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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | S2380 | Introduced | SENATE, Thursday, March 29, 2018 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill establishing a student loan bill of rights (Senate, No.129),-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-11 Reprinted as amended, see S2421 |
| #2 | H3093 | Introduced | Relative to health care decisions during periods of incapacity. The Judiciary. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19 |
| #3 | H4318 | Introduced | Promoting climate change adaptation, environmental and natural resource protection, and investment in recreational assets and opportunity [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27 |
| #4 | S129 | Introduced | For legislation to establish a student loan bill of rights. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-11 New draft substituted, see S2380 |
| #5 | H3161 | Introduced | Relative to workers compensation classification appeals. Labor and Workforce Development. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19 |
| #6 | S433 | Introduced | For legislation relative to bow and arrow hunting season. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Accompanied a new draft, see S2463 |
| #7 | S1090 | Introduced | For legislation to establish a center of excellence in community policing and behavioral health. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19 Accompanied a new draft, see S2452 |
| #8 | H3956 | Introduced | Relative to recovery of costs for certain medical assistance. Health Care Financing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04 |
| #9 | S2371 | Passed | Relativerelative to criminal justice reform.” (Senate, No. 2371). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-13 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 69 of the Acts of 2018 |
| #10 | H2519 | Introduced | Relative to the retirement of non-clerical workers of the Water Resources Authority. Public Service. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-02 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading |
| #11 | S2266 | Introduced | For legislation to prevent bureaucratic overreach in the collection of student debt. Higher Education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05 |
| #12 | S2375 | Engrossed | Senate March 22, 2018, – Text of the Senate Bill to promote and enhance civic engagement (being the text of Senate document number 2355, printed as amended) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 |
| #13 | S2381 | Introduced | SENATE, Thursday, March 29, 2018 - The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the House Bill regulating and insuring short-term rentals; reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enactin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04 See H4327 |
| #14 | S2412 | Introduced | For legislation relative to expungement from central registry,- reports the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2412). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-12 |
| #15 | S456 | Introduced | For legislation to ensure safe drinking water at schools and early childhood programs. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Accompanied a new draft, see S2465 |
| #16 | S1273 | Introduced | For legislation to require protection for the continuous skilled care of fragile children in the Commonwealth. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04 |
| #17 | S549 | Introduced | For legislation to advance and expand access to telemedicine services. Financial Services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Accompanied a new draft, see S2471 |
| #18 | H3256 | Introduced | Relative to carbon monoxide and fire alarms in schools, residences and places of public assembly. Public Safety and Homeland Security. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-11 |
| #19 | S2069 | Introduced | For legislation to provide for recall elections in the town of Uxbridge. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.] [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09 Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| #20 | S2455 | Introduced | Relative to consumer protection from security breaches”; and by inserting before the enacting clause the following emergency preamble:-. “Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to enhance forthwith ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19 Recommended new text for H4241 |
| #21 | H2700 | Introduced | Relative to compliance with the Global Warming Solutions Act. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 |
| #22 | H4409 | Introduced | For legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Daisy F. Bolden, an employee of the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System. Public Service. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| #23 | H1969 | Introduced | By Representative Ultrino of Malden and Senator Eldridge, a joint petition of Steven Ultrino, James B. Eldridge and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) of anti-poverty strategies aimed at reduc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 |
| #24 | S1103 | Introduced | For legislation to provide access to full spectrum addiction treatment services. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-17 Accompanied a study order, see S2439 |
| #25 | S1163 | Introduced | For legislation relative to transparency and access in healthcare. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-12 Accompanied a study order, see S2422 |
| #26 | S2421 | Engrossed | Establishing a student loan bill of rights [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-17 |
| #27 | S733 | Introduced | For legislation relative to access to housing for first responders. Housing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09 Accompanied a study order, see S2401 |
| #28 | S110 | Introduced | For legislation to regulate the granting of temporary licenses for the sale of wine, beer, and malt liquor at auctions for nonprofit charitable corporations. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-12 Accompanied a new draft, see S2414 |
| #29 | S383 | Introduced | For legislation relative to voter information privacy. Election Laws. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04 Accompanied a study order, see S2399 |
| #30 | S751 | Introduced | For legislation to promote savings for first time homebuyers. Housing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09 Accompanied a study order, see S2401 |
| #31 | S641 | Introduced | For legislation to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the Commonwealth. Health Care Financing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Accompanied H622 |
| #32 | S1206 | Introduced | For legislation relative to out-of-hospital birth access and safety. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-12 Accompanied a study order, see S2422 |
| #33 | S1220 | Introduced | For legislation to prohibit the marketing of sugary drinks in schools. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-02 |
| #34 | S1267 | Introduced | For legislation to register virtual manufacturers. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-12 Accompanied a study order, see S2422 |
| #35 | S1169 | Introduced | For legislation to establish an advanced dental hygiene practitioner level of practice. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-17 Senate concurred |
| #36 | S1227 | Introduced | For legislation relative to continuing education requirements for chiropractors. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-12 Accompanied a study order, see S2422 |
| #37 | S1233 | Introduced | For legislation to restore integrity in the marketing of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04 |
| #38 | S1182 | Introduced | For legislation relative to the safe treatment of pain. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-12 Accompanied a study order, see S2422 |
| #39 | H141 | Introduced | Relative to further regulating storage of alcoholic beverages. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-29 |
| #40 | H407 | Introduced | Relative to rules and regulations governing boarding kennels and daycare facilities for dogs. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Accompanied a new draft, see S2461 |
| #41 | H578 | Introduced | Relative to advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services. Financial Services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-26 Accompanied a new draft, see H4332 |
| #42 | H286 | Introduced | Relative to licensing group care facilities under the control of the Department of Early Education and Care that serve students with special needs. Education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-11 Accompanied a new draft, see H4390 |
| #43 | H2566 | Introduced | For legislation to establish an early retirement incentive program for employees of the Massachusetts Port Authority. Public Service. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-02 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading |
| #44 | H2915 | Introduced | Relative to drinking water at schools and early childhood programs. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Accompanied a new draft, see S2465 |
| #45 | H3396 | Introduced | Relative to solar power equity in low-income and environmental justice communities. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-17 |
| #46 | H3528 | Introduced | For legislation to further define miniature beverage containers under the "bottle bill", so-called. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-29 |
| #47 | H4142 | Introduced | Relative to the rights and evictions of certain tenants of post-foreclosure rental housing in the city of Boston. The Judiciary. [Local Approval Received.] [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19 |
| #48 | S2379 | Introduced | For legislation to finance fishing and farming investment. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27 |
| #49 | H4330 | Introduced | Resolve establishing a Commission to Study the Feasibility of a Secure Choice Retirement Savings Option [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 |
| #50 | H4382 | Introduced | House bill No. 4366, as changed by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading, and as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. April 5, 2018. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
