Marc R. Pacheco President Pro Tempore
Addresses
- State House
- Room 312B
- Boston, MA 02133
- Phone: 617-722-1551
- Fax: 617-722-1074
- Email: Marc.Pacheco@masenate.gov
- District Office
- 8 Trescott St., Suite 1
- Taunton, MA 02780
- Phone: (508) 822-3000
- Fax: (508) 880-6084
Committee Membership
| Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
|---|---|---|
| SD164 | For legislation relative to baseline concussion testing for student athletes. | |
| SD165 | For legislation to ensure safe medication administration | |
| SD166 | For legislation to establish a board of registration in naturopathy | |
| SD167 | For legislation to further regulate business practices between motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, and distributers | |
| SD168 | For legislation to authorize the transfer of a certain parcel of land in the city of Taunton. | |
| SD169 | For legislation to protect the taxpayers of the Commonwealth | |
| SD170 | For legislation to debar employers who violate federal immigration laws from contracting with the Commonwealth | |
| SD171 | For legislation to promote solar hot water installations | |
| SD172 | For legislation to make the quahog the official shellfish of the Commonwealth | |
| SD173 | For legislation relative to the transportation of individuals seated in wheelchairs. | |
| SD174 | For legislation to designate a certain bridge in the town of Raynham as the Cpl. Brian Oliveira Bridge | |
| SD175 | For legislation relative to the safety of school children embarking and disembarking school buses. | |
| SD176 | For legislation to clarify and enhance privacy protections for electronic health records | |
| SD177 | For legislation relative to plant relocation and severance. | |
| SD178 | For legislation relative to continuation of health insurance in the case of plant closings | |
| SD181 | For legislation relative to the cost of living adjustment for public retirees | |
| SD182 | For legislation relative to health care insurance for surviving spouses | |
| SD184 | For legislation relative to disability pension benefits and earnings reports | |
| SD194 | For legislation to establish a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change | |
| SD222 | For legislation to establish a special commission relative to digital textbooks | |
| SD223 | For legislation to establish a moratorium for charter schools | |
| SD224 | For legislation relative to mandated reporters. | |
| SD226 | For legislation relative to information technology producer responsibility | |
| SD227 | For legislation relative to safer alternatives to toxic chemicals | |
| SD229 | Lfor legislation relative to recycling | |
| SD231 | For legislation to provide funding for clean energy and energy efficiency measures for the Commonwealth | |
| SD233 | For legislation relative to the homeowners' fire insurance policies | |
| SD234 | For legislation relative to the spinal cord injury trust fund | |
| SD235 | For legislation relative to patient safety | |
| SD302 | For legislation to expand the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality's affordable housing inventory. | |
| SD303 | For legislation to promote livable communities and zoning reform act. | |
| SD304 | For legislation to promote livable communities. | |
| SD305 | For legislation to clarify employer sanctions for improper expenditure of withholdings or deductions from wages | |
| SD306 | For legislation to improve the Commonwealth's economy with a strong minimum wage. | |
| SD308 | For legislation to establish the Massachusetts Service Alliance | |
| SD309 | For legislation relative to consumers and workers | |
| SD310 | For legislation to further define standards of employee safety. | |
| SD311 | For legislation to remove the restrictions on the licenses of nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists as recommended by the Institute of Medicine and the Federal Trade Commission | |
| SD312 | For legislation to establish tracking and reporting requirements for Massachusetts transportation fuels and associated greenhouse gas emissions. | |
| SD313 | For legislation relative to corrections officers injured in the line of duty | |
| SD362 | For legislation relative to manufactured housing communities | |
| SD514 | For legislation relative to a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing | |
| SD516 | For legislation to ensure accountability in the Department of Transitional Assistance | |
| SD517 | For legislation relative to local housing authorities | |
| SD518 | For legislation relative to food labeling | |
| SD520 | For legislation relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments | |
| SD527 | For legislation relative to the definition of podiatry | |
| SD645 | For legislation relative to bonding authority for the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. | |
| SD1529 | For legislation relative to 2030 and 2040 emissions benchmarks | |
| SD1531 | For legislation relative to net metering | |
| SD1534 | For legislation relative to a clean fuel standard | |
| SD1539 | For legislation relative to life cycle costs for public construction | |
| SD1745 | For legislation relative to sewer commissioners in the town of Wareham. | |
| SD1746 | For legislation relative to the Community Events Fund in the town of Wareham. | |
| SD1814 | For legislation to protect our environment and update our climate action plan | |
| SD1815 | An Act to protect our environment and reduce the carbon footprint of the commonwealth | |
| HD2433 | For legislation to further define standards of employee safety |
| Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
|---|---|---|
| HD48 | Relative to creating a difficult to manage unit within the Department of Mental Health | |
| SD128 | For legislation relative to just cause terminations. | |
| SD156 | For legislation to econmically stabilize displaced service workers. | |
