The Massachusetts Legislature can and must lead the nation in advancing civil and human rights.
I am committed to making sure our state government uses its power and influence for equity and justice.
Please take a moment to look at the bills I have filed and co-sponsored this session regarding civil and human rights and equity, which appear in the tabs below.
Filed bills
Filed bills
- S.29: An Act establishing the Massachusetts foster care review office
- S.30: An Act establishing a Foster Parents’ Bill of Rights
- S.31: An Act providing for coordinated data and assistance to address family homelessness
- S.247: An Act prohibiting the use of Native American mascots by public schools in the Commonwealth
- S.870: An Act relative to protecting LGBTQ victims
- S.1053: Resolve establishing a special commission to foster greater opportunities for skilled immigrants in the Commonwealth
- S.1219: An Act prohibiting non-consensual pelvic examinations
- S.1220: An Act advancing health equity
- S.1614: An Act improving the earned income credit for working families
- S.2213 (originally S.2055): An Act relative to gender identity on Massachusetts identification
- S.2155: Resolutions relative to the prohibition of nuclear weapons
- S.2157: Resolve creating a citizens commission concerning the commonwealth of Massachusetts being in alignment with the UN treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons
- H.2686: An Act establishing gender neutral bathrooms
- H.3664: An Act providing for a gender neutral designation on state documents and identifications
Co-sponsored Senate bills
Co-sponsored Senate bills
- S.24: An Act to end child marriage in Massachusetts
- S.36: An Act to lift kids out of deep poverty
- S.56: An Act relative to creating a loan repayment program for human service workers
- S.57: An Act concerning public assistance for working families and the creation of a pilot program to address the impacts of the cliff effect
- S.58: An Act relative to economic mobility for families with low-income
- S.62: An Act relative to mandated reporter reform
- S.77: An Act relative to parentage to promote children’s security
- S.208: An Act establishing the Western Massachusetts remote worker relocation incentive program
- S.312: An Act stopping harm inflicted by the exploitation of life and development
- S.313: An Act relative to preventing sexual abuse of children and youth
- S.736: An Act requiring sexual misconduct climate surveys at institutions of higher education
- S.764: An Act relative to sexual violence on higher education campuses
- S.834: An Act relative to female genital mutilation
- S.863: An Act to prevent illegal trafficking and gun violence among youth in the Commonwealth
- S.905: An Act to collect data on LGBTQI prisoners held in restrictive housing
- S.939: An Act relative to sexual harassment
- S.995: An Act promoting safety for victims of violent crime and human trafficking
- S.1013: An Act to promote efficiency in co-parent adoptions
- S.1057: An Act to require sexual harassment training
- S.1066: An Act to prevent wage theft, promote employer accountability, and enhance public enforcement
- S.1068: An Act protecting injured workers
- S.1072: An Act addressing workplace bullying, mobbing and harassment, without regard to protected class status
- S.1075: An Act amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules
- S.1077: An Act relative to fair pay for comparable work
- S.1082: An Act requiring one fair wage
- S.1110: An Act relative to the scheduling of employees
- S.1145: An Act ensuring access to addiction services
- S.1154: An Act to protect children’s mental health services
- S.1387: An Act relative to firearms and firearms violence
- S.1388: An Act relative to crime gun data reporting and analysis
- S.1389: An Act relative to preventing illegal trafficking of firearms
- S.1401: An Act to protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents
- S.1427: An Act requiring healthcare employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence
- S.1487: An Act relative to the cost of living adjustment for state and teacher retirees
- S.1563: An Act relative to the alignment of the University of Massachusetts police
- S.1564: An Act relative to the health and welfare of the University of Massachusetts police
- S.1872: An Act designating May 6 as Moyamoya Disease Awareness Day
- S.1877: Resolve providing for the creation of a special commission relative to the seal and motto of the Commonwealth
- S.1879: An Act to ensure more women serve on corporate boards of directors
- S.1898: An Act promoting equality and respect in the legislature
- S.1936: An Act promoting net neutrality and consumer protection
- S.2043: An Act to provide identification to homeless youth and families
- S.2061: An Act relative to work and family mobility
- S.2075: An Act relative to school bus safety
Co-sponsored House bills
Co-sponsored House bills
- HD.1260: An Act relative to nurturing mother-child bonds
- H.107: An Act establishing a diaper benefits pilot program
- H.113: An Act establishing a foster parents bill of rights
- H.137: An Act relative to mandated reporter reform
- H.140: An Act relative to abusive practices to change sexual orientation and gender identity in minors
- H.168: An Act The establishment of a permanent commission on the social status of Black men and boys
- H.173: An Act relative to economic mobility for families with low-income
- H.1208: An Act requiring sexual misconduct climate surveys at institutions of higher education
- H.1626: An Act to protect furloughed federal employees
- H.1662: An Act relative to unemployment compensation and labor disputes
- H.3012: An Act relative to work and family mobility
- H.3066: An Act to provide identification to homeless youth and families
- H.3070: An Act relative to gender identity on Massachusetts identification
- H.3572: An Act promoting equality and respect in the legislature
- H.3576: An Act requiring licensed gun owners to submit a yearly affidavit
- H.3661: An Act relative to the reduction of certain toxic chemicals in firefighter personal protective equipment
- H.3665: An Act establishing an Indigenous People’s Day
- H.3728: An Act to ensure that people seeking sanctuary in houses of worship be viewed as temporary residents for the purposes of state building codes and temporary shelter
- H.3808: An Act protecting federal employees in the commonwealth during a federal government shutdown
