriette Chandler

Establishing a sick leave bank for Tina Jarbeau, an employee of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Sponsor: James Miceli

Repeal of 2013 gas tax indexing

Resolve to direct the Office of Administration and Finance, as well as the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts State Senate to study the feasibility of constructing a 21st Century Courthouse in Hampden County, located in the City of Springfield

Sponsor: Sean Curran

Providing housing and support services to unaccompanied homeless youth

Sponsor: James O'Day

Relative to licensing massage therapists.

Sponsor: Antonio Cabral

To further the sharing of information by the Registry of Motor Vehicles

Sponsor: Louis Kafka

Authorizing the town of Hudson to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises at Highland Commons

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Relative to cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification for athletic coaches

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Authorizing the city of Beverly to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Authorizing the town of Hudson to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Providing for recall elections in the town of Hinsdale

Sponsor: Paul Mark

Senator Stephen M. Brewer further amendment

Sponsor: Stephen Brewer

To regulate NBOMe, a dangerous synthetic drug

Sponsor: Cory Atkins

Relative to the composition of the citizens advisory committee for the former Northampton State Hospital

Sponsor: Peter Kocot

AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF IPSWICH TO GRANT 2 ADDITIONAL LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO BE DRUNK ON THE PREMISES

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Relative to private roads in the town of Barnstable

Sponsor: Cleon Turner

Authorizing the town of Whately to continue the employment of Donald Dufault and John DuBois

Sponsor: Stephen Kulik

Establishing a sick leave bank for Joseph Quinn, an employee of the Trial Court

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Authorizing an ordinance amending chapter11, article II, division 2 entitled "City Treasurer" of the city code of the city of Peabody

Sponsor: Joan Lovely

AUTHORIZING THE LICENSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WOBURN TO GRANT 6 ADDITIONAL LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO BE DRUNK ON THE PREMISES.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Designating a certain bridge in the town of Needham as the Reverend (Lt.) Daniel J. Kennedy, USN Memorial Bridge

Sponsor: Michael Rush

Relative to the list of legal investments prepared by the Commissioner of Banks

Sponsor: Brian Dempsey

Relative to liability coverage under the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association

Sponsor: Michael Moore

Relative to the charter of the town of Harwich

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

Exempting the police department in the town of Burlington from the Civil Service Law

Sponsor: Kenneth Gordon

Authorizing the abatement of a certain sewer betterment assessment in the town of Sturbridge

Sponsor: Stephen Brewer

Modernizing the banking laws and enhancing the competitiveness of state-chartered banks

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to certain municipal salaries in the city of Lynn

Sponsor: Robert Fennell

Relative to the charter of the town of Bellingham

Sponsor: Richard Moore

Establishing a sick leave bank for Timothy Maxfield, an employee of the Department of Mental Health

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Health care financing matters

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Exempting the Town of Dennis from provisions of the prevailing wage law

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Relative to non-competition agreements

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies to make an investigation and study of certain Senate and House documents concerning economic development matters

Sponsor: Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Revenue to make an investigation and study of a certain House document concerning revenue issues

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Revenue

Relative to student learning time at Mohawk Trail Regional School District

Sponsor: Paul Mark

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Education to make an investigation and study of a certain House document concerning the Mohawk Trail Regional School District

Sponsor: Committee on Education

To protect health care reform funding

Sponsor: Linda Forry

To promote transformative development in gateway cities

Sponsor: Antonio Cabral

Relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Dartmouth

Sponsor: Christopher Markey

Relative to a real property tax exemption for recipients of social security disability and supplemental security income benefits

Sponsor: John Fernandes

Providing retiree healthcare benefits reform

Health care financing matters

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Creating a statewide gun offender registry

Sponsor: Aaron Michlewitz

Relative to an unloaded rifle or shotgun

Sponsor: George Peterson

Relative to the sale and possession of body armor

Sponsor: Brian Mannal

Relative to the safety of school children

Sponsor: Kate Hogan

Relative to firearm licensing

Sponsor: David Sullivan

Associated with incurred fines for delayed firearm license renewals

Sponsor: George Peterson

Relative to constitutional rights

Sponsor: George Peterson

Relative to civil rights and public safety

Sponsor: George Peterson

Regarding breaking and entering of a firearm retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer

