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Bills available for download:

• - Added By SSMP - OConnell on 02/09/2010
  Health Care Incentive



• - Added By Shannon Porter on 02/05/2010
  Income Tax Repeal for Minors



• - Added By Sarah Schulte on 03/08/2010
  AN ACT TO: Implement text messaging technology into the 9-1-1 system of the North American Numbering Plan.



• - Added By Peter Quitadamo on 02/03/2010
  



• - Added By Mike Taylor on 03/09/2010
  An Act To Make the use of Full Body Scanners at airports illegal



• - Added By Gabriel Sutherland on 03/09/2010
  AN ACT TO end the usage of metal detectors in Massachusetts public schools.



• 8 - Added By Tyler McLaughlin on 02/03/2010
  The Marital Success Bill



• 8 - Added By McKayla Craig on 02/02/2010
  Prohibit breastfeeding in public areas



• 8 - Added By Maddie McGlincy on 02/02/2010
  Home Insurance and Pets



• 8 - Added By Delaney Naylor on 02/01/2010
  AN ACT TO Prohibit citizens in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the age of eighteen from having unnecessary cosmetic surgery.



• 9 - Added By Samantha Smith on 03/07/2010
  AN ACT TO lower the voting age in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for local, municipal, and state elections to sixteen years of age.



• 9 - Added By Ryan Hebert on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO: Nullify judicial review by the United States Supreme Court and assert constitutional interpretation as a state issue.



• 9 - Added By Roberta Afutu on 03/08/2010
  AN ACT TO Mandate that peremptory challenge during jury selection procedure be based on everything except on the bias of both race and gender.



• 9 - Added By Marissa Prashad on 02/03/2010
  



• 9 - Added By Justin Conlon on 02/03/2010
  



• 9 - Added By Jessica Lebaron on 03/09/2010
  AN ACT TO MANDATE THAT ALL PRISONS PSYCHOLOGICALLY TEST PRISONERS BEFORE RELEASE



• 9 - Added By James Stanton on 02/03/2010
  Religious Freedom Bill



• 10 - Added By Ivan Canas on 02/02/2010
  An act to establish a voluntary extracurricular program



• 10 - Added By Holly Cardoza on 02/02/2010
  AN ACT TO: Mandate that all public high schools in Massachusetts offer an American Sign Language course.



• 10 - Added By Alicia Santini on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO: Make a short, outdoor break mandatory in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.



• 11 - Added By Richard Bernache on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO prohibit public schools from cutting their music programs



• 11 - Added By Jonathan Myers on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO abolish the MCAS exam in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.



• 11 - Added By Brian Jencunas on 02/03/2010
  School Deunionization



• 12 - Added By Vanessa Andrade on 02/22/2010
  An Act to mandate that all public facilities donate unused/unwanted food to pig farms or soup kitchens.



• 12 - Added By Meghan Peterson on 02/04/2010
  Labeling of genetically modified food products



• 12 - Added By Jake Gottfried on 02/03/2010
  An Act to: Tax Plastic and Paper Bags usage at markets



• 12 - Added By Bongani Jeranyama on 02/03/2010
  



• 13 - Added By Nick Harnish on 02/04/2010
  Alcohol Tax Increase



• 13 - Added By Mustafa Hassan on 02/09/2010
  Massachusetts Highway Toll Bill



• 13 - Added By Matthew Burton on 02/03/2010
  Alcohol Permit and License Act



• 13 - Added By Jessica Burris on 02/03/2010
  



• 13 - Added By Hannah Bialic on 03/07/2010
  AN ACT TO: Expand the Bottle Bill in Massachusetts.



• 14 - Added By Sonya May on 02/03/2010
  An Act To Prohibit the confiscation of a legally owned firearm during an emergency situation.



• 14 - Added By Rachel Boardman on 02/03/2010
  An act to illegalize the ability of minors to possess a Firearm Identification License



• 14 - Added By Connor Lyons on 03/04/2010
  An Act to Ensure Public Safety Through the Prohibition of Concealed Carry of Firearms



• 15 - Added By Toni Pham on 02/03/2010
  



• 15 - Added By Sydney McKinley on 02/18/2010
  AN ACT TO mandate that all public high schools in the commonwealth institute a no-tolerance alcohol and drug policy when determining the punishments of students in school extracurricular and athletic activities.



