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Chapter 239 of the Acts of 2024, An Act Promoting A Clean Energy Grid, Advancing Equity and Protecting Ratepayers of 2024
Legislative History Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
- S2967
- S2829
- History 1, History 2, History 3, History 4
- Amendments (rejected in red) 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 44, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 101, 104, 105, 108, 109, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 122
- S2838
- S2531
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
- Governor's Press Release
- Massachusetts AG: A Predatory and Broken Market: the 2024 Update - Analysis of the Individual Residential Electric Supply Market in Massachusetts
- Governor's Commission on Energy Infrastructure
Siting and Permitting Report
5. Press Reports (links only)
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Nature.org | Nov. 21, 2024 | Julia Leopold | New Massachusetts clean energy and climate law is a model for accelerating renewable energy with better outcomes for people and nature
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Mass. Municipal Association | Nov. 21, 2024 | Josie Ahlberg & Adrienne Núñez | Gov. Healy signs clean energy bill
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Office of the Governor | Governor Healy Signs Climate Law to Advance Clean Energy Transition, Create Jobs and Lower Costs | Nov. 21, 2024
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Barclay Damon LLP | Nov. 26, 2024 | Paul Corey | Massachusetts Passes Climate Bill Accelerating Siting and Permitting for Clean Energy Projects
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Utility Drive | Nov. 18, 2024 | Diana DiGangi | Massachusetts passes clean energy legislation allowing for 30-year offshore wind contracts
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Advanced Energy United | Nov. 14, 2024 | Savannah Gribbins | Massachusetts Legislature Sends Key Clean Energy Bill to Governor’s Desk
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Conservation Law Foundation | Jan. 17, 2025 | Britteny Jenkins | Massachusetts Passed a Climate Bill: Here’s What It Means for You
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Environmental League of Massachusetts | Nov. 14, 2024 | MA LEGISLATURE PASSES SWEEPING CLIMATE LEGISLATION: OMNIBUS BILL AND CLIMATETECH INVESTMENTS
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Pierce Atwood LLP | Nov. 20, 2024 | Dan Bailey, Gareth Osmond, Kathleen Heyer, Doug Troyer, & Paula Deveraux
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Renewable Energy World| Nov. 15, 2024 | Paul Gerke | Clean energy bill mandating storage and streamlining siting passes in Massachusetts
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PVTech | Nov. 18, 2024 | Jonathan Touriño Jacobo | Massachusetts passes climate bill, includes siting and permitting reform
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Union of Concerned Scientists | Nov. 14, 2024 | Daela Taeoalii-Tipton | Massachusetts Climate Bill Protecting Communities Most Pollution-Burdened Must Have Strong Follow Through
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Environment Massachusetts | Oct. 25, 2024 | Johanna Neumann | Clean energy bill one step closer to final passage
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WBUR | Nov. 21, 2024 | Miriam Wasser | Here’s what’s in the new Mass. Climate and clean energy law
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Freedom Energy Logistics | Dec. 2024 | Brian White | MA Market Update: Massachusetts Legislation – Climate Bill Passes
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Office of Sen. Pres. Karen E. Spilka | Nov. 14, 2024 | Sweeping Climate Bill Passes the Massachusetts Legislature
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Greenfield Recorder | Oct. 18, 2024 | Colin A. Young | Deal reached on stalled clean energy bill; law will include changes to permitting and siting clean energy projects
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Green Energy Consumers Alliance | Nov. 18, 2024 | Carrie Katan & Tina Munter | Well Worth the Wait: Massachusetts 2024 Climate Bill
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Environment America | Nov. 14, 2024 | Reese Butcher | STATEMENT: State lawmakers pass key energy bill
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Energy Choice Matters | July 17, 2024 | Paul Ring | Massachusetts House Passes Bill To Strip Senate's Prohibition On Individual Residential Electric Choice Bill Includes Various Retail Market Enhancements, But Not Supplier Consolidated Billing
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Canary Media – Northeast Energy News | July 17, 2024 | Ken Paulman | Massachusetts lawmakers make late session push on energy siting bill
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Sierra Club | Nov. 14, 2024 | Bianca Sanchez | Sierra Club Massachusetts Celebrates Passage of Climate Bill in State House
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RTO Insider | Oct. 28, 2024 | Jon Lamson | |Mass. Clean Energy Permitting, Gas Reform Bill Back on Track
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Canary Media | Sep. 26, 2024 | Mark Dyen | Who knocked out Massachusetts’ climate bill?