Sponsor: Christine Canavan

Relative to the term of firearm licenses

Sponsor: George Peterson

Providing for the secure storage of large numbers of firearms

Sponsor: Kevin Murphy

Relative to firearm safety training of military personnel

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Relative to creating an Olympic firearm roster

Sponsor: Sheila Harrington

Relative to a report of firearms statistics

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

To reconcile Chapter 241 of the Acts of 2012 and Chapter 368 of the Acts of 2012

Sponsor: John Hart

Relative to the scheduling of high school athletic contests

Sponsor: John Scibak

Regulating the use of credit reports by employers

Sponsor: Michael Barrett

Relative to school safety

Sponsor: Richard Moore

Providing municipal control of liquor licenses

Sponsor: James Eldridge

Relative to the transmission of firearms background check information

Sponsor: Aaron Michlewitz

Relative to the lawful sale of handguns

Sponsor: George Peterson

To establish a school pilot anti-violence silent alarm program

Sponsor: Gloria Fox

Relative to the lawful sale of ammunition

Sponsor: George Peterson

Relative to the establishment of mandatory school safety procedures

Sponsor: Bradford Hill

Relative to cast iron pipelines in the commonwealth of Massachusetts

Sponsor: Christopher Fallon

Repealing the ban on modern sporting arms

Sponsor: George Peterson

Removing change of address civil rights penalties

Sponsor: George Peterson

School safety

Sponsor: Committee on Education

High school athletic contests

Sponsor: Committee on Education

Transportation issues

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation

Relative to certain properties in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Joseph Wagner

Authorizing the town of Conway to continue the employment of police officer David Johnson

Sponsor: Stephen Kulik

To strengthen and enhance firearms laws in the Commonwealth.

Granting an additional license for the sale of alcoholic beverages in the town of Milton

Sponsor: Walter Timilty

Authorizing the town of Southborough to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Relative to bullet proof vests

Sponsor: Timothy Toomey

Establishing a sick leave bank for Michael J. Macuch, an employee of the Department of Correction

Sponsor: Susan Gifford

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to make an investigation and study of certain House documents concerning public safety issues

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Relative to the reduction of particulate emissions from diesel engines

Sponsor: Cheryl Coakley-Rivera

Relative to the Town of Fairhaven establishing a Medical Marijuana Sales Tax (5%)

Sponsor: William Straus

Relative to zoning regulations

Sponsor: Lori Ehrlich

Authorizing owners to utilize products from cows or goats

Sponsor: William Pignatelli

Relative to pesticide application

Sponsor: Thomas Conroy

Diesel engines

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Revenue

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Revenue

Zoning

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Validating the actions taken at the annual town election held by the town of Southampton

Prohibiting discrimination against adults with disabilities in family and juvenile court proceedings

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Relative to the tax expenditure budget

Sponsor: Jay Kaufman

Authorizing the town of Provincetown to apply the local option room occupancy excise to all seasonal rental properties in the town

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

Relative to recovery high schools

Sponsor: James Cantwell

Relative to net school spending in fiscal year 2014

Sponsor: Stephen Brewer

Authorizing municipalities to protect low and moderate income tenants and units of governmentally involved housing

Sponsor: Frank Smizik

Authorizing municipalities to protect low and moderate income tenants and units of governmentally involved housing

Sponsor: Harriette Chandler

Prohibiting service providers who offer cloud computing services to K-12 educational institutions from processing student data for commercial purposes.

Sponsor: Carlo Basile

Technology in educational institutions

Sponsor: Committee on Education

Relative to living at home with use of technology for people with disabilities and seniors

Sponsor: Tom Sannicandro

Brewster, Provincetown and Wellfleet

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Revenue

The judiciary

Sponsor: Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Safe driving

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation

Hemp

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Relative to mooring fee requirements

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

Toxic Management

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

The public health.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Health

Relative to insurance in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Carlo Basile

Reforming certain state laws regarding public deposits

Sponsor: David Nangle

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to the cutting, welding and hot work processes regulated by the state fire code

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules

Financial services

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services

Energy policy

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Relative to preventing fraud

