Marcos A. Devers Representative
D
Lawrence
Addresses
- State House
- Room 146
- Boston, MA 02133
- Phone: 617-722-2011
- Fax: 617-727-2238
- Email: Marcos.Devers@mahouse.gov
| Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
|---|---|---|
| HD2671 | (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Lawrence to establish a program for enforcement against illegal dumping | |
| HD2713 | That non-moving violations shall not be considered surchargeable incidents under the motor vehicle insurance law | |
| HD2819 | (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to establish the maximum age for school attendance in the city of Lawrence | |
| HD2908 | For legislation to prohibit the use of geographic locations in determining risk classifications relative to motor vehicle surcharges | |
| HD3486 | An Act relative to services provided by notaries public | |
| HD3617 | An Act relative to students serving in the military |
| Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
|---|---|---|
| HD45 | Relative to the modernization of optometric patient care | |
| HD48 | Relative to creating a difficult to manage unit within the Department of Mental Health | |
| HD63 | For legislation to designate the month of October as Farm to School Month in the Commonwealth and to strategize opportunities to spread farm-to-school programs statewide | |
| SD85 | For legislation to improve data collection in the juvenile justice system | |
| SD124 | For legistlation to regulate notaries public to protect consumers and the validity and effectiveness of recorded instruments. | |
| HD135 | For legislation to require deposits on certain non-carbonated beverage containers | |
| HD146 | For legislation to exempt farmers’ markets from certain property taxes | |
| HD162 | Relative to the liability of farmers' markets | |
| HD227 | Relative to the protection of children in foster care | |
| HD272 | Relative to requiring certain insurance policies to include coverage for nicotine based and non-nicotine based smoking cessation products | |
| SD317 | For legislation to promote the planning and development of sustainable communities | |
| SD332 | For legislation relative to physical education in public schools | |
| SD367 | For legislation relative to Congo conflict minerals. | |
| HD369 | An Act establishing the genetic engineering transparency food and seed labeling act | |
| HD377 | For legislation to enable cities and towns to extend voting rights in municipal elections to certain non-citizens of the Commonwealth | |
| HD385 | Relative to handicapped parking spaces regulated by cities and towns | |
| HD419 | For legislation to provide additional assistance to victims of domestic abuse | |
| HD424 | For the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor designating the last day of February as Rare Disease Day | |
| HD434 | Relative to requiring certain motor vehicle surcharges and court costs be used for firefighter salaries | |
| HD453 | For legislation to require that certain interogations be electronically recorded to be admissible in court | |
| HD464 | Relative to the fixing or establishing of certain motor vehicle insurance rates | |
| HD486 | For legislation to require judicial review of foreclosures on residential mortgages | |
| HD517 | Relative to petitions to the Juvenile Court or Probate Court on behalf of certain special juveniles | |
| SD533 | For legislation to create the Home Works Program | |
| HD573 | Relative to the despensing of controlled substances | |
| HD613 | Relative to angel investor tax credits | |
| SD628 | For legislation to promote the accessibility, quality and continuity of care for consumers of behavioral health, substance use disorder and mental health services. | |
| HD664 | For an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) on institutional long term care | |
| HD677 | For legislation to support schools and communities to increase opportunities for physical activity | |
| HD678 | Relative to the maximum number of patients assigned to a registered nurses or hospital care attendants | |
| HD680 | For an the establishment of a special commission (including members of the General Court) on local and regional public health | |
| HD687 | For legislation to benefit the Health Safety Net Trust Fund | |
| SD690 | For legislation relative to the eligibility of students for in-state tuition rates and fees at public higher educational institutions. | |
| SD736 | For legislation to improve the collection and analsis of data realitve to traffic stops. | |
| SD739 | For legislation relative to pedestrian stop data. | |
| HD741 | For legislation to authorize the North Central Chamber of Commerce to establish a pilot program for net metering of electricity for manufacturers | |
| HD742 | For legislation to promote storm resistant utility infrastructure upgrades | |
| HD745 | Relative to vehicle insurance surcharges | |
| HD765 | Relative to establishing First Responders Day | |
| SD803 | For legislation to fully apply telemedicine coverage. | |
| HD831 | For legislation to authorize municipalities to protect low and moderate income tenants and units of governmentally involved housing | |
| SD841 | For legislation to require automated external defibrillators in schools. | |
| HD860 | For legislation to require pain assessment and management in health care facilities | |
| HD875 | Relative to an alternate MCAS completion plan for students with certain disabilities | |
