189th General Court

Real ID

Sponsor: Thomas McGee

Alternative delivery of infrastructure projects

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Regional Transportation Ballot Initiatives

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Pre-Broadway Live Theater Production

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Expanding Educational Opportunity

Sponsor: Michael Rodrigues

Corrective Amendment

Sponsor: Karen Spilka

Foundation Budget Review Commission Recommendations

Sponsor: Sonia Chang-Diaz

Horse Racing and Wagering

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement

Sponsor: Richard Ross

The Newton city charter

Sponsor: Cynthia Creem

Authorizing the town of Spencer to issue certain bonds for terms of 30 years

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Providing for recall elections in the town of Hawley

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Establishing a sick leave bank for Shalonda Hall, an employee of the Department of Public Health

Sponsor: Michael Brady

Designating the Westfield division of the district court of western Hampden as the John M. Greaney Courthouse

Sponsor: John Velis

To change the town lines between the towns of Aquinnah and Chilmark

Sponsor: Timothy Madden

Relative to the Deerfield Economic Development Industrial Corporation

Sponsor: Stephen Kulik

Relative to serving wine in private clubs

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Authorizing the town of Reading to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Promoting zero emission vehicle adoption

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Further regulating the reserve fund for credit unions

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services

Relative to the recall of elected officials in the town of Norwell

Sponsor: David DeCoste

Authorizing the town of Windsor to reinstate Police Chief Thomas J. Barnaby

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Designating a certain bridge in the city of Boston as the Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo and Brian Arredondo memorial bridge

Sponsor: Jeffrey Sanchez

Authorizing the town of Whately to continue the employment of firefighter Peter Hannum

Sponsor: Stephen Kulik

Authorizing the city of Amesbury to issue 3 additional liquor licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Kathleen O'Connor Ives

Exempting officers in the town of Grafton Police Department from the civil service law.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Service

Exempting the position of deputy chief of police in the town of Winthrop from the civil service law

Sponsor: Robert DeLeo

Establishing a quorum for town meeting in the town of Framingham

Sponsor: Chris Walsh

Establishing a sick leave bank for Kirsten Parisi, an employee of the Commission for the Blind

Sponsor: Jeffrey Roy

Relative to the membership of representative town meeting in the town of Framingham

Sponsor: Chris Walsh

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

Sponsor: Aaron Michlewitz

Exempting all police officer positions within the police department of the town of North Reading from the civil service law

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Establishing a sick leave bank for Ronald Friel, an employee of the Department of Developmental Services

Sponsor: Aaron Vega

Designating the Hampden County Superior Court as the Roderick L. Ireland Courthouse

Sponsor: Benjamin Swan

Validating the results of the annual town election held in the town of Becket on May 16, 2015

Relative to the position of appointed collector in the town of Northfield

Sponsor: Paul Mark

Relative to the issuance of certain bonds by the town of Pembroke

Sponsor: Josh Cutler

Authorizing the town of Huntington to grant 1 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 the treasurer of the town of Northfield

Sponsor: Paul Mark

Relative to the selection of school committeepersons in the city known as the Town of Agawam

Sponsor: Donald Humason

Relative to the charter of the town of Plymouth

Sponsor: Mathew Muratore

Relative to the appointment of assistant city clerks in the city of Gardner

Sponsor: Jennifer Flanagan

Authorizing the city of Woburn 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 Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the town of North Reading

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Authorizing the town administrator of the town of Milton to appoint the police chief

Sponsor: Walter Timilty

Relative to the board of registrars of voters in the city known as the town of Greenfield

Sponsor: Theodore Speliotis

Relative to self-storage insurance

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to risk management and own risk and solvency assessment

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Establishing a board of registration in naturopathy

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Validating the actions taken at the annual town election held in the town of Blandford

Ratifying certain by-laws in the town of Easton

Sponsor: Claire Cronin

Establishing an appointed Highway Superintendent in the town of Plympton

Sponsor: Thomas Calter

Establishing a sick leave bank for Cecile Ferrie an employee of the Department of Correction.

Sponsor: Kevin Kuros

Authorizing the lease or other disposition of certain parcels of land in the city of Boston

Sponsor: Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Concerning long-term homeowners in the city of Boston

Sponsor: Theodore Speliotis

Providing that future members of the police force in the town of Sharon shall be exempt from the civil service law

Sponsor: Louis Kafka

Relative to performance of work on hydrants and certain components of fire protection sprinkler systems

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Authorizing the city of Everett to establish a linkage fee revolving fund

Sponsor: Theodore Speliotis

Authorizing the town of Tisbury to convert certain licenses for the sale of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises to licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Authorizing Michael Locke to purchase creditable service from the Barnstable county retirement board

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

Relative to recycling

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the term of judicial officers

Sponsor: Thomas Golden

Ensuring access to automotive lift training for vocational students

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Authorizing the appointment of retired police officers in the Town of Nantucket to serve as special police officers

Sponsor: Timothy Madden

Creating uniform beach warnings

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to qualifications of voters

Sponsor: David Rogers

Establishing regional commissions on the status of women and girls

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to the inclusive concurrent enrollment grant program

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Resolve establishing a special commission to preserve Polish heritage in the Pioneer Valley

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to corporate rights and political spending

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

Relative to the used vehicle record book

Sponsor: John Rogers

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the subject matter of initiative petitions

Sponsor: Byron Rushing

Amending the charter of the town of Concord

Sponsor: Cory Atkins

Relative to education collaboratives

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Establishing a pulmonary hypertension task force

Sponsor: Diana DiZoglio

Increasing certain snow removal penalties in the city of Boston.

Sponsor: Daniel Hunt

Authorizing the town of Sharon to abate certain real property taxes.