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette | Oct. 24, 2024 | Kinga Borondy | MA senators suspend rule to pass renewable energy bill; no action in House
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Conservation Law Foundation | Oct. 17, 2024 | Jocelyn Lee | What is Massachusetts’ Energy Efficiency Plan?
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Power Options | Aug. 1, 2024 | Sophia Gosselin-Smoske | Climate Bill Stalemate: The Unfinished Business of Massachusetts’ Legislative Session
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WGBH | Aug. 1, 2024 | Katie Lannan | Mass. Lawmakers adjourn after all-night session with a housing bill passed – but not much else
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Boston Globe | Matt Stout, Samantha J. Gross, & Anjali Huynh | Jul. 31, 2024| Mass. Lawmakers leave lots of sweeping bills on the table
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Office of State Senator Cindy Friedman | Nov. 14, 2024 | Friedman Votes Yes as Climate Bill Passes the Massachusetts Legislature
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The Bedford Citizen: Sen. Barrett on New Climate Bill: 'A Swiss Army Knife' - By: Sen. Mike Barrett - Dec. 5, 2024
- State House News Service: Governor Healey Signs Climate Law to Advance Clean Energy Transition, Create Jobs and Lower Costs - Nov. 21, 2024
- State House News Service: Sweeping Climate Bill Passes the Massachusetts Legislature - Nov. 14, 2024
- State House News Service: State lawmakers pass key clean energy bill - Nov. 14, 2024
- State House News Service: MA passes major climate wins! - Nov. 14, 2024
- State House News Service: Boston GRC: Grid Modernization in Clean Energy Bill Can Unlock Key Climate Solution - Nov. 14, 2024
- State House News Service: FirstLight Applauds Massachusetts Legislature for Passage of Comprehensive Clean Energy Legislation - Nov. 14, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Session Summary - Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024
- State House News Service: House Session Summary - Thursday, November 14, 2024
- State House News Service: Advances - Week of Oct. 27, 2024
- State House News Service: Daily Advances - Monday, Oct. 28, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Session Summary - Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024
- State House News Service: Mass. Clean Energy Grid Legislation-Statement of RENEW Northeast - Oct. 22, 2024
- State House News Service: Green Ribbon Commission praises grid modernization provisions in clean energy deal - Oct. 17, 2024
- State House News Service: Energy Bill Compromise May Surface For Pre-Election Vote - Colin A. Young - Oct. 17, 2024
- State House News Service: Lawmakers Announce Deal on Stalled Clean Energy Bill - Chris Lisinski, Colin A. Young - Oct. 17, 2024
- State House News Service: Weekly Roundup - The Way Things Are Done - Colin A. Young - Sep. 13, 2024
- State House News Service: Clean Energy Groups Issue New Appeal On Siting Reforms - Colin A. Young - Sep. 5, 2024
- State House News Service: Clean Energy Talks Fizzle Amid Finger-Pointing - Colin A. Young - Aug. 1, 2024
- State House News Service: Late-Night Meetings, But Few Results As Midnight Nears - Colin A. Young - July. 31, 2024
- State House News Service: Energy Lobby Urges Lawmakers To Salvage Siting Reforms - Colin A. Young - July 31, 2024
- State House News Service: Gas Transition Allies tell MA House to stand up for ratepayers, pass provisions to rein in methane gas pipeline spending - Jul. 30, 2024
- State House News Service: House Clean Energy Bill Passes With GOP Opposition - Sam Drysdale - Jul. 17, 2024
- State House News Service: Massachusetts House Passes Critical Energy Reforms to Meet 2050 Net Zero Climate Goals - Jul. 17, 2024
- State House News Service: House Advancing Clean Energy Siting Reform Bill - Sam Drysdale - Jul. 17, 2024
- State House News Service: House Session Summary - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- State House News Service: Clean Energy Changes Stay Alive With New House Bill - Chris Lisinski - Jul. 16, 2024
