2003–2004 Massachusetts legislature

The 183rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2003 and 2004 during the governorship of Mitt Romney. Robert Travaglini served as president of the Senate. Thomas Finneran and then Salvatore DiMasi each served as speaker of the House.^[4]

183rd Massachusetts General Court
← 182nd 184th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 1, 2003 (2003-01-01) – January 4, 2005 (2005-01-04)[1]
Election	2002 general election
Website	mass.gov/legis/legis.htm
Senate
Members	40
President	Robert Travaglini
Majority Leader	Frederick Berry
Majority Whip	Joan Menard
Minority Leader	Brian Lees
Minority Whip	Bruce Tarr
Party control	Democrat[2]
House
Members	160
Speaker	Thomas Finneran (2003–2004) Salvatore DiMasi (2004)
Majority Leader	Salvatore DiMasi (2003–2004)
Majority Whip	Lida E. Harkins
Minority Leader	Bradley Jones Jr.
Minority Whip	George N. Peterson Jr.
Party control	Democrat[3]

Robert Travaglini, Senate president.

Thomas Finneran, House speaker until September 28, 2004

Salvatore DiMasi, House speaker from September 28, 2004

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2003-2004.

Notable legislation included "one of the toughest smoking bans in the US, covering workplaces, restaurants, and bars across the state (many of which were already smoke-free as a result of local legislation)."^[5][6]

Senators

portrait	name [7]	date of birth [8]	district [9]
	Robert A. Antonioni	July 15, 1958
	Steven Baddour	1969	1st Essex
	Jarrett Barrios	October 16, 1969
	Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949
	Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
	Scott Brown (politician)	September 12, 1959
	Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
	Robert Creedon	November 13, 1942
	Cynthia Stone Creem	September 17, 1942
	Susan Fargo	August 27, 1942
	Guy Glodis	February 15, 1969
	Jack Hart (state senator)	April 21, 1961
	Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949
	Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
	Cheryl Jacques	February 17, 1962
	Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
	Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
	Brian Lees	July 25, 1953
	David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944
	Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
	Linda Melconian
	Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
	Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
	Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
	Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954
	Therese Murray	October 10, 1947
	Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr.	February 26, 1964
	Robert O'Leary	January 24, 1946
	Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
	Steven C. Panagiotakos	November 26, 1959
	Pam Resor	1942
	Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
	Charles E. Shannon Jr.	August 31, 1943
	Jo Ann Sprague	November 3, 1931
	Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
	Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
	Steven Tolman	October 2, 1954
	Robert Travaglini	July 20, 1952
	Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944
	Marian Walsh	1954
	Dianne Wilkerson	May 2, 1955

