2017–2018 Massachusetts legislature

190th
Massachusetts General Court
190th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 4, 2017 – December 31, 2018
Election	2016 Massachusetts general election
Senate
Members	40
President	Harriette L. Chandler
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	160
Speaker	Robert DeLeo
Party control	Democrat

Last updated March 24, 2024

Harriette Chandler, Senate president.

Robert DeLeo, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2017-2018.

The 190th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2017 and 2018 during the governorship of Charlie Baker. Harriette L. Chandler served as president of the Senate, and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.^[5]

Senators

name ^[6]	date of birth	district ^[7]
Michael J. Barrett	June 27, 1948	3rd Middlesex
Joseph Boncore	June 27, 1983
Michael Brady (politician)
Will Brownsberger	March 21, 1957
Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
Sonia Chang-Díaz	March 31, 1978
Cynthia Stone Creem	September 17, 1942
Julian Cyr	January 19, 1986
Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
Sal DiDomenico	June 20, 1971
Eileen Donoghue	1954
Jamie Eldridge	August 11, 1973
Ryan Fattman	July 1, 1984
Paul Feeney	March 23, 1978
Linda Dorcena Forry	November 1, 1973
Cindy Friedman
Anne Gobi	December 27, 1962
Adam G. Hinds
Donald Humason Jr.	July 31, 1967
Kathleen O'Connor Ives	July 1, 1977
Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
John F. Keenan (state senator)	1964
Barbara L'Italien	January 3, 1961
Eric Lesser	February 27, 1985
Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician)	April 19, 1968
Joan Lovely
Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
Michael O. Moore	January 17, 1963
Patrick O'Connor (Massachusetts politician)	August 13, 1984
Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
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
Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
Dean Tran
James T. Welch	December 22, 1975

Representatives

name ^[8]	date of birth	district ^[9]
James Arciero	August 27, 1974	2nd Middlesex
Brian Ashe	April 23, 1963
Cory Atkins	February 10, 1949
Bruce Ayers	April 17, 1962
Ruth Balser	October 30, 1948
Christine Barber
F. Jay Barrows	April 5, 1956
Jennifer Benson
Donnie Berthiaume
Nicholas Boldyga
Paul A. Brodeur	April 24, 1964
Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
Daniel Cahill
Thomas Calter
Kate Campanale
Linda Dean Campbell
Gailanne Cariddi	November 1, 1953
Evandro Carvalho	September 9, 1981
Gerard Cassidy
Tackey Chan	August 10, 1973
Edward F. Coppinger
Claire D. Cronin
Dan Cullinane
Mark Cusack	1984
Josh S. Cutler	January 22, 1971
Angelo D'Emilia
Marjorie Decker
David DeCoste
Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
Geoff Diehl	April 23, 1969
Diana DiZoglio	June 5, 1983
Dan Donahue	May 1, 1987
Paul Donato	October 27, 1941
Shawn Dooley
William Driscoll
Michelle DuBois	April 14, 1973
Peter Durant
James J. Dwyer
Carolyn Dykema	December 26, 1967
Lori Ehrlich	June 9, 1963
Tricia Farley-Bouvier
Kimberly Ferguson
Dylan Fernandes
Ann-Margaret Ferrante	June 26, 1972
Michael Finn	March 24, 1970
Carole Fiola
Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
Sean Garballey	February 22, 1985
Denise Garlick
Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
Carmine Gentile
Susan Williams Gifford	November 3, 1959
Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
Solomon Goldstein-Rose	December 5, 1993
Carlos Gonzalez (legislator)
Ken Gordon (American politician)	November 4, 1959
Danielle Gregoire
Patricia Haddad	May 7, 1950
Sheila Harrington	1960
Jim Hawkins (politician)	October 17, 1949
Stephan Hay
Jon Hecht
Natalie Higgins	July 24, 1988
Bradford Hill	January 22, 1967
Kate Hogan	January 15, 1957
Russell Holmes	August 17, 1969
Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
Steve Howitt
Daniel J. Hunt
Randy Hunt (politician)	August 24, 1957
Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
Hannah Kane	1971
Jay R. Kaufman	May 4, 1947
Mary Keefe
James Kelcourse
Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
Kevin Kuros	February 7, 1965
John J. Lawn
Susannah Whipps
Jack Patrick Lewis
David Linsky	October 16, 1957
Jay Livingstone
Marc Lombardo
James J. Lyons Jr.
Adrian Madaro	1988
John J. Mahoney
Liz Malia	September 30, 1949
Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
Paul Mark
Christopher Markey
Juana Matias
Joe McGonagle
Joseph D. McKenna
Paul McMurtry	October 28, 1965
Joan Meschino
Aaron Michlewitz	1978
Lenny Mirra	February 23, 1964
Rady Mom	1970
Frank A. Moran
Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician)	February 23, 1971
David Muradian	November 21, 1982
Matt Muratore
James M. Murphy	November 15, 1969
Brian Murray (politician)
David Nangle	December 18, 1960
Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
Shaunna O'Connell	March 14, 1970
Jim O'Day	May 23, 1954
Keiko Orrall	September 8, 1967
Jerry Parisella
Sarah Peake	October 4, 1957
Alice Peisch	October 4, 1954
Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
William "Smitty" Pignatelli	August 31, 1959
Elizabeth Poirier	October 27, 1942
Denise Provost	March 9, 1951
Angelo Puppolo
Dave Rogers (Massachusetts politician)
John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
Jeffrey Roy	September 8, 1961
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
Daniel Joseph Ryan
Jeffrey Sanchez (politician)	July 18, 1969
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
Paul Schmid
John Scibak	May 4, 1953
Alan Silvia	October 19, 1951
Frank Smizik	September 4, 1944
Todd Smola	1977
Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
Thomas M. Stanley	March 23, 1964
William M. Straus	June 26, 1956
Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
Jose Tosado	December 18, 1953
Paul Tucker (politician)
Steven Ultrino
Aaron Vega	August 25, 1970
John Velis	January 26, 1979
David Vieira (politician)
RoseLee Vincent
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960
Chris Walsh (politician)	May 20, 1951
Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician)	July 15, 1960
Tim Whelan (politician)
Donald Wong	January 15, 1952
Jonathan Zlotnik	May 7, 1990

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References

↑ "Dates of 2017 state legislative sessions", Ballotpedia.org , retrieved September 5, 2020
↑ "Dates of 2018 state legislative sessions", Ballotpedia.org , retrieved September 5, 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
↑ "Senate Members". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on January 27, 2017.
↑ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "2016-2017 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
↑ "House Members". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on January 28, 2017.
↑ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "2016-2017 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

External links

"Session Laws", malegislature.gov (2017, 2018)
"Hearings & Events: 2017-2018". malegislature.gov. (includes some video)
Ballotpedia. 2018 Massachusetts legislative session

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[1] "Dates of 2017 state legislative sessions", Ballotpedia.org , retrieved September 5, 2020

[2] "Dates of 2018 state legislative sessions", Ballotpedia.org , retrieved September 5, 2020

[CompSenate-3] 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-4] "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

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

[6] "Senate Members". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on January 27, 2017.

[SenateElection-7] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "2016-2017 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

[8] "House Members". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on January 28, 2017.

[HouseElection-9] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "2016-2017 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

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