2011–2012 Massachusetts legislature

187th
Massachusetts General Court
187th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 5, 2011 –
Election	2010 Massachusetts general election
Senate
Members	40
President	Therese Murray
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	160
Speaker	Robert DeLeo
Party control	Democrat

Last updated July 23, 2023

Therese Murray, Senate president.

Robert DeLeo, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2011-2012.

The 187th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2011 and 2012 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Senators

name ^[6]	date of birth	district ^[7]
Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949	2nd Essex
Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
Will Brownsberger	March 21, 1957
Gale D. Candaras	1949
Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
Sonia Chang-Díaz	March 31, 1978
Katherine Clark	July 17, 1963
Cynthia Stone Creem	September 17, 1942
Sal DiDomenico	June 20, 1971
Ken Donnelly	July 15, 1950
Eileen Donoghue	1954
Benjamin Downing	September 11, 1981
Jamie Eldridge	August 11, 1973
Susan Fargo	August 27, 1942
Barry Finegold	March 3, 1971
Jennifer Flanagan	September 5, 1975
Jack Hart (state senator)	April 21, 1961
Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
John F. Keenan (state senator)	1964
Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
Michael O. Moore	January 17, 1963
Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
Therese Murray	October 10, 1947
Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
Anthony Petruccelli	October 2, 1972
Michael Rodrigues (politician)	May 30, 1959
Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
Richard J. Ross	July 6, 1954
Mike Rush	November 30, 1973
Karen Spilka	January 11, 1953
Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
James E. Timilty
James T. Welch	December 22, 1975
Dan Wolf	August 11, 1957

Representatives

name ^[8]	date of birth	district ^[7]
Paul Adams (Massachusetts politician)		17th Essex
Kevin Aguiar	1972
Denise Andrews	July 14, 1959
James Arciero	August 27, 1974
Brian Ashe	April 23, 1963
Cory Atkins	February 10, 1949
Demetrius Atsalis	March 31, 1964
Bruce Ayers	April 17, 1962
Ruth Balser	October 30, 1948
F. Jay Barrows	April 5, 1956
Carlo Basile	June 29, 1971
Matthew Beaton	July 27, 1978
Jennifer Benson
John Binienda	June 22, 1947
Nicholas Boldyga
Garrett Bradley	July 4, 1970
Michael Brady (politician)
Paul A. Brodeur	April 24, 1964
Will Brownsberger	March 21, 1957
Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
Thomas Calter
Linda Dean Campbell
Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
James Cantwell	October 25, 1966
Gailanne Cariddi	November 1, 1953
Tackey Chan	August 10, 1973
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera	February 21, 1964
Nick Collins (politician)	August 26, 1982
Tom Conroy	July 7, 1962
Edward F. Coppinger
Michael A. Costello	May 5, 1965
Geraldine Creedon	September 26, 1945
Sean Curran (politician)	August 23, 1977
Mark Cusack	1984
Angelo D'Emilia
Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
Marcos Devers	October 25, 1950
Geoff Diehl	April 23, 1969
Stephen DiNatale
Paul Donato	October 27, 1941
Peter Durant
James J. Dwyer
Carolyn Dykema	December 26, 1967
Lori Ehrlich	June 9, 1963
Christopher Fallon	June 7, 1953
Tricia Farley-Bouvier
Ryan Fattman	July 1, 1984
Robert Fennell	June 26, 1956
Kimberly Ferguson
John V. Fernandes	November 16, 1952
Ann-Margaret Ferrante	June 26, 1972
Michael Finn	March 24, 1970
Linda Dorcena Forry	November 1, 1973
Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
John Fresolo	October 11, 1964
Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
Sean Garballey	February 22, 1985
Denise Garlick
Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
Susan Williams Gifford	November 3, 1959
Anne Gobi	December 27, 1962
Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
Patricia Haddad	May 7, 1950
Sheila Harrington	1960
Jon Hecht
Carlos Henriquez
Bradford Hill	January 22, 1967
Kate Hogan	January 15, 1957
Russell Holmes	August 17, 1969
Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
Steve Howitt
Donald Humason Jr.	July 31, 1967
Randy Hunt (politician)	August 24, 1957
Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
Michael F. Kane	June 10, 1967
Jay R. Kaufman	May 4, 1947
John D. Keenan	April 4, 1965
Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
Peter Kocot	September 18, 1956
Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
Kevin Kuros	February 7, 1965
John J. Lawn
Steven Levy (politician)
Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician)	April 19, 1968
David Linsky	October 16, 1957
Marc Lombardo
James J. Lyons Jr.
Timothy Madden
John J. Mahoney
Liz Malia	September 30, 1949
Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
Paul Mark
Christopher Markey
Paul McMurtry	October 28, 1965
Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
Aaron Michlewitz	1978
Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician)	February 23, 1971
Charles A. Murphy	August 11, 1965
James M. Murphy	November 15, 1969
Kevin J. Murphy (politician)	November 27, 1952
David Nangle	December 18, 1960
Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
Rhonda Nyman
Shaunna O'Connell	March 14, 1970
Jim O'Day	May 23, 1954
Eugene O'Flaherty	July 20, 1968
Keiko Orrall	September 8, 1967
Jerry Parisella	1901
Sarah Peake	October 4, 1957
Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
Alice Peisch	October 4, 1954
George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
William "Smitty" Pignatelli	August 31, 1959
Denise Provost	March 9, 1951
Angelo Puppolo
Kathi-Anne Reinstein	January 31, 1971
John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
Dennis Rosa
George T. Ross	November 3, 1949
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
Jeffrey Sanchez (politician)	July 18, 1969
Tom Sannicandro	March 22, 1956
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
Paul Schmid
John Scibak	May 4, 1953
Carl Sciortino	July 6, 1978
Stephen Stat Smith	May 25, 1955
Frank Smizik	September 4, 1944
Todd Smola	1977
Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
Harriett Stanley	March 30, 1950
Ellen Story	October 17, 1941
William M. Straus	June 26, 1956
David B. Sullivan	June 6, 1953
Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
David Torrisi	September 18, 1968
Cleon Turner	December 29, 1945
David Vieira (politician)
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960
Chris Walsh (politician)	May 20, 1951
Steven Walsh	September 11, 1973
Martha M. Walz	July 7, 1961
Daniel K. Webster	April 2, 1964
Daniel Winslow	May 13, 1958
Alice Wolf	December 24, 1933
Donald Wong	January 15, 1952

