Sarah K. Peake Division Chair
D
Provincetown
Addresses
- State House
- Room 540
- Boston, MA 02133
- Phone: 617-722-2090
- Fax: 617-722-2239
- Email: Sarah.Peake@mahouse.gov
- District Office
- Phone: 508-487-5694
| Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
|---|---|---|
| HD1744 | (by vote of the town) that the town of Provincetown be authorized to impose a room occupancy excise tax on vacation rental property in said town | |
| HD1745 | (by vote of the town) relative to real estate transfers in the town of Provincetown | |
| 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 | |
| HD1749 | That cities and towns be authorized to include "transient accommodations" under the room occupancy excise tax | |
| 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 | |
| HD1755 | Relative to room rental rates under the room occupancy excise tax law | |
| 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 | |
| HD1762 | For legislation to provide a limited tax amnesty for certain seasonal rental income | |
| HD1764 | (by vote of the town) relative to seasonal rental properties in the town of Truro | |
| HD1765 | Relative to penalties for the crime of female genital mutilation | |
| HD1767 | For legislation to increase power plant safety preparedness by the Department of Public Health to twenty miles | |
| HD1769 | Relative to HIV-associated lipodystrophy treatment | |
| HD1771 | Relative to noise pollution | |
| HD1773 | Relative to shellfish reefs and water quality | |
| HD1776 | For legislation to update penalties and protect electronic privacy | |
| HD3226 | An Act authorizing the Nauset regional school district to grant a certain easement |
| Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
|---|---|---|
| SD37 | For legislation relative to the practice of acupuncture. | |
| SD39 | For legislation relative to compliance of condominium associations. | |
| HD45 | Relative to the modernization of optometric patient care | |
| SD46 | For legislation to establish a fee on the storage of spent nuclear fuel in pools. | |
| SD47 | For legislation relative to spouses as caregivers. | |
| SD48 | For legislation relative to sales tax in cultural districts. | |
| SD50 | For legislation to establish funding to provide moneys for postclosure activities at nuclear power stations | |
| HD58 | For legislation to establish a system for tracking the unmet service needs of persons with developmental disabilities | |
| 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 | |
| HD71 | Relative to special education funding | |
| HD89 | Relative to deductible rates set by the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association for damages caused by windstorms or hail | |
| HD92 | Relative to speed limits in historic districts | |
| HD95 | Relative to regulating sewer betterment assessments | |
| SD115 | For legislation relative to vegetation management. | |
| SD121 | For legislation to provide consumers with equal protection for all real estate appraisals | |
| SD128 | For legislation relative to just cause terminations. | |
| SD133 | For legislation to further regulate the continuing education requirements for certain real estate appraisers and trainees | |
| HD286 | Relative to the payment and preservation of beds in nursing home facilities for recipients of MassHealth benefits | |
| SD307 | For legislation to establish civil and criminal penalties for the female genital mutilation of minors. | |
| SD317 | For legislation to promote the planning and development of sustainable communities | |
| HD331 | Relative to providing hearing aid coverage for persons with profound hearing loss | |
| HD369 | An Act establishing the genetic engineering transparency food and seed labeling act | |
| HD393 | To increase the property tax deferral for certain persons sixty-five years of age or older | |
| HD401 | For legislation to establish criteria for MassHealth hardship waivers | |
| HD414 | For legislation to further regulate the performing of abortions and protecting women’s reproductive health | |
| HD454 | Relative to senior hoarding | |
| HD460 | Relative to consent and counseling of pregnant women under sixteen years of age | |
| HD469 | Relative to Lyme disease treatment health insurance coverage | |
| SD499 | For legislation to improve renewable energy distribution. | |
| HD531 | An Act to establish estate tax valuation for farms | |
| HD536 | That cities and towns be authorized to establish agricultural commissions for the promotion and development of the agricultural resources | |
| HD565 | For legislation to place the department of public utilities within the department of consumer affairs and business regulation | |
| HD567 | For legislation to increase the Commonwealth's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act | |
| HD582 | For legislation to eliminate age discrimination in the Masshealth Program | |
| HD583 | For legislation to regulate real estate appraisal management companies | |
| HD594 | Relative to the restoration of oral health benefits for MassHealth recipients | |
| HD595 | Relative to common summary of payments forms for health care services | |
| HD664 | For an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) on institutional long term care | |
| HD678 | Relative to the maximum number of patients assigned to a registered nurses or hospital care attendants | |
| HD687 | For legislation to benefit the Health Safety Net Trust Fund | |
| 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 | |
| HD901 | For legislation to prohibit the use of procedures which cause physical pain or deny a reasonable humane existence to persons with disabilities | |
| SD906 | For legislation to create the Hampden County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls | |
| SD920 | For legislation to prevent unnecessary vacancies in foreclosed homes | |
| SD974 | For legislation to protect animals during pet sales. | |
| HD1019 | Relative to the establishment of community benefit districts in cities and towns | |
| HD1034 | Relative to coverage for prescription eye drops under health insurance policies | |
| HD1046 | For legislation to update the contraceptive coverage equity law to require insurance carriers to provide all contraceptive methods without a co-pay | |
| SD1081 | For legislation relative to the distribution of raw milk | |
| SD1146 | For legislation relative to alternatives to foreclosure | |
| HD1173 | Relative to protecting consumers of gas and electricity from paying for leaked and unaccounted for gas | |
| HD1188 | That the Commissioner of Insurance be directed to make a bi-annual investigation relative to flood insurance rates | |