Representatives

portrait	name [8]	date of birth [9]	district [9]
	Christopher P. Asselin	March 10, 1969	9th Hampden
	Cory Atkins	February 10, 1949
	Demetrius Atsalis	March 31, 1964
	Bruce Ayers	April 17, 1962
	Ruth Balser	October 30, 1948
	John Binienda	June 22, 1947
	Deborah Blumer	October 18, 1941
	Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
	Garrett Bradley	July 4, 1970
	Arthur Broadhurst	September 28, 1964
	Scott Brown (politician)	September 12, 1959
	Stephen Buoniconti	September 4, 1969
	Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
	Jennifer Callahan	August 24, 1964
	Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
	Gale D. Candaras	1949
	Mark Carron	July 8, 1962
	Paul Casey	February 26, 1961
	Vincent P. Ciampa	April 15, 1945
	Cheryl Coakley-Rivera	February 21, 1964
	Edward G. Connolly	August 22, 1928
	Michael J. Coppola	December 7, 1942
	Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
	Michael A. Costello	May 5, 1965
	Robert K. Coughlin	April 22, 1969
	Geraldine Creedon	September 26, 1945
	Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
	Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
	Paul C. Demakis	July 9, 1953
	Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
	Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
	Paul Donato	October 27, 1941
	Christopher Donelan	December 25, 1964
	Carol A. Donovan	June 5, 1937
	Jamie Eldridge	August 11, 1973
	Lewis Evangelidis	July 11, 1961
	James H. Fagan	October 13, 1947
	Christopher Fallon	June 7, 1953
	Mark Falzone	June 14, 1975
	Robert Fennell	June 26, 1956
	Mike Festa	May 9, 1954
	Barry Finegold	March 3, 1971
	Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950
	Marie St. Fleur	May 4, 1962
	David Lawrence Flynn	February 5, 1933
	Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
	John Fresolo	October 11, 1964
	Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
	William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
	Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
	Thomas N. George	May 2, 1938
	Susan Williams Gifford	November 3, 1959
	Anne Gobi	December 27, 1962
	Emile Goguen	March 16, 1933
	Brian Paul Golden	February 2, 1965
	Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
	Shirley Gomes	January 23, 1940
	Mary E. Grant	January 10, 1953
	William G. Greene Jr.	April 24, 1940
	Patricia Haddad	May 7, 1950
	Geoff Hall (politician)	October 10, 1948
	Robert S. Hargraves	October 14, 1936
	Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944
	Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942
	Bradford Hill	January 22, 1967
	Reed V. Hillman	November 30, 1948
	Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
	Mark A. Howland	August 20, 1954
	Donald Humason Jr.	July 31, 1967
	Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940
	Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
	Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
	Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
	Michael F. Kane	June 10, 1967
	Rachel Kaprielian	June 24, 1968
	Jay R. Kaufman	May 4, 1947
	Daniel F. Keenan	February 15, 1961
	Shaun P. Kelly	March 13, 1964
	Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
	Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
	Brian Knuuttila	February 22, 1957
	Peter Kocot	September 18, 1956
	Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
	Peter Koutoujian	September 17, 1961
	Paul Kujawski	August 26, 1953
	Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
	Barbara L'Italien	January 3, 1961
	William Lantigua	February 19, 1955
	Peter J. Larkin	December 23, 1953
	James Leary	March 27, 1967
	Stephen LeDuc	February 29, 1968
	John Lepper	December 22, 1934
	David Linsky	October 16, 1957
	Paul Loscocco	March 7, 1962
	Liz Malia	September 30, 1949
	Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
	Jim Marzilli	May 8, 1958
	Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
	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
	Robert Nyman	August 20, 1960
	Thomas J. O'Brien (Massachusetts politician)	March 15, 1964
	Eugene O'Flaherty	July 20, 1968
	Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
	Matthew Patrick (politician)	April 1, 1952
	Anne Paulsen	August 8, 1936
	Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
	Alice Peisch	October 4, 1954
	Jeff Perry (politician)	January 8, 1964
	Douglas W. Petersen	March 7, 1948
	George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
	Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
	Anthony Petruccelli	October 2, 1972
	William "Smitty" Pignatelli	August 31, 1959
	Elizabeth Poirier	October 27, 1942
	Karyn Polito	November 11, 1966
	Susan Pope	October 9, 1942
	John F. Quinn	April 7, 1963
	Kathi-Anne Reinstein	January 31, 1971
	Michael Rodrigues (politician)	May 30, 1959
	Mary Rogeness	May 18, 1941
	John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
	J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
	Mike Rush	November 30, 1973
	Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
	Jeffrey Sanchez (politician)	July 18, 1969
	Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
	John Scibak	May 4, 1953
	Mary Jane Simmons	May 14, 1953
	Frank Smizik	September 4, 1944
	Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
	Robert Spellane	March 5, 1970
	Joyce Spiliotis	December 27, 1946
	Karen Spilka	January 11, 1953
	Harriett Stanley	March 30, 1950
	Thomas M. Stanley	March 23, 1964
	Ellen Story	October 17, 1941
	William M. Straus	June 26, 1956
	David B. Sullivan	June 6, 1953
	Joseph Sullivan (mayor)	March 1, 1959
	Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
	Kathleen Teahan	June 11, 1947
	Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
	A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956
	Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
	David Torrisi	September 18, 1968
	Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
	Eric Turkington	August 12, 1947
	James E. Vallee	July 24, 1966
	Anthony Verga	April 26, 1935
	Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960
	Brian P. Wallace	July 26, 1949
	Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941
	Marty Walsh	April 10, 1967
	Steven Walsh	September 11, 1973
	Daniel K. Webster	April 2, 1964
	Alice Wolf	December 24, 1933

See also

• 108th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

Images

• 
  Map of the 40 districts of the Massachusetts state senate apportioned in 2001
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  Map of the 160 districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives apportioned in 2001

References

1. "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
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
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. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
5. Robert David Sullivan (2005). "A Toast to the General Court". CommonWealth Magazine. 10 (4).
6. "2004 Chap. 0137. An Act Improving Public Health In The Commonwealth", Massachusetts Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/122188
7. "List of Members of the 183rd General Court (2003-2004)". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on August 30, 2004.
8. 2003-2004 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2003.
9. "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 2003-2004", Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/796545

Further reading

• Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2003. hdl:2452/40814.
• "Massachusetts Legislature Repeals Clean Elections Law", New York Times, June 21, 2003
• "Weekly Roundup - Week of Nov. 29, 2004", Statehousenews.com, Boston: State House News Service, archived from the original on December 8, 2004

External links

• "State Senate Elections: 2002-2003", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
• "State Representative Elections: 2002-2003", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 2003-2004, hdl:2452/630107
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 2003, hdl:2452/119341
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 2004, hdl:2452/122051