Massachusetts · Current officeholder
Cindy Friedman
Democratic Massachusetts Senate, District Fourth Middlesex
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Sponsored legislation
156 bills in the current data (79 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H 5685 | An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carry Shulock-Sexton, an employee of the department of agricultural resources | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | October 22, 2026 |
| H 5673 | An Act to increase the number of all alcohol licenses for restaurants in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 16, 2026 |
| HD 6355 | An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carry Shulock-Sexton, an employee of the department of agricultural resources | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 1, 2026 |
| H 4575 | An Act amending the town of Arlington's means tested senior citizen property tax exemption | Co-sponsor | Enacted | October 1, 2026 |
| H 5681 | An Act relative to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority red line extension | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 28, 2026 |
| HD 6313 | An Act relative to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority red line extension | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 24, 2026 |
| H 5676 | An Act updating the tax treatment of recreational lands in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 21, 2026 |
| H 5674 | An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 21, 2026 |
| S 1544 | An Act relative to patient access to certain health care services | Primary sponsor | In committee | August 20, 2026 |
| H 5492 | An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to transfer control of certain land in the town of Billerica for the Yankee Doodle Bike Path | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 5, 2026 |
| S 3141 | An Act relative to primary care for you | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | July 31, 2026 |
| S 3229 | An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | July 29, 2026 |
| S 3169 | An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust | Primary sponsor | In committee | July 29, 2026 |
| S 3226 | Amendment S.3226 | Co-sponsor | Introduced | July 23, 2026 |
| S 3217 | Amendment S.3217 | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 23, 2026 |
| S 3022 | An Act creating the engaging neighborhoods, organizations, unions, governments and households fund ("The ENOUGH Act") | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 16, 2026 |
| S 2033 | An Act combating offshore tax avoidance | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 16, 2026 |
| H 4507 | An Act authorizing William Pilleri to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the town of Arlington notwithstanding the maximum age requirement | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 14, 2026 |
| H 5487 | An Act to establish a surcharge on specific residential development activities for the purpose of funding the creation of community housing | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 6, 2026 |
| H 4574 | An Act establishing a real estate transfer fee upon the transfer of property in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 6, 2026 |
| SD 3961 | An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 29, 2026 |
| S 1402 | An Act ensuring access to addiction services | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 29, 2026 |
| S 867 | An Act relative to primary care for you | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 18, 2026 |
| S 3116 | An Act relative to primary care for you | Co-sponsor | Introduced | June 18, 2026 |
| H 4843 | An Act providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 10, 2026 |
| H 4440 | An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to transfer control of certain land of the town situated in the town of Billerica for recreational purposes for the purposes of constructing the Yankee Doodle Bike Path | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 10, 2026 |
| S 3104 | RESOLUTIONS RESPONDING TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT’S ORDER OF MAY 7, 2026, AND ENHANCING GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY | Co-sponsor | Introduced | May 28, 2026 |
| H 4842 | An Act to clarify the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2026 |
| S 2976 | An Act relative to violations of the United States Constitution under color of law | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2026 |
| S 3035 | Health Care Financing -- Extension Order | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| S 2933 | An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to ban second generation anticoagulant rodenticides within the town | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| S 1868 | An Act relative to Option (d) beneficiaries | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 8, 2026 |
| S 1867 | An Act relative to the annual allowance for certain survivors of public retirees and employees | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 8, 2026 |
| H 4223 | An Act lowering the voting age in municipal elections in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2026 |
| H 4132 | An Act to grant the town of Lexington the authority to endow legal residents with local voting rights in municipal elections | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2026 |
| S 866 | An Act to protect medically fragile children | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2026 |
| S 2964 | Health Care Financing -- Extension Order | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2026 |
| S 2929 | Health Care Financing -- Extension Order | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2026 |
| H 809 | An Act establishing ranked choice voting for certain offices in the town of Lexington | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2026 |
| H 4499 | An Act authorizing ranked choice voting in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2026 |
| SD 3775 | Committee of the Senate be appointed to wait upon Her Excellency the Governor | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 18, 2026 |
| S 994 | An Act prohibiting algorithmic rent setting | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| S 3016 | Order relative to requesting the opinions of the Honorable the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on important questions of law relative to legislative stipends | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 12, 2026 |
| S 3015 | Order relative to requesting the opinions of the Honorable the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on important questions of law relative to the public records law | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 12, 2026 |
