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The
Massachusetts House of Representatives is the
lower house of the
Massachusetts General Court. 160 members serve in the
lower house of the General Court and meet at the State Capitol in
Boston. Each member represents an average of
40,923 residents, as of the 2010 Census.
[1] After the 2000 Census, each member represented approximately
39,682 residents.
[2]
Sessions
The Massachusetts Constitution contains provisions regarding when the Massachusetts General Court, which the House is a part of, is to meet. This subject has been the focus of several amendments to the Constitution. Originally, Chapter 1 of the Massachusetts Constitution called for the General Court to convene on the last Wednesday of May. Then, Amending Article X called for legislative sessions to convene yearly on the first Wednesday of January. Later, Amending Article LXXII called for the General Court to meet once every two years, but Amending Article LXXV repealed that amendment. Therefore, the rules that currently govern when the General Court is to meet are in Amending Article X.
Article X calls for the General Court to convene its regular session on the first Wednesday of January. The session does not dissolve until a new regular session convenes in the next year. Article X specifies that it does not prevent the General Court from meeting at any time that it judges necessary.
2012
- See also: Dates of 2012 state legislative sessions
In 2012, the House will be in session starting January 4. Formal sessions can occur until July 31, but informal sessions may take place throughout the year.
Major issues
Leading the agenda is a crackdown on abuses at special education collaboratives in the state. Other issues include controlling health costs and a sentencing bill that would bar parole for prisoners convicted of more than two violent crimes.[3]
2011
In 2011, the House will be in session from January 5 through a date not yet decided by the Legislature. [4]
2010
In 2010, the House convened its session on January 6th, and it remained in session throughout the 2010. [5]
Elections
2012
- See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2012
Elections for the office of Massachusetts House of Representatives will be held in Massachusetts on November 6, 2012. All 160 seats will be up for election.
The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections is May 29, 2012. The primary election day will be September 18, 2012.
2010
- See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2010
Elections for the office of Massachusetts House of Representatives were held in Massachusetts on November 2, 2010. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was May 4, 2010 for partisan and was August 3 for Independents. The primary election day was on September 14, 2010.
In 2010, the candidates running for state house raised a total of $13,713,787 in campaign contributions. The top 10 donors were: [6]
| Donor
| Amount
|
| Massachusetts Democratic Party
| $181,529
|
| Retired Public Employees
| $65,150
|
| Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts
| $50,700
|
| Adams, Paul
| $50,350
|
| 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
| $44,500
|
| Cutler, Josh S
| $43,976
|
| Massachusetts Federation of Teachers
| $43,400
|
| Massachusetts Association of Realtors
| $37,600
|
| Schmid, Paul
| $36,543
|
| Hanlon, John F
| $34,258
|
Qualifications
Article LXXI of the Massachusetts Constitution states: Every representative, for one year at least immediately preceding his election, shall have been an inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen and shall cease to represent such district when he shall cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth.
Vacancies
- See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures
If there is a vacancy in the House, a special election must be conducted to fill the vacant seat. The election must be held on the next regularly scheduled date on the election calendar[7]. Local governments who conduct special elections receive reimbursement from the State Treasurer's office for all costs incurred[8].
Representatives
Partisan composition
- See also: Partisan composition of state houses
Leadership
The House elects its Speaker, who then appoints majority floor leaders. The minority party elects its leaders in a party caucus.[9][10]
Current leadership
2010 Leadership
Salaries
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
As of 2011, members of the Massachusetts General Court are paid $61,132.99/year. Legislators receive between $10/day to $100/day per diem, depending on distance from the state house. Compensation is vouchered and set by the legislature.[11]
The $61,132.99/year that Massachusetts legislators are paid as of 2011 is an increase from 2010 salary of $58,237.15/year, which was the same as they were paid during legislative sessions in 2007. Per diem is also the same as it was in 2007.[12][13]
When sworn in
- See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election
Massachusetts legislators assume office the first Wednesday in January after the election.
