Rep. Tricia voted to support the legislation listed unless otherwise noted. All votes are on engrossment.

*Co-Sponsored by Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier

February 25, 2025

H.2024 House Rules 2025-2026

H.2026 Joint Rules 2025-2026

April 28-30, 2025 

H.4001 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A - Education, Local Aid, Social Services, & Veterans

✔️ Consolidated Amendment B - Health and Human Services & Aging and Independence

✔️ Consolidated Amendment C - Public Safety, Judiciary & Housing

✔️ Consolidated Amendment D - Public Health, Mental Health & Disability 

✔️ Consolidated Amendment E - Constitutional Officers and State Administration & Transportation

✔️ Consolidated Amendment F - Energy & Environmental Affairs

✔️ Consolidated Amendment G - Labor & Economic Development

June 4, 2025 

H. 4187 - An Act modernizing the commonwealth’s cannabis laws

June 26, 2025

S.2545 - An Act Joint Rules for the Senate and House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 Legislative Session

July 16, 2025

S. 2543 - An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth

July 23, 2025

H. 4307 - An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges

July 30, 2025

H.4361 - An Act relative to benefits for teachers

July 31, 2025

H.4307 - An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges

September 17, 2025

H.4530 - Supplemental Budget

October 15, 2025

H.4601 - Supplemental Budget

October 22, 2025

H.4644 - An Act enhancing child welfare protections

H.4645 - An Act relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker

October 29, 2025

H. 4672 - An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy

H.4671 - An Act expanding student access to the state seal of biliteracy

H.4670 - An Act relative to personal financial literacy education

November 5, 2025

H.4706 - An Act to improve Massachusetts home care

November 18, 2025

H.4750 - An Act to build resilient infrastructure to generate higher-ed transformation

H.4761 - Supplemental Budget

November 19, 2025

H.4767 - An Act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

H.4692 - Resolutions rescinding previous Article V Convention applications

January 29, 2026

H.3417 - An Act designating Domestic Workers’ Rights Day

H.4994 - An Act relative to preparing apprentices in the commonwealth

H.4993 - An Act requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events

February 11, 2026

H.5094 - An Act enhancing disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising

H.5093 - An Act to protect against election misinformation

March 18, 2026

H. 5264 - Supplemental Budget, including Fair Share Appropriations

March 25, 2026

H.5305 - An Act promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment (PROTECT Act)

April 8, 2026

S.2581 - An Act to promote student learning and mental health

April 15, 2026

H.5375 - An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges

April 27-30, 2026 

H.5501 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A - Education, Local Aid, Social Services, & Veterans

✔️ Consolidated Amendment B - Health and Human Services & Aging and Independence

✔️ Consolidated Amendment C - Public Safety, Judiciary & Housing

✔️ Consolidated Amendment D - Public Health, Mental Health & Disability 

✔️ Consolidated Amendment E - Constitutional Officers and State Administration & Transportation

✔️ Consolidated Amendment F - Energy & Environmental Affairs

✔️ Consolidated Amendment G - Labor & Economic Development

May 20, 2026

H.5441 An Act relative to newborn screenings for congenital cytomegalovirus

H.5444 An Act relative to civil rights and technology

H.5443 An Act relative to increasing access to epinephrine

S.2565 An Act facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with autism spectrum disorder

S.2903 An Act honoring Blue Star Families

June 3, 2026

H.5469 An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government

June 4, 2026

H.5470 Supplemental Budget

S.2619 Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act

June 10, 2026

S.2726 An Act regarding free expression

H.5491 - An Act implementing the recommendations of the Walsh-Kennedy Commission Report

S.1646 An Act relative to violation of regulation regarding hot work processes

H.5493 Supplemental Budget

June 17, 2026

S.3064 Environmental Bond Bill

Rep. Tricia voted to support the legislation listed unless otherwise noted. All votes are on engrossment.

*Co-Sponsored by Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier

July 30 

H. 4942 – An Act relative to property tax classification in the city of Boston

July 25

H.4911 – An Act relative to animal welfare and reporting of animal cruelty, abuse or neglect

H. 4915 – An Act relative to the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes and bears in traveling exhibits and shows

H.4917 – An Act relative to a commission to study the intentional misrepresentation of a service animal

H.4919 – An Act to increase kennel safety, aka Ollie's Law

July 24

H. 4890 – An Act relative to salary range transparency

H. 4889 – An Act to provide for the future information technology needs of Massachusetts 

S. 2520 – An Act relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency

July 17

H.4876 - An Act accelerating a responsible, innovative and equitable clean energy transition

July 10 

H. 4844 - An Act providing protections for reproductive or gender-affirming care location information

June 27, 2024

H.4789 An Act relative to strengthening Massachusetts’ economic leadership

June 26, 2024

H.4791 An Act relative to municipal tax lien procedures and protections for property owners in the Commonwealth

H.4790 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

June 20, 2024

H.4773 An Act promoting access to midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options

June 13, 2024

H.4743 An Act relative to treatments and coverage for substance use disorder and recovery coach licensure

June 12, 2024

H.4672 An Act to ensure legal parentage equality

June 5, 2024

H.4138 An Act [sic] the Affordable Homes Act

May 22, 2024

H. 4661 An Act honoring, empowering, and recognizing our servicemembers and veterans

May 15-16, 2024

H.4643 An Act enhancing the market review process

H.4642 An Act to provide for the future information technology needs of Massachusetts

April 24-26, 2025

H.4600 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A - Education, Local Aid, Social Services, & Veterans

✔️ Consolidated Amendment B - Health and Human Services & Elder Affairs

✔️ Consolidated Amendment C - Public Safety & Judiciary

✔️ Consolidated Amendment D - Public Health & Mental Health and Disability Services

✔️ Consolidated Amendment E - Constitutional Officers and State Administration, & Transportation

✔️ Consolidated Amendment F - Energy and Environmental Affairs, & Housing

✔️ Consolidated Amendment G - Labor and Economic Development

April 3, 2034

H.4529 An Act financing improvements to municipal roads and bridges

H.4396 An Act relative to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities

March 6, 2024

H.4460 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

✔️ Amendment #5 Requiring a Competitive Bidding Process

✔️ Amendment #7 Opening Job Program to Massachusetts Residents - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #9 Emergency Housing Assistance Requirements - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #15 Families in Emergency Housing

✔️ Amendment #23 DESE Reporting Requirements

✔️ Amendment #24 Section 2A Amendment

February 28, 2024

S.2554 An Act to provide for competitiveness and infrastructure investment in Massachusetts

January 10, 2023

*H.4241 An Act to prevent abuse and exploitation

✔️ Amendment #2 - Non-consensual Deepfake Pornography

November 15, 2023

H.4178 An Act to improve quality and oversight of long-term care

November 8, 2023

H.4167 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023 for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

✔️ Amendment #49 Emergency Housing Assistance Requirements - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

October 18, 2023

H.4135 An Act modernizing firearm laws

✔️ Decision of the Chair shall stand to report H.4135 from the committee

✔️ Amendment #12 Off Duty Police

✔️ Amendment #42 Protecting Victims of Dangerous Crimes - Voted in Opposition

October 4, 2023

H.4109An Act relative to salary range transparency

September 27, 2023

H.4104 An Act to improve the Commonwealth’s competitiveness, affordability, and equity (Conference Committee Report)

FY24 Budget Actions

The House voted to override the Governor's budget vetoes which caused funding reductions and/or language changes to the following line items:

✔️ 1231-1000 Sewer Rate Relief Funding

✔️ 3000-1042 Childcare Rate Increase

✔️ 3000-5000 Head Start Programs

✔️ 3000-7052 Parent-Child Plus Program

✔️ 4405-2000 Supplemental Security Income

✔️ 4513-1027 Suicide Prevention Services (Hey Sam)

✔️ 4590-0915 Public Health Hospitals

✔️ 4590-0925 Prostate Cancer Research

✔️ 7003-1206 Massachusetts Service Alliance

✔️ 7004-0104 Home and Healthy for Good

✔️ 7004-3036 Housing Service & Counsel

✔️ 7006-0011 Loan Originator Administration

✔️ 7006-0071 Department of Telecommunications and Cable

✔️ 7007-0150 Regional Economic Development Grants

✔️ 7035-0035 Advanced Math & Science

✔️ 8000-0655 Pre/Post-Release Services

✔️ 8000-1127 Non-Profit Security Grant

✔️ 1595-0115 Civics Education Trust Fund

✔️ 4510-0811 Children’s Advocacy Center

✔️ 4512-2022 Boards of Health Grants

✔️ 4800-0200 DCF Resource Centers

✔️ 7002-2022 Community Foundation Grants

✔️ 7002-0025 Agency Operations & Outreach

✔️ 7004-0102 Homeless Shelters

July 31, 2023

H.4040 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements (Conference Committee Report)

