Massachusetts · Current officeholder
Joan Meschino
Democratic Massachusetts House, District 3rd Plymouth
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Sponsored legislation
137 bills in the current data (56 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H 4247 | An Act authorizing the select board of the town of Hull to establish a schedule of fines for parking violations | Co-sponsor | Enacted | October 1, 2026 |
| H 5654 | An Act relative to the governance of the municipal light plant in the town of Hull | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 11, 2026 |
| H 5351 | An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 10, 2026 |
| H 5640 | An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to grant to the commonwealth of Massachusetts certain parcels of land in the town of Hingham for highway purposes | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 7, 2026 |
| H 5504 | An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to grant to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certain parcels of land in the town of Hingham for highway purposes | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 31, 2026 |
| H 4361 | An Act relative to benefits for teachers | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | July 30, 2026 |
| H 5303 | An Act expanding access to perimenopause and menopause care | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 23, 2026 |
| H 5335 | An Act establishing the official crustacean of the Commonwealth | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 20, 2026 |
| H 3110 | An Act combating offshore tax avoidance | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 13, 2026 |
| HD 6215 | An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to grant to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certain parcels of land in the town of Hingham for highway purposes | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 11, 2026 |
| H 3872 | An Act expanding the mission of the Office of the Veteran Advocate | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 1, 2026 |
| H 3330 | An Act relative to municipal light plants | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 7, 2026 |
| H 4063 | An Act to protect residents experiencing significant elevations in rent for viable and effective affordable housing | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 13, 2026 |
| H 2580 | An Act to protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 13, 2026 |
| H 442 | An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 8, 2026 |
| H 3529 | An Act relative to building energy and decarbonization | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 6, 2026 |
| H 3528 | An Act encouraging advanced leak repair technology and renewable thermal energy infrastructure | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 6, 2026 |
| H 3486 | An Act relative to municipal light plant emergency mutual aid | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 6, 2026 |
| H 3448 | An Act setting deadlines to electrify school buses and public fleets and establishing programs to encourage private fleet electrification | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 6, 2026 |
| H 448 | An Act to facilitate the purchase of certain event tickets | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2026 |
| H 2919 | An Act expanding access to the civil service examination | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 30, 2026 |
| H 1006 | An Act relative to incentives for nature as a climate solution | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 30, 2026 |
| H 1004 | An Act promoting climate safe buildings | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 30, 2026 |
| H 2499 | An Act pertaining to women’s health at midlife and public, medical and workplace awareness of the transitional stage of menopause and related chronic conditions | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| H 1952 | An Act promoting access to counsel and housing stability in Massachusetts | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| H 1889 | An Act to eliminate disparate impact | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| H 1888 | An Act regarding the quantum of proof in care and protection and termination of parental rights cases | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| H 1887 | An Act to increase efficiency in custody determinations | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| H 1886 | An Act relative to privileged communications | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| H 1885 | An Act improving legal and administrative proceedings for court-involved children and families | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| H 854 | An Act relative to youth voter engagement | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2026 |
| H 1005 | An Act investing in natural and working lands | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2026 |
| H 3961 | An Act relative to education and prevention of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and other related epilepsy mortalities | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| H 965 | An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| H 5219 | An Act relative to maintaining adequate water supplies through effective drought management | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| H 5217 | An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| H 1003 | An Act relative to maintaining adequate water supplies through effective drought management | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| HD 5691 | An Act establishing the official crustacean of the Commonwealth | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| H 3191 | An Act relative to condominiums | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| H 4561 | An Act authorizing the town of Cohasset to grant five additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 26, 2026 |
| H 4739 | An Act relative to the operation of the municipal light plant in the town of Hull | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| H 3937 | An Act creating a climate bank in Massachusetts | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| H 4314 | An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living | Co-sponsor | Enacted | February 6, 2026 |
| H 267 | An Act to provide notice to counsel of changes in a child’s placement and other events | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| H 2149 | An Act relative to non-fault unemployment insurance overpayments | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 29, 2026 |
| H 3871 | An Act authorizing amending, updating, and aligning the Commonwealth’s definition of veteran | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 22, 2026 |
| H 565 | An Act establishing the Massachusetts farm to school program | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 12, 2026 |
| H 214 | An Act to lift kids out of deep poverty | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 12, 2026 |
| H 271 | An Act promoting the placement of foster children with family members and preventing discrimination against potential foster parents based on irrelevant convictions | Primary sponsor | In committee | December 31, 2025 |
| H 1013 | An Act establishing the municipal reforestation program | Co-sponsor | In committee | December 22, 2025 |
| H 4611 | An Act to increase access to disposable menstrual products | Co-sponsor | In committee | December 4, 2025 |
| H 311 | An Act adjusting the area median income | Co-sponsor | In committee | December 1, 2025 |
| H 1220 | An Act creating surcharge exceptions in motor vehicle insurance premiums | Co-sponsor | In committee | December 1, 2025 |
| H 1219 | An Act relative to surcharges on motor vehicle insurance premiums | Co-sponsor | In committee | December 1, 2025 |
| H 91 | An Act to modernize funding for community media programming | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 19, 2025 |
| H 3388 | An Act designating veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day | Primary sponsor | Enacted | November 19, 2025 |
| H 2313 | An Act relative to the Regional Commissions on the Status of Women | Primary sponsor | Enacted | October 30, 2025 |
| H 4656 | An Act to preserve family and sibling bonds for children in foster care | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 29, 2025 |
| H 2991 | An Act relative to certain employees of the MBTA advisory board | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 29, 2025 |
| H 270 | An Act relative to the consideration of a child’s racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, and linguistic identity | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 29, 2025 |
| H 269 | An Act strengthening parenting time plans | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 29, 2025 |
| H 268 | An Act to keep siblings together in foster care | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 29, 2025 |
| H 2483 | An Act to increase access to disposable menstrual products | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 20, 2025 |
| H 266 | An Act minimizing trauma to children and families | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 15, 2025 |
| H 246 | An Act relative to bias-free child removals | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 15, 2025 |
| H 1673 | An Act relative to the efficient management and operation of the registries of probate | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 14, 2025 |
