Filing Legislation for the People

The start of a new legislative session brought with it an opportunity for me to file bills to be heard and considered by the House.

I summarized these legislative proposals in a Legislative Agenda I published in early spring. The report contains information on the bills I filed as well as other projects I’m working on in the name of fiscal responsibility and good government, protecting taxpayers, supporting the towns in the 5th Barnstable District, and advocating for education, public safety, small business prosperity, and environmental protection.

Some of the specific proposals include:

• Several proposals to increase school safety across Massachusetts, including hiring more school resource officers and developing school safety plans, and increasing penalties for those who commit assault and battery against school officials (including referees);
• Eliminating bail for drug dealers who sell fentanyl (a/k/a Tatiana’s Law);
• Increasing penalties for people who fail to give the right of way to motorcycles (a/k/a Cecilia’s Law);
• A bill to take away free weights that could be used as weapons in state prisons (a/k/a Matt’s Law);
• Measures to provide back-up generators in newly-constructed senior housing facilities and to help the Town of Sandwich with its wastewater disposal.

You can read more about my Legislative Agenda for this session by clicking here.