✔️ Suspension of Rule 40

July 27, 2023

H.4013 An Act financing improvements to municipal roads and bridges (Conference Committee Report)

July 13, 2023

H.3982 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

April 24-26, 2023

H.3900 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

✔️ Amendment #136 Preservation of Voter Approved 62F - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A - Education, Local Aid, Social Services, & Veterans

✔️ Consolidated Amendment B - Health and Human Services & Elder Affairs

✔️ Consolidated Amendment C - Public Safety & Judiciary

✔️ Consolidated Amendment D - Public Health & Mental Health and Disability Services

✔️ Consolidated Amendment E - Constitutional Officers and State Administration, & Transportation

✔️ Consolidated Amendment F - Energy and Environmental Affairs, & Housing

✔️ Consolidated Amendment G - Labor and Economic Development

April 13, 2023

H.3770 An Act to improve the Commonwealth’s competitiveness, affordability, and equity

✔️ Amendment #2 Chapter 62F - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #3 Stabilization Fund - Voted in Opposition

March 23, 2023

H.58 An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2023 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

March 1, 2023

H.57 An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2023 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

February 1, 2023

H.53 Report on the residue from the special committee of the House to examine the returns of the votes for Representative in the several representative districts of the Commonwealth relative to the second Essex District - Did Not Vote

✔️ Amendment #1 Order to Revive Committee -Did Not Vote

✔️ Amendment #2 New Election - Did Not Vote

H.2023 Order for the adoption of permanent House Rules for the 193rd General Court governing the 2023-2024 legislative session - Did Not Vote

✔️ Amendment #7 Time to review technical/ perfecting amendments - Did Not Vote

✔️ Amendment #12 Review of Consolidated Amendments - Did Not Vote

H.2025 Order for the adoption of permanent Joint Rules for the 193rd General Court governing the 2023-2024 legislative session - Did Not Vote

✔️ Amendment #3 Local Aid Resolution - Did Not Vote

✔️ Amendment #9 Hearing Schedule - Did Not Vote

Rep. Tricia voted to support the legislation listed unless otherwise noted. All votes are on engrossment.

*Co-sponsored by Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier

July 31, 2022

H.5151 An Act relative to Massachusetts's transportation resources and climate [Adopted of Conference Committee Report & Final Enactment to be sent to the Governor]

H.5163 An Act to improve and modernize the information technology systems and capacities of the judiciary [Adopted of Conference Committee Report & Final Enactment to be sent to the Governor]

H.5164 An Act regulating sports wagering [Adopted of Conference Committee Report & Final Enactment to be sent to the Governor]

FY23 Budget Actions

The House voted to override the Governor's budget vetoes which caused funding reductions and language changes to the following line items:

✔️ 2100-0012 Public Utilities

✔️ 2310-0200 Department of Fish & Game

✔️ 2810-0100 DCR Parks & Recreation

✔️ 7004-0202 Rapid Rehousing Program

✔️ 7006-0071 Department of Telecommunications & Cable

✔️ 8900-0001 Department of Correction

✔️ 8900-1100 DOC Re-entry programs

July 30, 2022

H.5112 An Act to provide voice communication services at no cost to inmates [Rejecting the Governor's Further Amendment]

July 29, 2022

H.5105 An Act relative to electric bicycles

S.3075 An Act relative to military spouse-licensure portability, education and enrollment of dependents [Adoption of Senate Report & Enactment to be sent to the Governor]

H.5123 An Act authorizing the Health Insurance Connector Authority to implement a 2-year pilot program to extend eligibility for premium assistance payments or point-of-service cost-sharing subsidies for certain applicants

✔️ Voted to Reject the Governor's Amendment

✔️ Voted to Adopt the further amendment and send to the Governor

H.5118 An Act authorizing employees to supplement their Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) wage replacement benefits with accrued sick and vacation time [Voted in Opposition to reject the Governor's Amendment]

July 28, 2022

H.5104 An Act relative to accelerating improvements to the local and regional public health system to address disparities in the delivery of public health services

H.5106 An Act relative to the governance, structure and care of veterans at the Commonwealth’s veterans’ homes [Adopted of Conference Committee Report & Final Enactment to be sent to the Governor]

July 26, 2022

H.5090 An Act expanding protections for reproductive and gender-affirming care [Adopted of Conference Committee Report & Final Enactment to be sent to the Governor]

H.5065 An Act financing the general governmental infrastructure of the Commonwealth [ Final Enactment to be sent to the Governor]

July 21, 2022

H.5060 An Act driving clean energy and offshore wind [Adopted of Conference Committee Report & Final Enactment to be sent to the Governor]

✔️ Vote to Suspend House Emergency Rules

H.5046 An Act to improve and modernize the information technology systems and capacities of the judiciary

✔️ Amendment #13 - Licensure

✔️ Amendment #14 - Facial Recognition

July 18, 2022

H.5050 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements [Final FY'23 Budget that will be sent to the Governor]

July 13 & 14 2022

H.5007 An Act relating to economic growth and relief for the commonwealth

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

✔️ Consolidated Amendment B

✔️ Consolidated Amendment C

✔️ Consolidated Amendment D

✔️ Consolidated Amendment E

July 7, 2022

*S.2559 An Act relative to military spouse-licensure portability, education and enrollment of dependents

June 29, 2022

H.4930 An Act expanding protections for reproductive rights

H.4932 An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2022 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

*H.4929 An Act relative to step therapy and patient safety

June 23, 2022

H.4897 An Act relative to Massachusetts’s transportation resources and climate

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

June 16, 2022

S.2584 An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health

June 8, 2022

*H.4805 An Act relative to work and family mobility (Override of the Governor's Veto)

May 26, 2022

H.4805 An Act relative to work and family mobility (Acceptance of Conference Committee Report which now goes to the Governor's Desk)

*H.4498 An Act relative to transmitting indecent visual depictions by teens and the unlaw [sic] distribution of explicit images

Override of Governor's Veto H.4269 An Act relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs (ARPA Spending)

✔️ H.4289 Behavioral Health Trust Fund

Overide of the Governor's Veto to the FY'22 Supplemental Budget

✔️ H.4578 Salary and Benefit Increases for Early Intervention Providers

May 18-19, 2022

H.4791 An Act relative to equity in the cannabis industry

✔️ Amendment #18 Public Meeting Before Signing Host Agreement - Voted in Opposition

H.4790 An Act financing the general governmental infrastructure of the Commonwealth

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

April 25-27, 2022

H.4700 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

✔️ Amendment #465 Farm Fuel Tax Rebate Program - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #468 Increase in the Estate Tax Threshold - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #469 Reducing the Capital Gains Tax - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #470 Improving the Quality of Life for Seniors - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #1474 Gas Tax Suspension - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A - Education and Loca Aid, Veteran Services and Soldiers Homes, and Social Services

✔️ Consolidated Amendment B - Elder Affairs and Health and Human Services

✔️ Consolidated Amendment C - Public Safety and Judiciary

✔️ Consolidated Amendment D - Public Health and Mental Health and Disability Services

✔️ Consolidated Amendment E - Constitutional Officers and State Administration and Transportation

✔️ Consolidated Amendment F - Energy and Environmental Affairs and Housing

✔️ Consolidated Amendment G - Labor and Economic Development

March 30, 2022

H.4638 An Act financing improvements to municipal roads and bridges

✔️ Amendment #1 Change Chapter 90 funding from $200,000,000 to $225,000,000 - Voted in Opposition

March 17, 2022

*H.4554 An Act prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles

*H.4555 An Act relative to the creation of a women's rights history trail

March 9, 2022

H.4532 An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2022 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

✔️ Amendment #45 Chapter 90 Funding - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

March 3. 2022

H.4515 An Act advancing offshore wind and clean energy

✔️ Amendment #14 Rate Payer Protection - Voted in Opposition

February 16, 2022

*H.4461 An Act relative to work and family mobility

✔️ Amendment #5 Disclosure of information to municipal clerks - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #6 Disclosure of information to law enforcement - Voted in Opposition

February 10, 2022

H.4441 An Act relative to the governance, structure and care of veterans at the Commonwealth’s veterans’ homes

January 27, 2022

*H.4359 An Act fostering voter opportunities, trust, equity and security

✔️ Amendment #6 Opinion of the Justices - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #7 Voter Identification - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #8 Enhanced Penalties - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #9 Proof of Vaccination - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #10 Proof of Residence - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Further Amendment to Amendment #11 Same Voter Registration Study - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #13 Jail Based Voting

