News
Chapter 43, An Act Relative to Improving Accountability and Oversight of Education Collaboratives
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
- H3889 Amendments
- Role Call (1/24/12)
- Testimony
4. Executive Action Documents
- State Auditor Reports:
5. Press Reports (links only)
Chapter 23, An Act Relative to Harrassment Prevention Orders
An Act Relative to Harassment Prevention Orders 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 April 12, 2011
- State House News Service: THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 2010 DIARY
- State House News Service: Formal House Session - January 28, 2010 pt.4
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - TUESDAY, FEB. 9, 2010
- State House News Service: MINTZ LEVIN ATTORNEYS PLAY KEY ROLE IN PASSAGE OF LANDMARK HARASSMENT PREVENTION BILL (2-9-10)
- State House News Service: GOVERNOR PATRICK SIGNS LAW TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF HARASSMENT (2-10-10)
Chapter 38, An Act Providing Access to Forensic and Scientific Analysis
An Act Providing Access to Forensic and Scientific Analysis Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
- S1987
- S753 (2003-04, 2011-12)
- S941 (2005-06)
- S907 (2007-08)
- S1659 (2009-10)
- S2511 (2009-10)
- Actions for S1659
- List of 18 Statutes Affected
2. Committee Documents
- Early Bill Journal Entries
- S178
- S941
- S1659
- S753
- House Journal
- Senate Journal
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- Boston.com: Guilty plea due in wrongful conviction By John M. Guilfoil July 20, 2011
- Boston Bar Association: Media Advisory on public hearing for post conviction DNA testing June 6, 2011
- Boston Bar Association: "Getting It Right: Improving the Accuracy and Reliability of the Criminal Justice System in Massachusetts" -Boston Bar Association Task Force Report Dec. 2009
- The Boston Globe: Failing the DNA test By: Michael Blanding and Lindsay Markel Nov. 18, 2011
- Innocence Project: "Exonerated by DNA: Massachusetts Wrongful Convictions Overturned"
- Innocence Project: "Digging Deeper: What do DNA Exonerations Teach Us about the Criminal Justice System?" By: Lindsay Markel Nov. 20, 2011
- The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism: "Non-DNA cases: What happens if there is no DNA to test?"
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 2007
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2008
- State House News Service: ADVANCES - WEEK OF JULY 17, 2011
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - AFTERNOON EDITION - JULY 18, 2011
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - AFTERNOON EDITION - WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2011
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITAL BRIEFS - LUNCH EDITION - WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - MORNING EDITION - THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011
- State House News Service: HOUSE TEEING UP FORENSIC ANALYSIS, INVASIVE SPECIES, ORGAN DONOR BILLS By; Kyle Cheney JAN. 30, 2012
- State House News Service: ADVANCES - WEEK OF FEB. 5, 2012
- State House News Service: HOUSE APPROVES DNA BILL AIMED AT OVERTURNING WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS By: Colleen Quinn FEB. 8, 2012
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 2012
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2012
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2012
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2012
- State House News Service: ADVANCES - WEEK OF FEB. 12, 2012
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - FRIDAY, FEB. 17, 2012
- Tauton Daily Gazette: Legislating a convict's rights to DNA testing By: Marc Larocque Nov. 26, 2011
- WWLP: House approves DNA bill aimed at overturning wrongful convictions By: Colleen Quinn Feb. 8, 2012
6. Press Releases
7. Misc
Chapter 155, An Act Relative to Safe Driving
An Act Relative to Safe Driving Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
- House Journal
- Senate Journal
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS (AFTERNOON EDITION) - TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009
- State House News Service: LAWMAKERS WRESTLE WITH NEW POLICY AS TECHNOLOGY, DRIVING MIX MORE OFTEN By: Gintautas Dumcius JUNE 11, 2009
- State House News Service: ADVANCES: WEEK OF JULY 5, 2009
- State House News Service: ADVANCES: WEEK OF SEPT. 13, 2009
- State House News Service: ADVANCES: WEEK OF OCT. 18, 2009
- State House News Service: STATE GOVERNMENT ISSUES TO WATCH IN 2010 JAN. 5, 2010
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - MONDAY, JAN. 25, 2010
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 2010
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 2010
