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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Senator James B. Eldridge Democrat - Middlesex and Worcester

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  James.Eldridge@masenate.gov

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24 Beacon St.
Room 511-C
Boston, MA, 02133
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Bill Docket Bill Pinslip/Title
S.20  SD.1564 An Act Relative to the Preparation of Certain Ballots in the City of Boston.
S.36  SD.1688 An Act to bring child support home.
S.39  SD.1376 An Act to Assure Continuity of Health Coverage for Children.
S.43  SD.892 An Act to prevent homelessness among recipients of transitional assistance.
S.54  SD.1413 An Act ensuring access to basic health care for children and young adults.
S.55  SD.4 An Act relating to improving quality in early education and care by family child care providers.
S.58  SD.515 An Act relating to anti-human trafficking and protection.
S.66  SD.86 An Act to enhance opportunities for housing among recipients of transitional assistance.
S.82  SD.124 An Act protecting and improving the Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children (EAEDC) program.
S.90  SD.991 An Act to sustain community preservation.
S.124  SD.1785 An Act AN ACT CREATING A CIVIL LEGAL ACTION TO BE ENFORCED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO PROTECT AN INDIVIDUALS RIGHT TO REPAIR AN AUTOMOBILE.
S.136  SD.697 An Act to reduce unwanted communications from creditors to protect the peace and privacy of residents.
H.142  HD.2420 An Act relative to the disclosure of information held by the disabled persons protection commission pursuant to general laws chapter 19C.
H.143  HD.2425 An Act relative to the authority of the disabled persons protection commission pursuant to Chapter 19C.
H.144  HD.2433 An Act relative to the authority of the disabled persons protection commission pursuant to chapter 19C.
H.150  HD.703 An Act relative to sufficient services within the department of mental retardation.
H.152  HD.997 An Act regarding spouses as caregivers.
H.154  HD.1071 An Act relative to the humane treatment of disabled persons.
S.157  SD.542 An Act prohibiting the sale of lottery tickets on credit.
H.169  HD.3938 An Act to Prevent Homelessness among recipients of transitional assistance. .
H.176  HD.3945 An Act To eliminate the use of the word retardation from the general laws.
S.176  SD.983 An Act Authorizing the Direct Shipment of Wine.
H.177  HD.3949 An Act creating a means for tracking the unmet need of individuals with developmental disabilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
H.188  HD.3905 An Act to Assure Continuity of Health Coverage for Children.
H.199  HD.731
S.200  SD.452 By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 200) of Marc R. Pacheco, Byron Rushing, Harriette L. Chandler, Kay Khan and other members of the General Court for legislation to clarify and enhance privacy protections for electronic health records. Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.
S.223  SD.904 An Act to improve augmentative and alternative communication opportunities for children with disabilities.
H.231  HD.3406 An Act to reduce unwanted communication from creditors to protect the peace and privacy of residents.
S.235  SD.2040 An Act establishing a consistent funding source for reinvestment in vocational education infrastructure and programs .
S.269  SD.1776 An Act to amend regional school transportation funding.
S.275  SD.1067 An Act relative to increasing the benefit to cities and towns from the special education circuit breaker and including regional transportation network costs.
S.278  SD.1968 An Act to fulfill the promise of education reform: adequate funding for student success.
S.307  SD.353 An Act relative to cueing and supervision in the personal care attendant program.
H.333  HD.1819 An Act related to economic development and fiscal accountability.
S.341  SD.1995 An Act to Establish Election Day Registration.
H.341  HD.1166 An Act Providing for the Creation of a Special Commission Relative to the Impact on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the International Trade and Investment Agreements.
S.353  SD.591 An Act relative to the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote.
S.388  SD.1696 An Act to Promote Healthy Communities and the Environment.
S.389  SD.1706 An Act to create environmental justice.
S.391  SD.1001 An Act establishing a 0% interest program for the state revolving loan fund for water and sewer projects and establishing 3:1 leveraging for such projects.
S.406  SD.671 An Act updating the animal control laws of Massachusetts.
H.407  HD.2362 An Act establishing a financial literacy curriculum.
S.442  SD.1912 An Act for a competitive economy through safer alternatives to toxic chemicals.
S.447  SD.1306 An Act protecting consumers from unsolicited loans.
S.451  SD.1384 An Act ensuring access to life-saving colorectal cancer screenings.
H.457  HD.3252 An Act to Promote Physical Activity in Schools.
S.461  SD.1782 An Act relative to an appeal process of insurance premium surcharges under managed competition.