Sponsor: Carlo Basile

Relative to preservation of areas designated areas of critical concern

Sponsor: Walter Timilty

Authorizing regularly-employed personnel in the City Clerk’s Office in the city of Gardner to administer oaths and affirmations

Sponsor: Jonathan Zlotnik

Relative to prohibit landlords from requiring a cat to be declawed

Sponsor: Anthony Petruccelli

To regulate homeowners’ associations

Sponsor: James O'Day

To improve quality in early education centers

Sponsor: Jeffrey Sanchez

Clarifying patient safety protections

Sponsor: Martin Walsh

Relative to retirement benefits and UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

To transition to a clean energy Commonwealth

Sponsor: Lori Ehrlich

To provide Addiction/Sobriety Solutions through Increased Substance Treatment (ASSIST)

Sponsor: Randy Hunt

Relative to the preservation of land designated areas of critical concern

Sponsor: Walter Timilty

Providing unpaid family and medical leave

Sponsor: Robert Koczera

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Health Care Financing to make an investigation and study of certain House documents concerning health care financing matters

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Public Service to make an investigation and study of certain House documents concerning public service issues

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Service

Relative to the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Topsfield

Sponsor: Bradford Hill

Authorizing the town of Milton to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Brian Joyce

Establishing a sick leave bank for Anthony Gerniglia, an employee of the Department of Youth Services

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Housing to make an investigation and study of certain Senate and House documents concerning housing issues

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Housing

To promote housing creation for persons with disabilities

Sponsor: Jason Lewis

Regarding post retirement earnings and unemployment benefits

Reforming the delivery of forensic mental health services

Sponsor: Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Relative to retirement benefits

RELATIVE TO RACING DAYS

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Authorizing the city of Boston to grant 6 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Edward Coppinger

To improve the Commonwealth's economy with a strong minimum wage

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Relative to regional collaboration and long-term economic development in small communities of high need and opportunity

Sponsor: Denise Andrews

Relative to autonomous vehicles

Sponsor: Peter Durant

Relative to motor fuel pump or device barriers

Sponsor: Brian Mannal

To provide unemployment benefits to laid off employees of educational institutions

Sponsor: Ellen Story

To protect vulnerable road users

Sponsor: William Brownsberger

Promoting children safety

Sponsor: Steven Howitt

Relative to boat registration

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

To maintain the classification of commuter-rail workers

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Relative to the definition of an employee

Sponsor: Jennifer Benson

Relative to the dissemination of criminal record information to private detectives licensed by the Department of State Police

Sponsor: James Cantwell

Recognizing Massachusetts State Parks Day

Sponsor: Michael Rush

Relative to the creative economy

Sponsor: John Keenan

To further protect an employee's right to tips

Sponsor: John Hart

Promoting the Commonwealth's economic recovery with a strong minimum wage

Sponsor: Denise Provost

Relative to municipal seasonal workers

Sponsor: Cleon Turner

Incorporating carsharing in smart growth planning

Sponsor: Carl Sciortino

To improve the Commonwealth's economy with a strong minimum wage

Sponsor: Antonio Cabral

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Revenue to make an investigation and study of a certain House document concerning tax expenditure information.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Revenue

To further protect an employee's right to tips

Sponsor: Aaron Michlewitz

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Transportation to make an investigation and study of certain Senate and House documents concerning transportation issues.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Labor & Workforce Development to make an investigation and study of certain House documents concerning labor and workforce development.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Community Development and Small Businesses to make an investigation and study of certain House documents concerning community development and small business issues.

Sponsor: Committee on Community Development and Small Business

Allowing retail stores and shops to open on Thanksgiving Day

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

Creating a special commission studying cutting, welding and hot work processes regulated by the State Fire Code

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Allowing voluntary registration of independent contractors

Sponsor: Shaunna O'Connell

Establishing a sick leave bank for Timothy Maxfield, an employee of the Department of Mental Health

Sponsor: Karen Spilka

Relative to the creative economy

Sponsor: Michael Moore

Authorizing the reinstatement of Kenneth G. Laxton as a reserve police officer in the town of Southwick

Sponsor: Nicholas Boldyga

Validating the results of the annual town meeting of the town of Ashland held on May 2, 2012

Relative to the tolls at the Sumner Tunnel

Sponsor: Kathi-Anne Reinstein

To provide concurrent police authority for Massachusetts Port Authority properties

Sponsor: Nick Collins

Relative to charitable donation of automobiles

Sponsor: Walter Timilty

To reduce court fees

Sponsor: Ruth Balser

Relative to vehicles of visiting nurses

Sponsor: John Binienda

Relative to increasing the fines and penalties for texting and driving

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Aviation Division Operating Budget

Sponsor: Donald Humason

Relative to bus driver testing and requirements

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Relative to motorist safety from commercial vehicles.