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS (LUNCH EDITION) - THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 2010
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 2010
- State House News Service: SENATE QUIETLY ADVANCES TEXTING AND DRIVING MEASURE By: Kyle Cheney FEB. 25, 2010
- State House News Service: ADVANCES: WEEK OF FEB. 28, 2010
- State House News Service: SENATORS EYE BIG CHANGES TO DRIVING BILL By: Kyle Cheney MARCH 1, 2010
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010
- State House News Service: ADVANCES: WEEK OF APRIL 18, 2010
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS (MORNING EDITION) MONDAY, MAY 3, 2010
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - AFTERNOON EDITION - TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010
- State House News Service: CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SCORECARD JUNE 22, 2010
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010
- State House News Service: SAFE DRIVING BILL PULLED OVER IN SENATE By: Michael Norton and Kyle Cheney JUNE 23, 2010
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION (12:00 P.M. - 3:46 P.M.) - THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - MORNING EDITION - THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - LUNCH EDITION - THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - Part 1 - FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2010
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - MORNING EDITION - JUNE 25, 2010
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010
Chapter 84, An Act to Increase Routine Screening for HIV
An Act to Increase Routine Screening for HIV Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
- S2158 (Enacted Text)
- Other versions:
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- AP: Mass. Senate backs bill on HIV testing consent By: Bob Salsberg
- The Boston Globe: HIV bill: Protects rights and streamlines test By: Marjorie Pritchard
- The Boston Globe: Patrick signs law to allow HIV test with verbal consent By: Kay Lazar
- State House News Service: MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY TESTIFIES IN OPPOSITION TO BILL ON HIV TESTING (4-5-11)
- State House News Service: ADVANCES - WEEK OF JULY 17, 2011
- State House News Service: HEALTH CARE GROUPS, PHYSICIANS STRONGLY OPPOSE HIV BILL (9-13-11)
- State House News Service: HIV SCREENING COULD GET BOOST FROM BILL ON SENATE AGENDA By Kyle Cheney FEB. 27, 2012
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - MORNING EDITION - THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012
- State House News Service: MORNING EDITION - FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012
- State House News Service: TO BOOST HIV TESTING, ACTIVISTS PUSH VERBAL CONSENT BILL By Colleen Quinn APRIL 5, 2011
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - AFTERNOON EDITION - THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012
6. Misc
Chapter 224, An Act Improving the Quality of Health Care and Controlling Costs by Reforming Health Systems and Payments
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
- S2400
- Aggregated Bill History (Including amendment history)
- Other versions:
- Bills Combined and Incorporated into H4070
- Governor Bill (H1849)
- Section by Section Summary of Chapter 224
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Materials
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts
- HCR Final Summary
- Chapter 224 Summary
- UMass. Medical School: Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2012: Implications for MassHealth
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- The Boston Globe: Mass. lawmakers pass healthcare cost-control bill By: Chelsea Conaboy and Liz Kowalczzyk
- Forbes: Massachusetts Moves Toward Health-Care Price Controls. Is America Next? By: Avik Roy
- State House News Service: HEALTH CARE COST CONTROL BILLS HEAD TO NEGOTIATING TABLE By: Michael Norton, JUNE 14, 2012
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - LUNCH EDITION - THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012
- Wicked Local: Six years after health care access law, Patrick signs bill tackling rising costs By: Matt Murphy, Michael Norton, and Colleen Quinn
6. Misc
Chapter 138, An Act Relative to Clear and Conspicuous Price Disclosure
An Act Relative to Clear and Conspicuous Price Disclosure Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
- House Journals
- H4089
- H100, H987, H993, H995, S77, S1844, S1848
- H995
- S94
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- The Boston Globe: State Senate OK's price scanner bill By: Michael Norton and Andy Metzger
- Boston Herald: Sticker shock: State to let chains skip item pricing By: Donna Goodison
