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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Senator Bruce E. Tarr Republican - First Essex and Middlesex

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Minority Leader
  Bruce.Tarr@masenate.gov

State House

24 Beacon St.
Room 308
Boston, MA, 02133
Phone:
(617) 722-1600
Fax:
(617) 722-1310
Follow In My Legislature Bill Docket Bill Pinslip/Title
  SD.26 An Act relative to snow removal service liability limitation
  SD.31 Communication from the Honorable Bruce E. Tarr, Minority Leader, announcing appointments to the temporary committee on rules
  SD.42 An Act relative to horse riding instructors
  SD.43 An Act relative to the curatorship program
  SD.44 An Act designating the song “Roadrunner” as the official rock song of the Commonwealth
  SD.45 An Act relative to fetal opioid drug exposure
  SD.46 An Act relative to drug recognition experts
  SD.47 An Act relative to the visibility of fire hydrants
  SD.48 An Act to enhance cooperative purchasing opportunities for cities and towns
  SD.49 An Act providing equity to police officers disabled by cardiac disease
  SD.50 An Act relative to crimes relating to distribution of controlled substances causing death
  SD.51 An Act relative to safe driving and open containers
  SD.52 An Act to support police recruitment and retention
  SD.53 An Act to promote public payroll transparency
  SD.54 An Act relative to providing direct relief to the residents of the commonwealth by increasing the threshold on no tax status
  SD.55 An Act to fairly fund early voting
  SD.56 An Act providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States
  SD.57 An Act relative to employee recruitment and retention
  SD.58 An Act relative to tax credits for affordable housing
  SD.59 An Act relative to commercial fees
  SD.72 An Act establishing the Workforce Recovery Commission
  SD.73 An Act relative to the structure of the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board
  SD.74 An Act relative to zero-based budgeting and budget transparency
  SD.75 An Act to recover assets used in the commission of sexual offenses
  SD.77 An Act relative to electricity reliability and capacity
  SD.79 An Act creating a special commission to scope a state grant or low interest loan program for properties prone to flooding
  SD.80 An Act promoting road safety
  SD.82 An Act to protect coastal resources
  SD.83 An Act relative to the expansion of the state DNA database
  SD.85 An Act to ensure access to prescription medications
  SD.159 An Act relative to mandated reporters of disabled persons abuse
  SD.160 An Act relative to school safety issues
  SD.161 An Act relative to renewable energy production technologies
  SD.162 An Act relative to health purchasing cooperatives
  SD.163 An Act to promote alternative dispute resolution for students
  SD.164 An Act establishing a healthcare insurance premium payment pool for working families
  SD.165 An Act relative to small group eligibility
  SD.166 An Act relative to exempting certain medical supplies from the state sales tax
  SD.167 An Act establishing a commuter tax credit
  SD.168 An Act relative to the use of food security infrastructure grants
  SD.169 An Act relative to family visitation with a vulnerable adult
  SD.170 An Act relative to setting NDMA levels
  SD.171 An Act relative to maintaining adequate water supplies through effective drought management
  SD.172 An Act relative to violent or sexual offenses committed by those using the Emergency Assistance shelter system
  SD.173 An Act to ensure the health and safety of the commonwealth’s students and educators
  SD.174 An Act providing for alternative delivery of infrastructure projects
  SD.175 An Act establishing the Executive Office of Food Resources and Security
  SD.176 An Act relative to strategic litigation against public participation
  SD.177 An Act relative to hate crimes
  SD.178 An Act relative to the Salisbury Beach Preservation Trust Fund
  SD.179 An Act relative to liability for release of hazardous materials
  SD.181 An Act relative to the use of green lights for municipal emergency management vehicles
  SD.183 An Act to improve resilience in older adults and people with disabilities during public health, environmental or technological emergencies
  SD.184 An Act relative to the creation of a super research and development tax credit
