Brian M. Ashe Representative
D
Longmeadow
Addresses
- State House
- Room 540
- Boston, MA 02133
- Phone: 617-722-2090
- Fax: 617-722-2848
- Email: Brian.Ashe@mahouse.gov
- District Office
- Phone: 413-754-4184
| Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
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| HD415 | For legislation to abolish the Auto Damage Appraiser Licensing Board within the Division of Insurance | |
| HD420 | Relative to absentee ballots | |
| HD424 | For the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor designating the last day of February as Rare Disease Day | |
| HD426 | Relative to the mandatory minimum age for children to attend kindergarten | |
| HD441 | Relative to designating five elements Tai Chi as the official Tai Chi form of the Commonwealth | |
| HD681 | That persons diagnosed with familial dysautonomia disorder receive certain services from the Department of Developmental Services | |
| HD3049 | An Act relative to patient access | |
| HD3474 | An Act relative to tax title expense | |
| H.53 | HD3625 | By Mr. Ashe of Longmeadow, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Brian M. Ashe for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Robin Allen, an employee of the Department of Developmental Services. Public Service. |
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By Request |
HD630 | Relative to certain rights of persons with disabilities |
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By Request |
HD3667 | An Act to prevent concussion and head injury |
| Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
|---|---|---|
| SD44 | For legislation to ensure effective health care cost control. | |
| 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 | |
| HD65 | Relative to strengthening the civil penalties of stop work orders under the workers' compensation statute | |
| HD66 | To further regulate workers' compensation | |
| HD70 | Relative to reverse vending machine bottle and can deposit redemption | |
| HD71 | Relative to special education funding | |
| HD72 | Relative to improving procurement procedures to assure opportunities for students with disabilities | |
| HD80 | For legislation to include transportation costs in the special education reimbursement program | |
| HD85 | Relative to the selection and qualification of jurors | |
| HD87 | Relative to providing retroactive capital reimbursement for a certain nursing facility in the town of Holden | |
| SD95 | For legislation to promote employment | |
| HD124 | Relative to the compensation of chief probation officers of the Trial Court | |
| HD161 | For legislation to prohibit smoking in motor vehicles if young children are in the vehicle | |
| HD162 | Relative to the liability of farmers' markets | |
| HD178 | For legislation to create an independent ombudsman office to oversee certain functions of the Department of Children and Families | |
| HD179 | Relative to the prevention of credit card company unfair business practices | |
| HD180 | For legislation to authorize owners of interests in real property to execute and record a transfer on death deed to such property | |
| HD188 | Relative to the false representation of military status | |
| HD206 | Relative to the placing of memorial markers on public roadways to commemorate victims of fatal car crashes or vehicular homicides | |
| SD211 | For legislation to promote business continuity and recovery after a disaster | |
| HD218 | For legislation to to protect drinking water from hydraulic fracturing | |
| HD224 | Relative to the operation of certain commercial vehicle with an accumulation of snow and ice | |
| HD231 | For legislation to develop housing plans for families, with minor children, who are being evicted from publicly subsidized housing | |
| HD234 | Relative to the sales tax on mobile telecommunications devices | |
| SD235 | For legislation relative to patient safety | |
| HD242 | For legislation to require licensed pawnbrokers and second hand dealers to photograph and catalogue certain pawned articles | |
| HD267 | Relative to the penalty for failure to stop operating a motor vehicle when being pursued by a police officer | |
| SD269 | For legislation to provide access to full spectrum addiction treatment services | |
| HD272 | Relative to requiring certain insurance policies to include coverage for nicotine based and non-nicotine based smoking cessation products | |
| HD308 | Relative to insurance coverage and payment for prescribed treatment for mitochondrial disease | |
| HD331 | Relative to providing hearing aid coverage for persons with profound hearing loss | |
| SD332 | For legislation relative to physical education in public schools | |
| SD335 | For legislation relative to health insurance coverage by athletic trainers | |
| SD337 | For legislation relative to insurance coverage for pervasive developmental disorders | |
| SD340 | For legislation to ensure equal access to college course materials for visually impaired students | |
| HD343 | Relative to insurance coverage for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome | |
| HD347 | Relative to the posting of security for seized animals in cruelty cases | |
| SD347 | For legislation to promote safety in the transportation of students | |
| SD348 | For legislation to provide for HIV testing for at risk police officers | |
| HD352 | For legislation to establish in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services a Massachusetts Alzheimer’s project | |
