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Providing continued investment in the life sciences industry in the Commonwealth
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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.4501, Question on passing the bill to be engrossed
Who filed H.4501
Sponsor House Committee on Ways and Means
Committees often rewrite bills. The legislators who filed the original versions are listed on malegislature.gov.
Passed
Every member's vote
Voted yes (33)
- 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
- Nick Collins First Suffolk · Democrat
- Cynthia Stone Creem First Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Brendan P. Crighton Third Essex · Democrat
- Julian Cyr Cape and Islands · Democrat
- Viriato M. deMacedo Plymouth and Barnstable · Republican
- Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk · Democrat
- Ryan C. Fattman Worcester and Norfolk · Republican
- Paul R. Feeney Bristol and Norfolk · 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Voted no (4)
- James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester · Democrat
- Kathleen O'Connor Ives First Essex · Democrat
- Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex · Democrat
- Mark C. Montigny Second Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
Did not vote (1)
- Sonia Chang-Diaz Second Suffolk · Democrat
What it means
Authorizes the state to borrow up to $462,970,000 in bonds for the Massachusetts Life Sciences Investment Fund, for capital grants in life sciences education, workforce training, early-stage companies and manufacturing. It sets minimum amounts for named projects, including $50,000,000 for a UMass Lowell and UMass Medical School neuroscience project, $47,000,000 for a UMass Amherst biotech and manufacturing facility, $21,750,000 for UMass Dartmouth, $20,000,000 for a UMass Boston nursing center, $10,000,000 for the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, $6,000,000 and $5,000,000 for UMass Medical School projects, and $3,220,000 for Massachusetts Maritime Academy, plus yearly grants to increase diversity in the field. It raises the yearly cap on life sciences tax incentives from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 starting January 1, 2019, changes a December 31, 2018 date in the 2008 life sciences law to December 31, 2028, adds internship priorities and reports, and sends half of any year-end state surplus, up to $10,000,000, to the fund.
Source: official text and history of H.4501 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.
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