• 15 - Added By Julian Goding and Pierre Joseph on 02/02/2010
  AN ACT TO: BAN THE STAINLESS BANNER



• 15 - Added By Brian Kisiel on 02/05/2010
  



• 16 - Added By Kevin Casey on 02/04/2010
  



• 16 - Added By Kevin Casey on 03/07/2010
  AN ACT TO Allow drivers of hybrid vehicles to use HOV lanes.



• 16 - Added By Jacqui Grasso on 02/04/2010
  AN ACT TO require that all restaurants in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts provide visible nutrition information on all menus which are seen by customers



• 16 - Added By Ian Rose on 02/03/2010
  



• 16 - Added By Emily Ellis on 02/02/2010
  AN ACT TO change the organ donation registration procedure from an opt-in system to an opt-out system.



• 17 - Added By Rachel Tarallo on 02/03/2010
  an act to:mandate all public schools have a mandatory celiac friendly lunch



• 17 - Added By Paul Kearney on 02/04/2010
  Prohibt mandating BMI screenings for public school students



• 17 - Added By Matthew Sperre on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO Change the law in which the governor of Massachusetts can enforce a mandatory vaccination upon citizens in the event of a pandemic.



• 17 - Added By Lindsey Clark on 02/03/2010
  An Act to replace sex ed programs



• 18 - Added By Gabriella Gobiel on 02/05/2010
  



• 18 - Added By Angela Filardo on 02/05/2010
  AN ACT TO designate the U.S.S. Constitution as the official vessel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts



• 19 - Added By Sam Gagnon on 02/03/2010
  An Act to: Ban Cell Phone use while operating a motor vehicle



• 19 - Added By Michael Black on 02/04/2010
  AN ACT TO: Lower the reinstatement fee for junior operators in speeding cases from $500 to $250



• 19 - Added By Francesca Malvarosa on 02/05/2010
  AN ACT TO mandate citizens of the Commonwealth possessing a driver’s license to retake their driving exam every ten years.



• 19 - Added By Danielle Hare on 02/02/2010
  Increase Drunken Driving Fines



• 19 - Added By Annabelle Tarek on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO: Make illegal the act of texting while operating a motor vehicle.



• 22 - Added By Yasser Mahmoud South Shore – Quincy on 02/11/2010
  Internet filter removel



• 22 - Added By Yasser Mahmoud South Shore – Quincy on 02/11/2010
  Internet filter removel



• 22 - Added By Kedar Mahagaokar (Final Bill) on 03/08/2010
  TO Implement the storage of fiscal resources for the purpose of integrating green energy technologies with common energy generation technologies at a future date.



• 22 - Added By Justin Ostiguy on 02/04/2010
  AN ACT TO mandate both municipal and private electric companies to both give the same incentives for investing in renewable energy.



• 22 - Added By Carl Glaser on 02/05/2010
  AN ACT TO: Mandate that all biopharmaceutical patents expire five years after the drug is released to the commercial market.



• 22 - Added By Angleina Lionetta on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO grant a tax deduction to any citizen who surrenders their garden gnome(s) for the state to sell.



• 22 - Added By Alyssa DiBlasi on 02/03/2010
  Tax incentive to shops that are located outside of a city, that stay open to the public past midnight on the weekends.



• 23 - Added By Matt Willey on 02/03/2010
  Stop gang activities in state of Massachusetts by creating a gang task force.



• 23 - Added By Katie Deacon on 02/03/2010
  An act to: Allow a person to repeal a restraining order if threatened in any way including a written threat.



• 23 - Added By Isabelle Schulte on 02/03/2010
  



• 23 - Added By Isabelle Schulte on 03/07/2010
  An Act To: Prohibit the publication of supposed actions by the accused person for minor crimes, before they are charged guilty by a court trial.



• 24 - Added By Paulyn Zinsonni on 03/07/2010
  AN ACT TO eliminate smoking in public parks



• 24 - Added By karla ramirez on 03/09/2010
  an act to make pregnancy only to those of legal maturation legal



• 24 - Added By Julian Goding on 02/02/2010
  AN ACT To: Amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and abolish the Judicial Branch.



• 24 - Added By JESSICA LEBARON on 03/08/2010
  PYSCOLOGICAL TESTING



• 24 - Added By James Curtin on 02/02/2010
  AN ACT TO: Restrict the seizure of property through the process of eminent domain.



• 24 - Added By Edward A. Tedesco on 02/01/2010
  A Joint Resolution claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers; serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist the No Child Left Behind Act.