| SD162 | For legislation relative to the practice of athletic training | |
| SD269 | For legislation to provide access to full spectrum addiction treatment services | |
| SD315 | For legislation relative to employees social media privacy protection. | |
| SD317 | For legislation to promote the planning and development of sustainable communities | |
| SD336 | For legislation relative to GIC dental and vision benefits for municipal employees. | |
| SD342 | For legislation to regulate the use of automatic license plate reader systems. | |
| SD343 | For legislation relative to the penalty for failure to provide workers' compensation insurance. | |
| HD347 | Relative to the posting of security for seized animals in cruelty cases | |
| SD422 | For legislation relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers | |
| HD496 | For legislation to provide for the establishment of a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change | |
| HD497 | Relative to the care of animals in cities and towns | |
| HD584 | For legislation to creates incentives to help promote the adoption of electric vehicles | |
| HD593 | Relative to the reporting on health effects of particulate matter | |
| SD625 | For legislation relative to public investment in fossil fuels. | |
| SD633 | For legislation relative to home energy efficiency. | |
| SD646 | For legislation to market prioritized development sites | |
| SD648 | For legislation relative to ivory and rhino horn trafficking. | |
| SD673 | For legislation to prevent wage theft and promote employer accountability | |
| HD678 | Relative to the maximum number of patients assigned to a registered nurses or hospital care attendants | |
| SD715 | For legislation to increase the cost of living adjustment (cola) base | |
| SD729 | For legislation relative to affordable housing energy efficiency | |
| HD735 | For legislation to authorize the Department of Telecommunications and Cable and the Department of Public Utilities to regulate the use of double utility poles | |
| HD736 | Relative to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related condition protection of employees and job applicants | |
| SD738 | For legislation to require health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence | |
| SD743 | For legislation relative to language opportunity for our kids. | |
| SD765 | For legislation relative to the compostion of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education | |
| SD824 | For legislation relative to the pooling of tips. | |
| SD841 | For legislation to require automated external defibrillators in schools. | |
| HD846 | Relative to establishing a board of registration in naturopathy and further regulating naturopathic health care | |
| SD898 | For legislation relative to Option (d) beneficiaries | |
| SD902 | For legislation to protect abandoned animals in vacant properties. | |
| HD972 | That the Department of Public Health implement a food labeling program for commercially caught, landed and sold saltwater fish | |
| SD974 | For legislation to protect animals during pet sales. | |
| SD982 | Relative to the use of certain insurance underwriting guidelines for homeowners with dogs living on such insured property | |
| SD985 | For legislation relative to Lyme Disease treatment coverage | |
| SD1008 | For legislation to increase recycling by landlords and tenants | |
| SD1017 | For legislation to transfer funding for recovery high school summer programming | |
| SD1028 | For legislation to protect the Commonwealth's residents from identity theft | |
| SD1040 | For legislation relative to debarment in public contracts. | |
| SD1042 | For legislation to enhance the management of problem wildlife. | |
| SD1074 | Relative to bow and arrow hunting season | |
| SD1077 | For legislation to establish a snowmobile educational safety program | |
| SD1082 | For legislation relative to reviving and continuing the special commission established (under Chapter 498 of the Acts of 2008) to make an investigation and study of the water quality of the Charles River | |
| HD1095 | Relative to the administration of controlled substances | |
| HD1112 | That certain health facilities be directed to establish a "safe patient handling policy", so-called | |
| HD1129 | Relative to turnaround plans for underperforming schools | |
| SD1161 | For legislation to promote electric vehicle adoption | |
| SD1169 | For legislation relative to risk management and own risk and solvency assessment | |
| HD1184 | For legislation to regulate the cultivation of industrial hemp | |
| HD1208 | Relative to health care worker safety | |
| HD1209 | Relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers | |
| SD1237 | For legislation relative to the sanctity of collective bargaining. | |
| SD1266 | For legislation to direct the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to assess the current status of the commonwealth’s transportation system. | |
| SD1271 | For legislation to fuel job creation through energy efficiency | |
| SD1273 | For legislation to protect temporary workers’ unemployment benefits | |
| SD1308 | For legislation relative to training of elder services workers in dementia and Alzheimer’s | |
| HD1318 | Relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments | |
| HD1323 | Relative to confining animals in a motor vehicle | |
| HD1325 | For legislation to compute and track the individual and collective lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of all fuels | |
| SD1365 | For legislation to uphold bidding integrity in the Commonwealth | |
| HD1367 | For legislation to require owners of rented or foreclosed properties to check for abandoned animals | |
| SD1392 | For legislation relative to state contracting | |
| SD1416 | For legislation relative to a microgrid pilot program | |
| SD1441 | For legislation to stabilize the commonwealth’s nursing facilities. | |
| SD1522 | For legislation to provide for safe patient handling | |