- State House News Service: Siting, New Clean Energy Targets Feature In House Bill - Chris Lisinski - Jul. 16, 2024
- State House News Service: Weekly Roundup - Massachusetts Isn't For Everyone - Sam Doran - Jun. 28, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Takes Bold Action to Supercharge Clean Energy Adoption Statewide - Jun. 26, 2024
- State House News Service: STATEMENT: Gas Transition Allies applauds Massachusetts Senate 38-2 vote to jumpstart transition beyond gas - Jun. 26, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Advances Energy Reforms, Rate Concerns Flagged - Chris Lisinski & Colin A. Young - Jun. 25, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Session Summary - Tuesday, June 25, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Dives Into Latest Energy Reform Bill - Colin A. Young - Jul. 25, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Climate Bill Runs Into Obstacle - Colin A. Young, Sam Drysdale, Michael P. Norton - Jun. 20, 2024
- State House News Service: Electricity Demand Set to Hit High Mark for 2024 - Colin A. Young - Jun. 20, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Session Summary - Thursday, June 20, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Climate Bill Spans Hot Topics - Chris Lisinski - Jun. 17, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Sessions Summary - Monday, June 17, 2024
- State House News Service: Massachusetts Senate To Take Action on Sweeping Climate and Plastics Bills - Jun. 17, 2024
- State House News Service: Advances - Week of June 9, 2024
- State House News Service: Climate Bill Draft, Details Emerge in Webinar - Sam Drysdale - Jun. 4, 2024
- State House News Service: Advances - Week of June 2, 2024
- State House News Service: Senate Session Summary - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Ch. 197 of the Acts of 2009, An Act Extending Simulcasting
An Act Extending Simulcasting Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
- House Journals:
- Nov. 18, 2009
- Senate Journals:
- May 17, 2007
- July 19, 2007
- July 30, 2007
- September 20, 2007
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
- Snapshot of the Massachusetts Greyhound Industry - Two Tracks and Kennel Operators Financial Impact
- GREY2K Memorandum
- Jack McGlynn, Legislative Counsel for the Wonderland Greyhound Owners Association - Testimony
- Debbie Gehrke DVM - Testimony
- Christine A. Dorchaq, Esq., President GREY2K USA, Co-Chairperson, Committee to Protect Dogs - Testimony
- Kiley & Company - Testimony
- Rep. Cheryl Coakley-Rivera - Testimony
- Dana Mindes, President, & Darren Stratton, Vice-President, Horsemen's Tack Inc - Testimony
- Kevin Farnsworth, Animal Control Officer - Testimony
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- List of Relevant State House News Service Pieces Dating Back to 1987
- State House News Service: Raynham Track Takes To Court To Battle Ban On Dog Racing - By: Jim O'Sullivan and Michael Norton - May 11, 2008
- State House News Service: State Capitol Briefs - Thursday, May 22, 2008
- State House News Service: Racetrack Officials Meet With Senators - July 23, 2008
- State House News Service: Senate Session - Wednesday, July 30, 2009
- State House News Service: House Session - Thursday, July 31, 2009
- State House News Service: Economic Panel Hears Dog Racing Extension Bill - Sep. 6, 2009
- State House News Service: Budget and Politics Have Changed, but Divisions Remain on Expanded Gambling - By: Michael Norton and Kyle Cheney -Oct. 29, 2009
- State House News Service: Panel Okays Bill Creating Off-Track Betting Parlors at Dog Tracks - By: Jim O'Sullivan - Nov. 5, 2009
- State House News Service: Weekly Roundup: Election Results - Nov. 6, 2009
- State House News Service: Advances: Week of Nov. 8, 2009
- State House News Service: State Capitol Briefs (Afternoon Edition) - Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009