H.479  HD.776 An Act to provide parity for local public school tuition payments for Commonwealth charter schools.
H.480  HD.2705 An Act relative to third party payments.
H.482  HD.3079 An Act requiring school districts to adopt a certain health program.
H.486  HD.2580 An Act Relative to Enhancing English Opportunities For All Students in the Commonwealth .
H.489  HD.2381 An Act to Determine the Graduation Requirements for Students Receiving Special Education Services.
H.493  HD.3941 An Act Ensure Students with Disabilities Succeed as Adults: Transition Coordinators.
H.501  HD.337 An Act relative to promoting excellence and accountability for the education of mobile student populations.
S.502  SD.1934 An Act Relative to Increasing Access to Homeowners Insurance .
S.525  SD.1787 An Act relative to the Disclosure of Consumer Loans.
H.530  HD.2577 An Act relative to early education and care.
S.532  SD.1400 An Act to establish a primary care development fund.
S.537  SD.1677 An Act To Assure Equitable Heath Coverage For All Children.
H.537  HD.620 An Act RELATIVE TO DEMENTIA SPECIAL CARE UNITS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
S.549  SD.1463 An Act Relative to Health Care Affordability .
S.550  SD.1524 An Act Relative to Shared Responsibility in Health Reform.
H.552  HD.1419 An Act relative to residency requirements in local elections.
S.563  SD.1226 An Act to Provide Coverage for Tobacco Use Cessation Under Commonwealth Care
S.567  SD.1257 An Act Relative to the Hemophilia Advisory Committee
S.572  SD.331 An Act Relative to Nursing Facility and Long Term Care Claims.
S.575  SD.676 An Act Relative to Increasing Access to Primary Care Physicians for MassHealth Patients.
H.576  HD.421 An Act to establish election day registration.
S.603  SD.1982 An Act relative to equal access to higher education and generating revenue for the commonwealth.
S.616  SD.426 An Act establishing an education loan repayment program for social workers and direct care human service workers.
S.617  SD.87 An Act authorizing municipalities to protect low and moderate income tenants and units of governmentally involved housing.
S.627  SD.1497 An Act relative to housing rights for victims of domestic violence.
H.650  HD.2284 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to a vacancy in the office of Governor and Lieutenant Governor
S.657  SD.1316 An Act to promote local and regional affordable housing planning.
H.658  HD.1161 An Act relative to early elections.
H.660  HD.2035 An Act relative to the agreement among states to elect the President by national popular vote.
S.666  SD.1309 An Act Preserving Publicly Assisted Affordable Housing.
S.680  SD.1561 An Act Establishing a Temporary Workers Right To Know.
S.688  SD.624 An Act establishing paid sick days.
S.698  SD.1894 An Act relative to modernizing and protecting the unemployment insurance system.
H.725  HD.3072 An Act to Prohibit the Additional Incineration of Solid Waste.
H.757  HD.3093 An Act for a competitive economy through safer alternatives to toxic chemicals.
S.765  SD.1552 An Act relative to land use.
H.769  HD.2798 An Act to increase recycling.
S.783  SD.970 An Act Relative to Community Planning.
H.798  HD.2223 An Act relative to decreasing environmental hazards, toxins, and litter
S.800  SD.1778 An Act establishing a Commission to Reduce Unnecessary Wait Time for Children with Special Health Care Needs To Receive Needed Medical Equipment Such as Wheelchairs and Lifts.
S.810  SD.1563 An Act to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the Commonwealth.
H.814  HD.1985 An Act implementing the Greater Callahan Open Space and Greenway Plan in the towns of Framingham, Sudbury, and Southborough and the city of Marlborough.
S.817  SD.286 An Act to create environmental justice.
H.824  HD.3956 An Act To Require Recycling in Public Buildings.
H.833  HD.3211 AN ACT RELATIVE TO PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISCARDED ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS.
H.834  HD.3214 AN ACT RELATIVE TO SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES.
S.847  SD.1180 An Act Relative to a Board of Midwifery
S.873  SD.1267 An Act Strengthening Health Reform.
H.888  HD.739 An Act relative to an appeal process of motor vehicle insurance surcharges under managed competition.
S.890  SD.911 An Act relative to patient safety.
H.898  HD.2951 An Act relative to diagnostic screening for prostate cancer. .
S.909  SD.1340 An Act reducing medication errors in the Commonwealth .
S.931  SD.566 An Act regarding the Commonwealth Fusion Center and other intelligence data centers.
H.1019  HD.3593 An Act relative to the disclosure of federal troubled asset relief program funds by banks.