✔️ Amendment #17 Ballot Applications - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #34 Ballot Deposit Security - Voted in Opposition

January 19, 2022

H.4340 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

November 17, 2021

H.4256 An Act establishing congressional districts

✔️ Amendment #2 Regional Sense ✔️ Amendment - Voted in Opposition

H.4253 An Act enhancing the market review process

✔️ Amendment #5 - Investing in Healthcare Oversight Agencies

H.3178 An Act finalizing the transfer of land in the town of Middleton

November 16, 2021

*H.4249 An Act concerning genocide education

October 28 & 29, 2021

H.4219 An Act relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs

✔️ Consolidated "A" Housing and Food Security

✔️ Consolidated "B" Health and Human Services and Education

✔️ Consolidated "C" Environment and Climate & Infrastructure

✔️ Consolidated "D" Economic Development and Workforce & Miscellaneous

October 21, 2021

H.4210 An Act relative to establishing representative districts in the General Court

October 6, 2021

*S.2481 An Act upgrading hen welfare and establishing uniform cage-free standards

H.3999 An Act promoting student nutrition

September 23, 2021

H.4121 An Order to safeguard the health of House Members and employees during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

Override of the following Governor's vetos to the FY'22 Budget:

✔️ H.4005 An Act relative to the water supply protection trust

✔️ H.4007 An Act relative to post-retirement employment of public retirees

✔️ H.4008 An Act repealing certain tax expenditures

✔️ H.4009 An Act relative to the taxation of pass-through entities

✔️ H.4010 An Act relative to parking fees on department of conservation and recreation roads

✔️ H.4011 An Act relative to eligibility for emergency assistance to elderly, disabled residents and children

✔️ H.4012 An Act relative to eligibility for transitional aid to families with dependent children

✔️ H.4014 An Act providing operating assistance to regional transit authorities

✔️ H.4016 An Act establishing a special legislative commission to study poverty in the Commonwealth

✔️ H.4018 An Act establishing a higher education affordability task force

FY22 Budget Actions

The House voted to override the Governor's budget vetoes which caused funding reductions and language changes to the following line items:

1595-6370 Commonwealth Transportation Fund Transfer to RTA's

7004-0102 Programs for Homeless Individuals

2310-0200 Division of Fisheries & Wildlife
7061-9010 Charter Schools Reimbursement
7004-0101 Emergency Housing Assistance

2000-0101 Climate Change Adaptation

2511-0100 Department of Agricultural Resources

8900-0001 Department of Corrections

5011-0100 Department of Mental Health

8200-0200 Municipal Police Training

1595-6369 Commonwealth Transportation Fund Transfer to MBTA

7004-9316 Residential Assistance

Section 99 - Charitable Tax Deductions

Section 121 - Children's Behavioral Health Study Due to Impacts of COVID-19

July 22, 2021

H.3977 An Act regulating sports wagering

✔️ Amendment #3 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in retail sports betting

July 9, 2021

H.4002 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements

✔️ Final Passage of the Conference Committee Report to be sent to the Governor

July 7, 2021

H.3930 Order for the adoption of permanent House Rules for the 192nd General Court governing the 2021-2022 legislative sessions

✔️ Amendment #1 Allowing voting members serving on national guard or active reserve military duty to vote remotely

✔️ Amendment #2 Speaker Term Limits - Voted in opposition

✔️ Amendment #3 Public Committee Votes - Voted in opposition

✔️ Amendment #6 Emergency Scheduling of Hearings - Voted in opposition

✔️ Amendment #9 Committee Polls 2 Hour Window - Voted in opposition

✔️ Amendment #11 Access to information - Voted in opposition

✔️ Amendment #12 Committee Votes on Website - Voted in opposition

✔️ Amendment #13 Review of Consolidated Amendments - Voted in opposition

✔️ Amendment #16 Public Committee Votes - Voted in opposition

June 22, 2021

H.3903 An Act financing improvements to municipal roads and bridges

H.3827 An Act relative to transferring federal funds to the federal COVID-19 response fund

✔️ Override of Governor's appropriation

June 15, 2021

S2472 An Act relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency

June 10, 2021

H.3863 An Act relative to reprecincting

H.3862 An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2021 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

✔️ Amendment #28 Voter Access

June 9, 2021

S.5 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars

May 18, 2021

H.3770 An Act financing the reconstruction of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke

✔️ Override of Governor's veto of Section 5 on June 30, 2021

April 26, 2021

H.4000 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements

✔️ Amendment #413 Film Tax Credit

✔️ Amendment #800 Increasing Conservation Land Tax Credit

March 11, 2021

H.89 An Act financing a program for improvements to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and providing relief to employers and workers in the Commonwealth

✔️ Amendment #5 Limiting Double-Dip Tax Break - Voted in opposition

February 24, 2021

H.68 Proposed Joint Rules governing the 2021-2022 legislative session

✔️ Amendment #8 Public Votes and Committee Testimony - Voted in opposition

✔️ Amendment #3 Electronic Polling - Voted in opposition

✔️ Amendment #6 Procurement Amendment - Voted in opposition

✔️ Amendment #11 Conference Committee Report - Voted in opposition

January 28, 2021

S.9 An Act creating a next-generation roadmap for Massachusetts climate policy

Rep. Tricia voted to support the legislation listed unless otherwise noted. All votes are on engrossment.

*Co-sponsored by Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier

December 16, 2020 - January 5, 2021

H.5179 An Act providing for access to reproductive health services - Rejected the Governor’s Amendment

✔️ Amendment #2 Guaranteeing Medical Care to Babies Born Alive - Voted in Opposition

H.5181 An Act providing for eviction protections during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency - Rejected the Governor’s Amendment

H.5187 An Act establishing a federal coronavirus relief funds website - Rejected the Governor’s Amendment

H.5188 An Act providing for a long term and congregate care coronavirus transmission reduction guidance report - Rejected the Governor’s Amendment

H.5189 An Act providing for a department of children and families school attendance report - Rejected the Governor’s Amendment

FY’21 Budget Actions

The House voted to override the Governor’s budget vetoes which caused funding reductions to the following line items:

✔️ 7061-0027 Remote Learning

✔️ 3000-1042 Child care rate increase

✔️ 3000-7050 Family network programs

✔️ 2200-0100 DEP Administration

✔️ 2810-0100 Parks & recreation operations

✔️ 2260-8870 Hazardous waste cleanup

✔️2300-0101 Riverways protection

✔️ 1231-1000 Sewer rate relief

✔️ 7000-9402 Talking Book Library

✔️ 7000-9406 Talking book program

✔️ 7000-9506 Telecom. automation

✔️ 7000-9508 Center for the Book

✔️ 4403-2000 Transitional Aid

✔️ 4408-1000 Emergency Aid

✔️ 4003-0122 Refugees & immigrants

✔️ 7027-1004 English Language Acquisition

✔️ 1107-2501 Disabled persons commision

✔️ 0950-0050 Gay, Lesbian, Transgender

✔️ 0950-0080 Status of Asian Americans

✔️ 0950-0000 Status of Women

✔️ 3000-7055 Neighborhood Villages

✔️ 3000-1044 EEC Parent Fee reserve

✔️ 7003-0606 Manufacturing extensions

✔️ 7100-0801 Tech. Transfer Center

✔️ 7003-1207 AFL-CIO workforce development

✔️ 7007-0952 Zoological Corporation

✔️ 0321-2100 Legal Services

✔️ 0340-0900 Bristol DA Office

✔️ 0340-0998 Bristol DA Overtime

✔️ 0810-0004 Crime Compensation

✔️ 7035-0035 Advanced Placement

✔️ 7010-1202 DESE Computer Science

✔️ 2000-0101 Climate Adaptation

✔️ 2800-0500 Beach Preservation

✔️ 7004-0101 Family Shelters

✔️ 7004-0108 HomeBASE

✔️ 1070-0840 Cannabis Commission

✔️ 4000-0700 MassHealth Fee for Service

✔️ 4110-1000 Services for the Blind

✔️ 4510-0112 Postpartum Depression

✔️ 4512-2020 Health and Safety reform

✔️ 4590-0250 School-Based Health program

✔️ 4590-0300 Smoking Prevention program

✔️ 4590-1504 Gun Violence prevention

✔️ 4000-0300 EOHHS & MassHealth administration

✔️ 0320-0003 SJC Administration

✔️0320-0010 Suffolk County Clerks

✔️ 0321-0001 Judicial Conduct Comm.