  SD.185 An Act relative to the removal and disposal of waste oil
  SD.187 An Act relative to motorcycle safety
  SD.188 An Act relative to pesticide applications
  SD.189 An Act promoting pet safety aka Crawford's Law
  SD.190 An Act providing a safe harbor for contractors of services
  SD.191 An Act ensuring charter school integrity
  SD.192 An Act providing for alternative DPA compliance
  SD.193 An Act empowering patients and entrepreneurs with real transparency on cost
  SD.197 An Act relative to certified medication aides
  SD.198 An Act relative to the use of competitive bidding process for emergency shelter programs
  SD.199 An Act streamlining housing permitting
  SD.200 An Act relative to the taxation of rolling stock
  SD.201 An Act relative to the taxation of rolling stock for trucking and railcars
  SD.202 An Act creating the commercial fisheries offshore wind mitigation fund
  SD.203 An Act increasing the conservation land tax credit
  SD.204 An Act relative to sustaining natural and working lands
  SD.205 An Act relative to personal health information portability and accessibility
  SD.206 An Act prohibiting soliciting acts of terrorism
  SD.207 An Act relative to exemption from taxation structures and buildings essential to the operation of agricultural and horticultural lands
  SD.208 An Act promoting motor vehicle safety
  SD.209 An Act relative to treble damages
  SD.210 An Act relative to determining the best interest of children in probate and family court
  SD.211 An Act updating the wiretap statutes in the commonwealth
  SD.212 An Act to improve long-term care staffing and dignity for caregivers
  SD.213 An Act relative to student absences based on religiously held beliefs
  SD.214 An Act relative to association health plans
  SD.215 An Act relative to protective custody
  SD.216 An Act relative to fees for certain commercial fishing permits
  SD.217 An Act relative to a motorcycle safety fund
  SD.218 An Act regarding right of way violations (CeCelia's Law)
  SD.219 An Act relative to safety of officers by requiring interior lights in automobiles to be on during stops
  SD.224 An Act relative to mandated use of paid time off for quarantine purposes
  SD.225 An Act relative to disabled veterans fishing and hunting licenses
  SD.243 An Act creating a law enforcement officer safety zone after warning
  SD.244 An Act for balanced law enforcement representation to the POST Commission
  SD.248 An Act establishing the Blue Star Family license plate
  SD.262 An Act to create a Merrimack River Collaborative
  HD.287 An Act to create a Merrimack River Collaborative
  SD.291 An Act relative to sales tax reduction to 5%
  SD.292 An Act relative to the short term capital gains rate to make Massachusetts more competitive
  SD.296 An Act allowing moveable tiny houses as permanent residential dwellings and accessory dwelling units.
  SD.306 An Act creating an Inspector General oversight of the Emergency Assistance Shelter system
  SD.307 An Act creating a shelter provider rate study
  SD.308 An Act establishing an emergency assistance shelter system oversight commission to continually evaluate all expenditures related to the system
  SD.367 An Act to strengthen the management of the health care connector
  SD.371 An Act to protect the health and well-being of child passengers in vehicles
  SD.374 An Act to properly recognize Massachusetts merchant mariners, living and deceased, who served in an active war zone
  SD.375 An Act relative to implementing a blue alert system in the commonwealth
  SD.376 An Act relative to conducting a study on the delivery of special education services
  SD.378 An Act relative to special education
  SD.443 An Act ensuring temporary nursing service agency quality
  SD.508 An Act to preserve employer autonomy
  SD.681 An Act creating the ability of police officers to demand FID, LTC or proof of exempt status
  SD.693 An Act relative to bonded warehouses
  SD.696 An Act relative to black powder for hunters and re-enactors
  SD.702 An Act relative to antique firearm detainment
  SD.716 An Act to support access to vocational schools
  SD.723 An Act to enhance the authority of courts to protect public safety
  SD.726 An Act empowering law enforcement to cooperate with the United States to transfer custody of convicted criminals.