• 24 - Added By Christine Marie McElhinney on 02/01/2010
  Repeal Chapter 54 Section 140 of the Massachusetts General Laws to revoke the power of the governor to appoint an interim senator when a Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat becomes vacant.



• 25 - Added By Victoria Smith on 03/08/2010
  



• 25 - Added By Julian Goding on 02/02/2010
  AN ACT TO: DECLARE ALL POLITICAL PARTIES SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATIONS.



• 25 - Added By Daniel J. Tighe on 02/01/2010
  AN ACT TO Extend gas station hours to all credit/debit card users

Legal Documents available for download:

• - Added By SSMP - Gavrielidis on 02/09/2010
  Pretrial Motion Summary - 4th Amendment Search & Seizure



• - Added By SSMP - Darcy on 02/04/2010
  Pre Trial Motion Issue



• - Added By Kogan on 02/05/2010
  



• - Added By Kogan on 02/05/2010
  

Beacon Articles available for download:

• - Added By Zorela Georgescu on 03/05/2010
  AZ for AG



• - Added By Zorela Georgescu on 03/05/2010
  The Race For Lt. Governor: Michelle Sperre



• - Added By Sarah O'Brien on 02/03/2010
  Sydney McKinley— Governor



• - Added By Sarah O'Brien on 02/05/2010
  Eddie Tedesco- Speaker of the House



• - Added By Richard Ash on 02/03/2010
  FarrelltTo Fight For Votes in March



• - Added By Richard Ash on 03/05/2010
  TBA



• - Added By Gilbert Hoang on 02/05/2010
  Senate President Candidate: Charles DeGennaro



• - Added By Bianca Blakesley on 02/18/2010
  Sara for Senate President



• - Added By Benjamin Quinn on 02/04/2010
  Benjamin Corman



• - Added By Benjamin Quinn on 02/04/2010
  Benjamin Corman



• - Added By Benjamin Quinn on 02/07/2010
  Candidate Profile-Benjamin Corman

Other documents available for download:

• - Added By Terrell Shivers on 02/03/2010
  



• - Added By SSMP - Trivedi on 02/07/2010
  Judicial Summary



• - Added By SSMP - Savage on 02/07/2010
  Judicial Summary



• - Added By Shalise James on 03/09/2010
  AN ACT To Allow minors enter the labor forces at the age fifteen years and six months without a work permit



• - Added By Melissa Jorge on 02/03/2010
  



• - Added By Luther Brite on 02/03/2010
  



• - Added By Kristen Page on 03/03/2010
  Newly hired teacher's requirements



• - Added By CJ O'Connor on 01/26/2010
  AN ACT TO: Require a higher penalty for animal cruelty in all forms.



• - Added By Britaney Monteiro on 02/04/2010
  



• - Added By Alexander Le on 02/11/2010
  



• - Added By Alberta Afutu on 03/09/2010
  Ban all Blue Fluorescent Headlights from vehicles in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts



• - Added By on 02/11/2010
  



• 8 - Added By James Ramey on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO open a state wide food charity



• 8 - Added By Autumn Hines-Coombs on 01/25/2010
  Impose a fine on any resident caught abandoning their pet



• 9 - Added By Michael Wong on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO: Mandate that the legal age of smoking tobacco in the Commonwealth be lowered to 15 years of age.



• 9 - Added By Jimmy Miotto on 03/09/2010
  AN ACT TO: Lower the voting age in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for state elections, local elections, and ballot measures to the age of 16.



• 9 - Added By Jasmine Barnwell on 01/27/2010
  AN ACT TO: Prohibit public schools from locking bathrooms during school hours.



• 9 - Added By Jasmine Barnwell on 01/27/2010
  AN ACT TO: Prohibit public schools from locking bathrooms during school hours.



• 10 - Added By Fernando Navarro on 02/16/2010
  AN ACT TO MANDATE THAT ALL PUBLIC TEACHERS UNDERGO ONE DAY OF TRAINING PER YEAR TO BETTER UNDERSTAND STUDENTS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER.



• 10 - Added By Dylan Thompson on 01/29/2010
  Mandatory Final Exams



• 10 - Added By David Coletti on 02/25/2010
  AN ACT TO Establish Bilingual Immersion programs in elementary school systems throughout the state



• 10 - Added By Danielle Barboza on 02/03/2010
  Suspended Students Provided with Home School Aid



• 10 - Added By Alice Lu on 01/27/2010
  AN ACT TO: Mandate that all colleges and universities be required to inform their applicants that they may check any social networking sites that the applicant may have.