| SD353 | For legislation relative to creditable service for teachers. | |
| SD354 | For legislation to provide retirement benefits for veterans. | |
| HD359 | Relative to establish a structure for qualifying public depositories and establishing rules for collaterizing of public deposits | |
| HD360 | For legislation to establish a firearms and mental health fitness information registry within the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services | |
| HD361 | Relative to property tax exemptions for veterans | |
| SD363 | For legislation to establish the Massachusetts GI bill to provide tuition and fee waivers for National Guard members and veterans | |
| SD368 | For legislation to further regulate group insurance benefits for state employees and retired state employees. | |
| HD369 | An Act establishing the genetic engineering transparency food and seed labeling act | |
| HD374 | For legislation provide health benefit plan coverage for hearing aids | |
| HD387 | Relative to transparency in private utility construction contracts | |
| HD401 | For legislation to establish criteria for MassHealth hardship waivers | |
| HD409 | Establishing driver education and training reform | |
| SD411 | For legislation relative to dangerousness hearings | |
| SD425 | For legislation relative to open textbooks | |
| SD428 | For legislation relative to preventable hospital readmissions | |
| SD441 | For legislation relative to public higher education transfers | |
| SD445 | For legislation to allow local wetlands bylaw decisions to be appealed in court. | |
| SD451 | For legislation relative to dental hygienists | |
| HD451 | Relative to the sanctity of collective bargaining agreements with non-commissioned officers of the Department of State Police | |
| SD452 | For legislation to impose a penalty for the damaging of historic homes. | |
| SD453 | For legislation relative to restricting the marketing of other tobacco products. | |
| HD454 | Relative to senior hoarding | |
| SD455 | For legislation to prohibit falsification or impersonation of an emergency medical technician or paramedic. | |
| SD458 | For legislation relative to an affordable health plan. | |
| HD459 | Requiring health care coverage for the medically necessary treatment for disease, illness, injury, or bodily dysfunction required by a student's individual educational program | |
| SD462 | For legislation relative to the Massachusetts Alzheimers Project. | |
| HD463 | That the Registry of Motor Vehicles be directed to establish an educational safety program for recreational vehicles | |
| SD464 | For legislation to provide tax credits for hospitals providing charitable care | |
| HD469 | Relative to Lyme disease treatment health insurance coverage | |
| HD470 | Relative to motor vehicle speed limits in school zones | |
| SD472 | For legislation relative to housing and redevelopment authority vacancies. | |
| HD486 | For legislation to require judicial review of foreclosures on residential mortgages | |
| SD489 | For legislation to provide for an early retirement incentive for state employees. | |
| SD490 | For legislation to define fraud in the public bidding process. | |
| SD492 | For legislation to repeal the property tax exemption for Massport lessees. | |
| HD497 | Relative to the care of animals in cities and towns | |
| HD498 | Exempting agencies of the Commonwealth and cities and towns from payment of the tax imposed on the sale of gasoline | |
| SD500 | For legislation relative to the costs imposed upon the municipal and district ratepayers due to public drinking water, wastewater and stormwater systems capital upgrades | |
| HD501 | Relative to expands health insurance coverage for certain acupuncture services, diagnosis and treatment and establishing a commission to investigate the potential for better integrated use of acupuncture services | |
| SD503 | For legislation to regulate synthetic heroin. | |
| SD505 | For legislation relative to fraud and embezzlement. | |
| HD512 | Relative to the transport, storage and sale of used bedding | |
| SD519 | For legislation to regulate the use of credit reports by employers | |
| SD524 | For legislation to regulate powdered alcohol | |
| HD527 | For legislation to ensure the integrity of municipal tax rates | |
| SD540 | For legislation to alleviate health care burdens for Massachusetts employers | |
| HD544 | For legislation to provide public access to local, state and federally issued operating licenses issued to certain businesses | |
| SD546 | For legislation relative to pedestrian safety | |
| SD553 | For legislation relative to solar drying of laundry | |
| HD554 | Relative to establishing a department of environmental protection appeals board | |
| HD556 | Relative to joint and last survivor allowances paid under the contributory retirement system | |
| HD558 | Relative to the restoration to service of certain public employees retired for disability | |
| HD567 | For legislation to increase the Commonwealth's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act | |
| HD579 | For legislation to provide special line of duty death benefits to public safety officers | |
| HD580 | For legislation to establish a commuter pass program for users of the Massachusetts Turnpike | |
| HD582 | For legislation to eliminate age discrimination in the Masshealth Program | |
| HD585 | For legislation to prohibit the use of cell phones while operating a motor vehicle within school zones | |