| H 2143 | An Act relative to employment protections for victims of abusive behavior | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 6, 2025 |
| H 3894 | An Act authorizing the town of Cohasset to issue five additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Cohasset | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 2, 2025 |
| H 731 | An Act requiring accountability for inequities in suspension and expulsion or RAISE Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| H 730 | An Act addressing school exclusion policies to remedy disparities in educational achievement | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| H 4408 | An Act establishing the hunger free campus initiative | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 28, 2025 |
| H 4244 | An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to utilize alternative methods for publication of legal notices | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 28, 2025 |
| H 1466 | An Act establishing the hunger free campus initiative | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 28, 2025 |
| H 4358 | An Act relative to wheelchair repair requirements and consumer protection | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 7, 2025 |
| H 1278 | An Act relative to wheelchair repair requirements and consumer protection | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 7, 2025 |
| H 4328 | An Act relative to the efficient management and operation of the registries of probate | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 30, 2025 |
| H 2932 | An Act relative to benefits for teachers | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 30, 2025 |
| H 2322 | An Act to update the public shade tree law | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 10, 2025 |
| HD 3216 | An Act creating a climate bank in Massachusetts | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 13, 2025 |
| HD 3617 | An Act relative to wheelchair repair requirements and consumer protection | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| HD 976 | An Act adjusting the area median income | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 897 | An Act relative to the Regional Commissions on the Status of Women | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 6294 | An Act relative to the governance of the municipal light plant in the town of Hull | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 6208 | An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to grant to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certain parcels of land in the town of Hingham for highway purposes | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 553 | An Act relative to municipal light plants | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 552 | An Act relative to municipal light plant emergency mutual aid | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5300 | An Act relative to the operation of the municipal light plant in the town of Hull | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 4948 | An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 4859 | An Act authorizing the select board of the town of Hull to establish a schedule of fines for parking violations | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 4846 | An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to utilize alternative methods for publication of legal notices | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 453 | An Act setting deadlines to electrify school buses and public fleets and establishing programs to encourage private fleet electrification | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 433 | An Act relative to non-fault unemployment insurance overpayments | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 431 | An Act relative to youth voter engagement | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 4301 | An Act authorizing the town of Cohasset to issue five additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Cohasset | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 430 | An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 392 | An Act promoting the placement of foster children with family members and preventing discrimination against potential foster parents based on irrelevant convictions | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 3912 | An Act promoting access to counsel and housing stability in Massachusetts | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 390 | An Act regarding the quantum of proof in care and protection and termination of parental rights cases | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 389 | An Act relative to the consideration of a child’s racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, and linguistic identity | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 388 | An Act strengthening parenting time plans | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 387 | An Act to increase efficiency in custody determinations | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 386 | An Act to keep siblings together in foster care | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 384 | An Act to provide notice to counsel of changes in a child’s placement and other events | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 380 | An Act relative to privileged communications | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 379 | An Act improving legal and administrative proceedings for court-involved children and families | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 377 | An Act minimizing trauma to children and families | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 3452 | An Act relative to benefits for teachers | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 343 | An Act designating veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 332 | An Act pertaining to women’s health at midlife and public, medical and workplace awareness of the transitional stage of menopause and related chronic conditions | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 331 | An Act expanding access to the civil service examination | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 327 | An Act relative to condominiums | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 326 | An Act to modernize funding for community media programming | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 3194 | An Act to eliminate disparate impact | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 3139 | An Act relative to education and prevention of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and other related epilepsy mortalities | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 3002 | An Act creating surcharge exceptions in motor vehicle insurance premiums | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 296 | An Act encouraging advanced leak repair technology and renewable thermal energy infrastructure | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 2734 | An Act to protect residents experiencing significant elevations in rent for viable and effective affordable housing | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 2401 | An Act relative to surcharges on motor vehicle insurance premiums | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 2394 | An Act relative to incentives for nature as a climate solution | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 2377 | An Act investing in natural and working lands | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 2320 | An Act relative to the efficient management and operation of the registries of probate | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 2154 | An Act relative to building energy and decarbonization | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 2096 | An Act establishing the hunger free campus initiative | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1982 | An Act requiring accountability for inequities in suspension and expulsion or RAISE Act | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1894 | An Act relative to employment protections for victims of abusive behavior | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1819 | An Act relative to certain employees of the MBTA advisory board | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1721 | An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1591 | An Act promoting climate safe buildings | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1552 | An Act to increase access to disposable menstrual products | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1524 | An Act relative to bias-free child removals | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1423 | An Act relative to maintaining adequate water supplies through effective drought management | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1396 | An Act establishing the municipal reforestation program | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1353 | An Act to lift kids out of deep poverty | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1270 | An Act addressing school exclusion policies to remedy disparities in educational achievement | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1043 | An Act establishing the Massachusetts farm to school program | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1036 | An Act to update the public shade tree law | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 1009 | An Act to facilitate the purchase of certain event tickets | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |