Bill Title: To provide access to hearing aids for children

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 58-11)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-06 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 233 of the Acts of 2012 [H52 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Sean Garballey [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-23-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Stephen Brewer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WORCES	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Finn [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rhonda Nyman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Haddad [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Martin Walsh [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Golden [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Benson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-37-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Dwyer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-30-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Donato [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-35-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Nick Collins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christopher Markey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Richard Moore [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WORCES	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carolyn Dykema [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lori Ehrlich [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Eileen Donoghue [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Angelo Puppolo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Linda Campbell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bradford Hill [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kevin Murphy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-18-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Torrisi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Moore [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Susan Fargo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-03-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Scibak [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Binienda [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Brownsberger [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-SUFFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen DiNatale [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kimberly Ferguson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gloria Fox [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Fresolo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Anne Gobi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WORCES	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sheila Harrington [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kate Hogan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Randy Hunt [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Thomas Kennedy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kay Khan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jason Lewis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-05-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Linsky [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Thomas McGee [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-03-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Alice Peisch [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Poirier [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Denise Provost [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-27-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative George Ross [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Todd Smola [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Stanley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Alice Wolf [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-25-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Arciero [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Geraldine Creedon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul McMurtry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen Smith [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-28-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Toomey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-26-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Matthew Beaton [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MIDDLE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Eldridge [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MIDDLE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ryan Fattman [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WORCES	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Louis Kafka [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Theodore Speliotis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cynthia Creem [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Fernandes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Colleen Garry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-36-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jonathan Hecht [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-29-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kevin Honan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Keenan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative George Peterson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Benjamin Swan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Angelo D'Emilia [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carl Sciortino [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-34-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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