Bill Title: To improve the Commonwealth's economy with a strong minimum wage

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-09-08 - Accompanied a study order, see H4446 [H1701 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Antonio Cabral [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Eldridge [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MIDDLE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Malia [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kevin Honan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kay Khan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Frank Smizik [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Martha Walz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Alan Silvia [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Peter Kocot [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ruth Balser [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Denise Provost [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-27-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carlos Henriquez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Pignatelli [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cleon Turner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Denise Andrews [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-FRA	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carl Sciortino [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-34-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Keefe [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cory Atkins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christine Canavan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Brady [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Lawn [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Josh Cutler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jason Lewis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-05-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tom Sannicandro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Stanley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Cantwell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Chris Walsh [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gailanne Cariddi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cheryl Coakley-Rivera [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marcos Devers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Benjamin Swan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jonathan Zlotnik [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ellen Story [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sean Garballey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-23-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Mannal [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gloria Fox [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Frank Moran [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Conroy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Sullivan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Aaron Vega [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Golden [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kenneth Gordon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-21-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Fresolo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Paul Mark [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-BERKSH	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Nick Collins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Denise Garlick [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rhonda Nyman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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