Claire D. Cronin Representative
D
Easton
Addresses
- State House
- Room 130
- Boston, MA 02133
- Phone: 617-722-2130
- Fax: 617-626-0285
- Email: Claire.Cronin@mahouse.gov
| Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
|---|---|---|
| HD491 | For legislation to further define the term "legislative body" relative to retirement boards in cities and towns | |
| HD613 | Relative to angel investor tax credits | |
| HD771 | Relative to the payment of fair share provisions of employees choosing not to join a union | |
| HD780 | Relative to providing smoking cessation programs for certain police officers and fire fighters | |
| HD1049 | Relative to credible service for school nurses | |
| HD1112 | That certain health facilities be directed to establish a "safe patient handling policy", so-called | |
| HD1149 | Relative to the commission paid to licensed lottery sales agents | |
| HD1221 | An Act to facilitate separate settlements in multi-defendant negligence cases | |
| HD1222 | An Act to clarify reimbursement of workers compensation insurers to prevent double recovery by injured workers in third party cases | |
| HD1224 | An Act to restore accountability in claims against non-governmental actors for damage caused by public way defects | |
| HD1329 | An Act relative to family day care disclosures | |
| HD1338 | An Act relative to the digital right to repair | |
| HD1361 | Relative to contracts required by health care organizations | |
| HD1431 | Relative to parent-child privilege in delinquency or youthful offender proceedings | |
| HD1871 | Relative to state contracting for cleaning, maintenance or security guard services | |
| HD1995 | Relative to rates of compensation payable to counsel | |
| HD2188 | Relative to juvenile court jurisdiction to divert from further court processing of certain children | |
| HD2319 | Relative to student safety | |
| HD2676 | For legislation to expunge the records of persons falsely accused and juveniles. | |
| HD2709 | For legislation to ensure continued health insurance coverage for certain children | |
| HD3231 | For legislation to enhance the investment tax credit | |
| HD3318 | For the implementation of an institutional pharmacy discharge medication pilot program by the Department of Public Health to ensure patient medication adherence | |
| HD3405 | For legislation to increase the annual stipend for members of the Commonwealth’s hazardous material response teams |
| Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
|---|---|---|
| SD14 | For legislation to safeguard consumer parity rights. | |
| SD15 | For legislation to ensure parity for mental health and substance abuse treatment | |
| SD17 | For legislation to improve safety at automated teller machines | |
| SD39 | For legislation relative to compliance of condominium associations. | |
| HD45 | Relative to the modernization of optometric patient care | |
| HD48 | Relative to creating a difficult to manage unit within the Department of Mental Health | |
| HD58 | For legislation to establish a system for tracking the unmet service needs of persons with developmental disabilities | |
| SD128 | For legislation relative to just cause terminations. | |
| HD137 | (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Brockton be authorized to create a rent board for manufactured housing in said city | |
| SD223 | For legislation to establish a moratorium for charter schools | |
| HD233 | Relative to filing fees for limited liability companies | |
| SD285 | For legislation to combat climate change. | |
| HD286 | Relative to the payment and preservation of beds in nursing home facilities for recipients of MassHealth benefits | |
| HD361 | Relative to property tax exemptions for veterans | |
| HD369 | An Act establishing the genetic engineering transparency food and seed labeling act | |
| HD372 | Relative to parking advancements and the establishment of parking benefit districts in cities and towns | |
| HD386 | For legislation to further regulate the right to strike of public employees | |
| HD464 | Relative to the fixing or establishing of certain motor vehicle insurance rates | |
| HD469 | Relative to Lyme disease treatment health insurance coverage | |
| HD500 | Relative to health insurance coverage for mastectomies | |
| SD516 | For legislation to ensure accountability in the Department of Transitional Assistance | |
| HD594 | Relative to the restoration of oral health benefits for MassHealth recipients | |
| SD604 | For legislation to promote job training in the Commonwealth. | |
| HD664 | For an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) on institutional long term care | |
| HD667 | Relative to Medicare savings programs eligibility | |
| HD668 | Relative to the sales tax on mobile telecommunications devices purchased with a service contract | |
| HD670 | Relative to Medicaid expansion | |
| HD678 | Relative to the maximum number of patients assigned to a registered nurses or hospital care attendants | |
