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Legislator > Pat Jehlen
State Senator
Pat Jehlen
(D) - Massachusetts
Massachusetts Senate Second Middlesex
In Office - Started: 10/12/2005
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Capitol Office
State House
24 Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02133
24 Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02133
Phone: 617-722-1578
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| S929 | Relative to debt-free public higher education | For legislation to guarantee debt-free public higher education. Higher Education. | In Committee |
| S218 | Relative to social work uplifting practices and exam removal (“The SUPER Act”) | For legislation relative to Social Work Uplifting Practices and Exam Removal (“The SUPER Act”). Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. | In Committee |
| S1884 | Relative to teacher retirement election | For legislation relative to teacher retirement election. Public Service. | In Committee |
| H1615 | Preventing an individual’s image and voice from exploitation | Relative to preventing an individual’s image and voice from exploitation. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S1053 | To implement the recommendations of the special commission on facial recognition technology | For legislation to implement the recommendations of the special commission on facial recognition technology. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S901 | To advance health equity | For legislation to advance health equity. Health Care Financing. | In Committee |
| S1973 | Relative to affordable housing and environmental adaptation dollars | For legislation relative to the imposition of an excise tax to provide for climate change adaptation infrastructure and affordable housing investments in the Commonwealth. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S855 | Ensuring equitable health coverage for children | For legislation to ensure equitable health coverage for children. Health Care Financing. | In Committee |
| H2402 | Relative to the board of registration in naturopathy | Relative to the board of registration in naturopathy. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S1547 | Relative to the board of registration in naturopathy | For legislation relative to the board of registration in naturopathy. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S1563 | Prioritizing patient access to care | For legislation to prioritize patient access to care based upon the professional judgment of the physician.. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S63 | Relative to establishing a food justice frontline | For legislation to establish a food justice frontline. Agriculture. | In Committee |
| S380 | Requiring accountability for inequities in suspension and expulsion or RAISE Act | For legislation to establish statewide targets for addressing persistent disparities in achievement and suspension and expulsion in public schools. Education. | In Committee |
| S376 | Addressing school exclusion policies to remedy disparities in students' educational achievement | For legislation to promote the education success of court involved children. Education. | In Committee |
| S517 | Strengthening the post-election audit process | For legislation to protect elections using risk-limiting audits. Election Laws. | In Committee |
| S2344 | Relative to traffic regulation using road safety cameras | For legislation relative to using automated road safety camera systems as a means of promoting traffic safety. Transportation. | In Committee |
| S2177 | Relative to unsolved homicides | For legislation to establish an office of unsolved homicides within the office of the attorney general. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. | In Committee |
| S586 | Relative to maintaining adequate water supplies through effective drought management | For legislation to maintain adequate water supplies through effective drought management. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S580 | Relative to crumbling concrete foundations | For legislation relative to crumbling concrete foundations. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S870 | Clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services | For legislation to clarify rate setting processes for home health and home care services. Health Care Financing. | In Committee |
| H767 | Clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services | By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| H1411 | Increasing the personal needs allowance for long term care residents | For legislation to increase the personal needs allowance for certain elderly and disabled residents residing in licensed medical facilities. Health Care Financing. | In Committee |
| S482 | Increasing the personal care allowance for long term care residents | For legislation to increase the personal care allowance for long term care residents. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S877 | To promote an enhanced care worker minimum wage | For legislation to promote an enhanced care worker minimum wage. Health Care Financing. | In Committee |
| S841 | To support equal access to community care for elders and persons with disabilities | For legislation to support equal access to community care for elders and the disabled. Health Care Financing. | In Committee |
| S1384 | Relative to student mental health | For legislation relative to student mental health. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. | In Committee |