✔️ 0321-0100 Board of Bar Examiners

✔️ 0322-0100 Appeals Court Expenses

✔️ 0330-0101 Superior Court Salaries

✔️ 0330-0300 Administrative Staff

✔️ 0330-0344 Veterans Court Program

✔️ 0330-0599 Recidivism Reduction

✔️ 0331-0100 Superior Court Administration

✔️ 0334-0001 Land Court Salaries

✔️ 0337-0002 Juvenile Court Department

✔️ 0339-1001 Probation-Administration

✔️ 0339-1003 Community Corrections

✔️ 0339-1005 Juvenile-Criminal Justice

✔️ 0339-2100 Middlesex Jury Commission

✔️ 7010-1194 Financial Literacy

✔️ 7028-0031 Institutional School Department

✔️ 7061-0029 Education Reform Audits

✔️ 7061-9401 Assessment Consortium

✔️ 2820-0101 State House Park Rangers

✔️ 0640-0096 Lottery Health & Welfare

✔️ 0940-0100 MCAD Administration

✔️ 0900-0100 State Ethics Commission

✔️ 0920-0300 Campaign Finance Office

✔️ 1599-2003 Uniform Law Commission

✔️ 0540-1200 Hampden Registry of Deeds

✔️ 0540-1500 Middlesex Southern Deeds

✔️ 8900-0001 Department of Corrections Operations

✔️ 1595-6370 CTF Transfer to RTA

✔️ 8950-0001 Parole Board

✔️ 7003-0500 industrial Accidents

✔️ 8910-0102 Hampden County Corrections

✔️ 8910-0107 Middlesex County Corrections

✔️ 8910-0145 Berkshire Sheriff

✔️ 8910-1010 Hampden Sheriff Unit

✔️ 8910-1020 Hampden Sheriff Transportation

✔️ 8910-1030 Women’s Correction

✔️ 0511-0000 State Secretary

✔️ 0540-1000 Essex Deeds South

✔️ 0540-1100 Franklin Deeds

✔️ 0540-1300 Hampshire Deeds

✔️ 0540-1400 Middlesex North Deeds

✔️ 0540-1600 Berkshire Deeds North

✔️ 0540-1700 Berkshire CentralDeeds

✔️ 0540-1800 Berkshire South Deeds

✔️ 0540-1900 Suffolk Deeds

✔️ 0540-2000 Worcester North Deeds

✔️ 0540-2100 Worcester Deeds

✔️ 0610-0000 Treasurer

✔️ 0710-0000 State Auditor

✔️ 0710-0100 Local Mandates

✔️ 0710-0200 Special Investigations

✔️ 0710-0225 Medicaid Audit

✔️ 0710-0300 Special Investigation

✔️ 0910-0200 Inspector General

✔️ 0910-0220 Program Integrity

✔️ 0910-0300 IG MassDOT

✔️ 0340-2100 Prosecution Management

✔️ 0340-0203 DA Heroin Pilot

✔️ 0340-0200 Northern DA Office

✔️ 0340-1100 Berkshire DA

✔️ 0340-0400 Middle DA

✔️ 0340-0600 Northwestern DA

✔️ 0340-1000 Cape and Islands DA

✔️ 8910-8630 Norfolk Sheriff programs

✔️ 0340-0298 Middlesex DA police OT

✔️ 0340-1198 Berkshire DA police OT

✔️ 0340-0498 Worcester DA police OT

✔️ 0340-0698 Northwestern DA police OT

✔️ 0340-1098 Cape & Islands DA police

✔️ 7002-0017 House and Economic Development IT costs

✔️ 7008-1300 International Trade Council

✔️ 0340-0800 Plymouth DAs Office

✔️ 0340-0898 Plymouth DA police OT

✔️ 0340-0700 Norfolk DAs Office

✔️ 0340-0798 Norfolk DA police OT

✔️ 0340-0500 Hampden DAs Office

✔️ 0340-0598 Hampden DA Police OT

✔️ 0340-0300 Eastern DAs office

✔️ 0340-0398 Eastern DA Police OT

✔️ 0340-0100 Suffolk DAs office

✔️ 0340-0198 Suffolk DA Police OT

November 10-11, 2020

H.5150 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2021 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements

✔️ Amendment #675 Raising the Tax Rate on Unearned Income

✔️ Amendment #759 Improved Access to Healthcare

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

✔️ Consolidated Amendment B

✔️ Consolidated Amendment C

✔️ Consolidated Amendment D

H.5151 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2021 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements

November 5, 2020

H.5102 An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2020 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

July 31, 2020

S.2500 An Act setting next-generation climate policy

✔️ Amendment #52 Environmental Justice

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

July 30, 2020

H.4921 An Act promoting awareness of sewage pollution in public waters

July 29, 2020

H.4910 Order Suspending Joint Rule 12A

✔️ Amendment #1 - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #2 - Voted in Opposition

S.2796 An Act Putting Patients First

✔️ Amendment #6 Providing worker compensation protection to emergency response and medical personnel related to COVID-29 infection - Voted in Opposition

July 27-28, 2020

H.4879 An Act enabling partnerships for growth

✔️ Amendment #34 Supporting Affordable Housing With A Local Option For A fee To Be Applied To Certain Real Estate Transactions - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #66 Enabling Local Options For Tenant Protections - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #124 Facilitating Local Approval of Inclusionary Zoning - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #283 Major League Franchise Ownership Payments - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

✔️ Consolidated Amendment B

✔️ Consolidated Amendment C

✔️ Consolidated Amendment D

July 22-24, 2020

S.2820 An Act to reform police standards and shift resources to build a more equitable, fair and just commonwealth that values Black lives and communities of color

✔️ Amendment #3 Membership of Police Standards and Training Commission - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #11 Civil Service Special Commission

✔️ Amendment #29 Unprofessional police conduct definition - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #58 Identified Complaints - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #61 Amendment Clarifying Reach Back - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #77 Preponderance of Evidence as the Burden of Proof for License Suspension and Revocation

✔️ Amendment #78 MA Coalition for the Homeless - Special Legislative Commission

✔️ Amendment #93 Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities

✔️ Amendment #116 Safety for Children and Elders

✔️ Amendment #118 Shall to May - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #131 Restrictions on the Acquisition on Military Grade Controlled Property

✔️ Amendment #169 Protecting canine officers and canine handlers from frivolous lawsuits - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #174 Creating a commission of law enforcement professionals on the Mass Police Standards and Training Commission - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #181 Commissioner Requirements - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #195 Preservation of remedies for victims, Further Amendment - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #200 Tear Gas Ban

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

✔️ Consolidated Amendment B

✔️ Consolidated Amendment C, Further Amendment - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Consolidated Amendment C

July 9, 2020

S.2757 An Act to mitigate arbovirus in the Commonwealth

H.4841 An Act relative to accountability for vulnerable children and families

June 30, 2020

H.4818 An Act to reduce racial inequities in maternal health

June 24, 2020

H.4802 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to authorize certain COVID-19 spending in anticipation of federal reimbursement

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

✔️ Amendment #81 Juneteenth Independence Day a State Holiday

June 4, 2020

H.4767 An Act addressing challenges faced by food and beverage establishments resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic

✔️ Amendment #7 Ballot Postmark Deadline

✔️ Amendment #10 Expanded Time for Voter Registration

✔️ Amendment #14 Guaranteeing Safe, Accessible, and Fair Elections For All - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #25 Expanded and Election Day Voter Registration - Voted in Opposition

June 3, 2020

H.4768 An Act relative to voting options in response to COVID-19

May 20, 2020

H.4708 An Act financing the general governmental infrastructure of the Commonwealth

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

May 6, 2020

H.4677 An Act to facilitate the delay of the income tax filing deadline

March 5, 2020

H4506 An Act authorizing and accelerating transportation investment

✔️ Amendment #50

✔️ Consolidated Amendment A

March 4. 2020

H4530 An Act relative to Transportation finance

✔️ Amendment #4 - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #29 - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #30 - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #31 - Voted in Opposition

✔️ Amendment #70

February 5, 2020

S2367 An Act to protect persons with intellectual or developmental disability from abuse.

H4367 An Act relative to host community agreements.

February 26, 2020

H4503 On Engrossment An Act relative to strengthening the local and regional public health system.

November 20, 2019

* H4218 An Act regarding breakfast after the bell

H4087 An Act relative to campaign finance

S2374 An Act providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Rockland

November 13, 2019

H4077 An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire certain parcels of state land in the town of Needham now under the care and control of the Department of Conservation and Recreation

H4183 An Act modernizing tobacco control

November 6, 2019

H4177 An Act relative to the training of higher education counselors on deployment-related health conditions

H4099 An Act to support improved financial stability in higher education

H4179 Resolve establishing a Deborah Sampson memorial commission

October 23, 2019

S2365 An Act relative to educational opportunity for students

October 16, 2019

H4127 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.

