2015–2016 Massachusetts legislature

The 189th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2015 and 2016 during the governorship of Charlie Baker. Stan Rosenberg served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.^[4]

189th Massachusetts General Court
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Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 7, 2015 (2015-01-07) [1] –  ()
Election	2014 Massachusetts general election
Senate
Members	40 [2]
President	Stan Rosenberg
Party control	Democrat[2]
House
Members	160
Speaker	Robert DeLeo
Party control	Democrat[3]

Stan Rosenberg, Senate president.

Robert DeLeo, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2015-2016.

Senators

portrait	name [5]	date of birth	district [6]
	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
	Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
	Sal DiDomenico	June 20, 1971
	Ken Donnelly	July 15, 1950
	Eileen Donoghue	1954
	Benjamin Downing	September 11, 1981
	Jamie Eldridge	August 11, 1973
	Ryan Fattman	July 1, 1984
	Jennifer Flanagan	September 5, 1975
	Linda Dorcena Forry	November 1, 1973
	Anne Gobi	December 27, 1962
	Donald Humason Jr.	July 31, 1967
	Kathleen O'Connor Ives	July 1, 1977
	Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
	Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
	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
	James E. Timilty
	James T. Welch	December 22, 1975
	Dan Wolf	August 11, 1957

Representatives

portrait	name [7]	date of birth	district [8]
	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
	James Cantwell	October 25, 1966
	Gailanne Cariddi	November 1, 1953
	Evandro Carvalho	September 9, 1981
	Gerard Cassidy
	Tackey Chan	August 10, 1973
	Nick Collins (politician)	August 26, 1982
	Edward F. Coppinger
	Brendan Crighton
	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
	Marcos Devers	October 25, 1950
	Geoff Diehl	April 23, 1969
	Diana DiZoglio	June 5, 1983
	Dan Donahue	May 1, 1987
	Paul Donato	October 27, 1941
	Shawn Dooley
	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
	John V. Fernandes	November 16, 1952
	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
	Carlos Gonzalez (legislator)
	Ken Gordon (American politician)	November 4, 1959
	Danielle Gregoire
	Patricia Haddad	May 7, 1950
	Sheila Harrington	1960
	Stephan Hay
	Jon Hecht
	Paul Heroux	1976
	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
	Peter Kocot	September 18, 1956
	Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
	Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
	Kevin Kuros	February 7, 1965
	John J. Lawn
	Susannah Whipps
	David Linsky	October 16, 1957
	Jay Livingstone
	Marc Lombardo
	James J. Lyons Jr.
	Adrian Madaro	1988
	Timothy Madden
	John J. Mahoney
	Liz Malia	September 30, 1949
	Brian Mannal
	Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
	Paul Mark
	Christopher Markey
	Joe McGonagle
	Joseph D. McKenna
	Paul McMurtry	October 28, 1965
	Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
	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
	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
	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
	Dennis Rosa
	Jeffrey Roy	September 8, 1961
	Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
	Daniel Joseph Ryan
	Jeffrey Sanchez (politician)	July 18, 1969
	Tom Sannicandro	March 22, 1956
	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
	Ellen Story	October 17, 1941
	William M. Straus	June 26, 1956
	Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
	Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
	Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
	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

See also

• 114th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

Images

• 
  Party composition of the Massachusetts House of Representatives following the 2014 election
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  Ways & Means Committee, March 2015

References

1. "Dates of 2015 state legislative sessions", Ballotpedia.org, retrieved September 5, 2020
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. Matt Stout (February 8, 2020), "Robert DeLeo is longest-serving House speaker in Massachusetts history", Boston Globe
5. "Senate Members". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016.
6. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "2014-2015 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
7. "House Members". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016.
8. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "2014-2015 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 2015-2016, hdl:2452/796587
• "Session Laws", malegislature.gov (2015, 2016)
• "Hearings & Events: 2015-2016". malegislature.gov. (includes some video)