Over 90 Massachusetts Lawmakers Cosponsor Midwife Bill!

A bipartisan group of 92 Massachusetts lawmakers have sponsored the Out-of-Hospital Birth Access & Safety Act so far. (Last updated: March 1, 2019)

Representative Kay Khan 11th Middlesex, Lead Sponsor in the House
Senator Becca Rausch Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex, Lead Sponsor in the Senate

House cosponsors:

James Arciero 2nd Middlesex
Ruth Balser 12th Middlesex
Christine Barber 34th Middlesex
John Barrett 1st Berkshire
Jennifer Benson 37th Middlesex
Donald Berthiaume 5th Worcester
David Biele 4th Suffolk
Natalie Blais 1st Franklin
Daniel Cahill 10th Essex
Daniel Carey 2nd Hampshire
Tackey Chan 2nd Norfolk
Mike Connolly 26th Middlesex
Daniel Cullinane 12th Suffolk
Angelo D'Emilia 8th Plymouth
Marjorie Decker 25th Middlesex
Mindy Domb 3rd Hampshire
Daniel Donahue 16th Worcester
Carolyn Dykema 8th Middlesex
Lori Ehrlich 8th Essex
Nika Elugardo 15th Suffolk
Kimberly Ferguson 1st Worcester
Dylan Fernandes Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Carole Fiola 6th Bristol
Paul Frost 7th Worcester
Sean Garballey 23rd Middlesex
Denise Garlick 13th Norfolk
Colleen Garry 36th Middlesex
Carmine Gentile 13th Middlesex
Susan Gifford 2nd Plymouth
Carlos Gonzalez 10th Hampden
Kenneth Gordon 21st Middlesex
Tami Gouveia 14th Middlesex
Richard Haggerty 30th Middlesex
Stephan Hay 3rd Worcester
Jonathan Hecht 29th Middlesex
Natalie Higgins 4th Worcester
Bradford Hill 4th Essex
Kevin Honan 17th Suffolk
Steven Howitt 4th Bristol
Daniel Hunt 13th Suffolk
Bradley Jones 20th Middlesex
Hannah Kane 11th Worcester
Patrick Kearney 4th Plymouth
John Lawn 10th Middlesex
David LeBoeuf 17th Worcester
Jack Lewis 7th Middlesex
David Linsky 5th Middlesex
Jay Livingstone 8th Suffolk
Adrian Madaro 1st Suffolk
Elizabeth Malia 11th Suffolk
Paul Mark 2nd Berkshire
Joseph McGonagle 28th Middlesex
Christina Minicucci 14th Essex
Liz Miranda 5th Suffolk
Leonard Mirra 2nd Essex
Michael Moran 18th Suffolk
Mathew Muratore 1st Plymouth
Brian Murray 10th Worcester
Tram Nguyen 18th Essex
James O'Day 14th Worcester
Sarah Peake 4th Barnstable
Smitty Pignatelli 4th Berkshire
Elizabeth Poirier 14th Bristol
Denise Provost 27th Middlesex
David Robertson 19th Middlesex
Maria Robinson 6th Middlesex
David Rogers 24th Middlesex
Daniel Ryan 2nd Suffolk
Lindsay Sabadosa 1st Hampshire
Jon Santiago 9th Suffolk
Todd Smola 1st Hampden
Michael Soter 8th Worcester
Thomas Stanley 9th Middlesex
William Straus 10th Bristol
José Tosado 9th Hampden
Paul Tucker 7th Essex
Steven Ultrino 33rd Middlesex
Andres Vargas 3rd Essex
Aaron Vega 5th Hampden
Tommy Vitolo 15th Norfolk
Bud Williams 11th Hampden

Senate cosponsors:

William Brownsberger Second Suffolk and Middlesex
Harriette Chandler First Worcester
Joanne Comerford Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
Sal DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk
Cindy Friedman Fourth Middlesex
Patricia Jehlen Second Middlesex
Jason Lewis Fifth Middlesex
Joan Lovely Second Essex
Michael Rush Norfolk and Suffolk

Senators can still sign onto the bill.

Emily Anesta