October 2, 2019

H4099 An Act to support improved financial stability in higher education.

September 25, 2019

H4087 An Act relative to Campaign Finance

September 18, 2019

H 4076 An Act establishing a women's rights history trail.

July 31, 2019

H4012 An Act relative to children’s health and wellness.

July 24, 2019

H3897 An Act relative to the training of higher education counselors in PTSD.

June 19, 2019

H3904 An Act relative to appraisal management companies.

H3535 An Act expanding agriculture preservation restrictions for hemp cultivation

June 5, 2019

H3854 An Act relative to collective bargaining dues.

May 29, 2019

H69 An Act financing improvements to municipal roads and bridges.

H3819 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.

May 15, 2019

H3793 An Act requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving.

May 8, 2019

H86 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars.

March 27, 2019

H3638 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.

March 13, 2019

H140 An Act relative to abusive practices to change sexual orientation and gender identity in minors.

H3594 An Act to lift the cap on kids.

February 27, 2019

H3505 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.

Rep. Tricia voted to support the legislation listed unless otherwise noted. All votes are on engrossment.

*Co-sponsored by Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier

July 31, 2018

H4812 An act to ensure compliance with federal standards regarding the handling of federal tax infromation

H4732 An act relative to economic development in the Commonwealth

H4822 An act relative to the cremation of certain unclaimed bodies

H4742 An act for prevention and access to appropriate care and treatment of addiction

H4815 An act relative to the background record check procedures of the department of early education and care

S2614 An act relative to the creation of the Commonwealth Technical Rescue Regions and Coordinating Councils

S1386 An act relative to firefighters cessation program

S2603 An act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements to NSTAR electric company d/b/a Eversource Energy in return for NSTAR releasing or modifying easements for the benefit of the Commonwealth

H4857 An act to advance clean energy

July 30, 2018

H4834 An act automatically registering eligible voters and enhancing safeguards against fraud

H4835 An Act promoting climate change adaptation, environmental and natural resource protection, and investment in recreational assets and opportunity

FY19 Budget Actions

The House voted to override the Governor's budget vetoes which caused funding reductions and language changes (+ for language changes) to the following line items:

✔️ 7006-0011 Mortgage Practices Oversight

✔️ 4403-2000 Transitional Aid to Families with Dependents+

✔️ 1599-4417 EJ Collins Jr Center

✔️ 7006-0142 Office of Public Safety and Inspections

✔️ 4512-0500 Dental Health Program

✔️ 4513-1121 Stop Stroke Program

✔️ 7007-0300 Office of Business Development

✔️ 5911-1003 DDS Service Coordination and Admin

✔️ 7002-0020 Workforce Development Grant

✔️ 4000-0014 Edward M Kennedy CHC

✔️ 4000-0300 EOHHS and Medicaid Administration

✔️ 4000-0700 MassHealth Fee for Service Payments

✔️ 7003-1206 Massachusetts Service Alliance

✔️ 4510-0600 Environmental Health Program

✔️ 7007-0952 Commonwealth Zoological Corporation

✔️ 2511-0100 Agricultural Resources Administration

✔️ 2800-0501 DCR Seasonals

✔️ 7004-0099 Housing Main Administration

✔️ 4200-0200 Detained Residential

✔️ 1450-1266 Academic Detailing

✔️ 4000-0328 State Plan Amendment Support

✔️ 7061-9401 Assessment Consortium

✔️ 7008-1116 Local Economic Development Projects Earmarks

July 27, 2018

S2632 An act relative to Veterans' benefits, rights, appreciation, validation and enforcement

H4116 An act relative to Alzheimer's and related dementias in the Commonwealth

FY19 Budget Actions

The House voted to override the Governor's budget vetoes which caused funding reductions to the following line items:

✔️ 0640-0300 Massachusetts Cultural Council

✔️ 2000-0100 Energy and Environmental Affairs Administration

✔️ 0339-1011 Community Based Re-entry Programs

✔️ 4000-0601 MassHealth Senior Care

✔️ 7007-0801 Microlending

✔️ 7000-9501 Municipal Libraries Local Aid

✔️ 1595-6368 Transportation Trust Funds

✔️ 2800-0700 Dam Regulatory Office

✔️ 8000-0313 Local Public Safety Projects and Grants Earmarks

✔️ 7002-0010 Economic Development Administration

✔️ 4590-0250 School Based Health Programs

✔️ 2330-0100 Division of Marine Fisheries

✔️ 8324-0000 Department of Fire Services

✔️ 9110-1630 Home Care Services

✔️ 8100-1001 Department of State Police

✔️ 1599-0026 Municipal Regionalization Reserve

✔️ 2800-0100 Conservation and Recreation Administration

✔️ 4513-1111 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

✔️ 5920-2025 Community Day and Work Programs

✔️ 7077-0023 Tufts Veterinary

✔️ 8200-0200 Municipal Police Training Com.

✔️ 7002-0036 Urban Agenda Economic Development Grants

✔️ 7003-0803 One-Stop Career Centers

✔️ 2810-0122 Special Projects in Parks and Recreation Areas

The House also voted to override the Governor's veto on:

✔️ H1390 An Act relative to protecting the rights of custodial and other non-teaching employees of school districts

July 25,2018

H4668 & H4573 & H4669 An Act providing for the terms of certain bonds to be issued by the Commonwealth

July 19, 2018

H4486 An act protecting youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction

S2260 An act negating archaic statutes targeting young women

July 18, 2018

H4516 An Act relative to municipal police training fund.

H4800 An act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements

July 12, 2018

H1390 An Act relative to protecting the rights of custodial and other non-teaching employees of school districts

H2515 An act relative to disability benefits.

June 28, 2018

H4670 An Act relative to firearms

June 6, 2018

H4549 An act providing for capital facility repairs and improvements for the Commonwealth

H4501 An act providing continued investment in the life sciences industry in the Commonwealth

May 23, 2018

H4536 An Act financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents

May 21, 2018

H4514 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.

May 17, 2018

S2372 An Act relative to the Garden of Peace

April 26, 2018

H4449 An Act financing improvements to municipal roads and bridges

April 4, 2018

H3995 An Act authorizing the commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey certain land in the city of Revere

S2371 An Act relative to criminal justice reform

March 15, 2018

S2014 An Act relative to veterans' housing in the town of Agawam

November 15, 2017

S2178 An Act relative to handicapped parking

October 25, 2017

S2085 An Act authorizing the town of Plymouth to exchange a parcel of land held for conservation purposes for a parcel of land in the town of Plymouth

September 28, 2017

H1100 An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to use certain land acquired for park, playground or recreation purposes for other municipal purposes

September 13, 2017

H3692 An Act authorizing the town of Lincoln to exchange certain landfill property for conservation land

July 26, 2017

S1152 An Act authorizing the town of Wareham to lease certain land

July 20, 2017

H3818 An act to ensure safe access to marijuana

July 19, 2017

*H3680 An Act establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act

July 7, 2017

H3654 An Act authorizing the City of Lowell to use certain municipal land for school purposes

June 14, 2017

H1837 An Act relative to naming a state-owned bridge in the town of Amherst after Ellen Story

June 8, 2017

H3718 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

May 10, 2017

S22 An Act authorizing the trustees of the bathing beach in the town of Hingham to enter into a lease for the operation of the bathhouse facility and surrounding grounds

March 22, 2017

H3448 An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2017 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

January 26, 2017

H58 An Act further regulating the compensation of certain public officials

Rep. Tricia voted to support the legislation listed unless otherwise noted. All votes are on engrossment.

