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Harriette L. Chandler Majority Whip

D Worcester
Harriette L. Chandler

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Bill Docket Bill Title
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].
S.42 SD01602 By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 42) of James B. Eldridge, Michael O. Moore, Sal N. DiDomenico, Linda Dorcena Forry and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to Workers’ Pathways to Self Sufficiency. [Higher Education]
H.179 HD00999 By Ms. Alice K. Wolf of Cambridge, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00179) of Gailanne Cariddi and others relative to the teaching of health education in schools. Joint Committee on Education.
S.190 SD01869 By Ms. Clark, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 190) of Walz, Story, Smizik and other members of the General Court for legislation realtive to healthy youth [Joint Committee on Education].
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].
H.319 HD00171 By Mr. John W Scibak of South Hadley, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00319) of Ellen Story and others relative to requiring fluoride varnish service coverage in all health insurance policies. Joint Committee on Financial Services.
H.344 HD00178 By Mr. John W Scibak of South Hadley, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00344) of Ellen Story and others for legislation to include dental benefits in Commonwealth Care plans. Joint Committee on Health Care Financing.
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.415 HD00698 By Mr. James M. Cantwell of Marshfield, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00415) of Thomas P. Conroy and others relative to increasing the minimum claim amount for small claims court. Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
S.581 SD01523 By Mr. Berry, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 581) of Spiliotis, Story, Keenan and other members of the General Court for legislation to authorize municipalities to protect low and moderate income tenants and units of governmentally involved housing [Joint Committee on Housing].
S.608 SD00353 By Mr. Moore, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 608) of Fargo, Spiliotis, Puppolo and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote accessible housing for persons with disabilities [Joint Committee on Housing].
S.610 SD01645 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 610) of Richard T. Moore and Harriette L. Chandler for legislation to protect condominium owners. Housing.
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].
H.674 HD00098 By Mr. Binienda of Worcester, petition (accompanied by Bill, House, No. 00674) of John J. Binienda and others for legislation to provide creditable service for certain teachers for retirement purposes. Joint Committee on Public Service.
H.675 HD00233 By Mr. Binienda of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 675) of John J Binienda, John P Fresolo and Harriette Chandler for legislation to provide purchasing power protection for certain benefits for retired teachers. Public Service.
S.684 SD01586 By Ms. Clark, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 684) of Story, Montigny, McGee and other members of the General Court for legislation to enable judicial clarification of ownership in evictions [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.
H.765 HD00474 By Mr. Kulik of Worthington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 765) of Stephen Kulik and others for legislation to sustain community preservation. Community Development and Small Businesses.
S.767 SD01149 By Mr. Eldridge, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 767) of Walsh, Rushing, Montigny and other members of the General Court for legislation to prevent unnecessary vacancies in foreclosed homes [Joint Committee on the Judiciary].
H.799 HD00187 By Mr. John W Scibak of South Hadley, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00799) of Brian Joyce and others for legislation to provide an income tax credit for certain hearing aid expenditures. Joint Committee on Revenue.
S.820 SD00031 By Mr. Montigny, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 820) of Mark C. Montigny, Louis L. Kafka, Antonio F. D. Cabral and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to anti-human trafficking and protection [Joint Committee on the Judiciary].
S.833 SD01725 By Mr. Moore, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 833) of Welch, Scibak, Rodrigues and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the modernization of optometric patient care [Joint Committee on the Judiciary].
H.858 HD00072 By Mr. Binienda of Worcester, petition (accompanied by [legType], House, No. 00858) of John J. Binienda and others for legislation to require retailers to retain certain records relative to the purchase by consumers of prepaid cell phones . [com
H.902 HD00097 By Mr. Binienda of Worcester, petition (accompanied by [legType], House, No. 00902) of John J. Binienda and others for legislation to establish a prevent blindness fund through the office of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. Joint Committee on Transportation.
H.903 HD00212 By Mr. Binienda of Worcester, petition (accompanied by Bill, House, No. 00903) of John J. Binienda and others that visiting nurses be exempt from certain parking regulations in cities and towns. Joint Committee on Transportation.
S.942 SD00403 By Mr. Moore, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 942) of Dykema, Eldridge, Chandler and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to fair share contribution appeals [Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development].
H.959 HD00074 By Mr. John J Binienda of Worcester, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00959) of Michael Moore and others for legislation to exempt certain decorated veterans from parking meter fines . Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs.
H.1040 HD01287 By Ms. Jennifer E. Benson of Lunenburg, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 01040) of Jennifer E. Benson and others relative to establishing a grant program to promote cost-effective, high quality in-district programs for students with disabilities. Joint Committee on Education.
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.1067 SD01090 By Mr. Berry, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1067) of Chandler and Berry for legislation to authorize physicians to delegate certain radiological procedures including procedures to physician assistants [Joint Committee on Public Health].