Sponsor: Louis Kafka

Further regulating the establishment of Peace Day and establishing February 20 as Frederick Douglass Day

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Relative to referendum procedures in the city known as the town of Greenfield

Sponsor: Paul Mark

To further define standards of employee safety

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to the board of registrars of voters in the city known as the town of Greenfield

Sponsor: Paul Mark

To establish February 20 as Frederick Douglass Day

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Establishing a sick leave bank for Iqbal Shahzad, an employee of the Department of Public Health

Sponsor: Chris Walsh

Increasing the number of licenses for the sale of wines and malt beverages in the city of Medford from twenty five to forty

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Designating the commission on postpartum depression as the Ellen Story Commission on Postpartum Depression

Sponsor: Joan Lovely

Regulating secondary metals dealings

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Baseline study and delay of regulatory deadlines

Sponsor: Jason Lewis

Exempting the position of deputy superintendent of police in the city of Lowell from the civil service law

Sponsor: David Nangle

Designating a Certain Intersection Under the Control of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in the city known as the Town of Bridgewater

Sponsor: Angelo D'Emilia

Making changes to certain references in the banking laws of the Commonwealth

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Authorizing the transfer of certain parcels of land in the city of Worcester to promote economic development

Sponsor: James O'Day

Relative to banking law

Sponsor: Bills in the Third Reading

Relative to firefighters in the town of Concord

Sponsor: Cory Atkins

Strengthening early support and education

Sponsor: Stephen Kulik

To protect access to confidential healthcare

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to principle-based reserving for life insurance

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Text of the Senate amendment (Senator Creem) to the House Bill relative to contracts for certain municipal officers (House, No. 1832).

Sponsor: Cynthia Creem

Resolve examining Commonwealth procurement policies relative to Congo conflict minerals

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Designating a certain intersection in the town of Plainville as the Special Police Officer Michael O. Maher Memorial Intersection

Sponsor: Richard Ross

Designating a certain intersection in the town of Pembroke as the James “Tiny” Brown Memorial Square

Sponsor: Josh Cutler

Relative to risk management and own risk and solvency assessment

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services

Authorizing the City of Salem to convert certain seasonal liquor licenses to annual licenses and grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Increasing the number of licenses for the sale of wines and malt beverages in the city of Medford from twenty five to forty

Sponsor: Paul Donato

Establishing a sick leave bank for Jennifer Gay, an employee of the Department of Developmental Services

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

To protect our environment and reduce the carbon footprint of the commonwealth

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

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

Sponsor: Salvatore DiDomenico

To stop human trafficking and enhance the lives of survivors

Sponsor: Mark Montigny

Relative to retirement benefits for Thomas Brian Donnelly

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Relative to energy storage systems

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

A communication from the Division of Energy Resources of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (under the provisions of section 12 of Chapter 25A of the General Laws) submitting amendments to 225 CMR 2.00, Energy Audit and Energy Conservation Improvement Program, 225 CMR 3.00, Alternative Energy Property Program, and 225 CMR 11.00, Regarding Oversight and Coordination of the Electric Ratepayer Funded Energy Efficiency Activities

Relative to creating a clean energy standard

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Ensuring the safety of residents, first responders, and gas workers

Sponsor: Salvatore DiDomenico

Combating climate change

Sponsor: Michael Barrett

Fueling job creation through energy efficiency

Sponsor: Brian Joyce

Establishing a sick leave bank for Francisco Melendez, an employee of the Department of Youth Services

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

Authorizing the town of Nantucket to supply itself and its inhabitants with water

Sponsor: Timothy Madden

Relative to self-storage insurance

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Repealing the Supplemental Reserve Fund in the city of Pittsfield

Sponsor: Benjamin Downing

Relative to special police officers in the city known as the town of Weymouth

Sponsor: James Murphy

Establishing an Eastern Regional Commission on the status of Women and girls

Sponsor: Gloria Fox

Establishing a commission to investigate the need and feasibility of a helipad in the South Boston section of the city of Boston

Sponsor: Nick Collins

Authorizing the board of directors of Metacomet Emergency Communications Center to accept chapter 32B of the General Laws

Sponsor: Richard Ross

Message from His Excellency the Governor returning with his objections thereto in writing the engrossed Bill protecting the rights of custodial and other non-teaching employees of school districts (see House, No. 2319, amended).

Establishing a sick leave bank for Lynn Frith, an employee of the Department of Mental Health

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Authorizing the City of Salem to convert certain seasonal liquor licenses to annual licenses and grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Paul Tucker

Relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages at farmers’ markets

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Authorizing the disclosure of medical information to certain designated caregivers

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Health

Establishing a sick leave bank for Lisa Eppy, an employee of the Department of Children and Families

Sponsor: Jennifer Flanagan

Authorizing the city of Everett to establish a linkage fee revolving fund

Sponsor: Joseph McGonagle

Relative to retirement boards

Sponsor: Richard Ross

Establishing a sick leave bank for Philippe Fauche, an employee of the Department of Mental Health

Sponsor: Russell Holmes

Relating to LSDs (Lysosomal Storage Disorders) in infants

Sponsor: Ryan Fattman

Relative to plant relocation

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Relative to amphibious sight-seeing vehicle safety

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to grant an easement to the town of Grafton over a certain parcel of land

Sponsor: Michael Moore

Relative to the membership of the conservation commission of the town of Sturbridge

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Exempting the position of police chief in the town of Orange from the civil service law

Sponsor: Susannah Whipps Lee

Relative to municipal elections in the city of Somerville

Sponsor: Timothy Toomey

Establishing a sick leave bank for Hua Tan, an employee of the Department of Public Health

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Amending the charter of the town of Wareham relative to the time of town meeting

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

Regarding town meeting articles in the town of Framingham

Sponsor: Chris Walsh

Validating the results of a certain election in the town of East Longmeadow

Authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of Foxborough to the Foxborough housing authority

Sponsor: Fred Barrows

Relative to transportation infrastructure value capture

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Establishing a remote voting system for town meeting in the town of Sudbury

Sponsor: Carmine Gentile

Promoting electric vehicle adoption

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation

Relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance Day

Sponsor: Theodore Speliotis

Changing the membership of the old and historic district commission of the town of Marblehead and lengthening the commission's determination period for a certificate of appropriateness

