MassVoter.com← All 2017–2018 votesSenate roll call #320 · 2017–2018 session · January 25, 2018
Establishing regional commissions on the status of women and girls
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What they voted on
Approve the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)
Official wording: H.1110, Question on passing the bill to be engrossed
Who filed H.1110
Sponsor Elizabeth A. Poirier
Co-sponsors 46
Aaron Vega, Anne M. Gobi, Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Carole A. Fiola, Carolyn C. Dykema, Christine P. Barber, Colleen M. Garry, Daniel J. Hunt, David K. Muradian, Jr., David M. Rogers, David Paul Linsky, David T. Vieira, Dylan Fernandes, Gailanne M. Cariddi, Hannah Kane, Jack Lewis, James J. Dwyer, Jason M. Lewis, Jay R. Kaufman, Jennifer E. Benson, Joan B. Lovely, Joan Meschino, John J. Lawn, Jr., Juana B. Matias, Kate Hogan, Keiko M. Orrall, Kenneth I. Gordon, Lori A. Ehrlich, Marc T. Lombardo, Mark J. Cusack, Mathew Muratore, Michael S. Day, Mike Connolly, Natalie Higgins, Paul A. Schmid, III, Paul Brodeur, Paul Tucker, Richard J. Ross, Ruth B. Balser, Sarah K. Peake, Solomon Goldstein-Rose, Steven S. Howitt, Steven Ultrino, Susan Williams Gifford, Tricia Farley-Bouvier, William C. Galvin
Passed
Every member's vote
Voted yes (38)
- Michael J. Barrett Third Middlesex · Democrat
- Joseph A. Boncore First Suffolk and Middlesex · Democrat
- Michael D. Brady Second Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- William N. Brownsberger Second Suffolk and Middlesex · Democrat
- Harriette L. Chandler First Worcester · Democrat
- Sonia Chang-Diaz Second Suffolk · Democrat
- Cynthia Stone Creem First Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Julian Cyr Cape and Islands · Democrat
- Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk · Democrat
- Eileen M. Donoghue First Middlesex · Democrat
- James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester · Democrat
- Ryan C. Fattman Worcester and Norfolk · Republican
- Paul R. Feeney Bristol and Norfolk · Democrat
- Linda Dorcena Forry First Suffolk · Democrat
- Cindy F. Friedman Fourth Middlesex · Democrat
- Anne M. Gobi Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex · Democrat
- Adam G. Hinds Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden · Democrat
- Donald F. Humason, Jr. Second Hampden and Hampshire · Republican
- Kathleen O'Connor Ives First Essex · Democrat
- Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex · Democrat
- John F. Keenan Norfolk and Plymouth · Democrat
- Barbara A. L'Italien Second Essex and Middlesex · Democrat
- Eric P. Lesser First Hampden and Hampshire · Democrat
- Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex · Democrat
- Joan B. Lovely Second Essex · Democrat
- Mark C. Montigny Second Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Michael O. Moore Second Worcester · Democrat
- Patrick M. O'Connor Plymouth and Norfolk · Republican
- Marc R. Pacheco First Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- Michael J. Rodrigues First Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Stanley C. Rosenberg Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester · Democrat
- Richard J. Ross Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex · Republican
- Michael F. Rush Norfolk and Suffolk · Democrat
- Karen E. Spilka Second Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Bruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex · Republican
- Walter F. Timilty Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Dean A. Tran Worcester and Middlesex · Republican
- James T. Welch Hampden · Democrat
Did not vote (1)
- Viriato M. deMacedo Plymouth and Barnstable · Republican
What it means
Creates three regional commissions on the status of women: an Eastern Regional commission (listed towns and cities including Boston, Quincy and Brookline), an Upper Middlesex commission (listed communities including Lowell, Cambridge and Newton), and a Plymouth County commission (all Plymouth County communities). Each has 9 unpaid volunteer members appointed by the state commission on the status of women for 3-year terms. Each must study issues facing women in its region, report yearly by June 2 with recommended solutions, meet at least 4 times a year, and may accept gifts and grants. The Upper Middlesex and Plymouth County commissions start January 1, 2018.
Source: official text and history of H.1110 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.
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