- State House News Service: House Session - Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009
- State House News Service: Senate Session - Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
- State House News Service: State Capitol Briefs (Evening Edition) - Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
- State House News Service: House Session - Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- State House News Service: Senate Session - Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- State House News Service: Advances: Week of Nov. 22
- State House News Service: State Capitol Briefs (Lunch Edition) - Wednesday Nov. 24, 2009
Chapter 120 of the Acts of 2007, An Act Relative to Certain Written Majority Authorization Evidence of Collective Bargaining Results
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
- House Journals:
- Senate Journals:
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
- Testimony
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- State House News Service: House Session - Wednesday, May 16, 2007
- State House News Service: House Session - Thursday, July 19, 2007
- State House News Service: House Session - July 26, 2007
- State House News Service: House Session - September 18, 2007
- State House News Service: House Session - Wednesday, October 17, 2007
- State House News Service: Senate Session - Monday, July 3o, 2007
- State House News Service: Senate Session - Thursday, September 20, 2007
- State House News Service: Advances - Week of March 11, 2007
- State House News Service: Advances - Week of September 23, 2007
- State House News Service: State Capitol Briefs - Thursday, August 9, 2007
- State House News Service: AIM Letter to Gov. Deval Patrick Requesting Veto of Public Employee Disenfranchisement Bill (9-24-07)
- State House News Service: Governor Patrick Signs Law to Benefit Massachusetts Workers (9-27-07)
Chapter 105 of the Acts of 2007, An Act Regulating the Placement of Certain Children
An Act Regulating the Placement of Certain Children - Outline
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
- Chapter 105 of the Acts of 2007
- H. 5253 History
- S. 70 Westlaw
- S. 75
- S 1651 History
- S. 2340 Westlaw
- S. 2712
- S. 2776
- An Act Regulating the Placement of Certain Children
- Bill Draft
2. Committee Documents
- House Journals:
- Senate Journals:
- The Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Hearing 4-4-7
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
- APAM Email Memo
- Catherine Anderson Email
- Charles Consulting - A Lobbying success story
- Charles Consulting Group Debrief
- Charles Consulting Memo on H. 4663
- Charles Glick email 5-15-07
- Charles Glick email 12-14-06 1
- Charles Glick Email 12-14-06 2
- Charles Glick Email 04-15-08
- Sen. Creem Letter to Sen. Panagiotakos
- Sen. Creem Letter to Sen. Spilka and Rep. Coakley Rivera
- Testimony 1 Adoption Professionals Association of Massachusetts
- Testimony 2 Adoption Professionals Association of Massachusetts
- Testimony 3 Adoption Professionals Association of Massachusetts
- Testimony Amy Cohen, Adoption Professionals Association of Massachusetts, in Opposition to H. 86
- Testimony Nancy Rosenhaus in Support of H. 3776
- Testimony Nancy Rosenhause in Support of S. 75
- Testimony Nancy Rosenhause, Associate Director, Adoptions with Love, Inc.
- Testimony of Amy S. Cohen, Executive Director, Adoptions with Love, Inc.
- Testimony of the Massachusetts Association of Jewish Federations
- Testimony of the Massachusetts Association of Jewish Federations in Support of S. 75 4-4-7
- Testimony of the Massachusetts Association of Jewish Federations on S. 75
- Testimony Rep. Shirley Owens-Hick, Chair, Committee on Children and Families
- Testimony Karen B. Cheyney, Director, Bright Futures Adoption Center
4. Executive Action Documents
- Governor's Amendment (H4139) (Attachment H)
5. Press Reports (links only)
- The Boston Globe: For-Profits to Compete in Child Placements, by Patricia Wen, September 17, 2006
- The Boston Globe: Concern Over For-Profit Groups Handling Adoption, September 24, 2006