| H778 | Relative to the LGBTQ aging commission | Relative to the long-term care needs of older LGBTQ adults and their caregivers. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| H789 | To improve Massachusetts home care | For legislation to create safe environments for home care workers and consumers. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| H777 | Supporting seniors' financial stability | By Representatives Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose and Stanley of Waltham, a petition of Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Thomas M. Stanley and Patricia D. Jehlen that the Office of the State Treasurer be authorized to establish a curriculum to support seniors’ financial literacy. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| H792 | Establishing a special commission on a statewide long-term services and supports benefit program | Relative to a statewide long-term services and supports benefit program. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S472 | Relative to Massachusetts home care eligibility | For legislation relative to Massachusetts home care eligibility. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S468 | To improve care and prepare for the new era of Alzheimer’s and dementia | For legislation to improve care and prepare for the new era of Alzheimer’s and dementia by developing a public awareness campaign on brain health. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S470 | To improve Massachusetts home care | For legislation to improve Massachusetts home care. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S473 | Relative to the commission on LGBTQ aging | For legislation relative to the commission on LGBTQ aging. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S495 | To codify the Hospital to Home Partnership Program | For legislation to codify the Hospital to Home Partnership Program. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S471 | Supporting seniors’ financial stability | By Ms. Jehlen, a petition of Patricia D. Jehlen that the Office of the State Treasurer be authorized to establish a curriculum to support seniors’ financial literacy. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S475 | Promoting housing stability for older adults across the commonwealth | For legislation to promote housing stability for older adults across the commonwealth. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S469 | Further regulating the Assisted Living Advisory Council | For legislation to further regulate the Assisted Living Advisory Council. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S476 | Establishing a special commission on a statewide long-term services and supports benefit program | For legislation to establish a special commission on a statewide long-term services and supports benefit program. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S474 | Relative to assisted living and the frail elder waiver | For legislation to direct the administration to amend the frail elder home and community-based waiver to permit eligible older adults to choose to reside in certified assisted living residences. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S478 | Relative to disclosing continuing care retirement community entrance fees | For legislation relative to disclosing continuing care retirement community entrance fees. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S477 | Establishing the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly | For legislation to establish the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. Elder Affairs. | In Committee |
| S1725 | Creating an independent correctional oversight office to facilitate the recommendations of the Special Legislative Commission on Structural Racism in Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth | For legislation to create an independent correctional oversight office to facilitate the recommendations of the Special Legislative Commission on Structural Racism in Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S136 | Improving emergency housing assistance for children and families experiencing homelessness | For legislation to improve emergency housing assistance for children and families experiencing homelessness. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| S1709 | To save lives by distributing narcan to individuals at risk for an overdose | For legislation to distribute Narcan to a detainee or prisoner at risk for an overdose upon discharge from a correctional facility. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S1705 | Concerning the Massachusetts Probation Service | For legislation relative to the Massachusetts Probation Service. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| H2604 | To ensure access to medical parole | Relative to access to medical parole. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S1722 | Relative to elder and medical parole | For legislation to grant elder and medical parole. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S1707 | To ensure access to medical parole | For legislation to remove barriers to medical parole. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S108 | Protecting youth during custodial interrogations | For legislation protecting youth during custodial interrogations. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| S969 | Establishing an accessory dwelling unit trust fund | For legislation to establish an accessory dwelling unit trust fund. Housing. | In Committee |
| H1478 | Advancing the Massachusetts social housing program | Relative to the development of mixed income social housing to be administered by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Authority. Housing. | In Committee |
| H3961 | Relative to education and prevention of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and other related epilepsy mortalities | Relative to education and prevention of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and other related epilepsy mortalities. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S1537 | Safeguarding victims of illicit drink spiking | For legislation to establish testing protocol and care for victims of date rape drugs. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S1010 | Relative to creating a permanent affordability homeownership program | For legislation to create a permanent affordability homeownership program. Housing. | In Committee |