| S 2983 | An Act prohibiting algorithmic rent setting | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| S 1401 | An Act to provide more timely treatment of inpatient mental health care | Primary 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 4571 | An Act authorizing the town of Arlington to prohibit use of second generation anti-coagulant rodenticides by commercial pesticide applicators | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| H 4502 | An Act amending the town manager act of the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2026 |
| H 4133 | An Act to authorize the town of Lexington to prohibit or restrict the application of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| S 1115 | An Act to provide continuum of care for severe mental illness | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2026 |
| SD 3677 | An Act relative to violations of the United States Constitution under color of law | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| S 1116 | An Act to strengthen justice and support for sex trade survivors | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| H 4815 | An Act authorizing the select board of the town of Arlington to place upon a town ballot a question to increase the number of licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises | Co-sponsor | Enacted | February 19, 2026 |
| S 762 | An Act relative to streamlining notice and disclosure | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 9, 2026 |
| S 2662 | An Act expanding wheelchair warranty protections for consumers with disabilities | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 9, 2026 |
| S 1119 | An Act relative to fair investment | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| S 1117 | An Act relative to treatment, not incarceration | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| S 1113 | An Act relative to removing criminal penalties for limited psilocybin possession | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 29, 2026 |
| H 4632 | An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer | Co-sponsor | Enacted | January 29, 2026 |
| S 2153 | An Act establishing the fourth Thursday in March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 15, 2026 |
| S 1543 | An Act establishing a nursing workforce center | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 7, 2026 |
| S 2010 | An Act relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly | Primary sponsor | In committee | December 22, 2025 |
| S 1937 | An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing | Co-sponsor | In committee | December 18, 2025 |
| S 1334 | An Act amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules | Primary sponsor | In committee | December 18, 2025 |
| S 2284 | An Act relative to the failure to remove existing utility poles | Primary sponsor | In committee | December 15, 2025 |
| S 1399 | An Act to increase investment in behavioral health care in the Commonwealth | Primary sponsor | In committee | December 8, 2025 |
| H 4473 | An Act authorizing the select board of the town of Arlington to place upon a town ballot a question to increase the number of licenses for all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises | Co-sponsor | In committee | December 8, 2025 |
| S 2629 | An Act adjusting the MBTA assessment | Primary sponsor | In committee | December 4, 2025 |
| S 2009 | An Act relative to regional transportation ballot initiatives | Primary sponsor | In committee | November 20, 2025 |
| H 4135 | An Act amending the town manager act of Arlington relative to the appointment and management of the town clerk | Co-sponsor | Enacted | November 20, 2025 |
| S 644 | An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 19, 2025 |
| S 2721 | An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 19, 2025 |
| S 761 | An Act ensuring access to full spectrum pregnancy care | Primary sponsor | In committee | November 17, 2025 |
| S 1542 | An Act relative to the definition of podiatry | Primary sponsor | In committee | November 17, 2025 |
| S 340 | An Act relative to healthy youth | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 13, 2025 |
| S 2660 | An Act relative to toxic free kids | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 10, 2025 |
| S 224 | An Act eliminating forced broker's fees | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 10, 2025 |
| S 210 | An Act expanding wheelchair warranty protections for consumers with disabilities | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 10, 2025 |
| S 195 | An Act relative to toxic-free kids | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 10, 2025 |
| S 130 | An Act relative to a livable wage for human services workers | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 20, 2025 |
| S 118 | An Act lifting kids out of deep poverty | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 20, 2025 |
| S 1118 | An Act relative to sexual harassment | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 20, 2025 |
| S 1114 | An Act requiring clean slate automated record sealing | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 20, 2025 |
| S 1400 | An Act authorizing a pilot for the use of psychedelics in licensed treatment facilities | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 2, 2025 |
| S 1403 | An Act relative to reducing administrative burden | Primary sponsor | In committee | September 29, 2025 |
| H 3893 | An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to grant ten additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 26, 2025 |
| SD 2739 | An Act adjusting the MBTA assessment | Primary sponsor | In committee | August 14, 2025 |
| S 2543 | An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 7, 2025 |
| S 1335 | An Act relative to defense against abusive waivers | Primary sponsor | In committee | August 7, 2025 |
| S 2572 | Amendment S.2572 | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 31, 2025 |
| S 41 | An Act to modernize funding for community media programming | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 24, 2025 |
| S 2556 | An Act to modernize funding for community media programming | Co-sponsor | In committee | July 24, 2025 |
| S 2538 | An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth | Co-sponsor | Introduced | June 26, 2025 |
| S 2522 | An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 26, 2025 |
| S 868 | An Act enhancing health care market oversight and pharmaceutical access | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 16, 2025 |
| S 2152 | An Act designating June 7 as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 6, 2025 |
| SD 2808 | An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 27, 2025 |
| S 2520 | Amendment S.2520 | Primary sponsor | Introduced | May 20, 2025 |