  SD.816 An Act to stabilize adult day health services
  SD.878 An Act protecting the rights of older adults and people with disabilities
  SD.879 An Act to strengthen the Long-Term Care workforce and capital trust fund
  SD.1002 An Act relative to the Department of Fish and Game
  SD.1003 An Act relative to reimbursement of the Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Fund
  SD.1262 An Act to preserve community pharmacies
  SD.1264 An Act to ensure access to prescription medication and community pharmacies
  SD.1277 An Act requiring instruction in CPR and the use of defibrillators for high school graduation
  SD.1381 An Act providing health insurance coverage for scalp and facial hair prostheses
  SD.1388 An Act relative to the administration of anti-psychotic or other psychotropic substances to nursing home residents
  SD.1405 An Act relative to spouses as caregivers
  SD.1410 An Act relative to modernizing the estate tax
  SD.1449 An Act relative to environmental public health
  SD.1892 An Act relative to the tracking of medical malpractice cases
  SD.1893 An Act pertaining to public fire safety and professionalism
  SD.1894 An Act ensuring internet security and privacy
  SD.1895 An Act to protect essential health services
  SD.1896 An Act to ensure adequate and affordable energy
  SD.1897 An Act establishing a commission on quality patient outcomes and nurse staffing
  SD.1898 An Act further protecting research animals
  SD.1899 An Act ensuring temporary nursing service agency quality
  SD.1901 An Act relative to first-time home buyers savings accounts
  SD.1902 An Act relative to unemployment insurance
  SD.2056 An Act relative to ATV vehicles owned and operated by police and fire departments
  SD.2181 An Act relative to protecting the residents of the Commonwealth from dangerous persons
  SD.2186 An Act relative to protecting the people of the Commonwealth from danger
  SD.2224 An Act relative to custom vehicles
  SD.2325 An Act to protect the independence of clinical decision making
  SD.2337 An Act to establish the Middle School Innovation Fund
  SD.2391 An Act relative to public safety, fiscal responsibility, and emergency assistance
  SD.2409 An Act relative to erecting a plaque to commemorate the service members from Massachusetts who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for Heroic Services during the Global War on Terror
  SD.2418 An Act relative to accountability for defective and spoiled ballots.
  SD.2421 An Act relative to judicial authority to maintain election integrity
  SD.2423 An Act relative to wage theft and due process
  SD.2426 An Act relative to the theft of graves
  SD.2432 An Act relative to opting out of fluoridation
  SD.2454 An Act to reduceeEmissions
  SD.2458 An Act allowing for the deduction of business interest
  SD.2481 An Act to protect equity in real estate transactions
  SD.2486 An Act relative to excise tax collections of electric motor vehicles
  SD.2489 An Act to enhance analysis of state health mandates and costs
  HD.2499 An Act designating April 5 as Okur-Chung Neurodevelopmental Syndrome Awareness Day
  HD.2505 An Act to increase the income limit for Clause 41A, Senior Tax Deferral Program in Ipswich
  HD.2508 An Act authorizing the town of Newbury to adopt a bylaw restricting the use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides
  SD.2515 An Act relative to the apprentice ratio for licensed electricians
  SD.2524 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to cap the state income tax
  SD.2530 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution requiring a supermajority vote for the utilization of rainy day funds
  SD.2557 An Act relative to private campus law enforcement officers
  SD.2574 An Act establishing the New England Fusion Research Compact
  SD.2587 An Act to enhance the license plate system of the Commonwealth
  SD.2589 An Act relative to grid battery storage innovation study
  SD.2597 An Act relative to fluoridation warnings
  SD.2599 An Act relative to the creation of the Carbon Sequestration Support Fund
  SD.2602 An Act relative to the creation of the Massachusetts Public Safety Building Authority
  SD.2604 An Act relative to health and transportation
  SD.19 An Act relative to educator license accountability This bill is by request. *
  SD.2152 An Act relative to commercial renewable investments This bill is by request. *
  SD.2348 An Act to provide clarifications to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 83 This bill is by request. *
  SD.2350 An Act to provide clarification to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 80 This bill is by request. *
  SD.2562 An Act to strengthen rules governing attorney conduct; penalties for misconduct This bill is by request. *
* — Legislator is not a sponsor of this measure.