H.1028  HD.1528 An Act to improve asthma management .
H.1045  HD.1755 An Act Relative to Regulating Collection Agencies.
S.1063  SD.1523 An Act continuing retirement group membership for law enforcement officials.
H.1064  HD.1764 An Act to establish a computerized physician order entry community hospital fund.
H.1069  HD.856 An Act relative to nursing facility and long term care claims.
H.1084  HD.1227 An Act relative to shared responsibility in health reform.
H.1094  HD.3328 An Act Regarding the Countable Assets Of Medical Assistance Recipients
H.1102  HD.2095 An Act relative to health care affordability.
S.1109  SD.1416 An Act relative to a minimum pension.
H.1127  HD.4353 An Act Authorizing the town of Harvard to grant licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises.
H.1130  HD.4352 An Act relative to a wastewater management district in the town of Harvard.
H.1232  HD.1191 An Act to protect tenants in foreclosed properties from evictions.
S.1240  SD.1940 An Act Improving the Fairness of Tax Laws.
H.1242  HD.1198 An Act to prevent homelessness by removing barriers to subsidized housing.
S.1245  SD.1655 An Act improving the earned income tax credit for working families.
S.1251  SD.1837 An Act relative to senior citizen property taxes.
S.1273  SD.1650 An Act relative to the senior circuit breaker tax credit.
S.1277  SD.1766 An Act Relative to Tax Deductions and Credits for Costs of Higher Education.
S.1278  SD.1169 An Act to increase the property tax deferral for seniors.
S.1317  SD.658 An Act Relative to 529 College Savings Plans
S.1331  SD.1932 An Act establishing the local aid stabilization fund.
S.1334  SD.312 An Act to allow single family homeowners to deduct their municipal water, sewer and trash fees from their state income tax.
H.1346  HD.3469 An Act to Establish a Claimant’s Trust Act.
S.1379  SD.1762 An Act to Stabilize Neighborhoods.
S.1388  SD.1788 An Act requiring certain disclosures to be made by a tax preparer facilitating the advance of monies prior to the receipt of an income tax refund.
S.1410  SD.1924 An Act relative to transparency in state revenues and expenditures.
H.1416  HD.2437 An Act relative to the authority of the Disabled Persons Protection Commission to seek restraining orders.
S.1420  SD.1753 An Act relative to privatization contracts.
S.1437  SD.1637 An Act to Improve Public Contracting with Massachusetts Farmers.
H.1465  HD.3462 An Act Relative to judicial discretion regarding immigration status.
S.1480  SD.1495 An Act to improve recycling rates in the commonwealth.
S.1481  SD.1518 An Act to promote energy efficient lighting, conserve energy, regulate outdoor night lighting, and reduce light pollution.
H.1483  HD.1715 An Act relative to the establishment of a women's correctional facility in Middlesex County.
S.1490  SD.1372 An Act Amending Utility Rate Hearings.
S.1491  SD.1539 An Act to Promote Utility System Reliability.
H.1499  HD.1553 An Act to Include Animals in Abuse Prevention Orders.
H.1510  HD.3480 An Act to establish a temporary moratorium on foreclosures in the Commonwealth.
S.1524  SD.556 An Act relative to expanding energy efficiency in the Commonwealth.
S.1527  SD.1511 An Act relative to the establishment of municipal lighting authorities.
S.1534  SD.309 An Act establishing a cell phone users bill of rights.
S.1546  SD.1299 An Act Relative to Energy Efficiency in Affordable Housing.
S.1548  SD.160 An Act FURTHER PROTECTING VICTIMS FROM SEXUALLY DANGEROUS PERSONS
S.1559  SD.502 An Act to protect and enhance the rights of child and adult victims and witnesses of crime.
S.1608  SD.1344 An Act to reform CORI, restore economic opportunity and improve public safety.
S.1609  SD.1409 An Act requiring tenant protections in foreclosed properties.
S.1611  SD.1913 An Act to relative to sexual assault and stalking restraining orders.
H.1682  HD.3586 An Act relative to mortgage foreclosure and active duty servicemembers.
S.1687  SD.389 An Act relative to gender based discrimination and hate crimes.
S.1693  SD.1627 An Act further regulating sex offender registration.
S.1697  SD.1499 An Act Relative to Police Pursuits in the Commonwealth.
S.1705  SD.410 An Act to establish a special commission to examine diversionary justice programs.
S.1712  SD.731 An Act further regulating debt collection.
H.1715  HD.3235 An Act To raise the dollar limit of claims filed in small claims court.
H.1728  HD.431 An Act relative to gender based discrimination and hate crimes.