| HD890 | For legislation to allow individuals to institute and prosecute a civil action for injunctive relief for violation of laws relative to meal breaks for employees | |
| HD891 | Relative to the payment of certain burial expenses for veterans | |
| HD975 | Relative to youth substance abuse needs | |
| HD1023 | To preserve affordable health coverage for residents of the Commonwealth | |
| HD1026 | Relative to further regulating emergency restraint and hospitalization of persons poising risk of serious harm by reason of mental illness | |
| 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 | |
| HD1035 | For legislation to provide high school graduates equal access to in-state tuition rates and financial aid in the higher education system | |
| HD1041 | Relative to access to health insurance for human service providers and their employees | |
| HD1060 | Relative to the determination of medically necessary services for mental health treatment | |
| HD1093 | For legislation to direct the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to make driving records available online for informational purposes | |
| HD1095 | Relative to the administration of controlled substances | |
| SD1110 | For legislation to improve the earned income credit for working families | |
| HD1112 | That certain health facilities be directed to establish a "safe patient handling policy", so-called | |
| HD1148 | That the Commissioner of the Division of Insurance annually file with the United States Department of Health and Human Services to establish a standard tobacco use factor | |
| HD1153 | For legislation to create a transitional aid to families with dependent children career pathways trust fund | |
| HD1167 | Relative to municipal use of insurance proceeds | |
| HD1187 | An Act requiring audiovisual recordings of certain police interrogations | |
| HD1188 | That the Commissioner of Insurance be directed to make a bi-annual investigation relative to flood insurance rates | |
| HD1200 | Relative to the classification and punishment for certain offenses in the commonwealth | |
| HD1208 | Relative to health care worker safety | |
| HD1209 | Relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers | |
| HD1328 | Relative to substance abuse accountable care organizations | |
| HD1343 | Relative to providing child care assistance to homeless families | |
| HD1356 | For legislation to authorize school districts to establish a reserve fund for certain special education and transportation costs | |
| SD1363 | For legislation to establish a health incentives program. | |
| HD1367 | For legislation to require owners of rented or foreclosed properties to check for abandoned animals | |
| SD1369 | For legislation relative to the tipped minimum wage | |
| HD1370 | For legislation to strengthen the enforcement of certain dog laws | |
| HD1371 | For legislation to impose a penalty for the confinement of farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, and fully extend their limbs | |
| SD1399 | For legislation to promote high-tech job growth in gateway cities | |
| HD1415 | For legislation to extend line-of-duty public safety death benefits to all public employees | |
| HD1442 | For legislation to provide pre-kindergarten education to four year old children meeting specific requirements in gateway cities | |
| HD1466 | Relative to the definition of gateway municipality | |
| HD1467 | Relative to promoting child development and school-readiness | |
| SD1470 | For legislation to create a means for tracking the unmet need of individuals with developmental disabilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. | |
| HD1475 | Further promoting energy efficiency and green jobs | |
| SD1482 | For legislation to create a scholarship fund to increase the number of medical providers who are knowledgeable in autism. | |
| SD1484 | For legislation to create an interagency child abuse and neglect prevention task force. | |
| SD1487 | For legislation to create higher education opportunities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. | |
| SD1489 | For legislation to expand inclusive transition programs for students with severe disabilities. | |
| HD1490 | For legislation requiring carbon monoxide alarms in all residential, governmental and commercial structures | |
| HD1492 | For legislation to require training for police and correction officers interacting with persons with autism spectrum disorders | |
| SD1499 | For legislation relative to home care services. | |
| SD1503 | For legislation relative to essential health benefits. | |
| HD1533 | Relative to the earned income credit for working families | |
| HD1536 | Relative to retirement benefits for care givers at the soldier's homes | |
| SD1548 | For legislation relative to ensuring transparency of health plan formularies | |
| SD1563 | For legislation relative to the development and preservation of affordable housing for persons with disabilities and the elderly | |
| SD1565 | For legislation to regulate tanning facilities | |
| HD1566 | To provide for reforms and improvements to the Commonwealth's transportation system | |
| SD1579 | For legislation to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities | |
| SD1583 | For legislation to address the special education needs of children with dyslexia | |
| SD1601 | For legislation to ensure continued health insurance coverage for children | |
| SD1604 | For legislation relative to services for individuals with autism spectrum disorder | |