- Boston Herald: House pass bill lifting item pricing requirement for supermarkets By: Colleen Quinn
- Masslive.com: Gov. Deval Patrick signs price sticker bill
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS - AFTERNOON EDITION - WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012
- State House News Service: HOUSE PASSES BILL LIFTING ITEM PRICING REQUIREMENT FOR SUPERMARKETS By: Colleen Quinn
- State House News Service: Patrick Signs Bill Allowing Scanners to Replace Stickers on Food Items (7-5-12)
Chapter 111, An Act Relating to Safety Regulations for School Athletic Programs
An Act Relating to Safety Regulations for School Athletic Programs
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
2. Committee Documents
- House Journal
- Senate Journals
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION - TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION - TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010
6. Misc
Chapter 194, An Act Establishing Expanded Gaming in the Commonwealth
An Act Establishing Expanded Gaming in the Commonwealth Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
- Final Text
- H3807
- H3711 Engrossed Version
- Bill Texts
- Bill Histories
2. Committee Documents
- House Journals
- Senate Journals
- Economic Development and Emerging Tech Committee Section by Section Summary of Bill
- Committee Testimony
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Releases
- State House News Service: AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY: REMARKS OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT A. DeLEO (D-WINTHROP) UPON REELECTION AS SPEAKER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (1-5-11)
- State House News Service: QVAC WARNS TAXPAYERS ABOUT GRAVE FISCAL PROBLEMS (1-9-11)
- State House News Service: PALMER BUSINESS GROUP APPLAUDS CASINO LEADERSHIP POST (1-28-11)
- State House News Service: RE: APPOINT OF WESTERN MASS CO-CHAIR FOR JOIN COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (1-28-11)
- State House News Service: PROPOSED CASINO LEGISLATION RE: INDEPENDENT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS (2-7-11)
- State House News Service: REPUBLICANS SEEK CLARIFICATION REGARDING SLOT MACHINES (3-2-11)
- State House News Service: SPEAKER DELEO UNVEILS COURT REORGANIZATION PLAN (3-15-11)
- State House News Service: PALMER CITIZENS GROUP CALLS FOR COMMENCING MITIGATION AGREEMENT DISCUSSION BETWEEN TOWN OF PALMER AND MOHEGAN SUN (3-6-11)
- State House News Service: HOUSE MINORITY LEADER'S STATEMENT ON ATTORNEY GENERAL'S BAN OF ILLEGAL GAMING AT 'CYBER CAFES' (4-7-11)
- State House News Service: UMASS-DARTMOUTH POLL INDICATES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR A RESORT CASINO IN PALMER (4-11-11)
- State House News Service: BAY STATE RESIDENTS STILL STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THREE DESTINATION RESORT CASINOS (4-11-11)
- State House News Service: CASINO POLL: UMASS-DARTMOUTH NE GAMING RESEARCH PROJECT (4-11-11)
- State House News Service: SUFFOLK DOWNS ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT (4-14-11)
- State House News Service: NEW ENGLAND RESIDENTS PREFER SMOKE FREE CASINOS (4-15-11)
- State House News Service: CASINO HEARINGS (4-17-11)
- State House News Service: RESORT STYLE CASINOS: THE NUMBERS ADD UP (5-4-11)
- State House News Service: TESTIMONY OF LES BERNAL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STOP PREDATORY GAMBLING (5-4-11)
- State House News Service: TESTIMONY OF CEDRIC CROMWELL, CHAIRMAN, MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE (5-4-11)
- State House News Service: CONCORD ASSOCIATES PARTNERS WITH MOHEGAN SUN AND ENGAGES JEFFERIES & COMPANY TO ASSIST IN FINANCING $600 MILLION DEVELOPMENT OF CATSKILLS' FAMED CONCORD HOTEL INTO WORLD CLASS RACING AND GAMING RESORT (5-6-11)
- State House News Service: CITIZENS FOR JOBS AND GROWTH IN PALMER CALLS FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (5-25-11)
- State House News Service: AG COAKLEY ISSUES FINAL REGULATION BANNING SO CALLED "INTERNET CAFES" AND "PHONE CARD LOTTERIES" THAT OFFER ILLEGAL GAMBLING (6-24-11)
- State House News Service: MOHEGAN SUN SIGNS DEAL WITH PIONEER VALLEY BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL AND CARPENTERS LOCAL 108 (6-24-11)
- State House News Service: CITIZENS FOR A STRONGER MASSACHUSETTS URGES GROSSMAN, BUMP AND COAKLEY TO ENGAGE ON CASINO ISSUES (6-30-11)
- State House News Service: JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICES OF SENATE PRESIDENT THERESE MURRAY AND HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT A. DELEO (7-13-11)
- State House News Service: SPEAKER DELEO FILES LEGISLATION TO BAN "CYBER CAFES" (7-15-11)