| S964 | To study single-stair residential buildings | For legislation to study single-stair residential buildings. Housing. | In Committee |
| S832 | Providing health insurance coverage for scalp and facial hair prostheses | For legislation to provide health insurance coverage for scalp and facial hair prosthesis. Financial Services. | In Committee |
| S1485 | Providing for safe and consensual sensitive examinations | For legislation to prohibit nonconsensual intimate examinations of anesthetized or unconscious patients. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S654 | To reduce plastics | For legislation to reduce plastics. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S809 | Relative to patient access to biomarker testing to provide appropriate therapy | For legislation relative to patient access to biomarker testing to provide appropriate therapy. Financial Services. | In Committee |
| S137 | Dignifying individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. | For legislation relative to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| S1310 | To protect injured workers | For legislation to protect injured workers. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S860 | Establishing medicare for all in Massachusetts | For legislation to establish medicare for all in Massachusetts. Health Care Financing. | In Committee |
| S608 | Relative to combined sewer overflows | Relative to combined sewer overflows. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S497 | Clarifying the role of governor’s councillor on the ballot | For legislation to clarify the role of governor’s councillor on the ballot. Election Laws. | In Committee |
| S312 | Prohibiting the use of Native American mascots by public schools in the Commonwealth | For legislation to prohibit the use of Native American mascots by public schools in the Commonwealth. Education. | In Committee |
| S2018 | Relative to senior property tax deferral | For legislation relative to senior property tax deferral. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S1114 | Requiring clean slate automated record sealing | For legislation to provide easier and greater access to record sealing. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| H2483 | To increase access to disposable menstrual products | For legislation to increase access to disposable menstrual products. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S1549 | To increase access to disposable menstrual products | For legislation to increase access to disposable menstrual products. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S1483 | Relative to menstrual product ingredient disclosure | For legislation relative to menstrual product ingredient disclosure. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S1546 | To improve indoor air quality for highly-impacted communities | For legislation to create a task force to identify, monitor, and remediate indoor air pollution and indoor mold contamination in schools, long term care facilities, correctional facilities, early childhood education facilities, public housing and privately-owned residential buildings. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S1484 | To reduce incidence and death from pancreatic cancer | For legislation to reduce incidence and death from pancreatic cancer. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S1058 | Relative to expungement of juvenile and young adult records | For legislation to expunge juvenile and young adult records. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S1427 | Prohibiting municipal bans of face coverings for protective or medical use | For legislation to prohibit municipal bans of face coverings for protective or medical use. Municipalities and Regional Government. | In Committee |
| S1340 | To make data on workforce development outcomes public and accessible | For legislation to make data on workforce development outcomes public and accessible. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S1136 | Preventing false confessions | Relative to preventing false confessions. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| H232 | Relative to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities | Relative to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| S1458 | Relative to updating animal health inspections | For legislation relative to updating animal health inspections. Municipalities and Regional Government. | In Committee |
| S1618 | Promoting community immunity | For legislation to promote community immunity. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S84 | To create Cannabis career pathways for justice-involved individuals | For legislation to create Cannabis career pathways for justice-involved individuals. Cannabis Policy. | In Committee |
| S2248 | Relative to municipal voices in gas utility work | For legislation relative to city council or select board consent in gas utility work. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | In Committee |
| S2239 | Prohibiting the use of ratepayer funds for utility lobbying, promotions or perks | For legislation to prohibit the use of ratepayer funds for utility lobbying, promotions or perks. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | In Committee |
| S2113 | Establishing an Indigenous Peoples Day | For legislation to establish an Indigenous Peoples Day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. | In Committee |
| S2311 | Modernizing competitive energy supply | For legislation to modernize competitive energy supply. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | In Committee |
| S2307 | Relative to transparency in private utility construction contracts | For legislation relative to transparency in private utility construction contracts. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | In Committee |