| HD595 | Relative to common summary of payments forms for health care services | |
| HD602 | For legislation to require hand sanitizer dispensers in schools | |
| SD608 | For legislation relative to amusement devices. | |
| SD627 | For legislation to protect children and families from harmful flame retardants | |
| SD628 | For legislation to promote the accessibility, quality and continuity of care for consumers of behavioral health, substance use disorder and mental health services. | |
| HD667 | Relative to Medicare savings programs eligibility | |
| HD670 | Relative to Medicaid expansion | |
| HD673 | Relative to fire protection systems for buildings and structures | |
| 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 | |
| SD680 | For legislation relative to the closing of hospital essential services | |
| HD687 | For legislation to benefit the Health Safety Net Trust Fund | |
| HD706 | Relative to the availability of prescription medication during an emergency | |
| SD707 | For legislation to promote purchasing from social enterprises by governmental bodies | |
| HD722 | Relative to cost of living adjustments for retired public employees of the Commonwealth | |
| HD736 | Relative to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related condition protection of employees and job applicants | |
| SD742 | For legislation to update reciprocity for licensing optometrists | |
| HD742 | For legislation to promote storm resistant utility infrastructure upgrades | |
| HD743 | Relative to the penalties for the use or manufacture of hidden compartments for the purpose of transporting or distributing controlled substances | |
| HD745 | Relative to vehicle insurance surcharges | |
| SD750 | For legislation to ensure adequate nursing services at public schools | |
| SD753 | For legislation relative to police pursuits in the Commonwealth | |
| HD758 | To prohibit the distribution in commerce of children's products and upholstered furniture containing certain flame retardants, and for other purposes | |
| HD763 | Relative to health clubs and the use and deployment of defibrillators | |
| SD765 | For legislation relative to the compostion of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education | |
| HD768 | Relative to the deposit of certain fines into the Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund | |
| SD770 | For legislation relative to healthy families and businesses | |
| HD774 | For legislation to authorize the acquisition of land for the development and construction of an underground railroad, and a civil rights and black heritage museum in the city of Springfield | |
| HD780 | Relative to providing smoking cessation programs for certain police officers and fire fighters | |
| SD817 | For legislation to establish the miracle league of Massachusetts to provide recreational resources for persons with disabilities | |
| SD818 | For legislation to establish a fund to assist families of murder victims | |
| HD818 | For legislation to authorize municipalities to require automatic sprinkler protection systems in certain housing | |
| SD821 | For legislation to establish a universal driver's trust fund to offset the costs of uninsured motorists | |
| 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 | |
| SD841 | For legislation to require automated external defibrillators in schools. | |
| HD874 | Relative to the donations of leftover food by restaurants and cafeterias | |
| SD902 | For legislation to protect abandoned animals in vacant properties. | |
| SD906 | For legislation to create the Hampden County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls | |
| HD912 | Relative to increasing the fine for handicapped parking violations | |
| SD916 | For legislation relative to zero tolerance for violence and aggression by adults at youth sporting events | |
| HD916 | Relative to reducing certain fees associated with veterans' registration plates | |
| HD935 | For legislation to require funeral directors to make available to potential clients information regarding funeral and burial benefits for veterans | |
| HD940 | Relative to authorizing the establishment of recreational traffic safety zones in cities and towns | |
| HD948 | Relative to providing for an income tax credit for families caring for relatives at home who are elderly or victims of Alzheimer's disease | |
| SD974 | For legislation to protect animals during pet sales. | |
| HD984 | That applications pertaining to the taxation of certain open space lands be approved only upon the taxes on such property being paid in full | |
| HD985 | Relative to inquiry-based science, technology, engineering and mathematics education | |
| HD998 | Relative to regional stabilization funds | |
| HD1008 | Relative to audio recordings and written transcripts of phone calls made to the 911 emergency system | |
| HD1009 | For legislation to ban robocalls, so-called | |
| SD1016 | For legislation to promote higher education among employees of human services provider organizations | |
| 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 | |
| HD1017 | Relative to the powers and duties of regional school districts | |
| HD1027 | For legislation to provide equal access to evaluations for children with disabilities | |
| SD1028 | For legislation to protect the Commonwealth's residents from identity theft | |
| HD1029 | For legislation to establish safeguards to prevent death and disability from stroke | |
