Alice Wolf - State Representative

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10.25.05	An Act Reducing Diesel Emissions from Non-Road Construction Vehicles This legislation calls for the use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel and best available technology in non-road vehicles, including excavators, backhoes, cranes, compressors, generators, bulldozers and similar equipment.	05-06 Environment
10.25.05	An Act to Improve Access to the Services of a Nurse Midwife This bill, which is supported by the Mass. Chapter of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, requires health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to reimburse certified nurse midwives (CNMs) for their services, subject to a negotiated agreement between the H	05-06 Health Care
10.25.05	An Act Enabling Cities and Towns to Extend Voting Rights in Municipal Elections to Certain Non-Citiz This bill would allow local communities to extend non-citizen residents the right to vote in local elections (school committee, city council, etc.) with the approval of the city council and a majority of voters. Non-citizen residents would maintain the ri	05-06 Electoral Reform
10.25.05	An Act Relative to Instant Run-Off Voting (IRV) in Congressional Elections Instant Run-off Voting (IRV) is a method of voting that requires a “majority” of voters to support the winning candidate in a single election, no matter how many are running. It empowers voters by giving them the option of ranking all the candidates on a	05-06 Electoral Reform
10.25.05	An Act to Create a Charles River Water Quality Commission This bill creates a special commission to investigate and study the feasibility of bringing the water quality in the Charles River lower basin to a level safe for swimming.	05-06 Environment
10.25.05	An Act to Encourage the Use of Environmentally Friendly Cars This legislation requires state fleet purchases to be environmentally responsible, and provides incentives for the general public to purchase environmentally responsible vehicles.	05-06 Environment
10.25.05	An Act Further Regulating Initiative and Referendum Petitions This bill is a reform to allow the initiative petition process to more accurately reflect the public appetite on an issue. The legislation will prevent signature collectors from being paid per signature collected. Financially compensating individuals on a	05-06 Electoral Reform
10.25.05	An Act Suspending the Use of the MCAS Test as a Graduation Requirement This bill suspends the use of the MCAS test as a graduation requirement until the Board of Education has addressed the test’s impact on special, vocational, and bilingual students, the length of the test, and developed additional assessment instruments.	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act to Amend Chapter 71, Section 86 in the Massachusetts General Laws This bill amends the general law to prohibit schools from suspending or expelling students on the basis of incidents that occurred outside of school.	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act to Provide Scholarships to Early Childhood Education and Care Professionals This legislation establishes a program to provide grants to Massachusetts residents who are studying early childhood education and care at a public college or university in the Commonwealth and are also working in early childhood education and care.	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act Relative to Increased Funding for Special Education in the Commonwealth An Act Relative to Increased Funding for Special Education in the Commonwealth increases the Commonwealth’s share of local special education costs to 60% over 5 years; that share is now estimated at less than 30%. This will help communities that are curre	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act Relative to the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Study Commission This bill establishes a special commission to study the effects of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), including, but not limited to, the impact of MCAS on teaching and learning, the MCAS appeals process, the impact of the MCAS on st	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of the English Immersion Law An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of the English Immersion Law strikes the section of the law that call for the suing of teachers in dual language or English immersion classrooms that speak to students in their native language.	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act to Provide Health Education in Schools An Act to Provide Health Education in Schools would insert health education, as defined by the Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Curriculum Frameworks and as required by the Supreme Judicial Court, into the core curriculum. School districts would be requ	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act Establishing a Gear-Up Fund for College Education An Act Establishing a Gear-Up Fund for College Education would establish a scholarship fund for students in the Commonwealth who participate in the federally funded Gear-Up programs. Gear-Up works with students in at risk communities starting during the m	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act Relative to Alternative Education This bill establishes guidelines for school systems when working with a student who faces disciplinary action (i.e., suspension or expulsion). It also calls for state aid for students placed in alternative education programs to follow the student to follo	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act to Enhance Student Opportunity for Achievement and Results (SOAR) SOAR establishes a class size of 15 pupils per regular classroom teacher in kindergarten to 3rd grade over a four year period in schools in the district that apply. Smaller classes would be implemented sequentially, beginning with kindergarten, because re	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act to Establish a Working Group on Improving the Financing System for Charter Schools This legislation creates a working group to study and report on the current method of financing of charter schools and its affect on the public school districts.	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act Preserving the Commonwealth's Investment in Public Housing and Enhancing Opportunities for Pr The purpose of this bill is to provide a clear path for housing authorities that want to rehabilitate and maintain the state's existing public housing stock, while at the same time, enhancing opportunities to create new low and moderate income housing usi	05-06 Housing
10.25.05	Emergency Contraception Lead Sponsor: Representative Douglas PetersenThis bill would improve access to Emergency Contraception (EC) for rape victims by requiring hospital emergency rooms to make EC available to these women. It would also allow pharmacists to dispense EC	05-06 Co-Sponsored Legislation
10.25.05	An Act Relative to the Nomination of a Retirement Beneficiary The legislation allows retired public employees to designate a person other than a spouse or immediate family member as the pension beneficiary upon the retiree's death.	05-06 Workforce
10.25.05	Early Education for All Lead Sponsor: Representative Peter LarkinThis legislation calls for the establishment of a system to provide every preschool-aged child the opportunity to participate in a high-quality early childhood education program and provides for every kind	05-06 Co-Sponsored Legislation
10.25.05	Establish Health Care Access & Affordability Act Lead Sponsor: Representative Deborah BlumerHealth Access and Affordability Act expands access to affordable coverage, controls growth in health care costs and improves quality for everyone.	05-06 Co-Sponsored Legislation
10.25.05	Updated Bottle Bill Lead Sponsor: Representative Douglas PetersenThis legislation encourages increased recycling rates in the Commonwealth by expanding the current bottle bill to include bottled water, juices, sports drinks, and liquor bottles in the definitions. It	05-06 Co-Sponsored Legislation
05.20.04	A Personal Political Fight for Marriage When it comes to supporting the rights of the GLBT community, state Rep. Alice Wolf has always walked the talk.	Alice In The News

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