| SD1606 | For legislation to establish a discretionary grant program for students with autism | |
| SD1607 | For legislation to improve augmentative and alternative communication opportunities for children with disabilities | |
| SD1608 | For legislation to increase current medical providers' knowledge about autism in order to improve the treatment individuals with autism receive in medical settings | |
| SD1613 | For legislation to increase the Commonwealth's compliance with federal law meeting requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act | |
| SD1617 | For legislation to promote housing creation for persons with disabilities | |
| SD1626 | For legislation to provide equal access to evaluations for children with disabilities. | |
| SD1629 | For legislation to provide equal access to medical treatments essential for people with autism. | |
| SD1631 | For legislation to provide further revenue to the Financial Literacy Trust Fund. | |
| SD1636 | For legislation to reinvest savings for the financial health of the human service system | |
| SD1639 | For legislation to support the transition to adult services for persons with disabilities | |
| HD1648 | An Act relative to local procurement | |
| HD1650 | Relative to junior operator's licenses | |
| SD1654 | For legislation to promote efficiency and transparency in economic development | |
| HD1656 | Relative to the process for collecting delinquent property taxes | |
| SD1658 | For legislation relative to transparency of economic development spending | |
| SD1665 | For legislation relative to motor vehicle license suspension | |
| HD1670 | For legislation relative to the establishment of a Medicaid and health care reform FMAP trust fund | |
| HD1677 | For legislation to establish a Diabetes state action plan | |
| HD1690 | For legislation to establish a program within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to eliminate copays and deductibles for certain high-value and low cost prescription drugs and treatments | |
| HD1698 | Relative to establishing a foreign language education seal of biliteracy for students | |
| SD1698 | For legislation to restore community trust in Massachusetts law enforcement | |
| HD1703 | An Act to Create a Gateway Cities Public Safety Pilot Program | |
| HD1704 | For legislation to establish a Commonwealth underutilized building repair fund within the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency | |
| HD1730 | Relative to hospital profit transparency and fairness and the establishment of a Medicaid reimbursement enhancement fund | |
| SD1779 | For legislation relative to universal pre-kindergarten access. | |
| HD1833 | For legislation to prevent wage theft and promote employer accountability | |
| HD1838 | Relative to the rights of foster parents to receive notice and an opportunity to be heard in legal proceedings involving foster children | |
| HD1839 | Relative to preventing adolescent substance abuse through the use of public and private school screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment techniques | |
| HD1840 | For legislation to establish an interagency child abuse and neglect prevention task force | |
| HD1846 | For legislation to regulate sex offender registration in the 21st century | |
| HD1857 | For legislation to establish within the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security an interagency council on management of adult and juvenile sexual offenders | |
| HD1862 | For legislation to authorize municipalities to assess certain taxes for financing regional transportation needs and investments | |
| HD1864 | Strengthening the quality and efficiency of home health care services | |
| HD1871 | Relative to state contracting for cleaning, maintenance or security guard services | |
| SD1874 | For legislation to increase neighborhood safety and opportunity | |
| HD1883 | For the establishment of an economic development tax credit incentive program for the substantial rehabilitation of mill properties | |
| SD1885 | For legislation relative to traffic and pedestrian stop data. | |
| HD1906 | For legislation to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities | |
| HD1921 | Relative to eliminating mandatory minimum sentences related to drug offenses | |
| HD1969 | For legislation to improve the collection and analysis of data relative to traffic stops | |
| HD1972 | Relative to the civil commitment of women for alcoholism and substance abuse at the Framingham Correctional Institution | |
| HD1988 | For the adoption of resolutions memorializing the Congress of the United States to convene a Constitutional Convention to consider amendments to the Constitution to limit the influence of money in our political system | |
| HD2015 | For legislation to prohibit the sale to minors of electronic devices used to deliver liquid nicotine vapor | |
| HD2021 | Relative to expanding access to healthy food choices in vending machines on state property | |
| HD2084 | Relative to the solicitation of another to commit a felony | |
| HD2177 | For legislation to assure fair and adequate municipal gap funding for municipalities | |
| HD2188 | Relative to juvenile court jurisdiction to divert from further court processing of certain children | |
| HD2198 | For legislation to create a college savings program for every child born in the Commonwealth | |
| HD2211 | For legislation to provide the highest quality education through access of innovative and research-based language education instructional programs | |