| SD680 | For legislation relative to the closing of hospital essential services | |
| HD683 | Relative to the safe handling of certain hazardous drugs | |
| HD687 | For legislation to benefit the Health Safety Net Trust Fund | |
| HD689 | For legislation to require certification of all public school teachers | |
| HD694 | That students with diabetes attending public or private schools be permitted to possess certain medical supplies and administer necessary treatments | |
| HD706 | Relative to the availability of prescription medication during an emergency | |
| SD743 | For legislation relative to language opportunity for our kids. | |
| HD755 | For legislation to provide four additional assistant clerks in Plymouth County | |
| HD777 | Relative to insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screenings and breast cancer screenings | |
| HD792 | For legislation require county and state correctional facilities to provide substance abuse services to certain inmates | |
| HD826 | For legislation to require coverage for community and home-based behavioral health care services for certain children and adolescents with mental health disorders | |
| HD840 | Relative to creating higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and other developmental disabilities | |
| HD1016 | That the Department of Mental Health operate a statewide program to provide mental health consultations to primary care physicians, pediatricians, nurse practitioners and providers of women who suffer from post-partum depression | |
| HD1027 | For legislation to provide equal access to evaluations for children with disabilities | |
| HD1029 | For legislation to establish safeguards to prevent death and disability from stroke | |
| SD1066 | For legislation relative to geography education | |
| HD1067 | For legislation to create a fiscal incentive program for veterans to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields | |
| HD1095 | Relative to the administration of controlled substances | |
| SD1100 | For legislation to regulate central service technicians. | |
| HD1119 | For legislation to establish a student loan repayment pilot program to be administered by the Board of Higher Education for licensed social workers | |
| HD1129 | Relative to turnaround plans for underperforming schools | |
| HD1133 | Relative to the development of economically sound and environmentally progressive solid waste management strategies to improve recycling. | |
| HD1152 | For legislation to allow teachers currently employed and receiving compensation to serve on the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education | |
| HD1153 | For legislation to create a transitional aid to families with dependent children career pathways trust fund | |
| HD1187 | An Act requiring audiovisual recordings of certain police interrogations | |
| HD1208 | Relative to health care worker safety | |
| HD1209 | Relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers | |
| HD1230 | Relative to abusive or hostile work environments | |
| SD1259 | For legislation to establish the Massachusetts Economic and Financial Advisory Council. | |
| SD1263 | For legislation to create a municipal bond bank. | |
| SD1267 | For legislation to create a commission to examine best borrowing practices | |
| HD1301 | Relative to employment and job training | |
| HD1314 | For legislation to provide an income tax credit for child care expenses. | |
| HD1318 | Relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments | |
| HD1322 | For legislation to exempt employees of a public school districts from fees associated with background checks | |
| HD1343 | Relative to providing child care assistance to homeless families | |
| HD1393 | Relative to mental health services for children | |
| HD1452 | Relative to insurance coverage for mammograms and magnetic resonance imaging | |
| HD1454 | Relative to insurance coverage for mammograms | |
| SD1470 | For legislation to create a means for tracking the unmet need of individuals with developmental disabilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. | |
| HD1471 | Relative to providing a public education system of sufficient quality | |
| HD1481 | For legislation to ensure that students with disabilities have an opportunity to participate in physical education | |
| HD1519 | For the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor setting aside the month of May as the official month of kindness | |
| HD1567 | An Act relative to preventing death by drug overdose | |
| HD1591 | Relative to descendants email access and procedures | |
| HD1593 | For legislation to require transparency in solicitations via telephone and similar devices | |
| HD1649 | For legislation to establish a parent child testimonial privilege | |
| SD1652 | For legislation relative to deeds excise receipts | |
| HD1663 | Relative to certain civil infractions | |
| HD1679 | For legislation to establish the Department of Mental Health as the oversight agency for the mental health system within the state prison system | |