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References

↑ "Dates of 2011 state legislative sessions", Ballotpedia.org , retrieved September 6, 2020
1 2 "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
↑ "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
↑ Matt Stout (February 8, 2020), "Robert DeLeo is longest-serving House speaker in Massachusetts history", Boston Globe
↑ Greenway Conservancy Reform Bill - State House Hearing. Northendwaterfront.com. March 12, 2012 – via YouTube. State Joint Committee on Transportation held a public hearing on March 12, 2012 regarding proposed legislation, An Act Relative to the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
↑ "Members of the Senate". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012.
1 2 Court, Massachusetts General (2011). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/423321.
↑ "Members of the House of Representatives". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012.

External links

Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 2011-2012, hdl:2452/796576
"Session Laws", malegislature.gov (2011, 2012)
"Hearings & Events: 2011-2012". malegislature.gov. (includes some video)

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[1] "Dates of 2011 state legislative sessions", Ballotpedia.org , retrieved September 6, 2020

[CompSenate-2] 1 2 "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020

[CompHouse-3] "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020

[4] Matt Stout (February 8, 2020), "Robert DeLeo is longest-serving House speaker in Massachusetts history", Boston Globe

[5] Greenway Conservancy Reform Bill - State House Hearing. Northendwaterfront.com. March 12, 2012 – via YouTube. State Joint Committee on Transportation held a public hearing on March 12, 2012 regarding proposed legislation, An Act Relative to the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy

[6] "Members of the Senate". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012.

[Manual-7] 1 2 Court, Massachusetts General (2011). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/423321.

[8] "Members of the House of Representatives". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012.

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