Co-Sponsored Bills for the 2011-2012 Legislative Session

Bill #              Bill Title
 
Health Insurance and Health Care Costs
 
S00540                  An Act to provide for tobacco cessation benefits 
 
S00511                  An act to encourage preventive care 
 
H02065                  An Act Relative to the treatment of cleft palate and cleft lip
 
HD02064              An Act to Reduce Healthcare Costs by Promoting Provider Education through Academic Detailing 
 
H02048                 An Act relative to health care coverage for tobacco cessation treatments 
 
HD01593              An act relative to insurance coverage for acupuncture 
 
H01199                 An Act curtailing smoking addiction
 
H00052                 An Act to provide access to hearing aids for children 
 
H00083                 An Act regarding continuity of care for children and their eligible parents 
 
H00345                 An Act relative to health care affordability 
 
H00338                 An Act to provide improved Medicare for all 
 
Public Employee Pension Reform
 
H02962                  An Act relative to pension reform 
 
H02474                  An Act relative to retiree health benefits
 
H02930                  An Act to make the public pension system simpler and fairer, to provide better income security to lower wage state employees and to protect future taxpayers from unanticipated pension costs 
 
Jobs & Business Development
 
H02962                 An Act establishing a middle-skills council and the creation of regional skills academies in the Commonwealth 
 
H01858                 An Act to Promote Financial Stability And Asset Development 
 
H01897                 An Act relative to small brewers 
 
H01212                 An Act reforming labor rates paid by insurance companies to auto repairers in the Commonwealth
 
S00150                  An Act relative to an independent analysis of expanded gaming in the Commonwealth 
 
H01732                 An Act to encourage retirement savings 
 
Education
 
S00222                  Resolve reviving and continuing the Special Commission on Civic Engagement and Learning 
 
S00183                  An Act to design, pilot, and implement civics as a high school graduation requirement 
 
S00216                  An Act to improve quality physical education
 
H02109                 An Act regarding higher education opportunities for high school graduates in the commonwealth 
 
H00977                 AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL REWARDS GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST LOW INCOME WORKERS 
 
H01063                 An Act relative to healthy youth 
 
H01853                 An Act relative to third grade reading proficiency 
 
H01604                 An Act concerning genocide education 
 
H00179                 An Act relative to providing health education in schools 
 
H00541                 An Act relative to improving quality in early education and care by family child care providers 
 
H00338                 Resolve to fulfill the promise of education reform by ensuring adequate funding for student success 
 
Environment & Energy Efficiency
 
S01665                  An Act promoting zero net-energy buildings in the Commonwealth 
 
H02017                 An act to create a framework to re-allocate responsibility for discarded   products. 
 
S01664                 An Act improving neighborhood solar and net-metering in the commonwealth 
 
H02614                An Act relative to a coal-free Commonwealth 
 
H02625                An Act to Eliminate Coal Burning and Use 
 
H02024                An Act to Repower Massachusetts 
 
H01991                An Act to regulate coal ash as solid waste 
 
H02613                An Act to reduce coal burning and use 
 
H02612                An Act to phase out coal burning 
 
H01990                An Act relative to plastic bag reduction 
 
H01125                An Act incorporating the Commonwealth's sustainable development principles into the policies of executive and quasi-public agencies
 
H01775                An Act relative to comprehensive siting reform for land based wind projects 
 
H01163                An Act relative to producer responsibility for mercury-added lamps   
 
H01136                An Act for a competitive economy through safer alternatives to toxic chemicals
 
H00226                An Act to prohibit the additional incineration of solid waste 
 
H00369                An Act relative to energy efficiency in affordable housing
 
H00219                An Act requiring the timely adoption of greenhouse gas emission limits for the year 2030 
 
H00236                An Act authorizing the establishment of old growth forest reserves
 
H00255                An Act relative to sustainable water resources
 
H00890                An Act updating the bottle bill 
 
H00624                An Act to require environmentally safe alternatives to harmful cleaning products
 
H00252                An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products
 
H00251                An Act relative to mercury added thermostats 
 
H00907                An Act reducing permitted idling times 
 
S00346                An Act to prohibit the additional incineration of solid waste 
 
Electoral Reform
 
S00304                  An Act relative to disclosure of political spending 
 
S00772                  An Act restoring free speech 
 
H01985                 An Act to Strengthen the Campaign Finance Law 
 
H01980                 An Act to provide for audits of election results 
 
H01979                 AN ACT RELATIVE TO PRE-REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
 
H01120                 An act establishing permanent voter registration for registered voters who move within the commonwealth 
 
H01106                 An Act to establish election day registration   
 
H00196                 An Act to ensure secure voting equipment
 
Government Reform & Transparency
 
H02565                 An Act To Promote Efficiency and Transparency in Economic Development
 
S01448                 An Act establishing a sunset for economic development tax expenditures 
 
H01736                An Act to enhance access to electronic public records 
 
H01286                An Act defining certain administrative records as public records 
 