Sponsor: Cleon Turner

Authorizing the City of Pittsfield to prohibit heavy commercial vehicles from travelling from the Lanesborough town line unto Highland Avenue and/or Pecks Road to point where the streets intersect with Valentine Road

Sponsor: Tricia Farley-Bouvier

Relative to distinctive registration plates

Sponsor: John Fernandes

To establish public memorials

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Prohibiting tolls on the Massachusetts Turnpike

Sponsor: Karen Spilka

Relative to military license plates

Sponsor: Harold Naughton

Increasing the speed limit on the Massachusetts Turnpike and on roadways with a posted limit of sixty-five miles per hour

Sponsor: Daniel Winslow

Authorizing the Department of Highways to acquire a certain dam in the town of Norwood

Sponsor: John Rogers

Relative to special veterans plates.

Sponsor: John Hart

Relative to reckless or negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

Sponsor: Thomas Stanley

Establishing a distinctive registration plate supporting public schools

Sponsor: James Timilty

Exempting certain elderly persons from paying tolls.

Sponsor: Kathi-Anne Reinstein

Requiring MassDOT to provide notice and mitigation if MassDOT removes trees

Sponsor: John Rogers

Promoting fairness and equity in transportation planning

Sponsor: Karen Spilka

Relative to amending the Junior Operator Law

Sponsor: Jennifer Benson

Relative to Massachusetts Civil Air Patrol vehicles and trailers

Sponsor: David Vieira

Relative to aviation preservation restrictions

Sponsor: Kate Hogan

Relative to transportation investment, regional fairness, and accountability to state policies

Sponsor: Tricia Farley-Bouvier

Relative to motor vehicle registration plates

Sponsor: William Brownsberger

Resolve relative to construction on Route 3

Sponsor: James Cantwell

Relative to public safety at the Furnace Brook Parkway in the city of Quincy.

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to expired licenses

Sponsor: Christopher Markey

Relative to tolls on the Tobin/Mystic River Bridge and Sumner Tunnel

Sponsor: Kathi-Anne Reinstein

Relative to the Airport Safety and Maintenance Program.

Sponsor: Donald Humason

To require restroom breaks for public transit

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Establishing an auction or online transfer for low number registration plates in the registry of motor vehicles

Sponsor: Ann-Margaret Ferrante

Relative to the clarification for the definition, testing regulations, and enforcement of motorcycle sound emissions

Sponsor: Angelo D'Emilia

Relative to the MBTA's Copley and Science Park Stations

Sponsor: Martha Walz

Relative to the Massachusetts Aeronautics Division

Sponsor: Kate Hogan

Regulating the posting of speed limits

Sponsor: Alice Peisch

Establishing a more equitable public transit fare structure

Sponsor: Sean Garballey

Relative to the study of open road tolling in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: James Murphy

To promote safe driving

Sponsor: Brian Joyce

Relative to motor carrier railroad employees

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Relative to transportation finance and equity

Sponsor: Denise Provost

Relative to the access of computer terminals by private detectives licensed by the Department of State Police as authorized under the provisions of the federal driver privacy protection act (DPPA), as amended, 18 U.S.C. section 2721, et seq.

Sponsor: James Cantwell

To allow oral examinations for learning permits

Sponsor: Antonio Cabral

Relative to safely passing on the left

Sponsor: Katherine Clark

Allowing cities and towns the authority to issue temporary parking identification placards to the temporarily disabled.