S.1069 SD00263 By Mr. Brewer, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1069) of Stephen M. Brewer, Anthony W. Petruccelli, Jeffrey Sánchez, James Arciero and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to surgical technology [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.1108 SD01660 By Ms. Jehlen, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1108) of Wolf, Timilty, Spilka and other members of the General Court for legislation to increase routine screening for HIV [Joint Committee on Public Health].
S.1128 SD01396 By Mr. Moore, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1128) of Stanley, Hecht, McGee and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to other tobacco products [Joint Committee on Public Health].
S.1138 SD01686 By Mr. Moore, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1138) of Chandler, Ashe, Jehlen and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to home health aides [Joint Committee on Public Health].
S.1152 SD01777 By Mr. Moore, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1152) of Pacheco, Jones, Eldridge and other members of the General Court relative to prescription drug waste [Joint Committee on Public Health].
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].
H.1355 HD01451 By Mr. Vincent A. Pedone of Worcester, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 01355) of Richard Bastien and others relative to establishing mandatory foreclosure mediation with judicial review. Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1363 SD00691 By Mr. Rosenberg, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1363) of Kocot, Chandler, Knapik and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the retirement of University of Massachusetts police [Joint Committee on Public Service].
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.
S.1427 SD00831 By Mr. DiDomenico, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1427) of Toomey, Tarr, Swan and other members of the General Court for legislation to create the community development partnership program [Joint Committee on Revenue].
H.1506 HD01294 By Mr. James J. O'Day of West Boylston, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 01506) of Kevin Aguiar and others relative to prohibiting mandatory overtime for certain health care workers. Joint Committee on Public Health.
H.1529 HD01562 By Mr. Scibak of South Hadley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1529) of Harriette L. Chandler and others relative to the restoration of oral health benefits for MassHealth recipients. Public Health.
S.1566 SD00761 By Mr. Brewer, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1566) of Stephen M. Brewer, Anne M. Gobi, James J. O'Day and Harriette L. Chandler for legislation relative to manufactured buildings. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
S.1662 SD00077 By Mr. Eldridge, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1662) of Keenan, Peisch, Ross and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to energy efficiency funds generated by municipal lighting plants [Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy].
H.1774 HD01692 By Mr. Carl M. Sciortino of Medford, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 01774) of Paul Schmid and others relative to energy efficiency programs and green jobs. Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
S.1839 SD01600 By Mr. Eldridge, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1839) of James B. Eldridge, Linda Dorcena Forry, Peter V. Kocot, Susan C. Fargo and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote asset development in transitional assistance programs [Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities].
S.1841 SD00082 By Ms. Creem, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1841) of Wolf, Welch, Walz and other members of the General Court for legislation to sustain community preservation [Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses].
S.1845 SD00231 By Mr. Moore, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1845) of Spilka, Dykema, Flanagan and other members of the General Court for legislation to make technical corrections to the small business regulatory impact statements [Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses].
S.2107 SD02162 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2107) of Michael O. Moore, Harriette L. Chandler, John J. Binienda and James J. O'Day for legislation to designate World Voice Week. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
H.2987 HD03510 By Mr. Cabral of New Bedford and Senator Downing, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2987) of Torrisi and others for legislation to promote economic development and job growth in gateway cities designating residential tax abatement zones Joint Committee on Revenue.
H.3261 HD01956 By Mr. Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3261) of Denise Garlick and others relative to the research and treatment of Lyme Disease. [Public Health].
H.3301 HD03123 By Mr. Pedone of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3301) of Michael Moore and others relative to tax credits for the design and development of video game and interactive digital media products. Revenue.
H.3425 HD01924 By Mr. Naughton of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. [BILL NUMBER]) of Harold P. Naughton, Jr. and others relative to the Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund. [Veterans and Federal Affairs].

Personal Information

Profession: Legislator.
Spouse: Burton Chandler
Children: 3

Career Highlights

  • Served as House Chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care in her last two terms in the House
  • First woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts State Senate
  • Currently serving as Assistant Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs, and as a member of the Joint Committee on Public Health

Education & Public Service

  • Wellesley College, B.A. '59
  • Clark University, Ph.D. '73
  • Simmons Graduate School of Management, M.B.A. '83
  • Worcester State College, Honorary Doctorate Public Administration '88
  • Served on the Worcester School Committee from 1991-1994
  • Served three terms in the House of Representatives from 1995-2001
  • First elected to the Senate in January 2001 and was re-elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008
  • Co-Chair of the Legislature’s Oral Health Caucus, and is a member of the Central Massachusetts Caucus, the Legislature’s Tobacco Control Caucus, the Caucus of Women Legislators, the Leadership Council of the Worcester County Regional Network
First Worcester, Consisting of Worcester, wards 1 to 4, inclusive, 9 and 10, Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, precincts 3 and 4, Holden, Northborough, precincts 1, 2 and 4, Paxton, Princeton and West Boylston.