Current members
| District
| Representative
| Party
| Residence
|
| First Barnstable
| Cleon Turner
|  Democratic
| Dennis
|
| Second Barnstable
| Demetrius Atsalis
| Democratic
| Barnstable
|
| Third Barnstable
| David Vieira
|  Republican
| Falmouth
|
| Fourth Barnstable
| Sarah Peake
| Democratic
| Provincetown
|
| Fifth Barnstable
| Randy Hunt
| Republican
| Sandwich
|
| Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket
| Timothy Madden
| Democratic
|
|
| First Berkshire
| Gailanne Cariddi
| Democratic
| North Adams
|
| Second Berkshire
| Paul Mark
| Democratic
| Dalton
|
| Third Berkshire
| Patricia Farley-Bouvier
| Democratic
| Pittsfield
|
| Fourth Berkshire
| William Pignatelli
| Democratic
| Lenox
|
| First Bristol
| Fred Barrows
| Republican
| Mansfield
|
| Second Bristol
| George Ross
| Republican
|
|
| Third Bristol
| Shaunna O'Connell
| Republican
| Taunton
|
| Fourth Bristol
| Steven Howitt
| Republican
| Seekonk
|
| Fifth Bristol
| Patricia Haddad
| Democratic
| Somerset
|
| Sixth Bristol
| David Sullivan
| Democratic
| Fall River
|
| Seventh Bristol
| Kevin Aguiar
| Democratic
| Fall River
|
| Eighth Bristol
| Paul Schmid III
| Democratic
| Westport
|
| Ninth Bristol
| Christopher Markey
| Democratic
| Dartmouth
|
| Tenth Bristol
| William Straus
| Democratic
| Mattapoisett
|
| Eleventh Bristol
| Robert Koczera
| Democratic
| New Bedford
|
| Twelfth Bristol
| Keiko Orrall
| Republican
| Lakeville
|
| Thirteenth Bristol
| Antonio Cabral
| Democratic
| New Bedford
|
| Fourteenth Bristol
| Elizabeth Poirier
| Republican
| North Attleborough
|
| First Essex
| Michael Costello
| Democratic
| Newburyport
|
| Second Essex
| Harriett Stanley
| Democratic
| West Newbury
|
| Third Essex
| Brian Dempsey
| Democratic
| Haverhill
|
| Fourth Essex
| Bradford Hill
| Republican
| Ipswich
|
| Fifth Essex
| Ann-Margaret Ferrante
| Democratic
|
|
| Sixth Essex
| Jerry Parisella
| Democratic
| Beverly
|
| Seventh Essex
| John Keenan, Jr.
| Democratic
| Salem
|
| Eighth Essex
| Lori Ehrlich
| Democratic
| Marblehead
|
| Ninth Essex
| Donald Wong
| Republican
| Saugus
|
| Tenth Essex
| Robert Fennell
| Democratic
| Lynn
|
| Eleventh Essex
| Steven Walsh
| Democratic
| Lynn
|
| Twelfth Essex
| Joyce Spiliotis
| Democratic
| Peabody
|
| Thirteenth Essex
| Theodore Speliotis
| Democratic
| Danvers
|
| Fourteenth Essex
| David Torrisi
| Democratic
| North Andover
|
| Fifteenth Essex
| Linda Campbell
| Democratic
| Methuen
|
| Sixteenth Essex
| Marcos Devers
| Democratic
|
|
| Seventeenth Essex
| Paul Adams
| Republican
| Andover
|
| Eighteenth Essex
| James Lyons, Jr.
| Republican
| Andover
|
| First Franklin
| Stephen Kulik
| Democratic
| Worthington
|
| Second Franklin
| Denise Andrews
| Democratic
| Orange
|
| First Hampden
| Todd Smola
| Republican
| Palmer
|
| Second Hampden
| Brian Michael Ashe
| Democratic
|
|
| Third Hampden
| Nicholas Boldyga
| Republican
| Agawam
|
| Fourth Hampden
| Donald Humason, Jr.
| Republican
| Westfield
|
| Fifth Hampden
| Michael Kane
| Democratic
| Holyoke
|
| Sixth Hampden
| Michael Finn
| Democratic
| West Springfield
|
| Seventh Hampden
| Thomas Petrolati
| Democratic
| Ludlow
|
| Eighth Hampden
| Joseph Wagner
| Democratic
| Chicopee
|
| Ninth Hampden
| Sean Curran
| Democratic
| Springfield
|
| Tenth Hampden
| Cheryl Rivera
| Democratic
| Springfield
|
| Eleventh Hampden
| Benjamin Swan, Sr.
| Democratic
| Springfield
|
| Twelfth Hampden
| Angelo Puppolo, Jr.