H.1729  HD.3209 An Act to Amend the Foreclosure Statute to Require Judicial Foreclosure.
S.1740  SD.1960 An Act to Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Laws for Drug Offenses.
H.1745  HD.3877 An Act updating the public health laws.
H.1746  HD.3885 An Act relative to consent and counseling for certain minors.
H.1747  HD.3900 An Act Relative to Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence, Rape, Sexual Assault and Stalking.
S.1751  SD.1472 An Act to Establish a Moratorium on Foreclosures in the Commonwealth.
S.1756  SD.1240 An Act relative to the modernization of optometric patient care
S.1778  SD.1642 An Act to require judicial foreclosure.
H.1778  HD.2082 An Act relative to eminent domain takings.
H.1779  HD.2224 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to eminent domain takings
H.1785  HD.3352 An Act relative to the determination of alimony payments.
S.1802  SD.315 An Act to promote consumer rights and enhance exemptions in the small claims courts.
S.1805  SD.1725 An Act to Establish a Foreclosure Mediation Program .
H.1822  HD.2348 An Act amending the workers' compensation act.
H.1856  HD.1239 An Act providing economic opportunities for greyhound racetrack employees.
H.1886  HD.4435 An Act Establishing A Sick Leave Bank for Judith Fitzsimmons, An Employee of the Trial Court.
H.1891  HD.4404 An Act authorizing the Town of Westborough to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises.
H.1892  HD.4405 An Act authorizing the Town of Westborough to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises.
S.1913  SD.2036 An Act relative to license renewal notifications.
H.1935  HD.2404 An Act relative to mental health services in Massachusetts correctional institutions, houses of correction and jails.
H.1937  HD.2486 An Act relative to juvenile mental health.
S.1957  SD.1833 An Act relative to regional transit authorities.
S.1959  SD.1070 An Act Relative To Fairness and Equity In Regional Transportation Planning.
H.1977  HD.2710 An Act relative to at risk dogs.
H.1986  HD.2818 An Act relative to sustainable land use relative to subdivisions.
H.1996  HD.2556 An Act relative to concurrent jurisdiction over the former Devens military base.
S.1997  SD.1617 An Act to Establish a Military Service Scholarship Program.
S.2003  SD.1919 An Act Relative to the Home of the Brave.
H.2060  HD.2681 An Act relative to optometrists scope of practice.
H.2080  HD.1708 An Act relative to a board of registration in midwifery.
H.2092  HD.638 An Act relative to school nutrition.
H.2104  HD.1938 An Act relative to mutual aid for local public health.
H.2107  HD.1945 An Act promoting better health in public schools through improved contracting with farms in the commonwealth.
H.2127  HD.852 An Act to establish the Massachusetts Health Care Trust .
S.2137  SD.2189 An Act relative to regional transit authorities.
H.2139  HD.3936 An Act to reduce Healthcare - associated infections. .
H.2152  HD.2114 An Act relative to the safe dispensing of pain management medication.
H.2160  HD.3216 An Act to regulate the medical use of marijuana by patients approved by physicians and certified by the department of public health.
S.2289  SD.2408 An Act to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation.
H.2307  HD.3263 An Act Abolishing Superannuation Retirement Allowances.
H.2542  HD.2551 An Act relative to the credible service of Ray Silva.
H.2592  HD.1410 An Act relative to investment in companies doing business in Burma.
H.2681  HD.1359 An Act relative to the taxation of telecommunication companies.
H.2691  HD.3711 An Act providing for am exemption from the sales tax for certain medical devices.
H.2728  HD.2582 An Act Relative to Expansion of Renewable Energy Tax Credits.
H.2729  HD.1061 An Act Relative to Small Business Tax Relief.
H.2736  HD.3179 An Act Promoting Pay As You Throw Waste Disposal Programs.
H.2753  HD.2354 An Act relative to sales and excise tax exemptions for disabled veterans.
H.2773  HD.3951 An Act To Reduce Youth Consumption of Tobacco Products By Equalizing the Cigarette Excise.
H.2812  HD.3842 An Act relative to historic residential tax credit.
H.2849  HD.1530 An Act relative to the renewable energy income tax credit.
H.2907  HD.1206 An Act relative to telecommunication property taxes paid to cities and towns
H.2931  HD.2147 An Act relative to the taxation of incomes.
H.2972  HD.3716 An Act relative to the Massachusetts Revenues and Expenditures Transparency Act.
