Bill Title: Eliminating mandatory minimum sentences related to drug offenses

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-10-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4706 [H1620 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Benjamin Swan [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Linda Forry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Evandro Carvalho [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marcos Devers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carlos Gonzalez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gloria Fox [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Russell Holmes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Byron Rushing [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tom Sannicandro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jose Tosado [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Aaron Vega [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Todd Smola [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Brady [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Kaufman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Chris Walsh [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Peter Kocot [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carolyn Dykema [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Livingstone [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Denise Provost [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-27-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jason Lewis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-05-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Donahue [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Louis Kafka [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marjorie Decker [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-25-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Benson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-37-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carmine Gentile [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jonathan Hecht [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-29-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Eldridge [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MIDDLE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Rogers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-24-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kay Khan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ruth Balser [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeffrey Roy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Heroux [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Danielle Gregoire [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Claire Cronin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Brendan Crighton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-03-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul McMurtry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kenneth Gordon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-21-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ellen Story [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James O'Day [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Keefe [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Steven Ultrino [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-33-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gailanne Cariddi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cory Atkins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Frank Smizik [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michelle DuBois [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Lawn [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sean Garballey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-23-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christine Barber [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-34-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Moran [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-18-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Mahoney [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Madden [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-BARNST	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Malia [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Antonio Cabral [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Leah Cole [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Scibak [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Ashe [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Day [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-31-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Schmid [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Aaron Michlewitz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen DiNatale [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Brodeur [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-32-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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