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S.28 SD00202 By Ms. Candaras, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 28) of Welch, Swan, Spilka and other members of the General Court for legislation to improve quality in early education and care by family child care providers [Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities].
H.152 HD00108 By Mr. Lewis of Winchester, petition (accompanied by Bill, House, No. 00152) of Katherine Clark and others relative to the calculation of foundation budgets for school districts. Joint Committee on Education.
S.153 SD01804 By Mr. Eldridge, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 153) of Wolf, Timilty, Story and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote efficiency and transparency in economic development [Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies].
H.153 HD00145 By Mr. Jason M. Lewis of Winchester, petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. 00153) of Stephen Kulik and others for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the General Court) to study issues relative to education. Joint Committee on Education.
H.159 HD00423 For legislation to promote the successful transition of students with disabilities to post-secondary education, employment and independent living
S.268 SD00776 By Ms. Candaras, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 268) of Gale D. Candaras, Katherine M. Clark, Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, Sal N. DiDomenico and other members of the General Court for legislation to provide personal care attendant orientation. [Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities]
S.292 SD00946 By Mr. Welch, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 292) of James T.Welch, Sal N. DiDomenico, John F. Keenan and Katherine M. Clark for legislation to clarify the definition of personal care attendant. [Children, Familes and Persons with Disabilities].
S.302 SD00039 By Mr. DiDomenico, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 302) of Fox, Forry, Provost and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to pre-registration of voters [Joint Committee on Election Laws].
S.313 SD01836 By Mr. Petruccelli, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 313) of Joyce, Forry, Cantwell and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish risk-based audits of election results [Joint Committee on Election Laws].
S.349 SD00518 By Mr. Eldridge, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 349) of Puppolo, Lewis, Joyce and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to establishing standards for restoring and maintaining stream flows, water levels and hydrologic regimes that protect natural aquatic life in rivers and streams [Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture].
S.350 SD00522 By Mr. Eldridge, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 350) of James B. Eldridge, Frank I. Smizik, Kenneth J. Donnelly and other members of the General Court for legislation to protect the natural and historic resources of the Commonwealth [Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture].
S.352 SD00525 By Mr. Eldridge, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 352) of Wolf, Story, Harrington and other members of the General Court for legislation to require producer responsibility for collection reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products [Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture].
S.397 SD01411 By Mr. Tolman, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 397) of Naughton, Ashe, Provost and other members of the General Court for legislation for a healthy Massachusetts: safer alternatives to toxic chemicals [Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture].
H.451 HD00943 By Ms. Kay Khan of Newton, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00451) of Carl M. Sciortino and others relative to sibling visitation and court department placements. Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
H.458 HD00083 By Mr. Lewis of Winchester, petition (accompanied by Bill, House, No. 00458) of William N. Brownsberger and others for legislation to impose a penalty for the confinement of farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, and fully extend their limbs. Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
S.461 SD00754 For legislation to further regulate insurance underwriting and motor vehicle liability ratings
S.476 SD01437 By Mr. Tolman, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 476) of Clark, Rush, DiDomenico and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to auto body labor rates [Joint Committee on Financial Services].
S.481 SD01112 By Mr. Berry, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 481) of Clark, Wolf and Berry for legislation relative to parity in assessments by the health care safety net fund [Joint Committee on Health Care Financing].
S.534 SD01733 By Mr. Moore, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 534) of Scibak, Linsky, Kocot and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the provider's council [Joint Committee on Health Care Financing].
S.542 SD00908 By Mr. Pacheco, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 542) of Clark, Wolf, Spilka and other members of the Senate for legislation relative to the composition of the health care quality and cost council [Joint Committee on Health Care Financing].
S.543 SD00915 By Mr. Pacheco, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 543) of Marc R. Pacheco, Michael O. Moore, Cory Atkins, Sal DiDomenico and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to patient safety. Health Care Financing.
S.548 SD01165 By Mr. Rodrigues, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 548) of Schmid, Aguiar, Barrows and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to manufacturer rebates and discount programs [Joint Committee on Health Care Financing].
S.614 SD00917 By Mr. Pacheco, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 614) of Clark, McGee, Downing and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to manufactured housing communities [Joint Committee on Housing].
H.623 HD00748 By Mr. John W Scibak of South Hadley, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00623) of Brian Ashe and others for legislation to establish in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services a Massachusetts Alzheimer’s project . Joint Committee on Public Health.
