Representative Carmine Gentile

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194th Session Legislation (2025-2026)

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Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

An Act relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

(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. 

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An Act relative to same day voter registration

An Act relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

(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. 

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An Act relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren

An Act relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren

An Act governing the use of pesticides containing the herbicide substance Glyphosate

(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. 

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An Act governing the use of pesticides containing the herbicide substance Glyphosate

An Act empowering vulnerable municipalities to protect residents/environment from harmful pesticides

An Act governing the use of pesticides containing the herbicide substance Glyphosate

(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. 

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An Act empowering vulnerable municipalities to protect residents/environment from harmful pesticides

An Act empowering vulnerable municipalities to protect residents/environment from harmful pesticides

An Act empowering vulnerable municipalities to protect residents/environment from harmful pesticides

(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.

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An Act eliminating hydraulic fracturing

An Act empowering vulnerable municipalities to protect residents/environment from harmful pesticides

An Act empowering vulnerable municipalities to protect residents/environment from harmful pesticides

(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.

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An Act clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services

An Act clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services

An Act clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services

(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. 

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An Act to relative debt-free public higher education

An Act clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services

An Act clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services

(H.1436 /S.929) This bill would provide public higher education to all Massachusetts residents free of tuition, fees, and student debt.

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An Act to promote housing cooperatives

An Act clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services

An Act creating public higher ed documentation requirement standards to demonstrate a disability

(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.  

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An Act creating public higher ed documentation requirement standards to demonstrate a disability

An Act creating public higher ed documentation requirement standards to demonstrate a disability

An Act creating public higher ed documentation requirement standards to demonstrate a disability

(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.

An Act establishing the public higher education faculty advancement pilot program

An Act creating public higher ed documentation requirement standards to demonstrate a disability

An Act establishing the public higher education faculty advancement pilot program

(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.

An Act to modernize public liability

An Act creating public higher ed documentation requirement standards to demonstrate a disability

An Act establishing the public higher education faculty advancement pilot program

(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. 

An Act to eliminate the charitable immunity cap

An Act authorizing pharmacists to provide opioid use disorder treatment

An Act to reduce incidence and death from pancreatic cancer

(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. 

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An Act to reduce incidence and death from pancreatic cancer

An Act authorizing pharmacists to provide opioid use disorder treatment

An Act to reduce incidence and death from pancreatic cancer

(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.  

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An Act authorizing pharmacists to provide opioid use disorder treatment

An Act authorizing pharmacists to provide opioid use disorder treatment

An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters

(HD.1660/ S.1635) This legislation would allow some pharmacists to issue prescriptions for opioid use disorder medications. 

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An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters

Resolution for a United States Constitutional Amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention

An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters

(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.  

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An Act relative to the establishment of a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Resolution for a United States Constitutional Amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention

Resolution for a United States Constitutional Amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention

(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.

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Resolution for a United States Constitutional Amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention

Resolution for a United States Constitutional Amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention

Resolution for a United States Constitutional Amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention

(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.  

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An Act protecting survivors of rape and their children

An Act clarifying the role of Governor’s Councillor on the ballot

An Act clarifying the role of Governor’s Councillor on the ballot

(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. 

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An Act clarifying the role of Governor’s Councillor on the ballot

An Act clarifying the role of Governor’s Councillor on the ballot

An Act clarifying the role of Governor’s Councillor on the ballot

(H.805/ S.497 ) This bill would correct ambiguous, confusing language on the ballot for the Governor’s Councillor position. 

An Act relative to the practice of acupuncture

An Act clarifying the role of Governor’s Councillor on the ballot

An Act authorizing remote participation at town meeting

(H.1148 /S.834)  This bill requires health insurance to cover acupuncture both as a treatment for pain and substance use disorders. 

An Act authorizing remote participation at town meeting

An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing

An Act authorizing remote participation at town meeting

(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. 

An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing

An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing

An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing

(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. 

An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals

An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing

An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing

(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. 

An Act to continue the Citizens Commission

An Act to provide retirement incentives in public higher education

An Act to provide retirement incentives in public higher education

(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.   

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An Act to provide retirement incentives in public higher education

An Act to provide retirement incentives in public higher education

An Act to provide retirement incentives in public higher education

(H.2843) This bill allows employees of state universities to receive incentives for early retirement. 

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An Act relative to forest protection

An Act to provide retirement incentives in public higher education

Resolutions for an application to Congress for an amendment overturning Citizens United

(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. 

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Resolutions for an application to Congress for an amendment overturning Citizens United

Resolutions for an application to Congress for an amendment overturning Citizens United

Resolutions for an application to Congress for an amendment overturning Citizens United

(H.3843) This resolution would have the State of Massachusetts officially call on Congress to overturn the disastrous 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision. 

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An Act relative to watershed forest protection

Resolutions for an application to Congress for an amendment overturning Citizens United

An Act relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth

(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. 

An Act relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth

Resolutions for an application to Congress for an amendment overturning Citizens United

An Act relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth

(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. 

An Act ensuring solar energy access

Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting D.C. as a state

Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting D.C. as a state

(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.

Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting D.C. as a state

Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting D.C. as a state

Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting D.C. as a state

(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. 

Resolutions ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution for regulation of child labor

Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting D.C. as a state

Resolutions ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution for regulation of child labor

(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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