H01737                An Act to improve access to public records 
 
Criminal Justice, Corrections & Public Safety
 
S00758                  An Act relative to drug mandatory minimum sentences
 
S01498                 An Act establishing a Public Safety Oversight Commission 
 
S00682                 An Act relative to domestic violence and animals 
 
H02253                An Act improving apprehension of drunk drivers and other law violators 
 
H02266                An Act to Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Laws for Drug Offenses
 
H03051                An Act relative to natural gas leaks 
 
H01808                An Act relative to speed limits 
 
H00958                An Act providing cities and towns with a local option to increase certain motor vehicle fines to improve driving 
 
Elder Affairs
 
H01968                An Act authorizing the establishment of senior citizen safety zones 
 
S00510                An act providing an alternative to institutional care 
 
H00347               An Act relative to dementia patients in longterm care facilities 
 
H00623               An Act relative to the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s project 
 
Civil Rights
 
HD02014             An Act to Prohibit Human Trafficking 
 
H01173                An Act providing for equitable coverage in disability policies 
 
H01172                An Act prohibiting discrimination in insurance policies 
 
H01336                An Act to Protect Privacy and Personal Data 
 
S01401                 An Act to promote equity in pension benefits
 
H00502                An Act relative to transgender equal rights
 
Mental Health
 
H01418                Resolve to create a special commission to promote a recovery-focus in the mental health system 
 
H01417                An Act relative to the Coordination of Children's Mental Health Care and Clinicians 
 
H01430                An Act regarding rights of persons receiving services from program or facilities of the department of mental health 
 
Disabilities
 
H00985                 Bridges to Success: An Act to Support the Transition to Adult Services for Persons with Disabilities 
 
H01557                 An Act promoting accessible housing for people with disabilities 
 
H01199                 An Act to Encourage Responsibility, Cost effectiveness and Meaningful Lives for Individuals with Disabilities
 
H00159                 An Act to Promote the Successful Transition of Students with Disabilities to Post-Secondary Education, Employment, and Independent Living 
 
Reproductive Rights
 
H00629                An Act relative to consent and counseling 
 
H00515                An Act updating the laws to protect women's health
 
Municipalities
 
S01033                  An act further regulating municipal animal control 
 
H02590                 An Act to promote municipal collaboration and Regionalization throughout the Commonwealth
 
H01546                 An Act relative to the removal or transportation of trash 
 
S01019                  An Act relative to comprehensive land use reform and partnership 
 
H00765                 AN ACT TO SUSTAIN COMMUNITY PRESERVATION 
 
Revenue
 
S00019                  For a legislative amendment to the constitution creating a progressive income tax
 
S00018                  For a legislative amendment to the Constitution allowing for a graduated income tax 
 
H00761                 An Act relative to broadened eligibility for relief from disproportionate property tax burdens
 
S01442                  An Act relative to local taxation of telephone and telegraph corporation machinery 
 
Transportation
 
H02660                An Act relative to transportation economic development and ridership 
 
H02651                An Act relative to safer driving
 
H01786                An Act providing for an automated toll collection review   
 
H00326                An Act providing consumer choice and environmental protection by authorizing pay by the mile auto insurance
 
Housing & Community Development
 
H02130                 An Act to Expand Housing Opportunities 
 
H02164                 An Act relative to the proximity of storage facilities utilized in possession of land or tenement cases 
 
H00988                 AN ACT TO CREATE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP    PROGRAM 
 
H01355                An Act to Establish Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation with Judicial Review 
 
H01818                An Act relative to historic preservation  
 
H00368                An Act RELATIVE TO COMMUNITY HOUSING AND SERVICES
 
Public Health
 
S01128                 An Act relative to other tobacco products 
 
H01995                An Act relative to the distribution of raw milk 
 
H01157                An Act to promote healthy people and a healthy economy in Massachusetts 
 
H01525                An Act relative to nutrition in government buildings 
 
H01498                An Act to Promote Prevention and Wellness Through a Public Health Trust 
 
H01398                An Act establishing paid sick days 
 
H01466                An Act relative to air quality in schools and public buildings 
 
H01056                Act to promote healthy school meals 
 
H00348                An Act establishing the Massachusetts childhood vaccine program
 
H00591                An Act RESTRICTING THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AT LOCATIONS WHERE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE EMPLOYED 
 
H00625                An Act to regulate the medical use of marijuana by patients approved by physicians and certified by the department of public health
 
Animals
 
S01546                 An Act establishing a Massachusetts cat and dog spay and neuter fund
 
S01706                 An Act relating to the treatment of elephants
 
S00330                 An Act to enhance the management of problem wildlife
 
H00458                An Act to prevent farm animal cruelty
 
H02326                An Act to Ensure Adequate Care of Animals in Cities and Towns 
 
H00422                An Act requiring the posting of security for the seizure and impoundment of animals 
 
Other
 
H01857                 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to the impact of undocumented aliens residing in the commonwealth 
 
H01762                An Act Improving Outdoor Lighting and Increasing Dark-Sky Visibility 
 
H00870                An Act restricting use and connection of automatic dialing-announcing devices
 
S00665                 An Act to reform and improve alimony 
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