| HD1034 | Relative to coverage for prescription eye drops under health insurance policies | |
| SD1038 | For legislation relative to the countable assets of medical assistance recipients | |
| HD1041 | Relative to access to health insurance for human service providers and their employees | |
| HD1080 | Relative to the disposition of public lands with conservation protected status | |
| HD1093 | For legislation to direct the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to make driving records available online for informational purposes | |
| HD1096 | For legislation to exempt regional school transportation funds from the Governor's ability to make reductions due to revenue deficiencies | |
| HD1098 | Relative to the regional school transportation reimbursement fund | |
| SD1101 | For legislation to promote municipal collaboration and regionalization throughout the Commonwealth | |
| HD1105 | Relative to regional stabilization funds | |
| HD1107 | For legislation to compare total health care spending with projected single payer health care system spending | |
| HD1112 | That certain health facilities be directed to establish a "safe patient handling policy", so-called | |
| SD1114 | For legislation to prevent the disposal of hydraulic fracturing wastewater | |
| HD1119 | For legislation to establish a student loan repayment pilot program to be administered by the Board of Higher Education for licensed social workers | |
| SD1121 | For legislation relative to fair access to surplus state equipment. | |
| SD1131 | For legislation to create patient choice and education in the dispensing of opiate drugs. | |
| HD1133 | Relative to the development of economically sound and environmentally progressive solid waste management strategies to improve recycling. | |
| SD1175 | For legislation to assess the impact of the public welfare system on the health and well-being of children | |
| SD1178 | For legislation relative to health care providers and first responders education | |
| HD1188 | That the Commissioner of Insurance be directed to make a bi-annual investigation relative to flood insurance rates | |
| HD1189 | For legislation to prohibit the sale of tobacco products at certain health care institutions | |
| SD1202 | For legislation relative to building real incentives for college savings | |
| SD1205 | For legislation relative to strengthening identity theft law | |
| HD1207 | Relative to oral health examinations for public school students | |
| HD1208 | Relative to health care worker safety | |
| SD1208 | For legislation relative to expanding the community college workforce training incentive program | |
| HD1209 | Relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers | |
| HD1225 | For legislation to require that assault and battery of a police officer responding to criminal activity be prosecuted as a felony | |
| HD1226 | Relative to communications between health insurers and patients concerning end of life treatment options | |
| HD1230 | Relative to abusive or hostile work environments | |
| HD1252 | For legislation to prohibit the use of cell phones while operating a motor vehicle within school zones. | |
| HD1253 | For legislation to prohibit businesses from misrepresenting the geographic location of such businesses in local telephone directories | |
| HD1260 | For legislation to provide visitation rights for great grandparents | |
| HD1264 | Relative to the disabled veterans exemption from the motor vehicle excise tax | |
| SD1266 | For legislation to direct the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to assess the current status of the commonwealth’s transportation system. | |
| HD1308 | Relative to updating reciprocity for licensing optometrists | |
| 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 | |
| HD1342 | Relative to membership in regional transit authorities | |
| HD1343 | Relative to providing child care assistance to homeless families | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| SD1372 | For legislation to increase the penalties for the illegal possession of firearms | |
| HD1381 | For legislation to increase the annuities paid to certain disabled veterans and their families | |
| SD1383 | For legislation to study the feasibility of high-speed rail access between Springfield and Boston | |
| SD1395 | For legislation relative to motor vehicle service contracts | |
| HD1396 | For legislation to provide volunteer firefighters with a local option real estate tax exemption | |
| HD1401 | For legislation to provide tax deductions for contributions to certain college savings plans | |
| HD1404 | Relative to the recovery of emergency response costs for search and rescue operations | |
| HD1425 | For legislation to direct the Division of Medical Assistance to provide coverage for the treatment of opioid dependence | |
| HD1429 | For legislation to provide additional compensation for assistant municipal collectors or assistant treasurers upon certification | |
| SD1430 | For legislation to regulate hydraulic fracturing. | |
| HD1431 | Relative to parent-child privilege in delinquency or youthful offender proceedings | |
| SD1441 | For legislation to stabilize the commonwealth’s nursing facilities. | |
| SD1445 | For legislation relative to a tax credit for hiring recent graduates. | |
| HD1452 | Relative to insurance coverage for mammograms and magnetic resonance imaging | |