| HD 4662 | An Act amending the town manager act of Arlington relative to the appointment and management of the town clerk | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 12, 2025 |
| SD 399 | An Act to modernize funding for community media programming | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| SD 1818 | An Act lifting kids out of deep poverty | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| SD 1201 | An Act relative to a livable wage for human services workers | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| SD 663 | An Act relative to regional transportation ballot initiatives | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 35 | An Act eliminating forced broker's fees | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 2471 | An Act relative to reducing administrative burden | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 2182 | An Act relative to streamlining notice and disclosure | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 2148 | An Act ensuring access to addiction services | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1910 | An Act enhancing health care market oversight and pharmaceutical access | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1906 | An Act relative to primary care for you | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1900 | An Act relative to patient access to certain health care services | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1777 | An Act relative to healthy youth | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1644 | An Act relative to fair investment | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1638 | An Act relative to sexual harassment | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1637 | An Act establishing the fourth Thursday in March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1634 | An Act relative to treatment, not incarceration | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1624 | An Act authorizing a pilot for the use of psychedelics in licensed treatment facilities | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1621 | An Act to protect medically fragile children | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1607 | An Act prohibiting algorithmic rent setting | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1598 | An Act establishing a nursing workforce center | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1588 | An Act to strengthen justice and support for sex trade survivors | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1507 | An Act relative to toxic-free kids | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1447 | An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1384 | An Act expanding wheelchair warranty protections for consumers with disabilities | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1216 | An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1205 | An Act relative to Option (d) beneficiaries | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1199 | An Act ensuring access to full spectrum pregnancy care | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1193 | An Act relative to the annual allowance for certain survivors of public retirees and employees | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1191 | An Act designating June 7 as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1189 | An Act relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 1187 | An Act relative to the definition of podiatry | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| SD 949 | An Act requiring clean slate automated record sealing | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| SD 870 | An Act relative to removing criminal penalties for limited psilocybin possession | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| SD 454 | An Act relative to the failure to remove existing utility poles | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| SD 453 | An Act amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| SD 1628 | An Act to provide more timely treatment of inpatient mental health care | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| SD 1595 | An Act relative to defense against abusive waivers | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| SD 1197 | An Act to increase investment in behavioral health care in the Commonwealth | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| SD 1194 | An Act to provide continuum of care for severe mental illness | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 965 | An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to allow remote participation at town meetings | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 6312 | An Act updating the tax treatment of recreational lands in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 6311 | An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 6310 | An Act to increase the number of all alcohol licenses for restaurants in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 6207 | An Act to establish a surcharge on specific residential development activities for the purpose of funding the creation of community housing | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5427 | An Act providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5426 | An Act to clarify the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5244 | An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5191 | An Act establishing a real estate transfer fee upon the transfer of property in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5189 | An Act amending the town of Arlington's means tested senior citizen property tax exemption | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5188 | An Act authorizing the town of Arlington to prohibit use of second generation anti-coagulant rodenticides by commercial pesticide applicators | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5117 | An Act authorizing ranked choice voting in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5107 | An Act amending the town manager act of the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5106 | An Act authorizing William Pilleri to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the town of Arlington notwithstanding the maximum age requirement | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 5103 | An Act authorizing the select board of the town of Arlington to place upon a town ballot a question to increase the number of licenses for all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 4854 | An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to transfer control of certain land of the town situated in the town of Billerica for recreational purposes for the purposes of constructing the Yankee Doodle Bike Path | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |
| HD 4822 | An Act lowering the voting age in municipal elections in the town of Arlington | Co-sponsor | Introduced | — |