- State House News Service: PALMER BUSINESSES FOR A PALMER CASINO APPLAUDS GOVERNOR PATRICK'S COMMENTS REGARDING CASINO GAMING (7-28-11)
- State House News Service: SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS CALLS FOR INCREASED TRANSPARENCY IN EXPANDED GAMING DEBATE (7-28-11)
- State House News Service: ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTHA COAKLEY'S OFFICE RECEIVES 31 INITIATIVE PETITIONS PROPOSING 21 LAWS AND ONE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (8-3-11)
- State House News Service: PBPC INITIATES PETITION DRIVE (8-19-11)
- State House News Service: STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR PATRICK ON PROPOSED EXPANDED GAMING LEGISLATION (08-23-11)
- State House News Service: HOUSE MINORITY LEADER'S STATEMENT ON THE FILING OF LEGISLATION TO BRING CASINOS TO MASSACHUSETTS (8-23-11)
- State House News Service: JOINT STATEMENT FROM HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT A. DELEO AND SENATE PRESIDENT THERESE MURRAY (8-23-11)
- State House News Service: MORE MAYORS SIGN ON IN SUPPORT OF RESORT CASINOS (10-06-11)
- State House News Service: REPRESENTATIVE SANNICANDRO TO LIVE BLOG GAMBLING DEBATE (9-9-11)
- State House News Service: CASINO OPPONENTS UNVEIL TOP 10 PROBLEMS WITH FAST-MOVING, LEADERSHIP SPONSORED LEGISLATION (9-13-11)
- State House News Service: MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS MAKE ANOTHER 7 MILLION VISITS TO CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND GAMING VENUES (9-13-11)
- State House News Service: HOUSE PASSES EXPANDED GAMING LEGISLATION (9-14-11)
- State House News Service: MAYORS, CITING JOBS AND LOCAL SERVICES BOOST, URGE PASSAGE OF RESORT CASINOS (9-14-11)
- State House News Service: REPRESENTATIVE SANNICANDRO SECURES FUNDING FOR HIGHER ED IN GAMING BILL (9-16-11)
- State House News Service: BISHOPS' STATEMENT ON EXPANDED GAMBLING LEGISLATION (9-16-11)
- State House News Service: GOP ORDER ENSURES SENATE WILL HAVE TIME TO REVIEW GAMING BILL (9-16-11)
- State House News Service: NEIGHBORS OF SUFFOLK DOWNS (9-20-11)
- State House News Service: RAPPAPORT ROUNDTABLE AT SUFFOLK LAW SCHOOL TO ADDRESS CASINO GAMBLING: WHAT ARE THE LICENSING AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES? (9-21-11)
- State House News Service: MEMO TO THE LEGISLATURE, RE: DEBATE ON CASINO BILL (9-29-11)
- State House News Service: CASINO OPPONENTS QUESTION LOCAL AID IMPACT, JOBS ESTIMATES, REVENUE PROJECTIONS IN SPECIAL INTEREST-BACKED LEGISLATION (10-11-11)
- State House News Service: PALMER BUSINESSES FOR A PALMER CASINO CONGRATULATES SENATE ON THEIR VOTE FOR EXPANDED GAMING IN MASSACHUSETTS (10-13-11)
- State House News Service: PALMER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM APPLAUDS SENATE VOTE FOR EXPANDED GAMING IN MASSACHUSETTS (10-13-11)
- State House News Service: REP. PUPPOLO OPPOSES LIFTING "HAPPY HOUR" BAN (10-25-11)
- State House News Service: HARD ROCK INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENTAL PLANS FOR HARD ROCK HOTELS & CASINO HOLYOKE (11-01-11)
- State House News Service: CASINO OPPONENTS ARTICULATE 'CLOSING ARGUMENT' AGAINST BILL (11-08-11)
- State House News Service: PALMER NEGOTIATING WITH DR. CLYDE BARROW TO CONDUCT CASINO IMPACT STUDIES (11-13-11)
- State House News Service: HOUSE MINORITY LEADER'S STATEMENT ON THE FINAL ADOPTION OF EXPANDED GAMING IN THE COMMONWEALTH (11-15-11)
- State House News Service: PASSAGE OF GAMING LEGISLATION (11-15-11)
- State House News Service: CHAIRMAN CROMWELL STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF EXPANDED GAMING BILL (11-15-11)
- State House News Service: LEGISLATURE SENDS FINAL GAMING BILL TO GOVERNOR (11-16-11)
- State House News Service: CHAMBER WELCOMES ENACTMENT OF CASINO LEGISLATION (11-16-11)
- State House News Service: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COALITION DISAPPOINTED GAMING BILL NIXED CPA FUNDS (11-17-11)
- State House News Service: GOVERNOR PATRICK SIGNS EXPANDED GAMING LEGISLATION (11-22-11)
- State House News Service: PALMER GROUP CONGRATULATES MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATORS AND GOVERNOR PATRICK (11-22-11)
- State House News Service: PALMER LEADING THE WAY FOR JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (11-22-11)
- State House News Service: CITIZEN EFFORT TO REPEAL CASINO DEAL MOVES FORWARD (11-29-11)
- State House News Service: HOUSE REFLECTS ON SESSION ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS HOLIDAYS NEAR (11-30-11)
6. Misc.
Chapter 58, An Act Relative to Community Housing and Services
An Act Relative to Community Housing and Services Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
- H3963
- Other versions
- Bill Histories
2. Committee Documents
- House Journal