• 11 - Added By Sophia Trinh on 01/27/2010
  AN ACT TO: Provide a college preparatory curriculum for high school students through a mandatory weekly class in their junior and senior years before graduation.



• 11 - Added By Monika Zatek and Kayla Petrie on 01/30/2010
  



• 11 - Added By Michael Timcoe on 02/02/2010
  Lengthening the School Year



• 11 - Added By Brian Ho on 01/27/2010
  AN ACT TO: Allow students 18 years of age or older who are ill, as determined by the nurse, to leave school without having a parent/guardian present.



• 12 - Added By Nicholas Hirakawa on 01/29/2010
  AN ACT TO MANDATE THAT ALL TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE COMMONWEATLH OF MASSACHUSETTS UTILIZE LIGHT POLUTION-REDUCING MEASURES BY 2015



• 12 - Added By Melissa Habboub on 01/26/2010
  AN ACT TO: Mandate that all food restaurants recycle a minimum of 50% of their waste products.



• 12 - Added By Megan Howley on 02/02/2010
  Grocery Bag Rebate



• 12 - Added By Courtney Hathaway on 01/26/2010
  AN ACT TO: Mandate the right to not purchase a coffin in the event that a party’s request is cremation.



• 12 - Added By Ben Corman on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO: Mandate that all state vehicles be emission free by the year 2025.



• 13 - Added By Ryan Miller on 02/25/2010
  AN ACT TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS



• 13 - Added By Jeruel Ebanks on 02/03/2010
  To Lock the Increase of Public Higher Education Rates to Inflation Rates



• 13 - Added By Conor Woods on 01/29/2010
  Qualifications for Unemployment Benefits



• 14 - Added By Tiffany Farrell on 01/25/2010
  AN ACT TO: to make it illegal for the Massachusetts judicial system to allow gang affiliation to impact prosecution and assignment of penalties, otherwise known as “Gang Enhancement”.



• 14 - Added By Shardai Sam-Clarke on 01/28/2010
  AN ACT TO modify high school’s policy on student confrontation, and introduce the consequences of crimes in the commonwealth outside of high school.



• 14 - Added By Nick Culbert on 02/01/2010
  Unattended Items on MBTA



• 14 - Added By Moses Adubi on 02/25/2010
  AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE INSTITUTION OF POLYGAMY IN MASSACHUSETTS



• 15 - Added By Monique Farrell on 01/25/2010
  AN ACT TO: Amend Massachusetts General Law Part I Chapter 71, Section 37: Limiting the authority of local school committees on grading policies regarding nationally accredited curriculums and courses.



• 15 - Added By Keleigh Grinham on 03/08/2010
  AN ACT TO: Mandate state funded counseling for all returning veterans of the Commonwealth afflicted with drug-abuse problems and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.



• 15 - Added By Heather Ewell on 02/01/2010
  snow removal proposal



• 15 - Added By Donald Wong on 02/06/2010
  AN ACT TO: Allow nurses to give certain medication to students on school property.



• 15 - Added By David Hurlbut on 02/07/2010
  Safer Working Conditions



• 16 - Added By Harvey Vuong on 01/27/2010
  AN ACT TO: Require that teen dating violence lessons be added to the Commonwealth’s mandatory high school health curriculum.



• 16 - Added By Destiny Fiaschetti on 02/03/2010
  legalize physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia to mentally competent patients who are terminally ill and of adult age



• 16 - Added By Brittany Parziale on 03/08/2010
  AN ACT TO: Eliminate all soda machines in public school systems in the commonwealth of Massachusetts.



• 16 - Added By Brian Jencunas & Jamie Stanton on 03/04/2010
  SSMP - Jencunas Bill



• 17 - Added By Sydney Trinh on 01/27/2010
  AN ACT TO: Ban piercing guns.



• 17 - Added By Sharon Noel on 01/27/2010
  AN ACT TO: Mandate that all women who are going through the stages of pregnancy can not smoke or drink due to the harm of the baby.