| SD1727 | For legislation to create construction relevance in the economic development incentive program. | |
| SD1735 | For legislation to protect health and safety of animals in vehicles. | |
| SD1762 | For legislation relative to universal early education and full-day kindergarten. | |
| SD1779 | For legislation relative to universal pre-kindergarten access. | |
| SD1804 | For legislation to promote zero net-energy buildings in the Commonwealth | |
| HD1814 | Relative to manufactured housing communities | |
| HD1833 | For legislation to prevent wage theft and promote employer accountability | |
| HD1935 | For legislation to prevent trafficking in ivory and rhino horns | |
| HD1967 | Relative to increasing the base for the calculation of cost-of-living increases for retired public employees | |
| HD2050 | Relative to net metering by utility companies | |
| HD2067 | For legislation to establish performance standards for the reduction of municipal solid waste | |
| HD2081 | Relative to baseline concussion testing for student athletes | |
| HD2126 | Relative to protecting puppies and kittens | |
| HD2128 | Relative to the implementation of full-day kindergarten | |
| HD2163 | Relative to the creation and maintenance of a searchable public online database of sites available for development in cities and towns | |
| HD2174 | For legislation to further regulate the registration of podiatrists | |
| HD2207 | Relative to social media password privacy for school students | |
| HD2211 | For legislation to provide the highest quality education through access of innovative and research-based language education instructional programs | |
| HD2278 | For legislation to establish the Massachusetts rail transit fund | |
| HD2345 | Relative to temporary workers’ unemployment benefits | |
| HD2375 | For legislation to bans plastic beads used in facial scrubs, shampoos and toothpastes | |
| HD2470 | For legislation to promote accessibility and affordability of behavioral health and substance abuse services for recipients of MassHealth | |
| HD2474 | Relative to public employees' workers compensation benefits | |
| HD2477 | Relative to protecting Department of Children and Families social workers’ home addresses | |
| HD2483 | That hospitals provide certain patients in inpatient or observation status oral and written notice of such placement | |
| HD2586 | For legislation to regulate the use of credit reports by employers and prospective employers | |
| HD2587 | Relative to the registered land in the office of an assistant recorder | |
| HD2617 | For legislation to require seatbelts in school buses | |
| HD2741 | For legislation to provide emergency aid to certain elderly and disabled residents | |
| HD2752 | For legislation to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products | |
| HD2782 | Relative to further regulating health care costs and the dispensing of controlled substances | |
| HD2850 | For legislation relative to the practice of athletic training | |
| HD2975 | Relative to training of elder services workers in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease | |
| HD3098 | That the the Department of Transportation assess the current status of the transportation system of the Commonwealth | |
| HD3162 | For legislation to establish universal early education and full-day kindergarten in the Commonwealth | |
| HD3401 | Relative to mandated reporting of elder abuse |
Senator Marc R. Pacheco was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1988 and to the Massachusetts Senate in 1992 by the citizens of the 1st Plymouth and Bristol District.
Senator Pacheco is founding Chair of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change and is Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. He also serves as Senate Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health and serves on the Senate Committee on Ways and Means as well as the Joint Committees on Telecommunication, Utilities and Energy; Housing; Transportation; and Revenue. He is former Chair of the Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight and has chaired numerous committees throughout his service in the State Legislature.
Throughout his career, Senator Pacheco has supported initiatives to spur job creation and economic growth, to preserve the environment and support the new “green” economy, to ensure the protection of rights for veterans, women and senior citizens, increase civic engagement, and foster the creation of global economic partnerships. Senator Pacheco was honored to be selected by Al Gore in 2007 to become a Climate Messenger to increase awareness around climate change and to encourage action to prevent its worst effects. He has prioritized these key issues of today to build a better future for the Commonwealth.
For more than 30 years, Senator Pacheco has worked to strengthen the Commonwealth’s ties with foreign leaders and to create economic partnerships to benefit the citizens of our state. For his leadership in economic development and his commitment to global partnerships, Senator Pacheco has received national and international recognition. In 1994, Senator Pacheco was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to the Massachusetts District Export Council, which he chaired from 1996 through 2005. He remains a member of the Massachusetts District Export Council after appointments by the Clinton, Bush and Obama Administrations. In 2002, Senator Pacheco was appointed by the United States Federal Housing Finance Board to serve as an appointive director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. Today, Senator Pacheco currently is the highest ranking elected official of Portuguese descent in Massachusetts and serves as Senate Chair of the Portuguese American Legislative Caucus. He also founded the Legislative Caucus on International Trade and Global Competitiveness, which he serves as Senate Chair.