S.629 SD00036 By Mr. Baddour, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 629) of Finegold, Atkins, Baddour and other members of the General Court for legislation to combat economic crimes [Joint Committee on the Judiciary].
S.665 SD00107 By Ms. Candaras, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 665) of Gale D. Candaras, Steven M. Walsh, John V. Fernandes, Bruce E. Tarr and other members of the General Court for legislation to reform and improve alimony [Joint Committee on the Judiciary].
S.671 SD00748 By Ms. Chandler, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 671) of Walz, Donoghue, Provost and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to public health [Joint Committee on the Judiciary].
S.764 SD00536 By Mr. Downing, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 764) of Benjamin B. Downing, Sonia Chang-Diaz, Carl M. Sciortino, Jr., Katherine M. Clark and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to equal rights of transgendered individuals. The Judiciary.
S.772 SD01488 By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by resolution, Senate, No. 772) of James B. Eldridge, Daniel A. Wolf, Stanley C. Rosenberg, Katherine M. Clark and other members of the General Court memoralizing the Congress of the United States to restore free speech. The Judiciary.
S.827 SD01380 By Mr. Montigny, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 827) of Mark C. Montigny, Russell Holmes, Alice Hanlon Peisch and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the commercial exploitation of people [Joint Committee on the Judiciary].
H.879 HD00989 By Mr. Smizik of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 879) of Frank I. Smizik and others establishing the cost saving oil heat and propane energy efficiency program. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
S.892 SD01846 By Mr. Tarr, petition (accompanied by resolve, Senate, No. 892) of Rush, Puppolo, Moore and other members of the General Court for legislation to provide for a special commission to study the feasibility and cost of adopting the federal parole guidelines [Joint Committee on the Judiciary].
S.921 SD01547 By Mr. Donnelly, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 921) of Moore, Fargo, Knapik and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish a middle-skills council and the creation of regional skills academies in the Commonwealth [Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development].
S.924 SD01205 By Mr. Eldridge, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 924) of Provost, McGee, Mark and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish uniform wage compliance and recordkeeping [Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development].
S.930 SD00189 By Ms. Jehlen , a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 930) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Susan C. Fargo, Marty Walz, Denise Andrews and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish paid sick days. [Labor and Workforce Development].
S.1042 SD00983 By Mr. Moore, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1042) of Clark, Mark, Fernandes and other members of the General Court for legislation to allow for the decriminalization of minor offenses [Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government].
H.1063 HD01822 By Mr. James J. O'Day of West Boylston, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 01063) of Michael Moore and others relative to age appropriate sexual health education. Joint Committee on Education.
S.1068 SD01110 By Mr. Berry, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1068) of Clark and Berry for legislation to expand the determination of need threshold [Joint Committee on Public Health].
S.1098 SD01683 By Ms. Fargo, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1098) of deMacedo, Eldridge, Provost and other members of the General Court for legislation to adopt the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [Joint Committee on Public Health].
S.1155 SD01860 By Mr. Moore, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1155) of Tarr, Spilka, Puppolo and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to public health volunteer responders [Joint Committee on Public Health].
S.1173 SD00343 By Mr. Timilty, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1173) of Clark, Wolf and Timilty for legislation relative to ensuring regulatory parity among ambulatory surgicenters [Joint Committee on Public Health].
H.1179 HD01523 Relative to insurance reimbursements for emergency ambulance service
S.1206 SD00742 By Mr. DiDomenico, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1206) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Frederick E. Berry, Sean Garballey, Michael J. Rodrigues and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote the public health through workplace safety for social workers [Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security].
S.1211 SD01610 By Ms. Jehlen, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1211) of Welch, Walz, Story and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish a primary safety belt law [Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security].
H.1224 HD01527 By Mr. Jonathan Hecht of Watertown, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 01224) of Katherine M Clark and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to institutional long term care facilities. Joint Committee on Health Care Financing.
S.1250 SD00342 By Mr. Timilty, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1250) of Creedon, Puppolo, McGee and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to process piping [Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security].
H.1393 HD01899 By Ms. Linda Dorcena Forry of Boston, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 01393) of Ellen Story and others for legislation to establish a "right to know" policy for certain temporary employees. Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
H.1516 HD01624 By Ms. Kathi-Anne Reinstein of Revere, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 01516) of Timothy R. Madden and others that ambulatory surgery centers and clinical laboratories be required to provide care to enrollees of MassHealth. Joint Committee on Public Health.
S.1650 SD00045 By Ms. Creem, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1650) of Wolf, Walz, Walsh and other members of the General Court for legislation to update the bottle bill [Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy].