| HD1190 | Relative to the storage and dissemination of certain public records in an electronic format | |
| HD1230 | Relative to abusive or hostile work environments | |
| HD1233 | Relative to public utility company vegetation management | |
| HD1234 | Relative to tax havens | |
| HD1244 | Relative to defining a timeframe for users of real estate appraisal services to file a complaint with the Massachusetts Department of Public Licensure | |
| HD1331 | Relative to the penalties associated with moving violations | |
| SD1363 | For legislation to establish a health incentives program. | |
| HD1412 | Relative to the prevention and elimination of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression within the Department of Elder Affairs. | |
| HD1450 | Relative to the jurisdiction of the courts within the Housing Court Department | |
| HD1470 | Relative to persons performing job related services | |
| HD1478 | Relative to sales tax exemption for art | |
| HD1505 | Relative to gas leak repairs during road projects | |
| HD1593 | For legislation to require transparency in solicitations via telephone and similar devices | |
| HD1595 | Relative to spouses under the definition of family members serving as paid caregivers | |
| HD1677 | For legislation to establish a Diabetes state action plan | |
| HD1687 | (by vote of the town) relative to the application of the local option room occupancy excise tax in the town of Brewster | |
| SD1777 | For legislation to ensure reliable land title to bolster local home ownership and business creation. | |
| HD1785 | Relative to small brewers of alcoholic beverages | |
| HD1834 | For legislation to support the transition to adult services for persons with disabilities | |
| 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 | |
| HD1892 | An Act relative to criminal record checks for referees | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| HD2007 | For legislation to establish an advisory committee on the protection of honeybees in the Commonwealth | |
| HD2015 | For legislation to prohibit the sale to minors of electronic devices used to deliver liquid nicotine vapor | |
| HD2034 | For legislation to establish a state meat inspection program and enhance the meat and poultry slaughter and processing infrastructure in the Commonwealth | |
| HD2036 | For legislation to exempt certain vehicles used exclusively for agricultural purposes from registration requirements | |
| HD2053 | For legislation to promote farm viability | |
| HD2060 | Relative to access to capital for business growth in economically distressed communities | |
| HD2063 | For legislation to direct the Commissioner of Agricultural Resources to establish a livestock care and standards board to ensure the humane keeping and treatment of livestock | |
| HD2070 | For legislation to establish a task force to identify and review state laws, regulations, and administrative directives that prescribe requirements for school districts | |
| HD2126 | Relative to protecting puppies and kittens | |
| HD2207 | Relative to social media password privacy for school students | |
| HD2217 | Relative to the uniform procurement law | |
| HD2330 | For legislation to authorize income tax filers to make voluntary contributions to the Massachusetts Cultural Development Fund on their annual income tax returns | |
| HD2340 | For legislation to provide for a capital outlay program of maintenance and improvements to municipal drinking, waste and storm water infrastructure assets | |
| HD2433 | For legislation to further define standards of employee safety | |
| HD2436 | Relative to sexual health education | |
| HD2456 | Relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth’s nursing facilities | |
| HD2568 | For legislation to establish a sustainable water resource fund to mitigate water shortages | |
| HD2615 | That banks be required to mediate in good faith with homeowners to identify alternative resolutions before starting foreclosures | |
| HD2629 | Relative to the manufacture or sale of personal care products and over-the-counter drugs containing microbeads | |
| 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 | |
| HD2796 | Relative to historic route designations | |
| HD2802 | Relative to pay equity | |
| HD2907 | That the Division of Professional Licensure amend the Uniform State Plumbing Code and associated regulations to include a category of agricultural buildings and operations | |
| HD2941 | Relative to certified professional midwives | |
| HD2943 | For legislation to further regulate expenditures for mortgages from the Community Preservation Trust Fund | |
| HD2980 | Relative to the rights of persons receiving services through the Department of Mental Health | |
| HD2998 | For legislation to create a program to reduce childhood obesity by assessing a tax on candies, confectionaries and soft drinks | |
| HD3072 | Relative to gender identity and access to public accommodations | |
| HD3114 | For legislation to develop a high quality pre-kindergarten education grant program | |
| HD3158 | For legislation to increase access to mental health services | |
| HD3160 | Relative to insurance payments for use of ambulance services | |
| HD3173 | For legislation to establish a small-scale housing development demonstration program within the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development | |
| HD3195 | For legislation to exclude novelty sparklers from the definition of prohibited fireworks | |
| HD3200 | For legislation to protect tenants and prevent vacancies in foreclosed homes | |
| HD3202 | Relative to the protection of the mental and physical health of minors from sexual orientation and/or gender identity change efforts | |
| HD3217 | For legislation to encourage the development of clean energy security, energy diversity and economic growth | |
| HD3391 | An Act providing for certain health insurance coverage | |
| HD3397 | For legislation to reduce plastic bag pollution | |
| 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 | |
| HD3444 | For an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to enhancing tourism at the State House | |
| HD3449 | For legislation to designate June sixteenth as domestic workers’ rights day | |
| HD3471 | For legislation to further regulate registries of deeds | |
| HD3501 | Relative to establishing an office of rural policy |
Personal Information
| Profession: | Legislator |
Education & Public Service
- Colgate University A.B.
- Pace University School of Law, J.D.
- Provincetown Board of Selectmen (2002-2007 Vice Chair 2005-2007)
- Provincetown Charter Enforcement Commission (1995-2002)
- Mass. House (2007-present)