H.3004  HD.2276 An Act facilitating the development of underutilized properties formerly operated by the department of mental health or the department of mental retardation for supported housing for people deemed eligible for services by the department of mental health or the department of mental retardation.
H.3069  HD.1115 An Act to Reduce Coal Burning and Use.
H.3100  HD.1193 An Act relative to the cost of new electrical transmission .
H.3102  HD.1545 An Act relative to DPU hearings regarding new electric transmission projects.
H.3103  HD.1548 AN ACT TO INCREASE THE AGGREGATE CAPACITY OF NET METERING.
H.3121  HD.424 An Act relative to energy efficient construction.
H.3123  HD.1162 An Act relative to telephone directories
H.3125  HD.2974 An Act to expand the bottle bill.
H.3131  HD.2077 An Act relative to consumer choice of green electricity.
H.3147  HD.1145 An Act Relative To The Disposition Of Property In The Town Of Westborough.
H.3148  HD.3187 An Act Relative to the History of Slavery in the Commonwealth.
H.3152  HD.1413 An Act relative to cell phone use in motor vehicles.
H.3227  HD.2769 An Act to preserve the right of way for the North South Rail Link.
H.3306  HD.3840 An Act relative to study of Route 2 improvements .
H.3313  HD.2401 An Act to ensure safe roads.
H.3326  HD.985 An Act improving the finances of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
H.3399  HD.336 An Act relative to veterans' benefits equity.
H.3421  HD.1282 An Act to improve the personal care attendant program.
H.3423  HD.1372 An Act to bring child support home.
H.3434  HD.1266 An Act relative to providing health education in schools.
H.3436  HD.1333 An Act enhancing student opportunity for achievement and results.
H.3438  HD.1398 An Act to protect the natural resources of the Commonwealth.
H.3447  HD.1383 An Act providing for equitable coverage in disability policies.
H.3465  HD.1295 An Act improving emergency access to mental health services.
H.3515  HD.1314 An Act to improve recycling rates in the Commonwealth.
H.3523  HD.1260 An Act to reform CORI, restore economic opportunity, and improve public safety.
H.3536  HD.1365 An Act relative to the reform of archaic laws.
H.3537  HD.1248 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the subject matter of initiative petitions
H.3538  HD.976 An Act to create the position of Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
H.3547  HD.1634
H.3559  HD.1462 An Act relative to the continuity of care of mental health treatment
H.3565  HD.2189 An Act Establishing An Education Loan Repayment Program for Legislative and Committee Staff of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
H.3573  HD.1557 An Act preserving publicly assisted affordable housing.
H.3586  HD.1439 An Act for coordination of children's mental health care services
H.3605  HD.1621 An Act allowing for the granting of tax abatements for certain military personnel.
H.3660  HD.2708 An Act to improve assessment and accountability to ensure students acquire 21st century skills.
H.3665  HD.1498 An Act regarding the preparation of certain ballots in the City of Boston.
H.3717  HD.2750 An Act amending the membership of the health care quality and cost council.
H.3796  HD.1501 An Act relative to employees of the town of Westborough.
H.3809  HD.984 An Act relative to insurance coverage for autism.
H.3834  HD.1080 An Act relative to senior tax relief.
H.3846  HD.3804 An Act relative to municipal emergency disaster relief payments.
H.3874  HD.4193 An Act to provide transitional funding for a new school region.
H.4232  HD.4546 An Act to establish licensing requirements and protections for certain cottage communities.
H.4393  HD.4407 An Act relative to Energy Efficiency of Residential Properties.
H.4494  HD.4858 An Act authorizing the Town of Westborough to remove a condition of a full liquor license.
H.4651  HD.4981 An Act Authorizing The Town Of Northborough To Grant An Additional License For the Sale of All Alcoholic Beverages.
H.4715  HD.4973 An Act Authorizing the Town of Sudbury to enter into or to extend wireless facility contracts or leases for periods in excess of twenty years.
H.4718  HD.5031 An Act Authorizing the Town of Sudbury to Enter into Long-Term Energy Related Leases / Contracts Including Power Purchase Agreements.
H.4736  HD.5057 An Act Authorizing the Town of Westborough to Grant an Additional License for the Sale of all Alcoholic Beverages to be Drunk on the Premises.
H.4741  HD.5058 An Act Relative To The Town Of Littleton Electric Light Department
H.4850  HD.5094 An Act Providing an easement for affordable senior apartments on Ayer Road.
H.4857  HD.5101 An Act Relative to Corporate Political Accountability.
H.4885  HD.5112 An Act authorizing the lease of certain conservation land in the town of Shirley.
* — Legislator is not a sponsor of this measure.