S.1654 SD00029 By Mr. Donnelly, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1654) of DiDomenico, Spilka, Candaras and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the failure to remove existing poles [Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy].
S.1663 SD01356 By Mr. Eldridge, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1663) of McGee, Levy, Clark and other members of the General Court for legislation to create a grant program for municipal energy efficiency officers [Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy].
S.1823 SD01213 By Mr. Hart, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1823) of John Hart, Jr., Bruce E. Tarr, Robert L. Hedlund and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to public homes for veterans. Veterans and Federal Affairs.
H.1832 HD01351 By Representative Torrisi of North Andover and Senator Eldridge, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1832) of David M. Torrisi and others for an appropriation of a certain sum of money to provide for the establishment of an education loan repayment program for social workers. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.
S.1857 SD00820 By Ms. Jehlen, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1857) of Berry, Wolf, Wolf and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote equal choice a cost savings in health care [Joint Committee on Health Care Financing].
H.1873 HD02622 By Mr. Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1873) of Tackey Chan and others relative to pipefitter licensing and inspections. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
H.1901 HD02760 By Mr. Scibak of South Hadley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1901) of Clark and others for legislation to establish a board of registration of behavior analysts within the Division of Professional Licensure Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
H.1965 HD02843 By Mr. Brodeur of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. 1965) of Paul Brodeur and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) to make an investigation and study of elder protective services. Elder Affairs.
H.1990 HD02022 By Ms. Ehrlich of Marblehead, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1990) of Garballey and others relative to reducing the use of non-compostable plastic bags in retail sales Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.
S.2041 SD02088 By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. ) of Bruce E. Tarr, James E. Vallee, Michael R. Knapik, Cory Atkins and other members of the General Court for legislation to recognize those in military service. Transportaion.
H.2253 HD02772 By Ms. Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2253) of Tolman and others relative to improving the apprehension of drunk drivers and other law violators Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
H.2324 HD02249 By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2324) of Frost and others relative to the acceptance and disposition of municipal easements Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government.
H.2350 HD02974 By Representative Hogan of Stow and Senator Spilka, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2350) of Karen E. Spilka, Kate Hogan and others relative to the release of a body by the medical examiner to a person charged with an offense which resulted in the death of the deceased. Public Health.
H.2614 HD02721 By Ms. Ehrlich of Marblehead, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2614) of Turner and others relative to electric generating facilities located in the commonwealth that uses coal as fuel and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
H.2660 HD02840 By Mr. Sciortino of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2660) of Clark and others for legislation to promote the building of more modern transportation systems Joint Committee on Transportation.
H.2827 HD03463 By Ms. Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2827) of Alicea and others for legislation to exempt from certain penalties the sale of a foal by an animal rescue organization to preserve the life of said foal Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
H.2911 HD03088 By Mr. Collins of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2911) of Clark and others for legislation to allow police officers to make arrests outside their territorial jurisdiction Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.
H.3051 HD03020 By Ms. Ehrlich of Marblehead, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3051) of Provost and others ror legislation to establish natural gas leak classification standards and requirements for operator clean up of natural gas leaks Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
H.3538 HD02144 By Ms. Ehrlich of Marblehead, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3538) of Lori A. Ehrlich and others for legislation to increase funding by the Commonwealth under the education foundation budget for public school districts. Education.
H.3636 HD03888 By Mr. Linsky of Natick, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of David Paul Linsky and others for legislation to establish a penalty for parents, legal guardians or caretakers failing to report the death of a minor child. The Judiciary.
H.3709 HD03983 By Mr. Koczera of New Bedford and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3709) of Robert M. Koczera and others relative to the designation of veterans status on licenses and identification cards issued by the Registry of Motor Vehicles . Transportation.

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Career Highlights

  • General Counsel for the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services
  • Chief of the Policy Division for the Massachusetts Attorney General
  • Named Legislator of the Year by Citizens for Public Schools in 2010
  • Recognized for her work for the mentally ill by the Department of Mental Health in 2010; 2010 recipient of the Beacon Award by the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center for her work on domestic violence

Education & Public Service

  • Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , MPA
  • Cornell Law School , JD
  • St. Lawrence University, BA
  • MA Senate (2011-Present)
  • State Representative (2008-2010)
  • Melrose School Committee (2001 - 2007)
Middlesex and Essex, Consisting of Malden, Melrose, wards 1 to 5, inclusive, Reading, Stoneham and Wakefield, in the county of Middlesex; and Lynnfield, in the county of Essex.