Foreign governments have honored Senator Pacheco for his work to develop and strengthen ties that unite countries across the globe. Senator Pacheco was honored in 2005 by the region of Pskov, Russia with the medal of Saint Olga for his humanitarian efforts. In 2000, Senator Pacheco received the honor of “Commander of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator,” the highest award bestowed upon a civilian by the Portuguese government. His work with Portuguese-Americans in support of the nation of East Timor’s fight for independence has been praised by Nobel Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta, former President of East Timor, who called Senator Pacheco a “Schindler of East Timor.” For his work on green legislation such as the Global Warming Solutions Act, he received the Sustainable Future Award from the United Nations Youth and Student Association of Austria.
Throughout his career, Senator Pacheco has worked to increase civic engagement and to protect the constitutional rights of each and every citizen. For his commitment to these ideals, in 1995 Senator Pacheco was appointed by President William Jefferson Clinton, and was confirmed by the United States Senate, to serve a six-year term on the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation’s board of trustees. In 1997, Senator Pacheco played a leadership role in helping to solve the most pressing public policy issues of the 21st century when he was appointed by the National Democratic Leadership Council to serve as a member of the State Legislative Advisory Board.
During his tenure in the Massachusetts legislature, Senator Pacheco has prioritized and developed strategies to enhance the state economy and the southeast region. For his work, in 1998, Senator Pacheco received a gubernatorial appointment to the government affairs committee of the Task Force on Growth and Change in Southeastern Massachusetts. He was then appointed co-chair of the task force which was later named Vision 2020, a regional growth management project being undertaken by three regional planning agencies. Senator Pacheco is the founder and co-chair of the Southeastern Massachusetts Legislative Caucus, a bi-partisan group of legislators and community leaders that share the common goal of fostering economic development throughout the region. He also founded the Senator’s Business and Economic Advisory Council, in which leaders in the economic development, business and academic sectors participate in meetings set by the Senator to advise him on key policy issues impacting the Southeast region.
Senator Pacheco has been honored to serve on the National Conference of State Legislature’s Task Force on Energy Supply and was chosen to Co-Chair the Council of State Government’s Eastern Regional Conference’s Energy and Environment Committee, which serves officials in 11 Northeast states, as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Eastern Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Québec. As Co-Chair, in March 2014, Senator Pacheco was honored to host state officials from around the country in Boston at a CSG/ERC conference on severe weather resiliency. Then, in August 2014, Senator Pacheco moderated a panel as part of the CSG/ERC Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Md., with Susan Ruffo, Associate Director for Climate Preparedness, White House Council on Environmental Quality, on “Forging Resilience to Severe Weather,” which provided a forum elaborating on the topics that were discussed in Boston.
The Senator earned his Master's Degree in Public Administration from Suffolk University. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Human Services from New Hampshire College, now Southern New Hampshire University, and an Associate's Degree from the University of Massachusetts-Stockbridge School. He has served as a guest lecturer at higher education institutions including Suffolk University, Harvard University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
A life-long resident of Taunton, Senator Pacheco was first elected to public office in 1979 as a member of the Taunton School Committee. He served for ten years as a member of that body, eventually rising to chairman of the committee. From 1982 to 1988, he worked for the mayor of Taunton as his chief of staff and budget director.
Senator Pacheco still resides in the city of Taunton with his wife, Barbara (Sylvia) Pacheco and their dog, Duncan, a Cairn Terrier, just a few blocks from where Senator Pacheco grew up.
Personal Information
| Profession: | Legislator |
| Spouse: | Barbara |
Career Highlights
- Authored The Pacheco Law: Tax payer protection act providing for full transparency and full accountability in the procurement of services.
- Successfully raised the state minimum wage as chief sponsor of legislation providing a living wage to more than 315,000 workers in the Commonwealth in 2006.
- Initiated, authored and secured passage of the Global Warming Solutions Act.
Education & Public Service
- Suffolk University Boston, MA,Master of Public Administration, 1989, Honors: Pi Alpha Alpha
- New Hampshire College Manchester, NH, Bachelor of Science in Human Services, 1985
- University OF MA, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, Amherst, MA, Associate of Science in Agronomy, 1973
- Massachusetts State Senate (1993-Present); Appointive Director, Federal Home Loan of Boston (2002-2003)
- Presidential Appointment as a Trustee of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (1995-2000); Massachusetts House of Representatives (1989-92)
- Taunton Democratic City Committee; Democratic State Committee (1993-present); Chief Assistant to the Mayor of Taunton (1982-88
- Taunton School Committee (1980-89, Chair 1987-88)