| S1124 | To remove collateral consequences and protect the presumption of innocence | For legislation to remove collateral consequences and protect the presumption of innocence. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S1132 | Relative to compensation for victims of wrongful conviction | For legislation relative to compensation for victims of wrongful conviction. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S949 | To provide green and healthy public colleges and universities and address their deferred maintenance needs | For legislation to create a Green and Healthy Public College and University Building Planning Commission that will make recommendations for public higher education buildings relative to energy efficiency, spatial adequacy, life safety, accessibility, indoor environmental quality and public health. Higher Education. | In Committee |
| S1135 | Relative to authorizing electronic signatures for criminal complaints | Relative to authorizing electronic signatures for criminal complaints. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S1134 | Relative to probation violations | For legislation relative to probation violations. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| H3754 | Relative to traffic regulation using road safety cameras | Relative to automated motor vehicle sensor devices that produce digital photographs of motor vehicles committing camera-enforceable violations. Transportation. | In Committee |
| S1178 | To reduce mass incarceration | For legislation to reduce mass incarceration. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| H1398 | Relative to hospital profit and fairness | Relative to civil penalties for profits and excessive compensation at certain publicly funded hospitals. Health Care Financing. | In Committee |
| S2246 | Aligning the commonwealth's transportation plans with its mandates and goals for reducing emissions and vehicle miles traveled | For legislation to align the commonwealth's transportation plans with its mandates and goals for reducing emissions and vehicle miles traveled. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | In Committee |
| S1338 | Relative to employee definition harmonization | For legislation relative to employee definition harmonization. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S1354 | Relative to bereavement leave | For legislation relative to bereavement leave. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S1337 | Consolidating multiple definitions of employee to prevent misclassification | For legislation to consolidate multiple definitions of employee. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S1329 | Relative to roadway excavation quality assurance | For legislation to regulate utility permits for road excavation based on an agreement of wages and benefits to the laborers. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S2114 | Establishing a jail and prison construction moratorium | For legislation to establish a jail and prison construction moratorium. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. | In Committee |
| S197 | To protect safety and privacy by stopping the sale of location data | For legislation to protect reproductive health access, LGBTQ lives, religious liberty, and freedom of movement by banning the sale of cell phone location information. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. | In Committee |
| S29 | To establish the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act | For legislation to establish the Massachusetts Data Privacy Protection Act. Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity. | In Committee |
| S388 | To fix the chapter 70 inflation adjustment | For legislation to fix the chapter 70 inflation adjustment. Education. | In Committee |
| S345 | Eliminating education funding inflation cap | For legislation to eliminate the education funding inflation cap. Education. | In Committee |
| S2516 | Establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act | For legislation to establish the Massachusetts Data Privacy Protection Act, report the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2516). | In Committee |
| S1708 | Relative to fire safety education in schools and colleges | Relative to fire safety education in schools and colleges. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S1706 | Establishing a commission to review substance use in correctional facilities | For legislation to establishing a commission to review substance use in correctional facilities. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S1741 | Relative to police interactions with persons on the autism spectrum | For legislation relative to police training in appropriate interactions with persons on the autism spectrum and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S417 | Relative to recess for elementary and middle school students | For legislation relative to mandatory recess for elementary and middle school students. Education. | In Committee |
| S7 | Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights | Relative to voting rights. Election Laws. | In Committee |
| S761 | Ensuring access to full spectrum pregnancy care | For legislation to ensure access to full spectrum pregnancy care. Financial Services. | In Committee |
| S195 | Relative to toxic-free kids | For legislation to eliminate harmful chemicals from children's products. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. | In Committee |
| S1133 | Relative to caregiver authorization affidavits | For legislation relative to caregiver authorization affidavits. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| H3910 | Authorizing the city of Somerville to enact right to purchase legislation | That the city of Somerville be authorized to establish a program to provide certain tenants and entities the right to purchase the residential property in which the tenants reside when that residential property is being offered for sale. Housing. [Local Approval Received.] | In Committee |
| S1486 | Relative to end of life options | For legislation relative to end of life options. Public Health. | In Committee |
