Bill Title: To Improve access, opportunity, and capacity in Massachusetts vocational-technical education

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-15-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-20 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4399 [H538 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

---

Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Frank Moran [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Adam Scanlon [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marcus Vaughn [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative William Straus [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michelle Ciccolo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Steven Owens [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-29-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David DeCoste [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kay Khan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Susannah Whipps Lee [I]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-FRA	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Hawkins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Doherty [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christopher Hendricks [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Susan Gifford [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Steven Howitt [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Barrett [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tackey Chan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Samantha Montano [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Antonio Cabral [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Andres Vargas [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Donahue [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Alan Silvia [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Todd Smola [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James O'Day [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jon Santiago [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul McMurtry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Duffy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Blais [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-FRA	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Estela Reyes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carmine Gentile [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Arena-DeRosa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Hannah Kane [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rodney Elliott [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Margaret Scarsdale [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Patricia Haddad [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patrick Kearney [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Fred Barrows [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kate Donaghue [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-19-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patrick O'Connor [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kip Diggs [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Josh Cutler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Steven Xiarhos [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carlos Gonzalez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tram Nguyen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-18-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Murray [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Shirley Arriaga [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Cahill [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Brady [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Paul Feeney [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-BRISTO	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Eldridge [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MIDDLE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kimberly Ferguson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marc Lombardo [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-22-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Higgins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Schmid [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rebecca Rausch [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Moore [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-02-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kelly Pease [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christopher Flanagan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Norman Orrall [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Bruce Tarr [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Vanna Howard [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Vieira [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

Social Comments on MA H538