Bill Title: Strengthening and investing in our educators, students, and communities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 102-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-11 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4391 [S308 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Michael Rush [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marjorie Decker [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-25-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Timilty [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-BRISTO	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Louis Kafka [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bruce Ayers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Welch [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HAMPDE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Cahill [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Antonio Cabral [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Aaron Vega [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mathew Muratore [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Brady [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Chris Walsh [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christopher Markey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Hunt [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carmine Gentile [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jason Lewis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-05-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Pignatelli [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Calter [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Frank Moran [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Angelo Puppolo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Scibak [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Kaufman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Miceli [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-19-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Barbara L'Italien [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Denise Provost [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-27-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Adrian Madaro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Frank Smizik [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Steven Ultrino [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-33-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jose Tosado [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul McMurtry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Finn [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Stanley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Lawn [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Alan Silvia [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lori Ehrlich [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Josh Cutler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Velis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HAMPDE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Dwyer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-30-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Solomon Goldstein-Rose [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Donahue [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph McGonagle [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-28-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Rogers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-24-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Connolly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-26-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Tucker [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Ryan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Thomas McGee [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-03-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Ashe [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patrick O'Connor [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jack Lewis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James O'Day [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Cullinane [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Higgins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christine Barber [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-34-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kay Khan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Heroux [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Cantwell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Eldridge [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MIDDLE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Marc Pacheco [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-03-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Brendan Crighton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-03-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Murray [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Julian Cyr [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CAPE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jennifer Flanagan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WORCES	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gailanne Cariddi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kenneth Gordon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-21-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joan Meschino [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Denise Garlick [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Edward Coppinger [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gerard Cassidy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Joan Lovely [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carolyn Dykema [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sean Garballey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-23-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Walter Timilty [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bud Williams [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Mahoney [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Murphy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Anne Gobi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WORCES	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Keefe [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Russell Holmes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michelle DuBois [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Roselee Vincent [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephan Hay [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carlos Gonzalez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Whelan [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Day [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-31-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jonathan Zlotnik [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Schmid [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Brodeur [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-32-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Malia [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harold Naughton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cynthia Creem [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patricia Jehlen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Peter Kocot [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MIDDLE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Eric Lesser [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Driscoll [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Arciero [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Rogers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen Kulik [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-FRA	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tackey Chan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph Wagner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Joseph Boncore [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Moore [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Keiko Orrall [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Adam Hinds [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-BERKSH	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kathleen O'Connor Ives [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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