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Eliminating the use of capital funds for operating and personnel expenses

Sponsor: Brian Joyce

Relative to proper notification of license renewal

Sponsor: Michael Knapik

Providing for an analysis of Route 60 in the town of Arlington

Sponsor: Sean Garballey

Relative to the Chapter 90 program

Sponsor: Joseph Wagner

Relative to lawful presence

Sponsor: John Fernandes

Relative to increasing the civil fines and financial responsibilities and criminal penalties of motorists who violate the right of way of other motorists, motorcyclists, bicyclists and/or pedestrians, resulting in serious bodily injury and/or death

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Expiration of a nonresident enrolled student license

Sponsor: Donald Wong

Relative to MassDOT specifications.

Sponsor: Jennifer Flanagan

Relative to electric vehicles in high occupancy lanes

Sponsor: Josh Cutler

Directing certain payments to cities and towns by the Massport authority

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Provide for an air bag on-off switch to ensure safety to women, children and individuals with medical conditions.

Sponsor: Thomas McGee

Further regulating junior operator licenses

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to drowsy driving

Sponsor: Richard Moore

Relative to the operating of student pupil transportation

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Relative to motor vehicle registration

Sponsor: John Fernandes

Establishing an autism license plate

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Relative to junior operator’s licenses

Sponsor: James Arciero

Relative to do not resuscitate registration

Sponsor: Michael Rodrigues

To authorize firefighter motorcycle license plates.

Sponsor: Stephen Brewer

Relative to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Sponsor: Gale Candaras

To promote school zone safety

Sponsor: Kevin Honan

Relative to transportation investment, regional fairness, and accountability to state policies

Sponsor: Katherine Clark

To allow hybrid and alternate fuel vehicles in hov-designated highway lanes.

Sponsor: Robert Hedlund

Relative to safe and healthy travel

Sponsor: Denise Provost

Relative to bicycle safety

Sponsor: Cynthia Creem

Discounting vehicle registration fees for light vehicles

Sponsor: Jonathan Hecht

Relative to split-screen technology

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation

Relative to control of tick-borne illness

Sponsor: Carolyn Dykema

Defining special regulations for vehicle specific checkpoints

Sponsor: Carolyn Dykema

To establish the speed limit for US Route 3

Sponsor: Sean Garballey

Relative to traffic enforcement cameras

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Regarding rules of the road

Sponsor: Sean Garballey

Providing for the protection of emergency responders from dismissal

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Transportation to make an investigation and study of certain Senate and House documents concerning transportation issues.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation

Resolve establishing a special commission on prisoner and correctional officer suicides

Sponsor: James Eldridge

Providing for a Legion of Merit license plate

Sponsor: James Cantwell

Relative to student’s rights in higher education

Sponsor: Cleon Turner

Relative to the use of the Neponset Valley Parkway in the town of Milton

Sponsor: Walter Timilty

Directing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to conduct a highway noise study in Quincy

Sponsor: John Keenan

Relative to railroad crossings

Sponsor: Joseph Wagner

Relative to funeral processions

Sponsor: Richard Moore

Relative to commercial driver licensing

Sponsor: Antonio Cabral

Order relative to authorizing the committee on Health Care Financing to make an investigation and study of certain House documents concerning human services agencies and emergency responders

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Resolve to reduce traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Concerning the safety of school children embarking and disembarking school buses

Sponsor: Paul Donato

Increasing protection against drivers under the influence of drugs.

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Authorizing the establishment of recreational safety zones

Sponsor: Denise Provost

Relative to high speed chases

Sponsor: James Timilty

Relative to the Middlesex Canal Commission

Sponsor: James Miceli

Relative to noncriminal disposition of parking violations

Sponsor: Anthony Petruccelli

Relative to special license plates

Sponsor: Steven Howitt

Relative to the use of road flaggers and police details on public works projects

Sponsor: James Timilty

Relative to the disposal of municipally owned vacant property.