| HD1454 | Relative to insurance coverage for mammograms | |
| HD1469 | Relative to the designation of caregivers by certain patients | |
| SD1474 | For legislation relative to local licenses and permits. | |
| SD1484 | For legislation to create an interagency child abuse and neglect prevention task force. | |
| HD1490 | For legislation requiring carbon monoxide alarms in all residential, governmental and commercial structures | |
| SD1499 | For legislation relative to home care services. | |
| SD1503 | For legislation relative to essential health benefits. | |
| HD1521 | For legislation to establish a penalty for the mistreatment of elephants | |
| HD1526 | Relative to requiring child-resistant packaging of nicotine liquid containers | |
| HD1530 | Relative to the divestment of state pension funds from holdings in fossil fuel companies | |
| HD1546 | For legislation to regulate the use of trapping devices to take beaver and muskrat | |
| SD1554 | For legislation relative to improving graduation rates at public colleges and universities | |
| SD1555 | For legislation relative to Massachusetts high school diplomas | |
| SD1565 | For legislation to regulate tanning facilities | |
| HD1571 | For legislation to establish a process to identify toxic chemical substances used in consumer products | |
| HD1575 | For legislation to establish penalties for debarred employers, contractors and subcontractors illegally participating in contracts | |
| SD1575 | For legislation relative to youth emancipation | |
| HD1578 | Relative to dental insurance | |
| HD1581 | Relative to disposal and collection of prescription drugs | |
| HD1591 | Relative to descendants email access and procedures | |
| HD1595 | Relative to spouses under the definition of family members serving as paid caregivers | |
| SD1601 | For legislation to ensure continued health insurance coverage for children | |
| HD1602 | For legislation to make and investigation and study to determine whether there are sufficient and appropriate services for low incidence students with disabilities | |
| HD1607 | For legislation to direct the Commissioner of Revenue to annually designate a sales tax holiday | |
| HD1609 | For legislation to establish a educational mandate working group | |
| HD1610 | For legislation to require businesses offering travel services to provide consumers with health and safety information relative to international destinations | |
| HD1611 | Relative to exempting certain school stadiums from plumbing regulations | |
| HD1612 | Relative to exempting veterans from the standard registration fee for veterans license plates | |
| HD1617 | Relative to establishing a grant program to promote cost-effective, high quality in-district programs for students with disabilities | |
| HD1624 | Relative to the penalties imposed for falsely assuming to be a public official | |
| HD1626 | Relative to line-of-duty death and survivor benefits for police officers and fire fighters | |
| HD1627 | For legislation to increase line-of-duty death benefits for police officers and fire fighters | |
| SD1632 | For legislation to increase parental awareness of opiate abuse risks | |
| HD1635 | An Act Relative to the use of business telephone numbers in the Underground Economy | |
| HD1636 | Relative to the prevention of hazardous material release through underground tanks | |
| HD1642 | Relative to criminal penalties for resisting arrest | |
| HD1647 | Relative to the health of public safety officers exposed to hypodermic syringes or hypodermic needles | |
| SD1648 | For legislation related to unfunded mandates on public schools | |
| HD1654 | Relative to civil motor vehicle infraction by a junior operator who is not emancipated | |
| SD1670 | For legislation relative to a municipality’s right of first refusal of agricultural land | |
| HD1670 | For legislation relative to the establishment of a Medicaid and health care reform FMAP trust fund | |
| HD1675 | Relative to penalties for impeding or disrupting a public way | |
| HD1684 | An Act related to unfunded mandates on public schools | |
| HD1716 | Relative to assault and battery upon public employees | |
| HD1720 | Relative to penalties for providing false information to law enforcement officials | |
| HD1724 | For legislation to authorize certain expenditures from the Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund | |
| HD1730 | Relative to hospital profit transparency and fairness and the establishment of a Medicaid reimbursement enhancement fund | |
| SD1732 | For legislation relative to bed bugs | |
| SD1739 | For legislation relative to responsible stewardship by drug manufacturers. | |
| HD1746 | For legislation to create a public health insurance agency to compete with private insurers | |
| HD1748 | For legislation to establish a special events marketing program within the Office of Travel and Tourism from additional assessments of meals taxes and room occupancy taxes | |
| HD1752 | For legislation to direct the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency to assess and report on the preparedness plans for a radiological accident at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant | |
| HD1753 | Relative to homeowners insurance rate filings that include charges for expected hurricane losses or catastrophes | |
| HD1754 | For legislation to authorize the Department of Public Health to enhance radiological air monitoring through an additional assessment to certain power plants | |