| Democratic
| Springfield
|
| First Hampshire
| Peter Kocot
| Democratic
| Northampton
|
| Second Hampshire
| John Scibak
| Democratic
| South Hadley
|
| Third Hampshire
| Ellen Story
| Democratic
| Amherst
|
| First Middlesex
| Sheila Harrington
| Republican
| Groton
|
| Second Middlesex
| James Arciero
| Democratic
|
|
| Third Middlesex
| Kate Hogan
| Democratic
| West Lynn
|
| Fourth Middlesex
| Steven Levy
| Republican
| Marlborough
|
| Fifth Middlesex
| David Linsky
| Democratic
| Natick
|
| Sixth Middlesex
| Chris Walsh
| Democratic
| Framingham
|
| Seventh Middlesex
| Tom Sannicandro
| Democratic
| Ashland
|
| Eighth Middlesex
| Carolyn Dykema
| Democratic
| Holliston
|
| Ninth Middlesex
| Thomas Stanley
| Democratic
| Waltham
|
| Tenth Middlesex
| John Lawn
| Democratic
| Watertown
|
| Eleventh Middlesex
| Kay Khan
| Democratic
| Newton
|
| Twelfth Middlesex
| Ruth Balser
| Democratic
| Newton
|
| Thirteenth Middlesex
| Thomas Conroy
| Democratic
| Wayland
|
| Fourteenth Middlesex
| Cory Atkins
| Democratic
| Concord
|
| Fifteenth Middlesex
| Jay Kaufman
| Democratic
| Lexington
|
| Sixteenth Middlesex
| Thomas Golden, Jr.
| Democratic
| Lowell
|
| Seventeenth Middlesex
| David Nangle
| Democratic
| Lowell
|
| Eighteenth Middlesex
| Kevin Murphy
| Democratic
| Lowell
|
| Nineteenth Middlesex
| James Miceli
| Democratic
| Wilmington
|
| Twentieth Middlesex
| Bradley Jones, Jr.
| Republican
| North Reading
|
| Twenty-first Middlesex
| Charles Murphy
| Democratic
| Burlington
|
| Twenty-second Middlesex
| Marc Lombardo
| Republican
| Billerica
|
| Twenty-third Middlesex
| Sean Garballey
| Democratic
| Arlington
|
| Twenty-fourth Middlesex
| William Brownsberger
| Democratic
| Belmont
|
| Twenty-fifth Middlesex
| Alice Wolf
| Democratic
| Cambridge
|
| Twenty-sixth Middlesex
| Timothy Toomey, Jr.
| Democratic
| Cambridge
|
| Twenty-seventh Middlesex
| Denise Provost
| Democratic
| Somerville
|
| Twenty-eighth Middlesex
| Stephen Smith
| Democratic
| Everett
|
| Twenty-ninth Middlesex
| Jonathan Hecht
| Democratic
|
|
| Thirtieth Middlesex
| James Dwyer
| Democratic
|
|
| Thirty-first Middlesex
| Jason Lewis
| Democratic
|
|
| Thirty-second Middlesex
| Paul Brodeur
| Democratic
| Melrose
|
| Thirty-third Middlesex
| Christopher Fallon
| Democratic
| Malden
|
| Thirty-fourth Middlesex
| Carl Sciortino, Jr.
| Democratic
| Somerville
|
| Thirty-fifth Middlesex
| Paul Donato, Sr.