Sponsor: Lori Ehrlich

Resolve establishing a special commission to identify a suitable location for a justice complex in Southern Middlesex County

Sponsor: Kenneth Donnelly

The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act

Relative to transportation infrastructure value capture

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation

Reconciling inconsistent statutory audit schedules

Relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance Day

Sponsor: Linda Campbell

Requiring automated external defibrillators in schools

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to implementing the Massachusetts yellow dot program

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to tax return filing deadlines

Sponsor: Jay Kaufman

Relative to tax return filing deadlines

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Revenue

Authorizing the town of Foxborough to grant 3 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Authorizing the town of Orleans to lease a certain parcel of land

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

Establishing a year-round market rate rental housing trust fund in the town of Provincetown

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

Further regulating certain licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Northborough

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Establishing a landfill solar special revenue fund in the town of Dennis

Sponsor: Timothy Whelan

To improve primary care in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Kevin Honan

Validating the actions taken at a special town election held in the town of Westport

Regulating appraisal management companies

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

Establishing a sick leave bank for Donna Paul, an employee of the Department of Correction

Sponsor: Richard Ross

The financing and delivery of health care in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Relative to the defense of private property rights through the prevention of abusive eminent domain takings in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

To reduce lead poisoning in children

Sponsor: Alice Peisch

To amend Chapter 90, section 24 by adding the following provision

Sponsor: Timothy Whelan

Relative to counsel appointed to habitual offender cases

Sponsor: Thomas Golden

Relative to victims rights

Sponsor: Cory Atkins

Further clarifying the rights of persons with disabilities

Sponsor: Brian Ashe

Relative to compensation for assistant clerks and assistant registrars acting as magistrates

Sponsor: Timothy Toomey

For health education in women's correctional institutions

Sponsor: Kay Khan

To amend the foreclosure statute to require judicial foreclosure

Sponsor: Frank Smizik

Relative to landlords accountability with regard to drug houses

Sponsor: James Murphy

Relative to the award of attorney’s fees, staff time, costs and expenses in code enforcement matters

Sponsor: Denise Provost

Relative to the social host statute

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Restoring free speech and public access

Sponsor: Marc Lombardo

Relative to the further protection of victims of motor vehicle injury

Sponsor: Robert Fennell

Relative to assault and battery on the elderly or disabled

Sponsor: John Velis

Relative to home improvement contractors

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

To recognize common law marriage in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Ruth Balser

Relative to protective orders

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

Relative to the Sex Offender Registry

Sponsor: Robert Koczera

To ensure reliable land title to bolster local home ownership and business creation

Sponsor: Benjamin Swan

Relative to possession of hypodermic needles and protecting public safety officials

Sponsor: David Vieira

Permitting the use of traffic control signal violation monitoring system devices as a means of promoting traffic safety in the city of New Bedford

Sponsor: Antonio Cabral

Relative to assault and battery upon public employees

Sponsor: Jeffrey Sanchez

Relative to sex offender notification

Sponsor: Kate Campanale

Relative to the deliberate spread of contagious diseases

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Relative to Graffiti

Sponsor: Bradford Hill

Relative to issuing citations to motor vehicle moving violations

Sponsor: Theodore Speliotis

Relative to public records requests

Sponsor: Diana DiZoglio

Relative to judicial accountability

Sponsor: Jerald Parisella

Relative to raising the standard of proof for juvenile defendants

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Relative to profits from crime

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Banning glue based rodent traps

Sponsor: Nick Collins

Relative to licenses for the sale for all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Wareham

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Relative to the expansion of the state DNA database

Sponsor: Danielle Gregoire

Relative to the prevention of financial exploitation of the elderly

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Amending laws relative to certain judicial procedures

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Relative to impersonating public officials

Sponsor: Nicholas Boldyga

Relative to vacant, foreclosing and foreclosed property in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Frank Moran

To amend 209A pursuant to domestic violence

Sponsor: Alan Silvia

Relative to level I sex offenders

Sponsor: James Arciero

Relative to public records

Sponsor: Nick Collins

Relative to Asbestos Related Claims

Sponsor: Walter Timilty

Relative to juror service

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Relative to the Sex Offender Registry Board

Sponsor: Shaunna O'Connell

Relative to historical preservation organizations

Sponsor: Kevin Kuros

Relative to the advisory committee on personnel standards of the Massachusetts Trial Court

Sponsor: Timothy Toomey

Relative to the DNA database

Sponsor: Edward Coppinger

Protecting an individual's 'right to be forgotten', as a remedy available under data protection law, enabling a data subject to obtain from the data controller the erasure of links to data which the data subject regards as prejudiced to him or her

Sponsor: Sheila Harrington

Providing protection from subsequent restraining order violations

Sponsor: Jay Livingstone

Relative to fentanyl

Sponsor: Timothy Whelan

Resolve establishing a special commission on vocational education transportation

Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Relative to the appointment of first assistant clerks of court

Sponsor: Timothy Toomey

To increase the penalty for school tardiness

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Relative to grandparent visitation rights

Sponsor: Chris Walsh

Relative to unborn children

Sponsor: Elizabeth Poirier

Relative to achieving pay parity for Massachusetts trial court chief probation officers

Sponsor: Ronald Mariano

Concerning time of sentence while in confinement to isolation

Sponsor: David Vieira

To regulate and tax the cannabis industry

Sponsor: David Rogers

Establishing the child's voice in family courts

Sponsor: Sean Garballey

Relative to oil spills on public ways

Sponsor: Roselee Vincent

Relative to healthcare proxies

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Allowing local housing authorities access to criminal and other records of tenants and prospective tenants

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to the temporary release of persons under the care of the department of mental health

Sponsor: James Miceli

Authorizing sheriffs to impose fees

Sponsor: Elizabeth Poirier

Clarifying municipal regulations regarding medical marijuana

Sponsor: Timothy Whelan

Relative to the penalty for resisting a police officer

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to the exposure of public safety officials to the aids virus