Sponsor: Jennifer Flanagan

Requiring specially marked licenses for repeat offenders who drive under the influence of intoxicating liquors or controlled substances

Sponsor: William Pignatelli

Relative to active streets and healthy communities

Sponsor: Jason Lewis

Relative to the Ride Service of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Sponsor: Louis Kafka

Establishing a more equitable public transit fare structure

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Relative to defense policies of the Commonwealth

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to providing tax processing and filing assistance for certain disabled veterans

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Providing for local property tax relief

Sponsor: Cory Atkins

Relative to the Massachusetts tourism fund

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

To allow partial payments on property tax bills

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Relative to Massachusetts residents serving on active duty in the U.S Armed Forces

Sponsor: Nick Collins

Relative to senior property tax exemption

Sponsor: Todd Smola

Relative to certain taxpayer protections regarding casino gaming

Sponsor: Matthew Beaton

Relative to the gradual increase in the taxation of sales of gasoline

Sponsor: Thomas Conroy

Relative to abatement applications

Sponsor: James Cantwell

To establish a sales tax exemption for earth day

Sponsor: Michael Moran

Relative to municipal infrastructure improvement

Sponsor: Ruth Balser

To promote economic development in small communities of high need and opportunity

Sponsor: Denise Andrews

Repealing the sales tax on boats built or rebuilt in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: James Cantwell

To direct tobacco tax revenues to reduce tobacco use and its harms

Sponsor: Danielle Gregoire

Relative to small business tax relief

Sponsor: Lori Ehrlich

Relative to the excise taxes of motor vehicles

Sponsor: John Fernandes

Relative to an inventory tax commission

Sponsor: Paul Frost

Providing for home health care & hospice tax credits

Sponsor: Paul Frost

Relative to discharge of indebtedness of principal residence from gross income

Sponsor: Michael Costello

Relative to expanding the septic system tax credit

Sponsor: Fred Barrows

Relative to the Thames River Valley

Sponsor: Todd Smola

Relative to certain abatements

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Relative to shifting from carbon emissions to transportation investment

Sponsor: Thomas Conroy

Relative to protection of open space

Sponsor: Carolyn Dykema

Relative to the sales tax

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Relative to tax credits for residents in manufactured housing communities

Sponsor: George Peterson

Relative to the welfare of the taxpayers of the commonwealth

Sponsor: Nicholas Boldyga

Relative to the meals tax holiday

Sponsor: Marc Lombardo

Relative to thoroughbred horse breeding

Sponsor: James Timilty

Relative to sales tax exemption

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

Relative to tax campaign war chest accounts

Sponsor: Daniel Winslow

Relative to assessment certification

Sponsor: Ellen Story

To extend net operating losses to financial institutions and utility corporations

Sponsor: Alice Peisch

Relative to real estate tax payments

Sponsor: Thomas Conroy

Relative to Norfolk County revenues and expenditures

Sponsor: Frank Smizik

Clarifying the limited exemption from taxation of certain facilities for the treatment of committed mentally ill patients

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

To provide a limited tax amnesty

Sponsor: Cleon Turner

Relative to the repeal of expanded gaming legislation: H.3807- Acts of 2011 c. 194, in its entirety

Sponsor: William Brownsberger

Relative to automobiles

Sponsor: David Nangle

To reduce childhood obesity

Sponsor: Kay Khan

Relative to the definition of open space under the Community Preservation Act

Sponsor: Josh Cutler

To enhance the Massachusetts investment tax credit

Sponsor: Claire Cronin

To promote economic development in Gateway Towns

Sponsor: Richard Moore

Increasing public access to abandoned rights of way and conservation easements

Sponsor: Chris Walsh

Relative to certain real estate tax exemptions

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

To improve fairness in appealing property tax assessments

Sponsor: Jason Lewis

Relative to the taxation of condominiums

Sponsor: Stephen Kulik

Relative to the equitable deductions tax credit

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Establishing a sales tax holiday in the Commonwealth for the year 2013

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

To close the telecom property tax loophole

Sponsor: Jonathan Hecht

Providing for an income tax exemption for senior citizens

Sponsor: Paul Frost

Relative to teacher innovation and school supplies support

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Relative to the deduction of health insurance payments from gross income for self employed individuals

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to the senior circuit breaker tax credit

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Relative to transparency of economic development spending

Sponsor: James Eldridge

To establish a meals tax holiday

Sponsor: Keiko Orrall

Relative to the preservation and expansion of live musical and theatrical productions

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Relative to continuation of health insurance in the case of plant closings.

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Relative to agricultural production and profitability

Sponsor: Peter Kocot

Relative to the fair administration of the motor vehicle excise tax

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Relative to the taxation of state pensions.

Sponsor: Timothy Madden

Relative to the taxation of certain mutual fund service corporations