| H3922 | Requiring that broker fees in the city of Somerville be paid by the party who solicits a licensed broker | Relative to broker fees in the city of Somerville. Housing. [Local Approval Received.] | In Committee |
| S22 | Authorizing the city of Somerville to regulate rent in residential dwelling units | For legislation to authorize the city of Somerville to regulate rent in residential dwelling units. Housing. [Local Approval Received.] | In Committee |
| S1008 | Relative to the Massachusetts rental voucher program | For legislation relative to the Massachusetts rental voucher program. Housing. | In Committee |
| S379 | Relative to student assessment data | For legislation relative to student assessment data. Education. | In Committee |
| S651 | Banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in new pet shops | For legislation to ban the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in new pet shops. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S998 | To guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal | For legislation to guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal. Housing. | In Committee |
| S2033 | Combating offshore tax avoidance | For legislation to close corporate tax loopholes and create progressive revenue. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S607 | Responding to the threat of invasive species | For legislation to respond to the threat of invasive species. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S504 | Enforcing accessibility for voters with disabilities | For legislation to enforce accessibility for voters with disabilities by requiring an agent of the state secretary to inspect, at least once every four years, each polling place. Election Laws. | In Committee |
| S767 | Promoting responsible investment | For legislation relative to the divestment from entity which manufactures, produces, promotes, sells, or distributes holds weapons of mass destruction. Financial Services. | In Committee |
| S320 | Relative to the training, assessment, and assignment of qualified school interpreters in educational settings | For legislation relative to the training, assessment, and assignment of qualified school interpreters in educational settings. Education. | In Committee |
| S1447 | Enabling cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants | For legislation to enable cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants. Municipalities and Regional Government. | In Committee |
| S252 | Establishing the social work licensure compact | For legislation to establish the social work licensure compact. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. | In Committee |
| S1393 | Relative to preventing overdose deaths and increasing access to treatment | For legislation relative to preventing overdose deaths and increasing access to treatment. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. | In Committee |
| S2472 | Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America | By Ms. Jehlen, a petition of Patricia D. Jehlen, James B. Eldridge and Dylan A. Fernandes for the adoption of resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America. Veterans and Federal Affairs. | In Committee |
| S1336 | Relative to banning noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth | For legislation to ban noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S118 | Lifting kids out of deep poverty | For legislation to lift kids out of deep poverty. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| S531 | Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections | For legislation to provide a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections. Election Laws. | In Committee |
| S934 | Establishing the public higher education faculty advancement pilot program | For legislation to establish the public higher education faculty advancement pilot program. Higher Education. | In Committee |
| S101 | To require closed captioning in telecommunications in public areas | For legislation to require closed captioning in telecommunications in public areas. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| S737 | To promote economic mobility through matched savings | For legislation to promote economic mobility through matched savings. Financial Services. | In Committee |
| S968 | Promoting access to counsel and housing stability in Massachusetts | For legislation to promote housing stability and homelessness prevention through a right to counsel pilot program in Massachusetts in response to the COVID-emergency. Housing. | In Committee |
| S1923 | To repeal the sales tax exemption for aircraft | For legislation to repeal certain tax exemptions for aircraft. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S640 | Promoting humane cosmetics and other household products by limiting the use of animal testing | For legislation to promote humane cosmetics and other household products by limiting the use of animal testing. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S1022 | To maintain stable housing for families with pets | For legislation to maintain stable housing for families with pets. Housing. | In Committee |
| S1349 | Relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth | For legislation relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S553 | Establishing the Municipal Reforestation Program | For legislation to establish the municipal reforestation program. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S1167 | To protect nonhuman primate infants in research institutions and product testing facilities | For legislation to protect nonhuman primate infants in research institutions and product testing facilities. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S503 | Decoupling the municipal census from voter registration | For legislation to decouple the municipal census from voter registration. Election Laws. | In Committee |
