Representative • Democrat
Ruth Balser
Massachusetts • District HD-12-MID

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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
46
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
100% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 59
Other: 3
Yea: 202
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Sponsored Bills
MA H5085•Introduced
Extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton
Primary Sponsor
MA H4919•Passed
To increase kennel safety, aka Ollie's Law
Co-Sponsor
MA H2747•Introduced
Granting a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing
Co-Sponsor
MA H2874•Introduced
Promoting accessible dwellings for older adults and people with disabilities to remain in their communities
Co-Sponsor
MA H248•Introduced
Establishing senior psychologist licensure
Primary Sponsor
MA H5033•Passed
To improve quality and oversight of long-term care
Co-Sponsor
MA H2986•Introduced
Establishing the psychology interjurisdictional compact
Primary Sponsor
MA H1984•Introduced
To expand equitable perinatal mental health services
Co-Sponsor
MA H1710•Introduced
To promote public safety and better outcomes for young adults
Co-Sponsor
MA H4193•Engrossed
To improve quality and oversight of long-term care
Co-Sponsor
MA H4999•Passed
Promoting access to midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options
Co-Sponsor
MA H4785•Engrossed
Promoting access to midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options
Co-Sponsor
MA H1379•Introduced
To promote Yes in My Back Yard
Co-Sponsor
MA S2927•Introduced
Relative to treatment, not imprisonment
Co-Sponsor
MA H4970•Passed
To ensure legal parentage equality
Co-Sponsor
MA H4915•Passed
Relative to the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes and bears in traveling exhibits and shows
Co-Sponsor
MA H1820•Introduced
Relative to compensation for victims of wrongful conviction
Co-Sponsor
MA H1391•Introduced
Relative to treatment, not imprisonment
Primary Sponsor
MA S1011•Introduced
Relative to compensation for victims of wrongful conviction
Co-Sponsor
MA H1925•Introduced
Relative to the minimum wage
Co-Sponsor
MA H357•Introduced
Protecting reproductive health access, LGBTQ lives, religious liberty, and freedom of movement by banning the sale of cell phone location information
Co-Sponsor
MA H4750•Engrossed
To ensure legal parentage equality
Co-Sponsor
MA H4890•Passed
Relative to salary range transparency
Co-Sponsor
MA H4564•Introduced
To increase kennel safety, aka Ollie's Law
Co-Sponsor
MA H3245•Introduced
Relative to the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes, and bears in traveling exhibits and shows
Co-Sponsor
MA H1597•Introduced
To strengthen justice and support for sex trade survivors
Co-Sponsor
MA H4109•Engrossed
Relative to salary range transparency
Co-Sponsor
MA S1510•Introduced
To protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents
Co-Sponsor
MA H814•Introduced
Empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful pesticides
Co-Sponsor
MA H2985•Introduced
Transferring Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Correction to the Department of Mental Health
Primary Sponsor
MA H4816•Engrossed
Updating the accuracy of membership to the state advisory council on early education and care
Co-Sponsor
MA H4802•Introduced
Addressing challenges facing public libraries and digital resource collections
Co-Sponsor
MA H3690•Introduced
To expand the bottle bill
Co-Sponsor
MA H3689•Introduced
Transitioning Massachusetts to clean electricity, heating and transportation
Co-Sponsor
MA H3203•Introduced
Relative to the future of clean heat in the Commonwealth
Co-Sponsor
MA H3232•Introduced
Establishing a zero carbon renovation fund
Co-Sponsor
MA H3137•Introduced
Relative to intervenors and utility work
Co-Sponsor
MA H3183•Introduced
Relative to the electrification of new and substantially remodeled or rehabilitated buildings
Co-Sponsor
MA H4810•Introduced
To establish a mattress recycling program in the Commonwealth
Co-Sponsor
MA H881•Introduced
To establish a mattress recycling program in the Commonwealth
Co-Sponsor
MA H551•Introduced
Updating the accuracy of membership to the state advisory council on early education and care
Co-Sponsor
MA H4801•Engrossed
Relative to municipal tax lien procedures and protections for property owners in the Commonwealth
Co-Sponsor
MA H4576•Introduced
To promote social emotional learning and the mental and behavioral health of students
Co-Sponsor
MA H2289•Engrossed
Relative to enhanced fire protection in new one- and two-family dwellings
Primary Sponsor
MA H3239•Introduced
Empowering library access to electronic books and digital audiobooks
Primary Sponsor
MA H2290•Engrossed
Relative to fire protection
Primary Sponsor
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