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Relative to the age of consent in certain civil actions for sexual assault and rape of a child

Sponsor: Peter Durant

Relative to probation officer warrant procedures

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Relative to rape of a child by force

Sponsor: Donald Wong

Establishing a criminal justice data systems task force

Sponsor: Tom Sannicandro

Establishing penalties for the filing of false reports against police officers

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act

To enhance the availability of immunity to witnesses in the courts of the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Jay Livingstone

Further regulating the appointment of certain guardians

Sponsor: David Linsky

Relative to child safety zones

Sponsor: Brian Mannal

Relating to the age of consent in certain criminal prosecutions for sexual assault and rape of a child

Sponsor: Kenneth Gordon

Requiring audiovisual recordings of certain police interrogations

Sponsor: David Rogers

Allowing for private arbitration for all parties involved in residential contracting

Sponsor: Timothy Madden

To Require Property Owners to Bear the Cost of Relocation Assistance

Sponsor: Nick Collins

Relative to the enticement of children online

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

To improve public safety by facilitating access to addiction services

Sponsor: Ruth Balser

Relative to poaching

Sponsor: Brian Mannal

Strengthening the penalty for assault or assault and battery on emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

To exempt family members of murder victims from jury service

Sponsor: James Cantwell

Amending the sex offender registry statute to require immediate registration of sex offenders

Sponsor: Aaron Michlewitz

Relative to police investigations

Sponsor: Michael Moran

Relative to the clerks of courts

Sponsor: Nick Collins

Relative to the age of consent in certain criminal prosecutions for sexual assault and rape of a child

Sponsor: Peter Durant

Adopting the Uniform Assignment of Rents Act

Relative to transfer on death real estate registration

Sponsor: Dennis Rosa

Relative to work release eligibility

Sponsor: Timothy Toomey

Reducing interest paid by local governments

Sponsor: Josh Cutler

To ensure safe and secure waiting areas

Sponsor: Kay Khan

Requiring blood testing for surviving drivers

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

Relative to reinstituting capital punishment in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: James Miceli

Relative to abuse prevention

Sponsor: Benjamin Swan

Establishing a public registry of animal abusers

Sponsor: Louis Kafka

Establishing a parent child testimonial privilege

Sponsor: John Fernandes

Relative to the voluntary surrender of time share interval

Sponsor: Timothy Whelan

Protecting victims after fatality

Sponsor: Aaron Vega

Improving juror service responses

Sponsor: Paul Brodeur

Relative to the issuance of search warrants

Sponsor: William Galvin

To establish transparency with respect to government surveillance

Sponsor: Jay Livingstone

Relative to child victim confidentiality

Sponsor: Denise Garlick

To streamline the judicial review of local land use decisions

Sponsor: Thomas Golden

To protect privacy

Sponsor: Benjamin Swan

Relative to health care proxies

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

Relative to criminal offender information

Sponsor: Harold Naughton

Updating Chapter 268 Section 33

Sponsor: Paul Mark

To enhance safety and security in courthouses

Sponsor: Lori Ehrlich

Relative to manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle

Sponsor: Michael Finn

Relative to attorney recruitment in rural communities

Sponsor: Paul Mark

Relative to the Homestead Act

Sponsor: Alice Peisch

Relative to the Safety of School Grounds

Sponsor: Nicholas Boldyga

Making drug dealing subject to dangerousness hearing determinations

Sponsor: Antonio Cabral

Relative to perspective purchasers in manufactured housing communities

Sponsor: Mathew Muratore

Providing remedies to consumers for clearing title after payoff of mortgages

Sponsor: John Rogers

Updating Chapter 268 Section 35

Sponsor: Paul Mark

Relative to homicide by motor vehicle

Sponsor: Michael Finn

Relative to selling tattooing, branding, body piercing kit or device to an unlicensed body art practitioner or minor

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to juvenile restitution

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Affecting the housing of prisoners

Sponsor: Benjamin Swan

Removing state funded counsel from sex offender classification hearings

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

To establish a child neglect registry

Sponsor: John Velis

Relative to the Massachusetts homestead law

Sponsor: Elizabeth Poirier

Relative to stop fraudulent representation of business against performers

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Imposing a life sentence as punishment for a second or subsequent conviction of the crime of rape

Sponsor: Theodore Speliotis

Reducing interest liability in treble damage settlements

Sponsor: Kevin Kuros

Amending the statute of limitations regarding criminal prosecutions for the crimes of sexual assault and rape of a child

Sponsor: Kenneth Gordon

Relative to the unlawful passing of a school bus

Sponsor: Nicholas Boldyga

To protect children against sex offenders

Sponsor: Antonio Cabral

Relative to leaving the scene of a collision

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Relative to Arrest Warrants

Sponsor: Paul Tucker

Relative to best interest representation of children

Sponsor: Leah Cole

Banning partial birth abortions

Sponsor: Kevin Kuros

To affecting property owners and employers rights regarding medical marijuana

Sponsor: Timothy Whelan

Adopting the Federal Uniform Trade Secret Act

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Providing visitation rights for great-grandparents

Sponsor: Elizabeth Poirier

Relative to the prevention of child sex abuse

Sponsor: Shaunna O'Connell

Relative to fees for noncriminal hearings of violations of certain motor vehicle laws

Sponsor: William Galvin

To criminalize animal abuse in the presence of children

Sponsor: Brian Mannal

To prevent unnecessary vacancies in foreclosed homes

Sponsor: Jeffrey Sanchez

Relative to manslaughter

Sponsor: Peter Kocot

Relative to towing and storage of a motor vehicle

Sponsor: Donald Wong

Relative to evidence

Sponsor: James Murphy

Increasing the liability for permitting an intoxicated arrestee to operate a motor vehicle