| HD2267 | Relative to the formula for district reimbursement through the special education circuit breaker | |
| HD2286 | For legislation to reformat the drunk driving laws | |
| HD2320 | Relative to criminal statute of limitations | |
| HD2342 | Relative to vocational training for the unemployed | |
| HD2364 | Relative to promoting job training in the Commonwealth | |
| HD2382 | An Act Strengthening the Massachusetts Home Care Program | |
| HD2388 | An Act RELATIVE TO ADULT BASIC EDUCATION ACCESS AND QUALITY | |
| HD2433 | For legislation to further define standards of employee safety | |
| HD2455 | Relative to providing tax incentives for small scale commercial development for gateway cities | |
| HD2456 | Relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth’s nursing facilities | |
| HD2476 | For legislation to establish secure choice retirement savings plan | |
| HD2489 | For legislation to establish a reporting protocol for the Executive Office of Public Safety to monitor and report the backlogs in elevator inspections across the Commonwealth | |
| HD2494 | Relative to the operation of certain commercial vehicle with an accumulation of snow and ice | |
| HD2497 | Relative to a review of existing staffing levels of environmental police officers in the Commonwealth | |
| HD2508 | Relative to patient safety quality indicators | |
| HD2509 | That the Renewable Energy Trust Fund be authorized to award grants for the development of farm-based renewable energy | |
| HD2582 | Relative to increasing voting opportunities and online voter registration awareness in public schools | |
| HD2584 | Relative to motor vehicle license suspension record privacy | |
| HD2587 | Relative to the registered land in the office of an assistant recorder | |
| HD2589 | For legislation to provide for primary and preventative health care services for certain children in the Commonwealth. | |
| HD2597 | Relative to inpatient mental health care treatment | |
| HD2604 | Relative to the hiring of applicants who would be employed by or in schools in a positions involving direct contact with children | |
| HD2613 | Relative to the fees charged for the certification of fire fighters as emergency medical technicians | |
| HD2615 | That banks be required to mediate in good faith with homeowners to identify alternative resolutions before starting foreclosures | |
| HD2643 | That certain fire fighters may wear uniforms while on duty and making solicitations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association | |
| HD2646 | That public school students of voting age be instructed on the voter registration process and provided access to voter registration forms | |
| HD2648 | Relative to the minimum wage employers are required to pay tipped employees | |
| HD2704 | Relative to enhancing the educational opportunities for expectant and parenting students | |
| HD2709 | For legislation to ensure continued health insurance coverage for certain children | |
| HD2722 | For legislation to provide tax credits for the rehabilitation of historic properties for mixed commercial and residential uses | |
| HD2782 | Relative to further regulating health care costs and the dispensing of controlled substances | |
| HD2784 | Relative to improving mental health treatment | |
| HD2802 | Relative to pay equity | |
| HD2826 | Relative to vacant, foreclosing and foreclosed property | |
| HD2831 | Relative to sports medicine professionals | |
| HD2835 | For legislation to establish a living wage for employees of certain retail stores and fast food restaurants | |
| HD2844 | For legislation to increase participation in early childhood care settings | |
| HD2888 | Relative to the adopting of a new markets tax credit program in the Commonwealth | |
| HD2903 | For legislation to ensure equal access to services for certain residents of the Commonwealth, notwithstanding alienage or immigration status | |
| HD2912 | For legislation to provide transparency in the data contained in the payer and provider claims database | |
| HD2917 | For legislation to establish pilot programs for universal pre-kindergarten in gateway cities and other low-income neighborhoods or communities | |
| HD2941 | Relative to certified professional midwives | |
| HD2975 | Relative to training of elder services workers in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease | |
| HD2979 | Relative to scholarship programs for children of veterans and public officers | |
| HD2982 | Relative to punishments for property crimes against elderly or disabled persons | |
| HD2988 | For an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) of the services and communications received by victims of violent crimes | |
| HD2994 | For legislation to modernize the business licensing process | |
| HD2998 | For legislation to create a program to reduce childhood obesity by assessing a tax on candies, confectionaries and soft drinks | |
| HD3005 | Relative to fair housing pre-licensing training for real estate agents | |
| 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 | |
| HD3010 | Relative to providing for matching grants for funding gigabit-speed networks and for the evaluation of consumer focused municipal broadband service offerings | |
| HD3015 | Relative to the process for the investigation of officer-involved deaths | |
| HD3018 | An Act relative to providing culturally competent services in the Commonwealth | |
| HD3020 | An Act relative to protecting victims and witnesses of domestic violence | |