July 30th & July 31st, 2016

H4570 An Act regulating transportation network companies

H4568 An Act to promote energy diversity

H4569 An Act relative to job creation and workforce development

H4424 An Act providing for the financing of certain improvements to municipal roads and bridges

H4565 An Act modernizing municipal finance and government

S2137 An Act relative to HIV-associated lipodystrophy syndrome treatment

H2112 An Act relative to fire safety

H3895 An Act increasing access to immunizations

FY17 Budget Actions

The House voted to override the Governor’s budget vetoes which caused funding reductions to the following line items:

✔️ 0332-0100 District Court Administrative Staff

✔️ 0337-0002 Juvenile Court Department

✔️ 0340-0600 Northwestern District Attorneys’ Office

✔️ 0511-0200 State Archives

✔️ 0610-0010 Economic Empowerment

✔️ 0640-0300 Massachusetts Cultural Council

✔️ 0930-0100 Office of the Child Advocate

✔️ 1108-5100 Group Insurance Commission Administration

✔️ 1108-5200 Group Insurance Commission Premium and Plan

✔️ 1595-6368 MA Transportation Trust Funds

✔️ 1599-0026 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve

✔️ 1599-2014 UMASS Center at Springfield

✔️ 2000-0100 EOEEA Administration

✔️ 2030-1000 Environmental Law Enforcement

✔️ 2200-0100 DEP Administration

✔️ 2200-0107 Recycling and Solid Waste Master Plan Operations

✔️ 2300-0101 Riverway’s Protection Access

✔️ 2330-0100 Division of Marine Fisheries Administration

✔️ 2511-0100 DAR Administration

✔️ 2511-0105 Emergency Food Assistance

✔️ 2800-0401 Storm Water Management

✔️ 2800-0500 DCR Beach Preservation

✔️ 2800-0501 DCR Seasonals

✔️ 2800-0700 Office of DAM Safety

✔️ 2810-0100 State Parks and Recreation

✔️ 3000-1000 Dept. of Early Ed and Care Administration

✔️ 4000-0005 Safe and Successful Youth Initiative

✔️ 4000-0008 Crossroads At-Risk Youth Program

✔️ 4000-0014 Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center

✔️ 4000-0300 EOHHS and MASSHEALTH Administration

✔️ 4000-0640 MASSHEALTH Nursing Home Rates

✔️ 4000-0700 MASSHEALTH Fee for Service

✔️ 4110-1000 Community Services for the Blind

✔️ 4200-0200 Residential Services for Detained Population

✔️ 4401-1000 Employment Services Program

✔️ 4510-0110 DPH Community Health Centers

✔️ 4510-0710 Division of Health Care Quality and Improvement

✔️ 4510-0810 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) and Pedi SANE Programs

✔️ 4512-0200 Substance Abuse Treatment

✔️ 4512-0500 Dental Health Services

✔️ 4513-1000 Family Health Services

✔️ 4513-1026 Suicide Prevention Program

✔️ 4513-1111 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

✔️ 4513-1130 Domestic Violence Prevention

✔️ 4530-9000 Teen Pregnancy Prevention

✔️ 4590-0250 School Based Health Program

✔️ 4590-0915 DPH Hospital Operations

✔️ 4590-1507 Youth At-Risk Matching Grants

✔️ 4800-0038 Children and Family Services

✔️ 4800-0200 DCF Family Resources Center

✔️ 5042-5000 Children's Mental Health

✔️ 5046-0000 Adult Support Services

✔️ 5911-1003 DDS Service Coordination and Administration

✔️ 5920-3000 Respite and Family Services

✔️ 7002-0010 EOHED Administration

✔️ 7002-0012 Youth At-Risk Summer Jobs

✔️ 7002-0020 Manufacturing Pilot Program

✔️ 7003-0100 EOLWD Administration

✔️ 7003-0150 Demonstration Workforce Development

✔️ 7003-0902 Joint Labor Management Committee for Municipal Police and Fire

✔️ 7003-1206 Massachusetts Service Alliance

✔️ 7004-0099 DHCD Administration

✔️ 7004-0100 Homeless Programs Administration

✔️ 7004-0101 Emergency Assistance Family Shelter

✔️ 7004-0102 Homeless Individuals Assistance

✔️ 7004-3036 Housing Consumer Education Center

✔️ 7004-9005 Housing Authority Subsidies

✔️ 7004-9007 Public Housing Reform

✔️ 7004-9024 Rental Voucher Program

✔️ 7004-9316 RAFT/Family Residential Assistance

✔️ 7007-0800 Small Business Development Center

✔️ 7007-0952 Zoological Corporation

✔️ 7008-0900 Mass. Office of Travel and Tourism

✔️ 7009-1700 Education IT Department

✔️ 7010-0005 DESE Administration

✔️ 7010-0033 Literacy Programs

✔️ 7027-0019 Connecting Activities

✔️ 7035-0002 Adult Basic Education

✔️ 7053-1925 School Breakfast Program

✔️ 7061-0033 Public School Military Mitigation

✔️ 7061-9011 Innovation Schools

✔️ 7061-9406 Statewide College/Career Readiness

✔️ 7061-9408 Targeted Intervention

✔️ 7061-9611 After School And Out Of School

✔️ 7066-0000 DHE Administration

✔️ 7066-0019 Dual Enrollment

✔️ 7070-0065 Scholarship Reserve

✔️ 7113-0101 MCLA Gallery #51

✔️ 7115-0100 Westfield State University

✔️ 7503-0100 Bristol Community College

✔️ 7507-0100 Greenfield Community College

✔️ 7510-0200 Northern Essex Community College Expansion

✔️ 8000-0600 EOPS Administration

✔️ 8100-1001 State Police

✔️ 8200-0200 Municipal Police Training Committee

✔️ 8324-0000 Department Of Fire Services

✔️ 8900-0001 DOC Facilities

✔️ 8910-0108 Franklin Sheriff

✔️ 9110-1630 Home Care Purchased Services

✔️ 9110-9002 Grants to Councils on Aging

✔️ H 4491 relative to long-term antibiotic therapy for the treatment of Lyme disease

✔️ Section 110 First Dose Monitoring

✔️ Section 166 Special Commission on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

✔️ Section 172 Water Transportation Advisory Council

✔️ Section 39 Tourism Trust

✔️ Section 45 Retiree Health Care

✔️ Section 89 Alternative Communication Devices

July 14, 2016

H4512 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

H4459 An Act relative to simulcasting and racing days

S2119 An Act to establish pay equity

July 13, 2016

H4210 An Act relative to the curatorship program

July 7, 2016

H4451 An Act relative to Nickerson State Park

S2407 An Act relative to transgender anti-discrimination

H4461 An Act relative to job creation, workforce development and infrastructure investment

June 30, 2016

H4450 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements

June 29, 2016

H4434 An Act relative to the judicial enforcement of noncompetition agreements

June 22, 2016

H4057 An Act financing improvements to municipal roads and bridges

H4110 An Act reforming alimony in the Commonwealth

H4005 An Act to properly punish the solicitation of felony crimes

H541 An Act further regulating disclosure requirements for expenditures made to support or oppose candidates by certain committees

H542 An Act relative to campaign contribution limits for certain candidates running for office in a state election

H543 An act relative to enhance disclosure of top-five contributors information

H4425 An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2017 before final action on the general appropriation bill

June 15, 2016

H4397 An Act to modernize municipal finance and government

June 8, 2016

H4377 An Act to promote energy diversity

June 1, 2016

H4343 An Act relative to transgender anti-discrimination

May 25, 2016

H4333 An Act to improve public records

May 18, 2016

H3933 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution An Initiative Petition for an Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth to Provide Resources for Education and Transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of One Million Dollars

May 11, 2016

H4278 An Act relative to housing, operations, military service, and enrichment

April 13, 2016

H4133 An Act financing improvements to certain municipal roads

H4199 Special procedures for consideration of the House Bill making appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for the maintenance of departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements (House, No. 3400) ought to be adopted

April 6, 2016

H4173 An Act The Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate further amendment of the Senate Bill relative to solar energy (Senate, No. 1979, amended), reports that the House recede from its non-concurrence with the Senate in its further amendment (striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of Senate document numbered 2058) and concur therein with a still further amendment by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of House document numbered 4173; and that the Senate concur in the still further amendment

March 23, 2016

H4116 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

March 9, 2016

H4049 An Act relative to the ride for hire industry

February 24, 2016

H4023 An Act establishing the Olmsted Park improvement fund

H4022 An Act relative to home improvement contractor registration

Feb. 3, 2016

H3985 Resolutions Urging The Congress Of The United States To Enact And Put Forth For Ratification An Amendment To The United States Constitution Relating To Campaign Contributions And Public Campaign Financing

H3848 An Act to comply with the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

January 27, 2016

H3969 An Act eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities in the Commonwealth

S1994 An Act further regulating tanning facilities

January 13, 2016

H3947 An Act relative to substance use, treatment, education and prevention

January 6, 2016

H3654 An Act regulating sewer betterment assessments in the Commonwealth

S2021 An Act relative to motor vehicle license suspension

November 18, 2015

H3858 An Act to improve public records

November 17, 2015

S1979 An Act providing for the establishment of a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change

November 4, 2015

H3173 An act relative to the removal of commemorative flag holders from the graves of veterans and certain police and fire personnel

H1306 An act relative to grave markers to commemorate the grave of a veteran, police officer or firefighter

H1600 An Act providing further penalties for intentional loss or damage to a gravestone or other grave marker