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

To establish the Massachusetts innocence commission

Sponsor: Benjamin Swan

Relative to a municipal employee in the town of Lee, the town of Lenox or the town of Stockbridge acting in relation to an intermunicipal agreement

Sponsor: William Pignatelli

Validating the actions taken at a certain annual town meeting held in the town of Hudson

Relative to the classification and punishment for certain offenses in the commonwealth

Sponsor: David Rogers

Enhancing services for juveniles

Sponsor: Fred Barrows

Relative to the care and custody of individuals revived with naloxone

Sponsor: Brian Mannal

Relative to competency for juveniles

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

To establish a Claimants' Trust Act

Sponsor: Lori Ehrlich

Updating the laws to protect women's health

Sponsor: Ellen Story

Amending the statute of limitations in civil rights actions

Sponsor: Kenneth Gordon

Relative to penalties for unlicensed work

Sponsor: Mark Cusack

To affecting municipal rights regarding medical marijuana

Sponsor: Timothy Whelan

Relative to student driver safety

Sponsor: Jay Kaufman

Relative to compensation for assistant clerks of court acting as magistrates in Suffolk County

Sponsor: Timothy Toomey

To enhance enforcement of laws banning contraband in correctional facilities

Sponsor: Randy Hunt

Regarding testimony after grant of immunity to a witness

Sponsor: Jay Livingstone

Relative to child abuse reporting requirements

Sponsor: John Scibak

Relative to the Middlesex Probate Court

Sponsor: Sheila Harrington

Relative to the destruction of monuments, graves, and tombstones

Sponsor: Thomas Stanley

To promote child well-being, community supervision and efficient use of state resources

Sponsor: Claire Cronin

Relative to sexual deviants

Sponsor: Donald Wong

Providing for equitable rights to indemnity for public employees

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Relative to hit and run drivers

Sponsor: Susan Gifford

Relating to inmates organ donations

Sponsor: Benjamin Swan

To amend Section 20C, Chapter 148 of the General Laws relative to liability for damages caused by blasting

Sponsor: Chris Walsh

Relative to indemnification of the University of Massachusetts police

Sponsor: John Scibak

Relative to surety bond requirements for veterans

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Relative to additional justices of the peace

Sponsor: Jerald Parisella

Making uniform certain aspects of mediation

Relative to site plan review

Sponsor: Kevin Honan

Relative to agricultural crop and property destruction

Sponsor: Paul Schmid

Relative to victim notification

Sponsor: James Arciero

Relative to the protection of public safety officers

Sponsor: David Vieira

Banning partial birth abortions

Sponsor: Elizabeth Poirier

Relative to the Safety of Public Employees

Sponsor: Nicholas Boldyga

Relative to civil liability for protecting one’s home

Sponsor: David Muradian

Relative to being an accessory after the fact

Sponsor: Brian Mannal

Relative to the jury management advisory committee

Sponsor: Randy Hunt

Relative to enforcement of condominium laws

Sponsor: Alan Silvia

Relative to the advisory board to the justices of the supreme judicial court

Sponsor: Timothy Toomey

Relative to the repeal of certain archaic laws concerning animals

Sponsor: Byron Rushing

Relative to achieving pay parity for Massachusetts trial court chief probation officers

Sponsor: Harold Naughton

Relative to End of Life Family Funeral visitation

Sponsor: Gloria Fox

Relative to the implementation of a department of corrections reentry program

Sponsor: Gloria Fox

To require timely recourse to deficiency judgments after foreclosure

Sponsor: Denise Provost

To increase public knowledge of foreclosures

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

Relative to fetal homicide

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Relative to the further protection of personal property by motor vehicle damage

Sponsor: Robert Fennell

Relative to ensuring quality mental health services in state correctional facilities

Sponsor: Ruth Balser

Relative to the penalty for disorderly persons

Sponsor: David Linsky

Eliminating mandatory minimum sentences related to drug offenses

Sponsor: Benjamin Swan

Relative to parental rights and child survivors of homicide

Sponsor: Thomas Golden

Relative to farmers markets

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

To increase the fine for harming a police dog or horse

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Relative to fires and explosions

Sponsor: Jay Livingstone

Requiring the inclusion of certain civil rights offense information in the statewide domestic violence recordkeeping system

Sponsor: David Linsky

Relative to the rescue of foals

Sponsor: Kate Hogan

Expanding protections against incest

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Relative to drinking water safety

Sponsor: Paul Mark

Authorizing the town of Middleborough to grant an additional license for the sale of wines and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Marc Pacheco

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

Sponsor: Theodore Speliotis

Relative to preservation of evidence for victims of rape and sexual assault

Sponsor: Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Designating a certain bridge in the city of Fall River as the Tom Tetrault Bridge

Sponsor: Michael Rodrigues

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

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Authorizing the town of Acton to grant 16 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages and 6 additional licenses for the sale of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Making appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities or projects

Establishing a sick leave bank for Karen Tavernier, an employee of the Department of Transportation

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Regulating notaries public to protect consumers and the validity and effectiveness of recorded instruments

Relative to fire sprinkler installation incentives

Sponsor: Peter Kocot

Relative to consumer choice of vision and eyecare services

Sponsor: David Nangle

Relative to protecting senior health

Sponsor: Mark Cusack

Relative to explosive bonds

Authorizing the town of Wenham to grant an additional license for the sale of wines and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Sponsor: Bruce Tarr

Municipal lobbying policy study

Sponsor: Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

The financing and delivery of health care in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Establishing a special police force in the town of Duxbury

Sponsor: Josh Cutler

The financing and delivery of health care in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Relative to mastectomies

Sponsor: Louis Kafka

Study Order

Sponsor: Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Relative to certain charges and fees in the town of Charlton

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Establishing the Hampden County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls

Sponsor: Anne Gobi

Relative to women’s health and economic equity

Sponsor: John Scibak

Limited Health Services

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Elder Affairs

To minimize foreclosures and their harm

Sponsor: Jose Tosado

The financing and delivery of health care in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

