Bill Title: To strengthen justice and support for sex trade survivors

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 51-3-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-07-22 - Accompanied a study order, see H4831 [H1597 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Mary Keefe [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tram Nguyen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-18-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carmine Gentile [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mindy Domb [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sally Kerans [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christine Barber [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-34-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Hawkins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Vanna Howard [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jessica Giannino [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Antonio Cabral [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Joanne Comerford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HAMPSH	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kay Khan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kathleen LaNatra [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mathew Muratore [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jacob Oliveira [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HAMPDE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Andres Vargas [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David LeBoeuf [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul McMurtry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James O'Day [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Susannah Whipps Lee [I]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-FRA	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Danillo Sena [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-37-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Margaret Scarsdale [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Russell Holmes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Stanley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Higgins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tommy Vitolo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Joan Lovely [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Samantha Montano [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Mahoney [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rita Mendes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Duffy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ruth Balser [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bradley Jones [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-20-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Adrianne Ramos [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Judith Garcia [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rebecca Rausch [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kate Donaghue [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-19-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Peter Capano [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Adrian Madaro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bud Williams [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph McGonagle [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-28-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ryan Hamilton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Estela Reyes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Rogers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-24-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michelle Ciccolo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Priscila Sousa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Doherty [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dawne Shand [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Vieira [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christopher Flanagan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tackey Chan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Murray [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Balinsky Armini [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Linsky [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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