| Democratic
| Medford
|
| Thirty-sixth Middlesex
| Colleen Garry
| Democratic
| Dracut
|
| Thirty-seventh Middlesex
| Jennifer Benson
| Democratic
|
|
| First Norfolk
| Bruce Ayers
| Democratic
| Quincy
|
| Second Norfolk
| Tackey Chan
| Democratic
| Quincy
|
| Third Norfolk
| Ronald Mariano
| Democratic
| Quincy
|
| Fourth Norfolk
| James Murphy
| Democratic
| Weymouth
|
| Fifth Norfolk
| Mark Cusack
| Democratic
| Braintree
|
| Sixth Norfolk
| William Galvin
| Democratic
| Canton
|
| Seventh Norfolk
| Walter Timilty
| Democratic
| Milton
|
| Eighth Norfolk
| Louis Kafka
| Democratic
| Stoughton
|
| Ninth Norfolk
| Daniel Winslow
| Republican
|
|
| Tenth Norfolk
| James Vallee
| Democratic
| Franklin
|
| Eleventh Norfolk
| Paul McMurtry
| Democratic
| Dedham
|
| Twelfth Norfolk
| John Rogers
| Democratic
| Norwood
|
| Thirteenth Norfolk
| Denise Garlick
| Democratic
| Needham
|
| Fourteenth Norfolk
| Alice Peisch
| Democratic
| Wellesley
|
| Fifteenth Norfolk
| Frank Smizik
| Democratic
| Brookline
|
| First Plymouth
| Viriato deMacedo
| Republican
| Plymouth
|
| Second Plymouth
| Susan Gifford
| Republican
| Wareham
|
| Third Plymouth
| Garrett Bradley
| Democratic
| Hingham
|
| Fourth Plymouth
| James Cantwell
| Democratic
|
|
| Fifth Plymouth
| Rhonda Nyman
| Democratic
|
| Sixth Plymouth
| Daniel Webster
| Republican
| Hanson
|
| Seventh Plymouth
| Geoff Diehl
| Republican
| East Bridgewater
|
| Eighth Plymouth
| Angelo D'Emilia
| Republican
| Bridgewater
|
| Ninth Plymouth
| Michael Brady
| Democratic
|
|
| Tenth Plymouth
| Christine Canavan
| Democratic
| Brockton
|
| Eleventh Plymouth
| Geraldine Creedon
| Democratic
| Brockton
|
| Twelfth Plymouth
| Thomas Calter, III
| Democratic
| Kingston
|
| First Suffolk
| Carlo Basile
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Second Suffolk
| Eugene O'Flaherty
| Democratic
| Chelsea
|
| Third Suffolk
| Aaron Michlewitz
| Democratic
|
|
| Fourth Suffolk
| Nicholas Collins, Sr.
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Fifth Suffolk
| Carlos Henriquez
| Democratic
|
|
| Sixth Suffolk
| Russell Holmes
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Seventh Suffolk
| Gloria Fox
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Eighth Suffolk
| Martha Walz
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Ninth Suffolk
| Byron Rushing
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Tenth Suffolk
| Edward Coppinger
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Eleventh Suffolk
| Elizabeth Malia
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Twelfth Suffolk
| Linda Forry
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Thirteenth Suffolk
| Martin Walsh
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Fourteenth Suffolk
| Angelo Scaccia
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Fifteenth Suffolk
| Jeffrey Sánchez
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Sixteenth Suffolk
| Kathi-Anne Reinstein
| Democratic
| Revere
|
| Seventeenth Suffolk
| Kevin Honan
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Eighteenth Suffolk
| Michael Moran
| Democratic
| Boston
|
| Nineteenth Suffolk
| Robert DeLeo
| Democratic
| Winthrop
|
| First Worcester
| Kimberly Ferguson
| Republican
| Holden
|
| Second Worcester
| Richard Bastien
| Republican
| Gardner
|
| Third Worcester
| Stephen DiNatale
| Democratic
| Fitchburg
|
| Fourth Worcester
| Dennis Rosa
| Democratic
|
|
| Fifth Worcester
| Anne Gobi
| Democratic
| Spencer
|
| Sixth Worcester
| Peter Durant
| Republican
| Spencer
|
| Seventh Worcester
| Paul Frost
| Republican
| Auburn
|
| Eighth Worcester
| Kevin Kuros
| Republican
| Webster
|
| Ninth Worcester
| George Peterson, Jr.
| Republican
| Grafton
|
| Tenth Worcester
| John Fernandes
| Democratic
| Milford
|
| Eleventh Worcester
| Matthew Beaton
| Republican
| Shrewsbury
|
| Twelfth Worcester
| Harold Naughton, Jr.
| Democratic
| Clinton
|
| Thirteenth Worcester
| John Mahoney
| Democratic
| Worcester
|
| Fourteenth Worcester
| James O'Day
| Democratic
| Worcester
|
| Fifteenth Worcester
| Vincent Pedone
| Democratic
| Worcester
|
| Sixteenth Worcester
| John Fresolo
| Democratic
| Worcester
|
| Seventeenth Worcester
| John Binienda, Sr.
