Bill Title: Prohibiting devocalization of dogs and cats.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-2)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-22 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 82 of the Acts of 2010 [H344 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Susan Tucker [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carl Sciortino [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-34-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Scibak [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeffrey Sanchez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Rush [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Pam Richardson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Quinn [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Denise Provost [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-27-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Nangle [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charles Murphy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-21-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Malia [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ellen Story [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Martin Walsh [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Bruce Tarr [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Karen Spilka [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MIDDLE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Anthony Petruccelli [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patricia Jehlen [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Hart [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jennifer Flanagan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WORCES	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Susan Fargo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-03-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cynthia Creem [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Stephen Brewer [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WORCES	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Welch [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HAMPDE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Martha Walz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Barbara L'Italien [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Linsky [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cheryl Coakley-Rivera [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen Canessa [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christine Canavan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Callahan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-18-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Brownsberger [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-SUFFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Garrett Bradley [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bill Bowles [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Bosley [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Benson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-37-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ruth Balser [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Arciero [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Conroy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Viriato deMacedo [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-PLYMOU	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen Kulik [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-FRA	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Peter Koutoujian [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Keenan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Louis Kafka [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jonathan Hecht [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-29-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lida Harkins [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Haddad [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sean Garballey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-23-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Fresolo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Linda Forry [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Donato [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-35-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Geraldo Alicea [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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