Legislation -- General

The following are some helpful links for tracing Massachusetts and Federal Legislative History: Guide to Tracing a Massachusetts Law:  The State Library of Massachusetts has developed this on-line resource guide to tracing the legislative history of Massachusetts laws. It contains many…

Room numbers and telephone numbers for Massachusetts state representatives and state senators.  Updated April 2023.  Click on the attachement below download a document which has all the contact information for both representatives and senators. Or, go to the Massachusetts…

This is an explanation of how a bill becomes a law in the Massachusetts state legislature. Legislation may be filed by members of the House and Senate and by the Governor. The state constitution also allows citizens to ask their legislators to present bills “by request” (these bills…

Helpful overview of how the Massachusetts state budget is created.

On March 10, 2021, Congress plassed the American Rescue Plan.  President Biden signed it into law on March 11, 2021.  Below are summaries related to different subject matters. General Overview Center on Budget and Policy Priorities  Families Children's…

Boston, Mass. – The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI), a nonprofit statewide poverty law and policy center that advances laws and policies to secure economic, racial and social justice for low-income people and communities, is celebrating the passage of eviction and foreclosure moratorium…

Provide a State-funded Cash Rebate for Massachusetts Families  who pay taxes with ITINs Legislation  House Bill 4726 and Senate Bill 2659, both pending in the Joint Committee on Revenue The Problem:  The economic recovery act that Congress recently passed provides a…

Link to contact information for Senators Markey and Warren: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=MA   Link to contact information for Mass. members of U.S. House: http://www.house.gov/representatives

Floorplan of the Massachusetts State House, including room numbers.

The Massachusetts legislature now has a tool called "MyLegislature." Once you register, you can follow Bills, Hearings, and Committees that are of interest to you, as well as the Senate and House Legislators for your district.  Click the "Go to Website" link below for more…

Click the "Go to Webiste" link below to access an informative blog post with an overview of the legislative committee structure in Massachsuetts,

This website includes names and contact information for members of the State Legislature, Legislative Committee assignments and information, session laws back to 1997, current bill texts and histories, budget texts and information, Senate and House Rules and other information.

A manual prepared by the Massachusetts Senate Counsel's office to help legislative lawyers and other staff who are drafting or reviewing bills for the Massachusetts Senate. According to the office, "Its purpose is to promote uniformity in drafting style, and to make the resulting statutes…

A Powerpoint presentation giving an overview of "how a bill becomes a law" in Massachusetts.  

This is an explanation and listing of the various committees of the Massachusetts Legislature.

This is an explanation and listing of the various committees of the Massachusetts Legislature.

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