| S1681 | To protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents | For legislation to protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S1016 | Relative to preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing market | For legislation to establish the Preventing Algorithmic Rent Fixing in the Rental Housing Market Act. Housing. | In Committee |
| S412 | Providing for the creation of a permanent commission relative to the education of American Indian and Alaska Native residents of the Commonwealth | For legislation to establish a permanent commission on American Indian and Alaska Native education. Education. | In Committee |
| S2359 | Relative to setting deadlines to electrify the MBTA commuter rail | For legislation relative to public transit electrification. Transportation. | In Committee |
| S170 | Providing for diaper changing stations in public buildings and accommodations | For legislation to provide for diaper changing stations in public buildings and accommodations. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| S374 | Empowering students and schools to thrive | For legislation to empower students and schools to thrive. Education. | In Committee |
| S1339 | To provide paid family and medical leave to all educators | For legislation to provide paid family and medical leave to all educators. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S524 | Relative to voting rights restoration | For legislation relative to voting rights. Election Laws. | In Committee |
| S2358 | Setting deadlines for school bus and public fleet electrification, and programs to encourage electrification of private fleets | For legislation to promote zero-emission vehicle fleets by 2035. Transportation. | In Committee |
| S2019 | Relative to the sustainability of the family childcare sector | For legislation relative to certain child-care deductions for taxable purposes. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S1343 | Relative to collective bargaining rights for legislative employees | For legislation to provide collective bargaining rights for legislative employees. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S2125 | Relative to language access and inclusion | For legislation relative to language access and inclusion. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. | In Committee |
| S505 | Establishing same day voter registration | For legislation to establish same day voter registration. Election Laws. | In Committee |
| S138 | Relative to assisting elders and people with disabilities in the Commonwealth | For legislation to provide emergency aid to certain elderly and disabled residents. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| S377 | Relative to the board of elementary and secondary education | For legislation relative to the board of elementary and secondary education. Education. | In Committee |
| S2013 | To support educational opportunity for all | For legislation to support educational opportunity for all. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S1999 | Ending large investor control of homes in Massachusetts | For legislation to end large investor control of homes in Massachusetts and create a down payment trust fund. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S1318 | Relative to compliance with the prevailing wage laws of the Commonwealth | For legislation relative to compliance with the prevailing wage laws of the Commonwealth. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S2335 | To protect Native American heritage | For legislation to enforce penalties under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development. | In Committee |
| S763 | Relative to telehealth and digital equity for patients | For legislation relative to telehealth and digital equity for patients. Financial Services. | In Committee |
| S1305 | Establishing protections and accountability for Delivery Network Company workers, consumers, and communities | For legislation to establish protections and accountability for Delivery Network Company workers, consumers, and communities. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S588 | Establishing a climate change superfund | For legislation to create a Climate Adaptation Superfund. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S616 | Relative to ivory and rhinoceros horn trafficking | For legislation relative to ivory and rhonoceros horn trafficking. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S311 | Establishing the Massachusetts farm to school program | For legislation to establish farm to school grants to promote healthy eating and strengthen the agricultural economy. Education. | In Committee |
| S2276 | Promoting a just transition and clean energy workforce standards | For legislation to require each company engaged in the sale or distribution of gas as part of performance-based ratemaking to submit a clean energy transition plan. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | In Committee |
| S422 | Relating to seizure disorders in schools | For legislation to relate to seizure disorders in schools. Education. | In Committee |
| S2249 | Relative to a tactical transition to affordable, clean thermal energy | For legislation relative to the future of heat in the Commonwealth. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | In Committee |
| S1924 | Increasing the excise tax rate for jet fuel | For legislation to increase the excise tax rate for jet fuel. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S823 | Enhancing post-pregnancy mental health care | For legislation to enhance post-pregnancy mental health care. Financial Services. | In Committee |
| S1300 | Preventing wage theft, promoting employer accountability, and enhancing public enforcement | For legislation to prevent wage theft, promote employer accountability, and enhance public enforcement. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S1061 | To promote public safety and better outcomes for youths | For legislation to promote public safety and better outcomes for young adults. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S1938 | Supporting family caregivers | For legislation to establish an advisory council on family caregiving. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S2397 | Relative to fare free buses | For legislation relative to fare free buses. Transportation. | In Committee |