H1641 An Act relative to the false representation of military status

H3243 An act providing free access to certain parks and recreation areas to Purple Heart recipients

October 28, 2015

S2019 An Act relative to the Thomas P. Kennedy spinal cord injury trust fund

H3829 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

October 21, 2015

H3650 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 for the maintenance of the departments, boards commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements

S1007 Resolutions encouraging equitable and diverse gender representation on the boards of companies in the commonwealth

October 14, 2015

H3806 An Act regulating secondary metals dealings

S2057 An Act clearing titles to foreclosed properties

October 7, 2015

H2339 An Act authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the city of Boston

H3798 An Act relative to the trafficking of Fentanyl

September 30, 2015

H3785 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

June 24, 2015

H1566 An Act relative to electronic publication of certain legal notices

H1354 An Act relative to juries and the Office of the Jury Commissioner

H3611 An Act to legitimize structures after six or ten years of continuous use

January 29, 2015

H2017 An act relative to the rules of the House of Representatives for the years 2015-2016

H52 An Act addressing the fiscal year 2015 budget shortfall

H65 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

H3189 An Act providing for an employee retirement incentive program

H3187 An Act further providing for the financing of certain improvements to municipal roads and bridges

Rep. Tricia voted to support the legislation listed unless otherwise noted. All votes are on engrossment.

July 31, 2014

H2551 An Act making corrective changes in certain laws regarding the taxation of forest, farm and recreational land

H2779 An Act relative to insurance in the commonwealth

H3525 An Act clarifying the term of appointment of non-civil service police officers

H3789 An Act further regulating regional school district planning committees

H4019 An Act regarding the establishment of a regional school transportation reimbursement fund

H4047 An Act assisting individuals with autism and other intellectual or developmental disabilities

H4112 An Act relative to the Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation

H4237 An Act relative to real lives

H4241 An Act providing the terms of certain bonds for economic growth in the Commonwealth

H4254 An Act modernizing licensing operations at the Division of Professional Licensure

H4288 An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements to NStar Electric Company

H4365 An Act relative to racing days

H4374 An Act relative to local housing authorities

H4375 An Act providing for the preservation and improvement of land, parks and clean energy in the Commonwealth

H4376 An Act relative to the reduction of gun violence

H4377 An Act promoting economic growth across the Commonwealth

H4378 An Act relative to organ retention

H4386 An Act relative to simulcasting

S795 An Act protecting engineers, architects, environmental professionals, landscape architects, planners, land surveyors, licensed site professionals, and contractors who render voluntary services at the scene of a disaster or catastrophe

S858 An Act establishing uniform wage compliance and record keeping

S1218 An Act relative to labor relations

S1882 An Act relative to the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Acute Care Advisory Committee

S2021 An Act improving drinking water and wastewater infrastructure

S2142 An Act to increase opportunities for long-term substance abuse recovery

S2214 An Act relative to credit for thermal energy generated with renewable fuels

S2334 An Act relative to domestic violence

S2249 An Act relative to uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction

S2271 An Act relative to fair retainage payments in private construction

July 30, 2014

H3933 An Act providing for capital facility repairs and improvements for the Commonwealth

H4355 An Act financing information technology equipment and related projects

H4366 An Act relative to campaign finance disclosure and transparency

FY15 Budget Actions

The House voted to override the Governor’s budget vetoes which caused funding reductions to the following line items:

✔️ 7007-0300, restoring $100,000 to grants for community development corporations in port areas

✔️ 7009-7000, restoring $400,000 for a data sharing pilot program evaluating early intervention programs

✔️ 7010-0005, restoring $435,000 to school zone safety programs and funding for Aspire Mentor Corps

✔️ 7010-0033, restoring $20,000 to a school library pilot program in Tewksbury

✔️ 7010-0050, restoring $500,000 to the above-mentioned education evaluation grant program

✔️ 7061-0011, restoring $1,000,000 to the Foundation Budget Reserve

✔️ 7061-9408, restoring $250,000 to parent engagement programs and the Foundation Reserve

✔️ 7066-0000, restoring $1,000,000 to the Department of Higher Education

✔️ 7066-0009, restoring $183,000 to the New England Board of Higher Education

✔️ 7066-1400, restoring $100,000 for State University incentive grants

✔️ 7504-0102, restoring $1,950,000 to FAA-certified airframe and power plant programs

✔️ 2800-0101, restoring $290,000 to the watershed management program

✔️ 8000-0600, restoring $1,058,000 to Executive Office of Public Safety programs

✔️ 8900-0001, restoring $2,200,000 to Department of Correction programs

✔️ 7077-0023, restoring $750,000 to Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine Program

July 29, 2014

H175 An Act relative to title protection

H3680 An Act relative to potluck events

S2283 An Act to promote public safety and protect access to reproductive health care facilities

FY15 Budget Actions

The House voted to override the Governor’s vetoes to several sections of the Fiscal Year 2015 budget:

✔️ Section 134 increasing penalties for heroin trafficking

✔️ Section 193 extending Medicaid rates for Franciscan Children’s Hospital

✔️ Section 214 relative to Department of Correction procurement

✔️ Section 277 dealing with soil delivery pre-approval

The House also voted to override the Governor’s budget vetoes which caused funding reductions to the following line items:

✔️ 7004-0099, restoring $250,000 to Department of Housing and Community Development Administration

✔️ 1599-0026, restoring $2,365,000 to the Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve

✔️ 1599-2014, restoring $500,000 to the Davis V. Rennie Reserve for state employee compensation

✔️ 2800-0501, restoring $400,000 to Department of Conservation and Recreation Seasonal Expenses

✔️ 2800-0700, restoring $549,000 to the Office of Dam Safety

✔️ 2810-0100, restoring $1,775,000 to State Parks and Recreation

July 23, 2014

S2283 An Act to promote public safety and protect access to reproductive health care facilities

July 16, 2014

H4306 An Act relative to local housing authority reform

H4308 An Act relative to the expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

July 9, 2014

H4285 An Act relative to the reduction of gun violence

June 30, 2014

H4242 Fiscal Year 2015 Budget – Conference Report

H4235 An Act relative to pharmacy practice in the Commonwealth

S2211 An Act relative to fostering economic independence

S2142 An Act to increase opportunities for long-term substance abuse recovery

June 25, 2014

H4217 An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2015

H4226 An Act relative to campaign finance and transparency

H4228 An Act relative to patient limits in all intensive care units

S2021 An Act improving drinking water and wastewater infrastructure

June 18, 2014

H4126 An Act extending the statute of limitations in civil child sexual abuse cases

S2132 An Act establishing the domestic workers bill of rights

S2195 An Act restoring the minimum wage and providing unemployment insurance reforms

June 11, 2014

H4164 An Act relative to natural gas leaks

May 28, 2014

H4111 An Act relative to the expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

May 21, 2014

H4091 An Act relative to improving student achievement

May 14, 2014

H4072 An Act relative to election laws

H4069 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

April 30, 2014

H4000 An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015

April 16, 2014

H4047 An Act relative to assisting individuals with autism and other intellectual or developmental disabilities

H4046 An Act financing improvements to the Commonwealth’s transportation system

April 2, 2014

H3983 An Act relative to workforce reform

H4023 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (Firefighter Supplemental Budget)

March 26, 2014

H3978 An Act relative to prevent shackling and promote safe pregnancies for female inmates

March 13, 2014

H3947 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

H3783 An Act relative to flood insurance

H3736 An Act encouraging the improvement, expansion and development of military installations in the Commonwealth

March 5, 2014

H3920 An Act providing for capital facility repairs and improvements for the Commonwealth

February 27, 2014

H3909 An Act relative to bullying in schools

January 29, 2014

H3860 An Act financing improvements to the Commonwealth’s transportation system

November 20, 2013

H3772 An Act relative to election laws

H1577 An Act relative to the protection of firefighters and emergency medical technicians

H3757 An Act relative to automotive repair

H3711 An Act relative to emergency scheduling of addictive substances by the Commissioner of Public Health

November 19, 2013

H3770 An Act financing information technology equipment and related projects

November 18, 2013

H1534 An Act relative to manslaughter

H3764 An Act relative to the date of the 2014 biennial state primaries

November 13, 2013

H3334 An Act encouraging the improvement, expansion and development of military installations in the Commonwealth

H3719 An Act to strengthen campaign finance reporting requirements

November 6, 2013

H3492 An Act financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents

S1806 An Act to foster economic independence

October 30, 2013

H3720 An Act relative to veterans’ allowance, labor, outreach, and recognition

H3492 An Act financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents

October 16, 2013

H3700 An Act relative to making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