| HD1756 | Relative to coordinating the availability of transit services to employees of existing and expanding businesses by the Massachusetts Office of Business Development | |
| HD1759 | For legislation to create the position of poet laureate of the Commonwealth | |
| HD1761 | For legislation to authorize regional transit authorities to establish enterprise funds | |
| HD1767 | For legislation to increase power plant safety preparedness by the Department of Public Health to twenty miles | |
| HD1776 | For legislation to update penalties and protect electronic privacy | |
| HD1785 | Relative to small brewers of alcoholic beverages | |
| SD1790 | For legislation relative to cognitive rehabilitation. | |
| HD1809 | For legislation to classify NBOMe as a controlled substance and establishing the penalty of the illegal possession of said substance | |
| SD1822 | For legislation to promote safety in transportation projects through public inspections | |
| SD1829 | For legislation to establish fair scheduling for employees in the Commonwealth | |
| HD1846 | For legislation to regulate sex offender registration in the 21st century | |
| SD1850 | For legislation to prohibit misleading telemarketer calls to consumers | |
| HD1852 | That the Department of Environmental Protection be notified by manufacturers of products containing toxic chemicals | |
| 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 | |
| HD1899 | For the establishment of a special commission on the eye care and vision health needs of the Commonwealth | |
| HD1902 | An Act Relative to Healthy Eating in School Cafeterias | |
| HD1916 | For an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) of concussions that occur as a result of varsity sports in public and private high schools | |
| HD1921 | Relative to eliminating mandatory minimum sentences related to drug offenses | |
| HD1935 | For legislation to prevent trafficking in ivory and rhino horns | |
| HD1946 | For legislation to create a loan repayment program for direct care human service workers | |
| HD1967 | Relative to increasing the base for the calculation of cost-of-living increases for retired public employees | |
| HD2007 | For legislation to establish an advisory committee on the protection of honeybees in the Commonwealth | |
| HD2011 | Relative to the penalties for motor vehicle operators refusing to stop for a police officer | |
| HD2015 | For legislation to prohibit the sale to minors of electronic devices used to deliver liquid nicotine vapor | |
| HD2020 | An Act relative to the Online Privacy of Minors | |
| HD2021 | Relative to expanding access to healthy food choices in vending machines on state property | |
| HD2027 | An Act relative to the Safety of Teenage Drivers | |
| HD2050 | Relative to net metering by utility companies | |
| HD2064 | For legislation relative to victims rights | |
| HD2070 | For legislation to establish a task force to identify and review state laws, regulations, and administrative directives that prescribe requirements for school districts | |
| HD2072 | For legislation to address workplace bullying, mobbing, and harrassment, without regard to protected class status | |
| 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 | |
| HD2086 | Relative to accountability for certain corporate political activities | |
| HD2089 | For legislation to promote the use of restorative justice practices | |
| HD2120 | For legislation to include private schools and charter schools in the interscholastic athletic head injury safety training program | |
| HD2126 | Relative to protecting puppies and kittens | |
| HD2171 | Relative to contracts for town assessors, treasurers and collectors | |
| HD2188 | Relative to juvenile court jurisdiction to divert from further court processing of certain children | |
| HD2189 | An Act relative to Puppy Mills | |
| HD2204 | relative to the use of audio or video recordings as minutes of public bodies | |
| HD2208 | For legislation to impose a moratorium on all new mandated education programs | |
| HD2233 | Relative to the management of low lands and swamps to control of tick-borne illness | |
| HD2239 | Relative to safe disposal of syringes, injection devices and other medical sharps | |
| HD2242 | Relative to insurance for transportation service companies that uses digital networks or software application services to connect passengers to services provided by transportation network company drivers | |
| HD2267 | Relative to the formula for district reimbursement through the special education circuit breaker | |
| HD2284 | That plaintiffs who have filed five or more unsuccessful petitions in the past seven years be classified as vexatious litigants | |
| HD2287 | Relative to property tax exemptions for persons over seventy years of age | |
| HD2305 | Relative to the payment of an accidental death benefit from the State-Boston retirement board to Maureen Shaw | |
| HD2308 | For legislation to expunge the records of persons falsely accused and juveniles. | |
| HD2310 | For legislation to authorize municipalities to reduce the real property tax obligations of persons over the age of sixty in exchange for volunteer service | |
| HD2315 | Relative to allowing physicians to retain a person administered naloxone when deemed medically necessary | |
| HD2325 | Relative to parental notification for out-of-school-district counseling referrals | |