To minimize foreclosures and their harm

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Housing

Relative to facilitating the utilization of psychologists on the health care team

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Health

Clarifying deadlines for submission of applications for land under Chapter 61a

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Revenue

Relative to compensation for family caregivers

Sponsor: Brian Mannal

Condominiums

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Housing

To Create a Massachusetts Rare Disease Advisory Council

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Promoting continuity of care for multiple sclerosis treatment

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Relative to healthy eating in school cafeterias

Sponsor: Committee on Education

Financial services

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services

The financing and delivery of health care in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

The financing and delivery of health care in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Strengthening public education in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: John Rogers

To allow municipalities to invest in credit unions

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Authorizing the town of Westwood to grant a special license for the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption at an indoor or outdoor agricultural event

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Protecting police officers

Sponsor: Paul Frost

Relative to streamflow standards

Sponsor: Frank Smizik

Local

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Relative to waste removal plans for transfer stations

Sponsor: Walter Timilty

To enable the Commonwealth’s administration of the Massachusetts Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

The financing and delivery of health care in the commonwealth.

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Making an appropriation for the fiscal year 2016 to provide for funding of certain footpaths and trails

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

Relative to fee waivers for registered nurses after retirement

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Establishing the commission on extended producer responsibility

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

To reduce sexual exploitation of victims of human trafficking

Sponsor: Michael Day

Requiring voters to re-accept the provisions of Chapter 44B once every five years from the date of their original acceptance

Sponsor: David DeCoste

Relative to state oversight of professional licensing boards

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Education

Sponsor: Committee on Education

Providing for the maintenance of the Neponset River for the health and safety of the public

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

E-waste

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Water

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Relative to the Sewer Rate Relief Fund

Sponsor: James Miceli

NPDES Delegation

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Relative to solid waste disposal facilities

Sponsor: James Miceli

Community preservation

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

To assist municipal and district ratepayers

Sponsor: John Fernandes

Establishing a sick leave bank for Timothy McCarthy, an employee of the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance

Authorizing the town of Foxborough 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

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

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

Making a corrective change for a certain reserve fund in the town of Hingham

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Miscellaneous

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Toxic Management

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Air quality

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Relative to application of pesticides in municipalities

Sponsor: Carmine Gentile

Relative to the importation of animals for rescue

Sponsor: Daniel Donahue

To amend the toxics use reduction act

Sponsor: Stephen DiNatale

Protecting school children from environmental toxins

Sponsor: Denise Provost

To increase access to recycling

Sponsor: Michael Day

Behavioral health

Sponsor: Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Public health matters

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Health

Relative to zoning regulations

Sponsor: Lori Ehrlich

Environment

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Relative to local on-site sewage disposal systems

Sponsor: Robert Fennell

Relative to the labeling of seed

Sponsor: Ellen Story

Relative to the scientific strategic planning of the Commonwealth’s fishery

Sponsor: Ann-Margaret Ferrante

Relative to public access to Long Island in Boston Harbor

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to relocating turkeys in the town of Westwood

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Protecting sunlight in certain public parks

Sponsor: Jay Livingstone

Relative to confirming title to the property at 46 Alden Street, Provincetown

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

Establishing a trust fund within the department of conservation and recreation for the planting of trees

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

Relative to Prevention of Hazardous Material Release

Sponsor: Jennifer Benson

Exempting members of the military in active duty from automobile excise tax

Sponsor: Diana DiZoglio

Relative to the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act

Sponsor: Susan Gifford

Relative to benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Automatic voter registration

Sponsor: Committee on Election Laws

Relative to brownsfields assessment and remediation funds

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

Concerning the trapping of fur-bearing mammals

Sponsor: David Nangle

Fisheries

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Land policy

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Relative to videotaping, audiotaping and photographing persons receiving medical treatment

Sponsor: Marjorie Decker

Relative to automatic voter registration

Sponsor: Evandro Carvalho

Enhancing the sewage disposal system inspection process

Sponsor: Steven Howitt

Relative to the Mosquito Borne Disease Control Board

Sponsor: Thomas Calter

Reducing human exposure to particulate matter pollution

Sponsor: Denise Provost

To assure uniformity in the regulation of sanitary sewage treatment and disposal

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

Relative to the town of Mattapoisett general by-laws

Sponsor: William Straus

Relative to charges associated with condominiums in tax title

Sponsor: John Fernandes

Relative to accessible medical equipment

Sponsor: Denise Provost

Establishing a public health insurance option

Sponsor: John Scibak

Establishing a sales tax holiday in 2016

Sponsor: James Murphy

Relative to the definition of autism in the children's autism Medicaid waiver

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

Enforcement

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Relative to the availability of prescription medication during an emergency

Sponsor: Louis Kafka

Providing an income tax credit for families caring for relatives at home who are elderly or victims of Alzheimer's disease

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to expanding access and safety of mental health services

Sponsor: Josh Cutler

To ensure effective health care cost control

Sponsor: Jennifer Benson

Resolve An Act examining the reduction of the capital gains tax

Sponsor: James Murphy

Providing for an exemption for certain paraplegic veterans

Sponsor: James Cantwell

Relative to the civil commitment of mentally ill persons to Bridgewater State Hospital

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

Relative to cost reduction in the Medicaid program by improving early childhood oral health

Sponsor: John Scibak

Relative to behavioral health telemedicine

Sponsor: Elizabeth Malia

Relative to administering national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews

Sponsor: Stephen Kulik

To provide targeted pre-k education to all four year old children meeting specific requirements in all gateway cities (26)

Sponsor: Alan Silvia

Authorizing the town of Lee to establish an additional excise on sales of gasoline and diesel fuel

Sponsor: William Pignatelli

Relative to the repeal of the sales tax exemption for aircraft

Sponsor: Cory Atkins

To enhance the work of the State Auditor

Allowing for the partial payment of property taxes

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Relative to increasing disability ratings for veterans