• 17 - Added By Laura DiBeneditto on 02/07/2010
  Tattooing



• 17 - Added By Katharina Kowalksi on 02/02/2010
  AN ACT TO: Mandate the availability of healthy foods in schools



• 17 - Added By Jeremy Gilbride on 01/31/2010
  Prison Blood Donations



• 18 - Added By Will Piper on 01/29/2010
  Open Space



• 18 - Added By Nixon Jaquez on 02/07/2010
  State Song



• 18 - Added By Michelle Sperre on 01/31/2010
  



• 18 - Added By Jeseca DeSena on 02/03/2010
  Change the Massachusetts State Bird to the Morning Dove



• 18 - Added By Alex Crumlish on 02/07/2010
  Prison Community Service



• 18 - Added By Alaine Kefalis on 03/08/2010
  AN ACT TO mandate that all coaches of youth sports teams must be first aid certified.



• 19 - Added By Nicole Andrade on 02/03/2010
  Mandate Seatbelts on All School Busses



• 19 - Added By Mike Lethin on 02/25/2010
  AN ACT TO mandate a driving tests during the driver’s license renewal process



• 19 - Added By Emmett Scannell on 02/03/2010
  AN ACT TO: Require that any child who is five years of age or older, but not older than twelve years of age, shall not ride as a passenger on a large school bus unless such child is wearing a three-point safety belt which is properly adjusted and fasten



• 19 - Added By Cam Covitz on 02/09/2010
  Learners Permit



• 19 - Added By Annie Yao on 01/29/2010
  AN ACT TO prohibit the use of red-light camera systems in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.



• 22 - Added By Zach Eaton on 02/25/2010
  AN ACT TO Ban the use of any electronic device while operating a motor vehicle.



• 22 - Added By Raquel C. Zelayandia on 03/03/2010
  AN ACT TO give high school students in the Worcester Public Schools a choice of either having a study period or joining a program to go outside and engage in physical activities and environmentally friendly services.



• 22 - Added By Myles Casey on 02/01/2010
  Stem Cell Research Bill



• 22 - Added By Colin Rose on 03/07/2010
  Give tax deductions to companies that increase their worker salary.



• 23 - Added By Samantha King on 02/02/2010
  Remove statute of limitations of all rape crimes



• 23 - Added By Nixon Jaquez on 03/02/2010
  SSMP- Jaquez - Sex Offender Bill



• 23 - Added By Kristina Bastien on 02/10/2010
  AN ACT TO mandate that all criminals must serve their crimes through community service which is closest to including additional sentence given.



• 23 - Added By Joe McLaughlin on 02/02/2010
  Redefining Level One Sex Crimes



• 23 - Added By Helyanne Demorais on 02/03/2010
  Increase the Penalty of Possession of Marijuana



• 23 - Added By Cindy Ho on 01/27/2010
  AN ACT TO: Require all sex traffickers to be imprisoned and also fined depending on the degree of the crime.



• 23 - Added By Aminata Kamara on 01/27/2010
  AN ACT TO Mandate that there should be enough background check on an individual before a report of abuse is filed under chapter 119: section 51A.



• 24 - Added By Ryan Sanders on 01/29/2010
  AN ACT TO Mandate all criminals convicted of any crime to perform any act of penal servitude in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.



• 24 - Added By Malik James on 03/05/2010
  AN ACT TO: mandate all Government or low income housing to separate and recycle trash place to put recyclable items deemed recyclable



• 24 - Added By James Curtin on 01/26/2010
  AN ACT TO: restrict the seizure of property through the process of eminent domain.



• 24 - Added By Edward A. Tedesco on 02/01/2010
  Amend Chapter II, Section II, Article I of the Massachusetts Constitution.



• 24 - Added By Alexander Winnett on 02/03/2010
  Allow the research and implementation of appropriate xenotransplantation for eligible patients



• 25 - Added By Will Stillwell on 02/02/2010
  Term Limits



• 25 - Added By Pierre Joseph- Springfield Delegation on 01/25/2010
  AN ACT TO Mandate that all Supreme Court Justices appointed by the Governor in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts be subject to retention elections in twelve year intervals.



• 25 - Added By Karla Ramirez on 03/05/2010
  AN ACT TO make pregnancy only to those of legal maturation legal



• 25 - Added By Jahath Harriott on 03/04/2010
  AN ACT TO mandate that all public high schools in the commonwealth institute a no-tolerance alcohol and drug policy when determining the punishments of students in school extracurricular and athletic activities.



• 25 - Added By Cassandra Freeman on 03/05/2010
  AN ACT TO make sure parents is adequate in child rearing through state certification



• 25 - Added By Alvin Williams on 03/04/2010
  AN ACT TO manage the amount of alcohol sold in Massachusetts after ten o’ clock on weekends in liquor stores.

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