| HD2330 | For legislation to authorize income tax filers to make voluntary contributions to the Massachusetts Cultural Development Fund on their annual income tax returns | |
| HD2336 | Relative to the use and protection of pollinators | |
| HD2342 | Relative to vocational training for the unemployed | |
| HD2345 | Relative to temporary workers’ unemployment benefits | |
| HD2368 | Relative to access to child and adolescent mental health services | |
| HD2399 | An Act AN ACT CREATING CONSTRUCTION RELEVANCE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM | |
| HD2432 | Relative to background checks on foster parents | |
| HD2433 | For legislation to further define standards of employee safety | |
| HD2436 | Relative to sexual health education | |
| HD2440 | Relative to the dispensing of controlled substances by emergency room physicians | |
| HD2441 | An Act relative to aggregated gas power | |
| HD2442 | Relative to bank robberies and collection of fraudulent checks | |
| HD2445 | For legislation to protect consumers using the Internet from identity theft and online predators | |
| HD2447 | Relative to further regulating the issuance of certificates of organization to corporations and limited liability companies | |
| HD2450 | Relative to the collection and reporting of certain nursing facility resident care information | |
| HD2451 | Relative to parental rights and child survivors of homicide | |
| HD2452 | For legislation to provide insurance coverage for chemical dependency, including alcoholism, within the Division of Medical Assistance | |
| HD2456 | Relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth’s nursing facilities | |
| HD2457 | Relative to the penalties for enticing a child under the age of sixteen | |
| HD2458 | Relative to the payment of certain claims by medical malpractice insurers | |
| HD2460 | Relative to the suspension of benefits by the Department of Transitional Assistance for persons convicted of certain crimes against the person | |
| HD2463 | An Act requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient substance abuse treatment | |
| HD2470 | For legislation to promote accessibility and affordability of behavioral health and substance abuse services for recipients of MassHealth | |
| HD2477 | Relative to protecting Department of Children and Families social workers’ home addresses | |
| HD2497 | Relative to a review of existing staffing levels of environmental police officers in the Commonwealth | |
| HD2502 | For legislation to require the use of helmets for horseback riders and drivers of horse-drawn wagons | |
| HD2522 | For legislation to require business owners to notify employees of their eligibility to purchase or bid on said business prior to transfers of the business | |
| HD2529 | For legislation to authorize the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to issue distinctive registration plates for fire fighters | |
| HD2540 | For legislation to increase the share of courses taught by full-time tenure and tenure-track faculty | |
| HD2560 | For legislation to require reports of state fire code violations be forwarded to the local marshal or head of the local fire department | |
| 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 | |
| HD2615 | That banks be required to mediate in good faith with homeowners to identify alternative resolutions before starting foreclosures | |
| HD2617 | For legislation to require seatbelts in school buses | |
| HD2635 | To establish a commission relative to the suitable placement of a memorial to Raymond L. Flynn | |
| HD2646 | That public school students of voting age be instructed on the voter registration process and provided access to voter registration forms | |
| HD2664 | For legislation to prohibit the withholding of diplomas to students meeting all requirements except a score on a state standardized test | |
| HD2670 | An Act requiring physician training on Alzheimer's and dementia | |
| HD2687 | An Act relative to bee colony collapse disorder | |
| HD2706 | For legislation to provide an income tax deduction for interest paid on certain graduate student loans | |
| HD2724 | An Act expanding the duties of members of the General Court | |
| HD2741 | For legislation to provide emergency aid to certain elderly and disabled residents | |
| HD2750 | For legislation to increase the penalties for assault and battery upon a child | |
| HD2751 | Relative to emergency vehicle lights and signals | |
| HD2758 | For legislation to disclosure requirements for dry cleaners using toxic chemicals | |
| HD2768 | Relative to flag desecration | |
| HD2802 | Relative to pay equity | |
| HD2806 | An Act relative to interest on property tax bills | |
| HD2810 | For legislation to further regulate the canceling of insurance coverage for non-payment of premiums | |
| HD2818 | Relative to administering the medical assistance programs | |
| HD2831 | Relative to sports medicine professionals | |
| HD2841 | An Act allowing for the partial payment of property taxes | |
| HD2844 | For legislation to increase participation in early childhood care settings | |
| HD2859 | An Act relative to the taxation of veterans | |
| HD2868 | Relative to establishing distinctive registration motor vehicle plates for Massachusetts Fallen Heroes | |
| HD2880 | An Act relative to direct mailings | |
| HD2894 | An Act establishing a college tuition tax deduction | |
| HD2909 | For legislation relative to the collection of personal property taxes | |