| HD3024 | Relative to uniform use of deadly force guidelines | |
| HD3028 | For legislation to establish a nursing advisory board within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services | |
| HD3030 | An Act to promote educational opportunity for English language learners and students with special needs | |
| HD3032 | Relative to providing written health education information to incarcerated women by correctional institutions | |
| HD3034 | For legislation to establish trust fund to protect citizens of the Commonwealth and municipalities impacted by the mortgage foreclosure crisis | |
| HD3036 | Relative to anesthesia insurance coverage for children hospitalized for dental treatment | |
| HD3069 | Relative to substance abuse education in public schools | |
| HD3088 | Relative to higher education capital investment in gateway cities or abutting municipalities | |
| HD3094 | An Act establishing a special commission to investigate and study methods to prevent the use of undue force by police officers | |
| HD3097 | Relative to establishing a substance abuse health protection fund with collections from the sale of certain alcoholic beverages | |
| HD3114 | For legislation to develop a high quality pre-kindergarten education grant program | |
| HD3145 | Relative to requiring that certain health insurance policies include coverage for eating disorders | |
| HD3151 | Relative to home health and hospice aides | |
| HD3158 | For legislation to increase access to mental health services | |
| HD3173 | For legislation to establish a small-scale housing development demonstration program within the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development | |
| HD3174 | Relative to requiring insurance carriers to recognize nurse midwives as participating providers | |
| HD3200 | For legislation to protect tenants and prevent vacancies in foreclosed homes | |
| HD3204 | For legislation to clarify the responsibility of law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration law | |
| HD3268 | Relative to the evaluation of the frequency and outcome of contacts between juveniles of various racial and ethnic categories and law enforcement and court personnel and other Commonwealth officials | |
| HD3303 | For legislation to prohibit government video surveillance of public or private property without first providing sufficient public notice | |
| HD3364 | For legislation to provide a waiver of fees to veterans at public institutions of higher learning | |
| HD3411 | For legislation to establish a family and medical leave and temporary disability leave insurance program for employees | |
| 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 | Relative to transparency and accountability for Boston's 2024 Olympic bid | |
| HD3471 | Relative to registered and recorded land | |
| HD3495 | Relative to strengthening public assistance programs | |
| HD3502 | Relative to the financial impact of the costs associated with the Health Connector and compliance with the Affordable Care Act | |
| HD3503 | For legislation to requiring prescription drug insurance providers to provide coverage for the expense of a medically prescribed voice-synthesizers | |
| HD3504 | Relative to growing the creative economy through sale of original art | |
| HD3512 | Relative to safe in-patient alcoholism or substance abuse treatment locations | |
| HD3515 | For legislation to establish a task force on the safety and welfare of elderly and disabled persons residing in public housing | |
| HD3525 | Relative to Superior Court foreclosure procedures | |
| HD3527 | Relative to creating an advisory committee to investigate and study ways to augment services to returning veterans to reduce the rate of suicide and the effects of post traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety among veterans | |
| HD3529 | Relative to financial literacy programs in schools | |
| HD3549 | For legislation to require the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a civic education curriculum to be included within the history and/or social science curriculum | |
| HD3554 | Relative to child sexual abuse prevention education in elementary and secondary schools | |
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By Request |
SD1672 | For legislation to establish gateway regions and provide homeowner rehabilitation tax credits for developing certain small communities |
|
By Request |
HD2655 | Relative to the penalties for hazing by secondary or post secondary students residing in residential schools designated as handicapped housing |
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By Request |
HD3516 | Relative to printing information on prescription medication labels in a formant accessible to print challanged persons |
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By Request |
HD3523 | Relative to juvenile violence |
Personal Information
| Profession: | Civil Engineer, P.E. |
Education & Public Service
- Universidad Autonoma De Santo Domingo (B.S. in Civil Engineering)
- Engineering Training in Tokyo, Japan (Sponsored by JICA)
- Remote Sensing Training in Rome, Italy (Sponsored by UN-FAO)
- UMA Lowell (Graduate Courses), Salem State Collage (Undergraduate/
- Lawrence City Council (Vice-President/City Councilor At Large 2000-2002)
- Lawrence Interim Mayor (Sep. 2001 to Nov. 2001)
- Lawrence City Council President (2002-2004), Lawrence City Councilor At Large (2004-2006)
- House (2010 - present)