October 2, 2013

H3672 An Act relative to pharmacy practice in the Commonwealth

September 25, 2013

H3662 An Act repealing the computer and software services tax

July 30, 2013

Further overrides of Governor Patrick’s vetoes to the Fiscal Year 2014 budget and H3539, a mid-year 2013 spending bill

July 24, 2013

Overrode Governor Patrick's vetoes of items within H3539 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

July 17, 2013

H3581 A further amendment to An Act relative to transportation finance

July 1, 2013

H3539 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

June 26, 2013

H3535 An Act relative to transportation finance

June 18, 2013

H3451 An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2013 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain other Activities and Projects

June 12, 2013

H28 An Act making amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code covering general provisions, documents of title and secured transactions

June 5, 2013

H3464 An Act financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents

H3488 An Act relative to the terms of certain bonds to be issued by the commonwealth for road and bridge repairs

May 22, 2013

H1432 An Act expanding juvenile jurisdiction

May 15, 2013

H3379 An Act making improvements in the state’s transportation system

April 24, 2013

H3400 An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014

April 8, 2013

H3382 An Act relative to transportation finance - Voted in Opposition

February 6, 2013

H57 An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 2013

Rep. Tricia voted to support the legislation listed unless otherwise noted. All votes are on engrossment.

July 31, 2012

H4352 An Act relative to infrastructure investment, enhanced competitiveness and economic growth in the Commonwealth

H4361 A Resolution relative to restoring free speech

H4371 An Act financing improvements to the transportation system

S2395 An Act relative to competitively priced electricity in the Commonwealth

S2400 An Act improving the quality of health care and reducing costs through increased transparency, efficiency, and innovation

S2410 An Act relative to families and children engaged in services

S2143 An Act relative to the emergency service response of public utility companies

H4362 An Act protecting motor vehicle owners and small businesses in repairing motor vehicles

H3917 An Act relative to payment for the use of ambulance services

H4252 An Act to adopt a definition of intellectual disability consistent with the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

H52 An Act to provide access to hearing aids for children

H3928 An Act relative to the treatment of cleft palate and cleft lip

H180 An Act relative to the prevention of falls in the elderly community

S2125 An Act relative to prescription drug diversion, abuse and addiction

July 30, 2012

S2192 An Act further regulating animal control

H3806 An Act relative to cooperative banks

H4332 An Act relative to student access to educational services and exclusion from school

Supported the Governor’s amendment to the recently passed crime bill numbered H3818. The amendment failed, but would have added judicial discretion to cases of violent habitual offenders.

July 26, 2012

H4324 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2012 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

July 25, 2012

H4244 An Act regarding families and children engaged in services. Reforms to the Child in Need of Service (CHINS) system will phase in changes over three years and launch a pilot program, leading toward replacing the current system.

H4304 An Act establishing a temporary workers right to know

H4323 An Act preventing unlawful and unnecessary foreclosures, requiring lenders to offer borrowers a modified loan if the modified loan is worth more than the amount the bank expects to recover through foreclosure. The loan modification program applies to seven types of loans, such as subprime mortgages, that contributed to the housing crisis.

H 4326 An Act relating to comprehensive protection from childhood sexual abuse. The law would increase the civil statute of limitations so that people as old as 43 could bring lawsuits for alleged sexual abuse when they were children.

Overrides of Gov. Patrick’s budget vetos, with the House choosing to restore 10 million for the probation commissioner and the trial courts, $300,000 to the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism, and $100,000 to a program in Springfield that provides housing services to low-income tenants in private residences.

July 18, 2012

S2342 An Act to Improve the Administration of State Government and Finance, making it more efficient, transparent and accountable

H4261 Casino compact with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, for the construction of a casino in Taunton.

The Representative elected not to support H3818, the anti-crime and sentencing reform bill. Her statement on this important issue follows:

"The House of Representatives recently debated and passed a conference committee report on a major crime bill. This bill, often referred to as the '3 Strikes bill' or 'Melissa’s Law', ultimately passed with broad support. However, I cast my vote in opposition. This was a difficult decision for me as I supported many provisions in the bill including its definitions of the most egregious crimes as well as the Good Samaritan provision, which allows a person to call for medical help on behalf of someone who is overdosing without being implicated in a crime.

Unfortunately, the Senate's proposed update to the wiretapping regulations and several other provisions that would help reduce crime were stripped out of the final bill. Even more troubling, the practice of mandatory minimum sentencing for nonviolent drug offenders remains in place. Mandatory minimums remove judicial discretion, hinder opportunities for rehabilitation, and contribute to our justice system's racial disparity, with blacks and latinos representing 17 percent of the state population but 56 percent of our prison population. I hope to participate in the crafting of further sentencing reform legislation next year. "

July 17, 2012

Override of Governor Patrick's veto on the human services salary reserve fund, restoring the FY 2013 line item to its original $20 million.

July 11, 2012

Rejection of the Governor's amendment to the FY 2013 budget regarding EBT restrictions.

Override of the Governor's budget veto on preserving the Taunton hospital.

H4152 An Act relative to third grade reading proficiency, creating an expert literacy panel to provide recommendations on improving reading scores.

June 28, 2012

H4200 General Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2013. The state's new fiscal year begins on Sunday July 1, 2012.

June 27, 2012

H4198 An Act relative to competitively priced electricity in the Commonwealth.

H4199 An Act relative to natural gas leaks.

H4196 An Act relative to the emergency service response of some public utility companies.

June 20, 2012

H4179 An Act financing improvements to the Commonwealth's transportation system.

✔️ Representatives Paul Mark and Tricia Farley-Bouvier cosponsored Amendment 126 and succeeded in allocating $500,000 for the extension of the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail from the Berkshire Mall to Crane Avenue.

June 13, 2012

H4161 An Act relative to certain reforms relative to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

June 5, 2012

H4127 An Act improving the quality of healthcare and reducing costs through increased transparency, efficiency and innovation. The House predicts savings of $160 billion over 15 years.

May 31, 2012

H4132 Supplemental appropriations bill. Allocated $10.5 million to the Department of Developmental Services, $1.8 million to the State Police, and $187 million for hospitals that serve large numbers of Medicaid and low-income patients.

May 30, 2012

H4120 An Act relative to voter laws. Allows pre-registration for 16 and 17 year olds (previously Bill # H4022).

H3986 An Act improving quality in early education and care by family child care providers. This bill enables Home Based Child Care Providers to unionize and provides for improved training and education for providers.

Overriding the Governor's veto, the House reestablished the requirement that all employees of the gaming commission undergo full criminal background checks and drug screenings.

May 23, 2012

H4110 An Act relative to infrastructure investment, enhanced competitiveness and economic growth in the Commonwealth. The bill includes $50 million for research and development at universities and research centers, creates a small business online portal, establishes a matching fund for internships, and increases funding to advance large economic projects among many other provisions.

May 16, 2012

S2254 The Valor Act (An Act relative to veterans' access, livelihood, opportunity, and resources), expanding veterans' access to benefits.

H4087 An Act to prevent unnecessary and unlawful foreclosures. This bill promotes loan modification as a method to reduce foreclosures in the Commonwealth.

May 9, 2012

H4071 An Act making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2012

April 23-25, 2012

H4101 An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2013

April 11, 2012

H4099 An Order relative to special procedures for consideration of the House Bill making appropriations for fiscal year 2013

April 4, 2012

H537 An Act providing for the protection of volunteer emergency medical technicians

S2132 An Act relative to medical emergency response plans for schools

March 28, 2012

H4000 An Act financing improvements to the Commonwealth’s transportation system

February 29, 2012

S1967 An Act relative to community housing and services

February 15, 2012

S1940 An Act to improve the administration of state government and finance

February 8, 2012

S2074 An Act relative to renewable energy generation on closed landfills

S2067 An Act adopting the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

S1987 An Act providing access to forensic and scientific analysis

January 24, 2012

S2105 An Act relative to improving accountability and oversight of education collaboratives

January 18, 2012

H3878 An Act making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2012

November 16, 2011

H3789 An Act relative to the terms of collective bargaining agreements

H3807 An Act establishing expanded gaming in the Commonwealth

H3818 An Act relative to sentencing and improving law enforcement tools

S2033 An Act further regulating certain licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages

S2066 An Act to restore collective bargaining rights for the employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

November 15, 2011

H3483 An Act relative to the commercial exploitation of people

H3711 An Act establishing expanded gaming in the Commonwealth

H3798 An Act establishing Congressional districts

H3810 An Act relative to gender identity

S2018 An Act providing for additional pension reform and benefits modernization