| S130 | Relative to a livable wage for human services workers | For legislation relative to a livable wage for human services workers. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| S2155 | Establishing a commission on the status of transgender people | For legislation to establish a permanent commission on the status of transgender people to conduct an ongoing study of all matters concerning transgender people. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. | In Committee |
| S2099 | To provide sunlight to state government | For legislation to provide sunlight to state government. Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently. | In Committee |
| S1653 | Relative to firearm industry accountability and gun violence victims’ access to justice | For legislation relative to firearm industry accountability and gun violence victims’ access to justice. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S1327 | Protecting labor and abolishing barriers to organizing rights | For legislation to protect labor relations and abolish barriers to organizing rights. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S1341 | Relative to the Department of Unemployment Assistance Advisory Council | Relative to the Department of Unemployment Assistance Advisory Council. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S371 | To promote comprehensive and inclusive curriculum in schools | For legislation to promote racially inclusive curriculum in schools. Education. | In Committee |
| S302 | Addressing economic, health and social harms caused by sports betting | For legislation to address economic, health and social harms caused by sports betting. Economic Development and Emerging Technologies. | In Committee |
| S2398 | Directing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to place naloxone in subway stations | For legislation to direct the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to place naloxone in subway stations. Transportation. | In Committee |
| S2020 | Protecting youth from nicotine addiction by increasing the tax on cigarettes | For legislation to protect youth from nicotine addiction by increasing the tax on cigarettes. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S1504 | To protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS | For legislation to protect Massachusetts public health from Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) a group of chemicals that are used in many consumer products and industrial processes. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S2290 | Preventing gas expansion to protect climate, community health and safety | For legislation to establish a moratorium on new gas system expansion. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | In Committee |
| S2154 | Relative to drowsy driving awareness | For legislation relative to sleep deprivation avoidance and promotion of good sleeping practices. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. | In Committee |
| S940 | Promoting an adjunct bill of rights | For legislation to improve the working conditions and benefits of part-time and adjunct faculty at public institutions of higher education Commonwealth. Higher Education. | In Committee |
| S1548 | To ensure cleaner air for communities overburdened by outdoor air pollution | For legislation to improve outdoor and indoor air quality for communities burdened by transportation pollution. Public Health. | In Committee |
| S1720 | To build restorative family and community connection | For legislation relative to regulating visits in state prisons and correctional facilities. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | In Committee |
| S378 | Relative to the financial impact of charter schools | For legislation relative to the financial impact of charter schools. Education. | In Committee |
| S2156 | To increase access to menstrual products in public buildings | For legislation to increase access to menstrual products in public buildings. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. | In Committee |
| S933 | Relative to the rights of faculty members at the University of Massachusetts | For legislation relative to the rights of faculty members at the University of Massachusetts. Higher Education. | In Committee |
| S2471 | Prohibiting the Massachusetts National Guard from being deployed into active combat without a formal declaration of war by congress | For legislation to prohibit the Massachusetts National Guard from being deployed into active combat without a formal declaration of war by congress. Veterans and Federal Affairs. | In Committee |
| S1122 | Relative to immigration detention and collaboration agreements | For legislation relative to Massachusetts state sovereignty. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| H952 | Relative to watershed forest protection | Relative to watershed forest protection. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| H1651 | Requiring the relocation of the Cambridge District Court | By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition of Marjorie C. Decker, Mike Connolly and Patricia D. Jehlen that the executive office of the Trial Court relocate the Cambridge district court from the city of Medford to the city of Cambridge. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S1127 | Ensuring access to equitable representation in immigration proceedings | For legislation to ensure access to equitable representation in immigration proceedings by creating the Immigrant Legal Defense Fund. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| H74 | Relative to the contracting of digital replicas | Relative to the contracting of digital replicas. Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity. | In Committee |