| HD1684 | An Act related to unfunded mandates on public schools | |
| HD1698 | Relative to establishing a foreign language education seal of biliteracy for students | |
| HD1703 | An Act to Create a Gateway Cities Public Safety Pilot Program | |
| HD1758 | For legislation to prevent medical bills from eroding an injury victim's compensation received through a settlement or court award | |
| SD1762 | For legislation relative to universal early education and full-day kindergarten. | |
| SD1767 | Relative to the establishment of a county stabilization fund. | |
| HD1776 | For legislation to update penalties and protect electronic privacy | |
| SD1815 | An Act to protect our environment and reduce the carbon footprint of the commonwealth | |
| HD1817 | Relative to the approval of town insurance appropriations | |
| HD1827 | Further regulating transportation of hazardous materials | |
| HD1833 | For legislation to prevent wage theft and promote employer accountability | |
| HD1834 | For legislation to support the transition to adult services for persons with disabilities | |
| SD1874 | For legislation to increase neighborhood safety and opportunity | |
| HD1892 | An Act relative to criminal record checks for referees | |
| HD1893 | Relative to rendering the criminal and civil justice systems accessible to victims of sexual violence | |
| HD1899 | For the establishment of a special commission on the eye care and vision health needs of the Commonwealth | |
| HD1921 | Relative to eliminating mandatory minimum sentences related to drug offenses | |
| HD1948 | Relative to the electronic publication of certain legal notices | |
| HD1950 | Relative to the requirements for distinctive registration plates | |
| HD1967 | Relative to increasing the base for the calculation of cost-of-living increases for retired public employees | |
| HD2060 | Relative to access to capital for business growth in economically distressed communities | |
| HD2069 | For legislation to authorize certain veterans to use facilities of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and regional transit authorities without cost to such veterans | |
| HD2070 | For legislation to establish a task force to identify and review state laws, regulations, and administrative directives that prescribe requirements for school districts | |
| HD2073 | For legislation to collect data regarding the use of solitary confinement | |
| HD2076 | Relative to voting overseas | |
| HD2077 | That the word “veteran” be added to ballots of candidates who have honorably served in the armed forces | |
| HD2081 | Relative to baseline concussion testing for student athletes | |
| HD2088 | Relative to certain judicial procedures | |
| HD2089 | For legislation to promote the use of restorative justice practices | |
| HD2115 | Relative to the training of persons supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities | |
| HD2155 | Relative to public health, substance abuse, treatment and opioids and accessible substance abuse treatment for all | |
| HD2165 | For the establishment of a living minimum wage for employees and contracted employees of the Commonwealth | |
| HD2211 | For legislation to provide the highest quality education through access of innovative and research-based language education instructional programs | |
| HD2287 | Relative to property tax exemptions for persons over seventy years of age | |
| HD2330 | For legislation to authorize income tax filers to make voluntary contributions to the Massachusetts Cultural Development Fund on their annual income tax returns | |
| HD2342 | Relative to vocational training for the unemployed | |
| HD2345 | Relative to temporary workers’ unemployment benefits | |
| HD2364 | Relative to promoting job training in the Commonwealth | |
| HD2368 | Relative to access to child and adolescent mental health services | |
| HD2382 | An Act Strengthening the Massachusetts Home Care Program | |
| HD2453 | Relative to requiring a civil service examinations for certain positions in the Department of Transitional Assistance and the Department of Housing and Community Development | |
| HD2456 | Relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth’s nursing facilities | |
| HD2462 | Relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Transitional Assistance and the Department of Housing and Community Development | |
| HD2470 | For legislation to promote accessibility and affordability of behavioral health and substance abuse services for recipients of MassHealth | |
| HD2472 | Relative to pension benefits for surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families social workers killed in the line of duty | |
| HD2474 | Relative to public employees' workers compensation benefits | |
| HD2475 | Relative to retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Children and Families | |
| HD2476 | For legislation to establish secure choice retirement savings plan | |