| Democratic
| Worcester
|
| Eighteenth Worcester
| Ryan Fattman
| Republican
| Sutton
|
Standing committees
The Massachusetts House has the following nine standing committees:
Decommissioned committee
External links
References
- ↑ Population in 2010 of the American states
- ↑ Population in 2000 of the American states
- ↑ Washington Examiner, "Mass. lawmakers to weigh bill on special ed groups," January 4, 2012
- ↑ General Court Events
- ↑ 2010 session dates for the Massachusetts legislature
- ↑ Follow the Money: "Massachusetts House 2010 Campaign Contributions"
- ↑ Massachusetts General Court "Massachusetts Election Law"(Referenced Section Chapter 50, Section 6A)
- ↑ Massachusetts General Court "Massachusetts Election Law"(Referenced Section Chapter 3: Section 10A)
- ↑ Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Massachusetts Facts - Part One:Concise Facts, " retrieved July 2, 2010
- ↑ Leadership of the 186th General Court
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2011 Legislator Compensation Data"
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2010 Legislator Compensation Data"
- ↑ Empire Center, "Legislative Salaries Per State as of 2007"
 Current members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
|---|
Majority Leader: James Vallee, (D) • Minority Leader: Bradley Jones, Jr., (R)
|
|
 Aaron Michlewitz
Alice Peisch
Alice Wolf
 Angelo D'Emilia
Angelo Puppolo, Jr.
Angelo Scaccia
Ann-Margaret Ferrante
Anne Gobi
Antonio Cabral
Benjamin Swan, Sr.
Bradford Hill
Bradley Jones, Jr.
Brian Dempsey
Brian Michael Ashe
Bruce Ayers
Byron Rushing
Carl Sciortino
Carlo Basile
Carlos Henriquez
Carolyn Dykema
Charles Murphy
Cheryl Rivera
Chris Walsh
Christine Canavan
Christopher Fallon
Christopher Markey
Cleon Turner
Colleen Garry
Cory Atkins
Daniel Webster
Daniel Winslow
David Linsky
David Nangle
David Sullivan
David Torrisi
David Vieira
Demetrius Atsalis
Denise Andrews
Denise Garlick
Denise Provost
|
Dennis Rosa
Donald Humason, Jr.
Donald Wong
Edward Coppinger
Elizabeth Malia
Elizabeth Poirier
Ellen Story
Eugene O'Flaherty
Frank Smizik
Fred Barrows
Gailanne Cariddi
Garrett Bradley
Geoff Diehl
George Peterson, Jr.
George Ross
Geraldine Creedon
Gloria Fox
Harold Naughton, Jr.
Harriett Stanley
James Arciero
James Cantwell
James Dwyer
James Lyons, Jr.
James Miceli
James Murphy
James O'Day
James Vallee
Jason Lewis
Jay Kaufman
Jeffrey Sanchez
Jennifer Benson
Jerry Parisella
John Binienda, Sr.
John Fernandes
John Fresolo
John Keenan, Jr.
John Lawn
John Mahoney
John Rogers
John Scibak
|
Jonathan Hecht
Joseph Wagner
Joyce Spiliotis
Kate Hogan
Kathi-Anne Reinstein
Kay Khan
Keiko Orrall
Kevin Aguiar
Kevin Honan
Kevin Kuros
Kevin Murphy
Kimberly Ferguson
Linda Campbell
Linda Forry
Lori Ehrlich
Louis Kafka
Marc Lombardo
Marcos Devers
Mark Cusack
Martha Walz
Martin Walsh
Matthew Beaton
Michael Brady
Michael Costello
Michael Finn
Michael Kane
Michael Moran
Nicholas Boldyga
Nicholas Collins, Sr.
Patricia Farley-Bouvier
Patricia Haddad
Paul Adams
Paul Brodeur
Paul Donato, Sr.
Paul Frost
Paul Mark
Paul McMurtry
Paul Schmid III
Peter Durant
Peter Kocot
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Randy Hunt
Rhonda Nyman
Richard Bastien
Robert DeLeo
Robert Fennell
Robert Koczera
Ronald Mariano
Russell Holmes
Ruth Balser
Ryan Fattman
Sarah Peake
Sean Curran
Sean Garballey
Shaunna O'Connell
Sheila Harrington
Stephen DiNatale
Stephen Kulik
Stephen Smith
Steven Howitt
Steven Levy
Steven Walsh
Susan Gifford
Tackey Chan
Theodore Speliotis
Thomas Calter, III
Thomas Conroy
Thomas Golden, Jr.
Thomas Petrolati
Thomas Stanley
Timothy Madden
Timothy Toomey, Jr.
Todd Smola
Tom Sannicandro
Viriato deMacedo
Walter Timilty
William Galvin
William Pignatelli
William Straus
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