| HD2912 | For legislation to provide transparency in the data contained in the payer and provider claims database | |
| HD2919 | For legislation to dedicate a portion of certain grants to promote community on-the-job training for youths | |
| 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 | |
| HD2945 | Relative to the reporting of credit transactions of consumers by financial or consumer lending institutions following bankruptcies | |
| HD2946 | Relative to amending spousal support payments by wage assignment and account garnishment | |
| HD2948 | For legislation to further regulate the sale of tobacco products to teenagers | |
| HD2961 | Relative to juror service certificates | |
| HD2975 | Relative to training of elder services workers in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease | |
| HD2976 | Relative to utility data transparency and access | |
| HD2979 | Relative to scholarship programs for children of veterans and public officers | |
| HD2997 | Relative to the criteria for the release of terminally ill inmates to alternative locations of confinement | |
| HD2998 | For legislation to create a program to reduce childhood obesity by assessing a tax on candies, confectionaries and soft drinks | |
| HD3021 | That the University of Massachusetts and the University of Massachusetts Medical School develop and implement provisions for payback in learning contracts | |
| HD3022 | For legislation to limit fees charged by cashers of checks, drafts or money orders | |
| HD3036 | Relative to anesthesia insurance coverage for children hospitalized for dental treatment | |
| HD3046 | An Act regulating practices of common carriers regarding former business customers | |
| HD3096 | Relative to consumer privacy in mortgage applications | |
| HD3098 | That the the Department of Transportation assess the current status of the transportation system of the Commonwealth | |
| HD3119 | For legislation to permit purging of juveniles delinquency records | |
| HD3137 | For legislation to establish election day voter registration | |
| HD3146 | For legislation to increase the penalties for violations of certain hunting laws | |
| HD3160 | Relative to insurance payments for use of ambulance services | |
| HD3165 | Relative to strengthening and expanding affordable, quality higher education opportunities for residents of the Commonwealth | |
| HD3167 | For legislation to authorize public institutions of higher education to retain funds received as in-state tuition | |
| HD3200 | For legislation to protect tenants and prevent vacancies in foreclosed homes | |
| HD3201 | Relative to child-centered family law and child custody determinations | |
| HD3220 | For legislation to institute programs to respond to sexual violence on higher education campuses | |
| HD3234 | Relative to the punishment for deaths caused as the result of the injection, inhalation or ingestion of drugs | |
| HD3241 | Relative to electronic prescribing of opiates and other controlled substances | |
| HD3250 | Relative to veterans preference for public housing | |
| HD3255 | An Act relative to strengthening background checks | |
| HD3260 | An Act prohibiting the obstruction of state highways | |
| HD3284 | An Act relating to public safety and public health worker protections | |
| HD3298 | Relative to establishing a right to counsel in certain eviction cases | |
| HD3343 | For legislation to mandate health insurance coverage for certain brain injury rehabilitation | |
| HD3364 | For legislation to provide a waiver of fees to veterans at public institutions of higher learning | |
| HD3391 | An Act providing for certain health insurance coverage | |
| HD3413 | An Act relative to recognition of the "Honor and Remember" Flag in the Commonwealth | |
| HD3414 | For legislation to direct the Attorney General to provide for a study of the methodology used to promulgate new flood insurance rate maps through the National Flood Insurance Program | |
| HD3416 | An Act concerning nondiscrimination in access to organ transplantation | |
| HD3425 | For legislation to increase neighborhood safety and opportunity by enhancing the enforcement and penalties for violations of the controlled substances laws | |
| HD3433 | For legislation to protect families from adverse financial conditions caused by unreasonable debt | |
| HD3435 | For legislation to exempt disabled veterans from motor vehicle registration fees on primary passenger vehicles | |
| HD3444 | For an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to enhancing tourism at the State House | |
| HD3521 | Relative to court appointed legal guardians | |
| HD3525 | Relative to Superior Court foreclosure procedures | |
| HD3530 | Relative to holding property owners accountable for recurring municipal public nuisance complaints | |
| HD3552 | Relative to increasing killed-in-line-of-duty benefits for public safety employees | |
| HD3553 | Relative to utility meters and the rights of utility ratepayers | |
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By Request |
HD623 | For legislation to establish a balanced sustainable development commission |
Personal Information
| Profession: | Legislator |
Education & Public Service
- Cathedral High School
- Westfield State College, B.S. Business Management
- Westfield State College, Masters Criminal Justice
- MA House of Representatives 2009 to present
- Longmeadow Select Board 20012008, Select Board Chairman 2003 and 2006
- Metropolitan Planning Organization 2004 - 2007