Although Massachusetts has a full-time legislature, the formal Legislative Session will end tomorrow.
After tomorrow (well, after the wee hours of Thursday morning), the State House will not likely be taking any more recorded votes for the rest of 2024.
As we noted last week, many important priorities are still in play. If you haven’t contacted your legislators yet, now is the best time.
Here’s what you can do:
- Email Governor Healey in opposition to emergency shelter limits (new action alert)
- Email your state senator about maternal health justice (new action alert)
- Email your state rep in support of juvenile justice reform
- Email the Housing Bill conference committee
- Email the Climate Bill conference committee
- Email the Ways & Means chairs about the Prison Moratorium
And whichever action or actions you take, make sure to share it with your networks too to keep the momentum going. In solidarity,
Jonathan Cohn
Policy Director
Progressive Massachusetts
Email Governor Healey in Opposition to Shelter Limits
Last week, the Healey administration announced that it would limit stays in overflow shelters to five days beginning August 1st (this Thursday).
We can’t turn our back on our state’s right to shelter law (a law in which we should take pride), and we can’t turn our back on families seeking help. It’s simple: an affluent state like Massachusetts should not be kicking out families and young children to live on the streets.
Email Your State Senator about Maternal Health
Everyone in Massachusetts should be able to choose where they give birth and the type of maternity care that is most appropriate for their needs. Unfortunately, our state currently lags the nation when it comes to access to midwives, birth centers, home birth, and integration of care — models that can reverse our rising maternal mortality and growing racial inequities in birth outcomes.
The Senate will be taking up legislation today on maternal health justice. Join the Bay State Birth Coalition in advocating for a strong bill.
