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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bill H.967 194th (Current)

An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in new pet shops

By Representatives Higgins of Leominster and Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 967) of Natalie M. Higgins, Kimberly N. Ferguson and others for legislation to further regulate to sale of certain domestic animals. Environment and Natural Resources.

Bill Information

Presenters:
Natalie M. Higgins , Kimberly N. Ferguson

Petitioners

Name District/Address
Natalie M. Higgins 4th Worcester
Kimberly N. Ferguson 1st Worcester
Lindsay N. Sabadosa 1st Hampshire
Brian W. Murray 10th Worcester
Samantha Montaño 15th Suffolk
Steven Owens 29th Middlesex
Christopher Hendricks 11th Bristol
Marcus S. Vaughn 9th Norfolk
Brian M. Ashe 2nd Hampden
Rodney M. Elliott 16th Middlesex
Mike Connolly 26th Middlesex
Hannah Kane 11th Worcester
James K. Hawkins 2nd Bristol
Joseph D. McKenna 18th Worcester
Tara T. Hong 18th Middlesex
Manny Cruz 7th Essex
Christine P. Barber 34th Middlesex
James C. Arena-DeRosa 8th Middlesex
Jennifer Balinsky Armini 8th Essex
Marjorie C. Decker 25th Middlesex
Vanna Howard 17th Middlesex
Carole A. Fiola 6th Bristol
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf 17th Worcester
William C. Galvin 6th Norfolk
Bruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex
Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. 28th Middlesex
Kathleen R. LaNatra 12th Plymouth
William F. MacGregor 10th Suffolk
Dennis C. Gallagher 8th Plymouth
Patrick Joseph Kearney 4th Plymouth
Homar Gómez 2nd Hampshire
Adam J. Scanlon 14th Bristol
Steven S. Howitt 4th Bristol
Leigh Davis 3rd Berkshire
Carmine Lawrence Gentile 13th Middlesex
Michael J. Finn 6th Hampden
Danillo A. Sena 37th Middlesex
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. 20th Middlesex
Paul K. Frost 7th Worcester
Steven George Xiarhos 5th Barnstable
David F. DeCoste 5th Plymouth
Hadley Luddy 4th Barnstable
Paul McMurtry 11th Norfolk
Sean Reid 11th Essex
Natalie M. Blais 1st Franklin
Adrianne Pusateri Ramos 14th Essex
Jay D. Livingstone 8th Suffolk
John J. Marsi 6th Worcester
Kevin G. Honan 17th Suffolk
Adrian C. Madaro 1st Suffolk
David M. Rogers 24th Middlesex
Jonathan D. Zlotnik 2nd Worcester
Michael P. Kushmerek 3rd Worcester
Tricia Farley-Bouvier 2nd Berkshire
Tommy Vitolo 15th Norfolk
Margaret R. Scarsdale 1st Middlesex
Greg Schwartz 12th Middlesex
Estela A. Reyes 4th Essex
Michelle L. Badger 1st Plymouth
Michelle M. DuBois 10th Plymouth
Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex
Jack Patrick Lewis 7th Middlesex
John Barrett, III 1st Berkshire
James Arciero 2nd Middlesex
John Francis Moran 9th Suffolk
Mindy Domb 3rd Hampshire
Jessica Ann Giannino 16th Suffolk
Meghan K. Kilcoyne 12th Worcester
James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester
Thomas M. Stanley 9th Middlesex
Bruce J. Ayers 1st Norfolk
Kristin E. Kassner 2nd Essex
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. 12th Hampden
Erika Uyterhoeven 27th Middlesex
Thomas W. Moakley Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Amy Mah Sangiolo 11th Middlesex

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