Sponsor: James Arciero

Relative to tax withholding for individual retirement accounts

Sponsor: Alice Peisch

Establishing a special commission to study and recommend improvements in the delivery of prescription drug benefits for the citizens of the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Walter Timilty

Relative to medication assisted treatment for opioid addiction

Sponsor: Elizabeth Malia

Relative to equitable dental reimbursement rates for services provided to publicly aided patients

Sponsor: John Scibak

Relative to using capital gain income for one-time capital expenditures

Sponsor: John Rogers

Relative to sonographers and vascular technologists

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

In aid of libraries

Sponsor: Kate Hogan

Relative to the safe disposal of prescription drugs

Sponsor: James Miceli

The development of a strategy supporting micro businesses in inner city communities

Sponsor: Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Providing for a donation check-off box on state tax returns for the Massachusetts Youth in Government program

Sponsor: Bruce Ayers

Relative to providing dental care to senior citizens

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Amending the withholding tax laws for withdrawals from retirement accounts

Sponsor: Benjamin Swan

Relative to behavioral health services

Sponsor: Daniel Hunt

Establishing a special commission to study proposals to incentivize and allow the University of Massachusetts at Lowell to provide business growth services to certain companies in the commonwealth

Sponsor: Thomas Golden

Relative to exempting farmers’ markets from certain property taxes

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Relative to improving mental health care through innovation

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Relative to senior property tax exemptions

Sponsor: James Arciero

To further define medical necessity determinations

Sponsor: Kay Khan

To provide an income tax exemption for certain individuals caring for elderly relatives

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

To preserve affordable health coverage for Massachusetts residents

Sponsor: Ruth Balser

Relative to certain taxpayer protections regarding casino gaming

Sponsor: Kimberly Ferguson

Relative to the exemption of private pension income from taxation

Sponsor: Brendan Crighton

Relative to the oral health workforce

Sponsor: John Scibak

Establishing a grants program to increase dental services to Medicaid eligible patients

Sponsor: John Scibak

Excluding small businesses from personal property tax

Sponsor: James Murphy

Clarifying municipalities' rights to assess real estate taxes on commercial uses in common areas of condominium complexes

Sponsor: David Linsky

Relative to the valuation of agricultural land

Sponsor: Paul Schmid

Amending the tax rate on certain commercial property

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Relative to medical peer review

Sponsor: Mark Cusack

Relative to the taxation of rolling stock

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Restoring the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Expanding the residential renewable energy tax credit to second homes

Sponsor: Paul Heroux

Establishing a tax credit for the construction and operation of a natural gas refueling station

Sponsor: Peter Durant

Relative to familial dysautonomia

Sponsor: Brian Ashe

Authorizing the town of Plymouth to impose a local excise tax on the cultivation, transfer and sale of medical marijuana, cannabis compounds and other cannabis-sourced products

Sponsor: Mathew Muratore

Relative to public health dental hygienists

Sponsor: Louis Kafka

Establishing a board of registration in physical therapy

Sponsor: Paul Donato

Relative to angel investor tax credits

Sponsor: Claire Cronin

Relative to provide immediate relief to businesses on health care costs

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Relative to disabled service-connected veterans and the motor vehicle excise tax

Sponsor: Todd Smola

Relative to taxation after a short-sale of a mortgaged property

Sponsor: Brian Mannal

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

Sponsor: Tom Sannicandro

Amending the historic rehabilitation tax credit

Sponsor: Robert Koczera

Relative to MassHealth coverage

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

Establishing a special commission to study the efficacy of funding the construction of public safety buildings through the sales tax

Sponsor: Thomas Golden

Reducing tax liability for grandparents raising grandchildren

Sponsor: James Murphy

Relative to continuity of healthcare

Sponsor: John Scibak

Relative to tax returns

To support educational opportunity for all

Sponsor: Denise Provost

Relative to protection of open space

Sponsor: Carolyn Dykema

Prohibiting audits on residents over eighty.

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Relative to the taxpayers of the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Nicholas Boldyga

Relative to information included with municipal tax bills

Sponsor: Shawn Dooley

Relative to the establishment of rates of payment to medical providers for workers’ compensation

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Providing equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers

Sponsor: Elizabeth Malia

Relative to the senior circuit breaker tax credit

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Relative to the development of a strategy supporting micro businesses in inner city communities

Sponsor: Carlos Gonzalez

Relative to income tax rates

Sponsor: Denise Provost

Reducing payment disparities among healthcare providers

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Relative to specialty licensure

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

Requiring pain assessment and management in healthcare facilities

Sponsor: Jay Kaufman

Early Education

Sponsor: Committee on Education

Relative to Veterans Property Tax Abatement

Sponsor: Linda Campbell

Providing property tax relief for certain caregivers

Sponsor: Roselee Vincent

Promoting the adoption of alternative payment methodologies

Sponsor: Michael Finn

To protect children's mental health services

Sponsor: Elizabeth Malia

Relative to senior property tax credit

Sponsor: Tom Sannicandro

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

Sponsor: James Cantwell

Changing the definition of countable-income for MassHealth

Sponsor: Paul Mark

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

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

To improve educational outcomes for children in the Commonwealth from birth through school age

Sponsor: Salvatore DiDomenico

Relative to establishing a disaster emergency tax credit

Sponsor: Gloria Fox

Relative to lowering the sales tax to 5%

Sponsor: Marc Lombardo

To support working families

Relative to the access of epinephrine in schools

Sponsor: Kate Campanale

Freezing real property tax payments by elderly home-owners

Sponsor: John Fernandes

Relative to substance abuse accountable care organizations

Sponsor: Diana DiZoglio

To control costs of health care - mandate review

Sponsor: Thomas Golden

To protect healthcare reform funding

Sponsor: Jennifer Benson

Relative to the taxation of state pensions

Sponsor: Timothy Madden

To ensure behavioral health integration

Sponsor: Mark Cusack

Relative to the sales tax

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Resolve An Act examining the reduction of the income tax

