Bill Title: Relative to the modernization of optometric patient care

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 82-13)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-25 - Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means [H1981 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Patricia Haddad [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Fernandes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Martin Walsh [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carlo Basile [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bradley Jones [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-20-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Cantwell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Susan Gifford [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Pignatelli [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Denise Garlick [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Koczera [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ellen Story [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cleon Turner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bruce Ayers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Paul Mark [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-BERKSH	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Nangle [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sarah Peake [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Kaufman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kevin Murphy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-18-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Dwyer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-30-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tackey Chan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christine Canavan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark Cusack [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kenneth Gordon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-21-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Finn [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Frank Smizik [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Donato [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-35-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Anne Gobi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WORCES	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul McMurtry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeffrey Roy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sean Garballey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-23-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Edward Coppinger [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Galvin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Vieira [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gailanne Cariddi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Calter [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Stanley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Murphy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Keefe [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ruth Balser [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Linsky [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Angelo Puppolo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Schmid [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Chris Walsh [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Peter Kocot [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Angelo D'Emilia [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Poirier [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Brady [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jerald Parisella [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Randy Hunt [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Viriato deMacedo [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-PLYMOU	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sheila Harrington [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Madden [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-BARNST	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Lawn [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Danielle Gregoire [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Scibak [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Miceli [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-19-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Keiko Orrall [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Fennell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cheryl Coakley-Rivera [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeffrey Sanchez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kate Hogan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Keenan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Binienda [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen DiNatale [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph Wagner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kimberly Ferguson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dennis Rosa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Theodore Speliotis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Angelo Scaccia [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen Kulik [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-FRA	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kay Khan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Benson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-37-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Fresolo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Geoff Diehl [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Aaron Vega [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Mannal [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Byron Rushing [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carolyn Dykema [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Brodeur [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-32-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Diana DiZoglio [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carl Sciortino [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-34-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Sullivan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Antonio Cabral [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Toomey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-26-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Rogers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Shaunna O'Connell [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Garrett Bradley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Benjamin Swan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Lyons [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-18-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harold Naughton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Golden [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Arciero [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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