- State House News Service: House Session - Tuesday, July 31, 2007
- State House News Service: House Session - Monday, August 20, 2007
- State House News Service: Senate Session - Wednesday, May 9, 2007
- State House News Service: Senate Session - Thursday, May 10, 2007
- State House News Service: Senate Session - Thursday, August 23, 2007
- State House News Service: State Capitol Briefs - Thursday, August 23, 2007
- Youth Today, Volume 15, Issue 10
6. Misc.
Chapter 23, An Act Relative to Harassment Prevention Orders
An Act Extending Simulcasting Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- The Boston Globe: "Restraining-order filings unbound: As cases surge, court officials question Mass. law expansion" By: David Abel - Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Chapter 62, An Act Providing Incentives to the Motion Picture Industry
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- Unaccredited press release
- Office of Sen. James E. Timilty: SENATOR TIMILTY TAKES THE LEAD TO BRING FILMMAKING INDUSTRY TO MASSACHUSETTS (11-22-05)
Chapter 91, An Act Providing Timely Access to Emergency Contraception
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- Belden, Russonello, & Stewart Research and Communications(Research conducted for Catholics for a Free Choice): "Religion, Reproductive Health and Access to Services: A National Survey of Women"
- State House News Service: LAWMAKERS TO TACKLE CONTRACEPTION BILL, SEE BETTER ODDS FOR PASSAGE By: Cyndi Roy - APRIL 6, 2005
- State House News Service: CONTRACEPTION BILL PRAISED AS BOON TO WOMEN, CONDEMNED AS IMMORAL By: Cyndi Roy APRIL 13, 2005
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2005
- State House News Service: HOUSE APPROVES EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION ACCESS BILL BY VETO-PROOF MARGIN By: Michael P. Norton - JULY 6, 2005
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2005
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - WEDNESDAY - JULY 6, 2005
- State House News Service: MASS CITIZENS FOR LIFE CONDEMNS "EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION" MANDATE (4-12-05)
- State House News Service: MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY TESTIFIES IN SUPPORT OF TIMELY ACCESS TO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (4-13-05)
- State House News Service: CATHOLIC ACTION LEAGUE OPPOSES EMERGENCY EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION BILL (4-13-05)
- State House News Service: STATEMENT OF MELISSA KOGUT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NARAL PRO-CHOICE MASSACHUSETTS, ON FAVORABLE REPORT OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION BILL BY JOIN COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH (6-1-05)
- State House News Service: PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE GIVES NOD TO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION BILL (6-1-05)
- State House News Service: AMENDMENT REGARDING MANDATORY REPORTING TO DPH LEGISLATION (7-6-05)
- State House News Service: CONFERENCE COMMITTEE RELEASES EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION BILL (7-20-05)
- State House News Service: AN ACT PROVIDING TIMELY ACCESS TO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION CONFERENCE COMMITTEE BILL (7-20-05)
- State House News Service: SENATE APPROVES CONFERENCE COMMITTEE VERSION OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION BILL (7-20-05)
- State House News Service: HOUSE PASSES RELEASES EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION BILL (7-21-05)
- State House News Service: LETTER FROM GOVERNOR ROMNEY TO LEGISLATORS REGARDING EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (7-25-05)
- State House News Service: STATEMENT OF MELISSA KOGUT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NARAL PRO-CHOICE MASSACHUSETTS IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR'S VETO OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION BILL (7-25-05)
- State House News Service: ROMNEY 2002 MASS. NARAL QUESTIONNAIRE (7-25-05)
- State House News Service: STATEMENT BY MASS. DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPOKESPERSON JANE LANE ON GOVERNOR'S VETO OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION LEGISLATION (7-25-05)
- State House News Service: STATEMENT OF SEN. SUSAN FARGO REGARDING ROMNEY'S FLIP-FLOP ON EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (7--25-05)
- State House News Service: MCFL APPLAUDS GOVERNOR'S VETO OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION. BILL (7-26-05)
- State House News Service: DEVAL PATRICK STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR ROMNEY'S ABORTION STAND (7-26-05)
- State House News Service: FDA TAKES ACTION ON PLAN B (8-26-05)
- State House News Service: STATEMENT OF DIANNE LUBY, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS ON OVERRIDE OF GOVERNOR ROMNEY'S EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION BILL VETO (9-15-05)
- State House News Service: LETTER FROM LEGISLATORS TO DPH COMMISSIONER COTE REGARDING EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (12-7-05)
An Act for Safer Alternatives for Mercury Containing Products
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
Chapter 48, An Act Reducing Gang Violence
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
Chapter 57, An Act Addressing the Special Education Needs of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
- House Journals:
- Senate Journals:
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- State House News Service: PARENTS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN CALL FOR WIDER SCOPE IN EDUCATION PLANS By: Cyndi Roy - SEPT. 21, 2005
- State House News Service: L'ITALIEN AND SANNICANDRO ANNOUNCE CREATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CAUCUS (2-28-06)