| HD2477 | Relative to protecting Department of Children and Families social workers’ home addresses | |
| HD2538 | Relative to the taxation of inventory | |
| HD2540 | For legislation to increase the share of courses taught by full-time tenure and tenure-track faculty | |
| HD2584 | Relative to motor vehicle license suspension record privacy | |
| HD2592 | Relative to the use of solitary confinement in correctional facilities | |
| HD2673 | Relative to expanding the special education reimbursement program to include transportation costs | |
| HD2684 | For legislation to create an income tax credit for qualified tuition and fees for higher education | |
| HD2704 | Relative to enhancing the educational opportunities for expectant and parenting students | |
| HD2706 | For legislation to provide an income tax deduction for interest paid on certain graduate student loans | |
| HD2759 | Relative to creating a rebuttable presumption of job relatedness for certain public safety personnel suffering from disabling conditions caused by exposure to infectious diseases | |
| HD2782 | Relative to further regulating health care costs and the dispensing of controlled substances | |
| HD2802 | Relative to pay equity | |
| HD2835 | For legislation to establish a living wage for employees of certain retail stores and fast food restaurants | |
| HD2879 | For legislation to establish a commission to study veterans transportation issues | |
| HD2942 | An Act relative to improving mental health care through innovation | |
| HD2943 | For legislation to further regulate expenditures for mortgages from the Community Preservation Trust Fund | |
| HD2983 | Relative to child and adolescent mental health services | |
| HD2997 | Relative to the criteria for the release of terminally ill inmates to alternative locations of confinement | |
| HD3007 | For the imposition of a tax on certain private institutions of higher learning for the purpose of establishing a separate fund to be known as the educational opportunity for all trust fund | |
| HD3070 | Relative to the penalty for the transmission of indecent visual depictions by persons less than eighteen years | |
| HD3114 | For legislation to develop a high quality pre-kindergarten education grant program | |
| HD3130 | For legislation to exempt veterans from civil service exam fees | |
| HD3156 | For legislation to reform pretrial processes | |
| HD3165 | Relative to strengthening and expanding affordable, quality higher education opportunities for residents of the Commonwealth | |
| HD3215 | Relative to enhancing consumer protection and transparency under the social work licensing law | |
| HD3220 | For legislation to institute programs to respond to sexual violence on higher education campuses | |
| HD3279 | An Act relative to the veteran allowance for public retirees | |
| HD3298 | Relative to establishing a right to counsel in certain eviction cases | |
| HD3364 | For legislation to provide a waiver of fees to veterans at public institutions of higher learning | |
| HD3393 | For an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) of the "Pay it Forward" model of higher education financing | |
| HD3425 | For legislation to increase neighborhood safety and opportunity by enhancing the enforcement and penalties for violations of the controlled substances laws | |
| HD3439 | Relative to the collective bargaining rights for employees of the Committee on Public Counsel Services | |
| HD3463 | For the establishment of a Massachusetts 2024 commission on the summer Olympic games |
Representative Claire D. Cronin was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the Eleventh Plymouth District, which includes both Brockton and Easton, on November 6, 2012. She is a graduate of Stonehill College and Suffolk University Law School. Cronin is admitted to the Massachusetts bar and also admitted to practice in U.S. District Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prior to being elected, Representative Cronin maintained a law practice in Brockton, Massachusetts. She has been affiliated with Commonwealth Mediation and Conciliation in Brockton for the past ten years, where she has arbitrated and mediated cases involving a wide range of issues, including most notably, the landmark settlement of the Massachusetts clergy sexual abuse cases.
Representative Cronin served on the board of Old Colony YMCA in Brockton and was also a member of the Foundation for Excellence in Education in Easton (FEEE), a non-profit organization that supports the students of the Easton Public Schools by raising funds for state-of-the art technology and innovative grants. Formerly a member of the Brockton Democratic City Committee, Representative Cronin currently serves on the Easton Democratic Town Committee and Democratic State Committee.
Personal Information
| Profession: | Attorney/Legislator |
| Spouse: | Ray Cronin |
| Children: | 2 |
| Religion: | Catholic |
Education & Public Service
- Suffolk University Law School, J.D. 1985
- Stonehill College, B.A. in Political Science 1982