Sponsor: James Murphy

Eliminating age discrimination in the MassHealth Program

Sponsor: Denise Provost

Establishing a tax deduction for teachers purchasing school supplies

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Relative to real estate taxes for seniors

Sponsor: Thomas Calter

Relative to promoting the commonwealth tax incentive

Sponsor: Paul Frost

Relative to the sales tax

Sponsor: Cory Atkins

To Contain Health Care Costs by Reducing Fraudulent Billing Practices

Sponsor: Mark Cusack

Relative to a three year corporate minimum tax exemption

Sponsor: James Kelcourse

Relative to a bundled payment pilot program

Sponsor: Jennifer Benson

Relative to nursing facility care

Sponsor: James O'Day

Relative to dental hygienists

Sponsor: Kay Khan

Relative to motor vehicle excise tax exemptions

Sponsor: John Scibak

Relative to healthy cosmetics

Sponsor: Roselee Vincent

Relative to tax exempt property

Sponsor: Sean Garballey

Relative to adopting the New Markets Tax Credits Program for Massachusetts

Sponsor: James Cantwell

To clarify section 9A1/2 of chapter 32B

Sponsor: James Murphy

Relative to the vital records trust fund

Sponsor: Denise Garlick

Establishing a sales tax holiday in 2015

Sponsor: James Murphy

Establishing the Massachusetts special events marketing program

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

To establish pilot programs and subsequent study for universal pre-kindergarten

Sponsor: Marjorie Decker

Relative to the restoration of MassHealth adult dental benefits

Sponsor: John Scibak

Relative to DOR interest rate parity

Sponsor: Bradley Jones

Relative to assisted living programs

Sponsor: Colleen Garry

Relative to patient safety

Sponsor: Denise Garlick

Requiring the Division of Medical Assistance to provide adequate rates

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

Relative to preventing death by drug overdose

Sponsor: William Galvin

Establishing a tax credit for artist work space

Sponsor: Ann-Margaret Ferrante

Providing local aid enhancement for the town of Brewster

Sponsor: Timothy Whelan

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

Sponsor: Kate Hogan

Providing a tax deduction for certain heating costs

Sponsor: Paul Frost

To ensure the integrity of municipal tax rates

Sponsor: Angelo Puppolo

Relative to local sales tax assessment

Sponsor: William Galvin

Extending net operating losses to financial institutions

Sponsor: Alice Peisch

Relative to medical malpractice insurance

Sponsor: Daniel Hunt

Updating interest rates for property tax abatements

Sponsor: Kenneth Gordon

To set standards for AGO review of provider practices

Sponsor: David Nangle

Relative to electronic health records

Sponsor: Angelo Puppolo

Repealing the property tax exemption for Massport lessees

Sponsor: Kenneth Gordon

Relative to ensuring the wellbeing of all children in the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Jay Livingstone

Relative to the taxation of unearned income

Sponsor: Jonathan Hecht

Senior Dental Health

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Elder Affairs

Resolve to study the loss of revenues of the Commonwealth

Sponsor: Thomas Stanley

Relative to the sales tax

Sponsor: Mathew Muratore

Requiring hospital governing body training

Sponsor: Gailanne Cariddi

To improve educational outcomes for children in the Commonwealth from birth through school age

Sponsor: Tackey Chan

To reduce childhood obesity

Sponsor: Kay Khan

Relative to agricultural production and profitability

Sponsor: Peter Kocot

Relative to the pension fund liability

Sponsor: James Cantwell

Relative to municipal infrastructure improvement

Sponsor: Ruth Balser

Relative to room rental rates

Sponsor: Sarah Peake

To extend patient protections to recipients of MassHealth

Sponsor: Mark Cusack

Relative to innocent spouses

Sponsor: Garrett Bradley

To Promote Development Through Historic Tax Credits

Sponsor: Antonio Cabral

To reduce taxes generated by charitable raffles and bazaars

Sponsor: Elizabeth Poirier

Relative to transparency in health care

Sponsor: Diana DiZoglio

Relative to the discharge of persons incompetent to stand trial

Sponsor: Jay Livingstone

To provide services for medically ill and mentally ill persons

Sponsor: Angelo Scaccia

To exempt municipalities from the gas tax

Sponsor: Marc Lombardo

Relative to a tax credit for mill cities

Sponsor: Carole Fiola

Relative to juvenile mental health

Sponsor: Kay Khan

Establishing the substance abuse health protection fund

Sponsor: Kay Khan

Relative to studying tidal turbines

Sponsor: Peter Kocot

Providing for an exemption for certain paraplegic veterans

Sponsor: John Fernandes

Relative to privately owned public use airport real estate taxes

Sponsor: Kate Hogan

Relative to Consumer Protection With Regard to Pipeline Tariffs

Sponsor: Lori Ehrlich

To encourage affordable housing

Sponsor: Jeffrey Sanchez

Relative to sales tax exemption for trees

Sponsor: Paul McMurtry

Relative to exempting farmers’ markets from certain property taxes

Sponsor: Elizabeth Poirier

Establishing a tax incentive for small property improvements

Sponsor: Chris Walsh

Providing health care coverage for mandibular advancement splints

Sponsor: Paul Mark

Eliminating the gasoline tax to state agencies and municipalities

Sponsor: William Pignatelli

Relative to gun safe deductions

Sponsor: David Muradian

To enhance the Massachusetts investment tax credit

Sponsor: Claire Cronin

Relative to addictions training

Sponsor: Elizabeth Malia

Relative to expanding veterinary treatment practices

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Health

Promoting accountable care

Sponsor: James Arciero

To provide a hearing aid tax credit

Sponsor: John Scibak

Relative to the governance of the Health Policy Commission

Sponsor: Kay Khan

To amend Chapter 59 sec 2A (b) of the General Laws relative to real property, mortgages, classifications

Sponsor: Chris Walsh

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

Sponsor: Danielle Gregoire

Creating a commission to study concussions that occur as a result of varsity sports in public and private high schools

Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Health