(H.585) To safeguard student health and improve academic performance this bill seeks to create a special commission with representatives from principal stakeholders so the Commonwealth can study how to delay secondary school start times with the least disruption possible.
(H. 834) This bill would allow an individual who is eligible to vote to register as a voter by appearing in person at the polling place for the precinct in which the individual resides during the hours it is open for voting.
(H.124 /S.64) This legislation would narrow the list of acceptable pesticides for use on outdoor grounds of any school, childcare center, or school age childcare program in the Commonwealth. Only pesticides considered minimum risk by the EPA and those permitted for organic use will be allowed, except in the case of a health emergency when school officials could apply for a waiver.
(H.950 /S.652) This legislation would create licensing restrictions on the use and sale of glyphosate in Massachusetts so that only persons properly licensed or authorized to apply pesticides could purchase and use it, or offer it for sale, supply or make available any pesticide that contains it.
(H.954) This legislation would allow individual municipalities to further restrict the use of pesticides through a vote of their legislative body. Communities may adopt ordinances and by-laws that regulate, restrict or prohibit the use and application or disposal of pesticides within the city or town that are more stringent than the standards set forth by the state.
(H.951) This bill would place an outright ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as well as the collection, storage, treatment, or disposal of wastewater and other byproducts of fracking. Fracking's adverse environmental effects are well documented, and this bill would follow the lead of many other states that have banned the practice.
(H.767 /S.870) This bill seeks to improve the rate setting process by increasing the transparency, consistency and accuracy of the methodology used to determine rates. It requires rates to reflect all operating costs incurred by providers and requires that new rates must be accompanied by reports filed with the legislature.
(H.1436 /S.929) This bill would provide public higher education to all Massachusetts residents free of tuition, fees, and student debt.
(H.1509/ S.983) This bill seeks to encourage the establishment of housing cooperatives by creating a center for cooperatives to help the growth of and transition to cooperatives.
(H.1433) Currently, each of our public higher education institutions in the Commonwealth has different standards and procedures for demonstrating a disability. This legislation would standardize that process by creating a universal and equitable framework for students across all public institutions.
(H.1434 /S.934) This legislation creates a three-institution pilot with improved conditions and career advancement opportunities for adjunct faculty in our public higher education system. This controlled approach would provide valuable data on best practices for broader reform.
(H.1721) This legislation would substantially restrict sovereign immunity, allowing plaintiffs to sue government bodies for damages such as personal injury. Currently a placeholder as House Counsel reviews language.
(H.1723) This bill would bring Massachusetts in line with the other 49 states in the area of liability treatment of non-profits, as they are currently granted substantial charitable immunity from tortfeasors.
(H.2432 /S.1484) This legislation seeks to implement the Recommendations of the Final Report of the Special Legislative Commission to Study Pancreatic Cancer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(HD.1660/ S.1635) This legislation would allow some pharmacists to issue prescriptions for opioid use disorder medications.
(H.2844/ S.1835) This legislation would provide a local option that would have to be approved at town meeting, which would improve some death benefits.
(H.3105 /S.2096) This bill would create a local option that would have to be approved at town meeting, which would allow senior long-term residents who were eligible for the senior circuit breaker tax credit in the previous taxable year to receive a property tax abatement on their home.
(H.3842/ S.2463) This bill would mandate that, if Congress does not act within six months of the passage of this legislation, Massachusetts will petition for an Article V Convention for the limited purpose of passing such an amendment. This would mirror action already taken by the states of California, Illinois, Vermont, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
(H.1674/ S.1069) This legislation would further restrict the ability of people who attempt or commit rape or sexual assault from obtaining visitation rights in key cases that are not sufficiently covered by the existing statute.
(H.805/ S.497 ) This bill would correct ambiguous, confusing language on the ballot for the Governor’s Councillor position.
(H.1148 /S.834) This bill requires health insurance to cover acupuncture both as a treatment for pain and substance use disorders.
(H.2274) This bill creates a local option for towns to conduct remote or hybrid open or representative town meetings. This would allow seniors, parents of young kids, people with disabilities and others to more easily participate in municipal decision-making.
(H.3056 /S.1937) This legislation would create a local option to allow municipalities to place a small tax on real estate sales, which would provide much needed funds for local affordable housing construction and maintenance.
(H.3106 /S.1972) Based on the proposal in the Governor’s Municipal Empowerment Act, this legislation would permit municipalities to increase their meals tax to 1.5%, generating needed local revenue.
(H.3846 /S.2464) This bill is a technical fix to the governing statute for the Citizen's Commission, which would allow for vacancies on the commission to be filled. The bill also modifies the guidelines for reporting and scope that were established under the 2018 measure to facilitate the creation of future reports.
(H.2843) This bill allows employees of state universities to receive incentives for early retirement.
(H.953) This legislation would designate forest land controlled by DCR as parks and reserves, and establishes coordinated management guidelines for public forest lands in the state.
(H.3843) This resolution would have the State of Massachusetts officially call on Congress to overturn the disastrous 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision.
(H.952) This legislation would designate watershed forest land controlled by DCR as parks and reserves, and establishes coordinated management guidelines for public watershed forest lands in the state.
(H.2107 / S.1349) This bill would gradually raise the minimum hourly wage over four years to $20, the minimum tipped hourly wage to $12, and automatically adjust minimum wage in future by inflation. Adjusted for inflation, $15 in 2018 (when Massachusetts passed $15 dollar minimum wage) is now $19.10.
(H.3496) This bill would restrict condo associations, homeowners’ associations, and other groups from placing unreasonable restrictions that bar the installation of solar panels. It mirrors language adopted in the climate omnibus bill last session regarding electric vehicle chargers.
(H.3844) This resolution officially calls on Congress to admit Washington D.C. as the 51st state in the Union. Until D.C. becomes a state its residents, taxpaying citizens of the country and largely people of color, will remain without representation in Congress.
(H.3845) The Child Labor Amendment was passed by Congress in 1924 in response to Supreme Court decisions that limited their ability to regulate child labor. This Resolution ratifies the proposed amendment, which is still viable and only 2 states shy of the 38 needed.
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