| H278 | Relative to assisting elders and people with disabilities in the Commonwealth | Relative to the emergency aid for elderly and disabled residents assistance program. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| H3318 | To increase access to menstrual products in public buildings | Relative to menstrual products in state buildings. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. | In Committee |
| H3844 | Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America | By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others for adoption of resolutions memorializing the Congress of the United States to admit Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America. Veterans and Federal Affairs. | In Committee |
| H3299 | To modernize participation in public meetings | Relative to participation in public meetings. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. | In Committee |
| H1434 | Establishing the public higher education contingent faculty reform pilot program | For legislation to establish a public higher education contingent faculty reform pilot program. Higher Education. | In Committee |
| S1346 | Establishing parking cash-out | For legislation to establish an employee parking cash-out option. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S707 | Relative to preventing fraud and establishing regulations on certain virtual currencies | For legislation relative to prevent fraud and establish regulations on certain virtual currencies. Financial Services. | In Committee |
| S681 | Relative to trans-inclusive health care access | For legislation relative to trans-inclusive health care access. Financial Services. | In Committee |
| S444 | Relative to celebrating and teaching Native American culture and history | For legislation relative to celebrate and teach Native American culture and history. Education. | In Committee |
| S1319 | Relative to unemployment compensation and labor disputes | For legislation relative to unemployment compensation and labor disputes. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S2328 | Regarding free expression | For legislation relative to free expression in school and public libraries. Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development. | In Committee |
| S1087 | To end lifetime parole for juveniles and emerging adults | For legislation to abolish sentences of life without parole for individuals who committed crimes while they were considered minors or young adults. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S2017 | Establishing a tax on local revenues from digital advertising | For legislation to establish a tax on local revenues from digital advertising. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S1409 | To reform mental health supports and increase public safety | For legislation to mandate psychiatric evaluations in a hospital emergency room if a restraint authorization is given. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. | In Committee |
| S2292 | To further empower local climate action | For legislation to update applications for zoning ordinances that require new building construction or major renovation projects to be fossil fuel-free. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | In Committee |
| S104 | Relative to an agricultural healthy incentives program | For legislation relative to an agricultural healthy incentives program. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. | In Committee |
| S1937 | Enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing | For legislation to grant a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing. Revenue. | In Committee |
| S644 | Restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment | Relative to pesticides. Environment and Natural Resources. | In Committee |
| S784 | Promoting and enhancing the sustainability of birth centers and the midwifery workforce | For legislation to promote and enhance the sustainability of birth centers and the midwifery workforce. Financial Services. | In Committee |
| S2291 | Protecting ratepayers from gas pipeline expansion costs | For legislation to protect ratepayers from gas pipeline expansion costs. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | In Committee |
| S1344 | Relative to transparency in employee benefits reporting in private construction | For legislation relative to transparency in employee benefits reporting in private construction. Labor and Workforce Development. | In Committee |
| S423 | Relative to student financial literacy | For legislation relative to student financial literacy. Education. | In Committee |
| S1045 | Protecting personal security | For legislation to protect personal security before a decree of a change of name. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| S340 | Relative to healthy youth | For legislation relative to healthy youth. Education. | In Committee |
| S1147 | Providing civil legal remedies for victims of economic abuse | For legislation to provide civil legal remedies for victims of economic abuse. The Judiciary. | In Committee |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Massachusetts Joint Cannabis Policy Committee | 5 | |
| Detail | Massachusetts Joint Education Committee | Vice Chair | 2 |
| Detail | Massachusetts Joint Elder Affairs Committee | Chair | 1 |
| Detail | Massachusetts Joint Judiciary Committee | 4 | |
| Detail | Massachusetts Joint Labor and Workforce Development Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Massachusetts Joint Revenue Committee | Vice Chair | 2 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | District Second Middlesex | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 10/12/2005 | |
| MA | District 27th Middlesex | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 01/01/2003 | 01/16/2024 |
| MA | District 30th Middlesex | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 01/01/1991 | 01/16/2024 |