Jun 15, 2009 3:19 pm US/Eastern
Elderly Driving Laws - Survey Of Lawmakers
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Should drivers face new tests based on their age?
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WBZ emailed all of Massachusetts' state representatives and state senators to ask their opinion on a
bill proposed by Sen. Brian Joyce that calls for increased testing for all drivers 85 and older. We posed the following question :
Are you in favbor or opposed to legislation requiring road tests for all drivers 85 and older?
As of 4:15 p.m. 6/15/09
STATE SENATORS
Sen. Steven A. Baddour
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Sen. Frederick E. Berry
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Sen. Stephen M. Brewer
In Favor
Sen. Scott P. Brown
In Favor
Sen. Stephen J. Buoniconti
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Sen. Gale D. Candaras
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Sen. Harriette L. Chandler
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Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz
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Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem
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Sen. Kenneth J. Donnelly
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Sen. Benjamin B. Downing
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Sen. James B. Eldridge
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Sen. Susan C. Fargo
In Favor
Sen. Jennifer L. Flanagan
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Sen. Anthony D. Galluccio
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Sen. Jack Hart
In Favor
Sen. Robert L. Hedlund
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Sen. Patricia D. Jehlen
In Favor - testing for all ages
Sen. Brian A. Joyce
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Sen. Thomas P. Kennedy
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Sen. Michael R. Knapik
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Sen. Thomas M. McGee
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Sen. Joan M. Menard
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Sen. Mark C. Montigny
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Sen. Michael O. Moore
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Sen. Richard T. Moore
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Sen. Michael W. Morrissey
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Senate President Therese Murray
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Sen. Robert A. O'Leary
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Sen. Marc R. Pacheco
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Sen. Steven C. Panagiotakos
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Sen. Anthony Petruccelli
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Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg
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Sen. Karen E. Spilka
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Sen. Bruce E. Tarr
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Sen. James E. Timilty
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Sen. Richard R. Tisei
In Favor
Sen. Steven A. Tolman
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Sen. Susan C. Tucker
In Favor
Sen. Marian Walsh
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Rep. Kevin Aguiar
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Rep. Geraldo Alicea
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Rep. Willie Mae Allen
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Rep. James Arciero
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Rep. Brian Ashe
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Rep. Cory Atkins
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Rep. Demetrius Atsalis
In Favor
Rep. Bruce Ayers
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Rep. Ruth Balser
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Rep. Fred Jay Barrows
Uncommitted
Rep. Carlo Basile
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Rep. Jennifer Benson
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Rep. John Binienda
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Rep. Daniel Bosley
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Rep. Bill Bowles
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Rep. Garrett Bradley
In Favor
Rep. Michael Brady
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Rep. William Brownsberger
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Rep. Antonio Cabral
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Rep. Jennifer Callahan
In Favor
Rep. Thomas Calter
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Rep. Linda Dean-Campbell
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Rep. Christine Canavan
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Rep. Stephen Canessa
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Rep. James Cantwell
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Rep. Katherine Clark
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Rep. Cheryl Coakley-Rivera
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Rep. Thomas Conroy
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Rep. Michael Costello
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Rep. Geraldine Creedon
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Rep. Sean Curran
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Rep. Steven D'Amico
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Rep. Robert DeLeo
"Looks forward to seeing recommendations."
Rep. Vinny deMacedo
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Rep. Brian Dempsey
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Rep. Stephen DiNatale
In Favor - testing for all drivers
Rep. Paul Donato
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Rep. Christopher Donelan
In Favor
Rep. Joseph Driscoll
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Rep. James J. Dwyer
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Rep. Carolyn Dykema
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Rep. Lori Ehrlich
In Favor
Rep. Lewis Evangelidis
Is open to the concept but would need to see how the legislation was written before committing.
Rep. James Fagan
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Rep. Christopher Fallon
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Rep. Mark Falzone
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Rep. Robert Fennell
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Rep. John Fernandes
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Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante
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Rep. Barry Finegold
In Favor
Rep. David Flynn
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Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry
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Rep. Gloria Fox
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Rep. John Fresolo
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Rep. Paul Frost
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Rep. William Galvin
In Favor
Rep. Sean Garballey
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Rep. Colleen Garry
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Rep. Susan Gifford
In Favor - testing for all drivers
Rep. Anne Gobi
In Favor - testing for all drivers
Rep. Thomas Golden
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Rep. Mary Grant
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Rep. William Greene
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Rep. Danielle Gregoire
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Rep. Denis Guyer
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Rep. Patricia Haddad
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Rep. Robert Hargraves
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Rep. Lida Harkins
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Rep. Jonathan Hecht
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Rep. Brad Hill
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Rep. Kate Hogan
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Rep. Kevin Honan
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Rep. Donald Humason
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Rep. Bradley Jones
In Favor of testing older drivers, 85 may be too old to start
Rep. Louis Kafka
In Favor
Rep. Michael Kane
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Rep. Jay Kaufman
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Rep. John D. Keenan
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Rep. Kay Khan
In Favor - based on medical testing, not age
Rep. Peter Kocot
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Rep. Robert Koczera
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Rep. Peter Koutoujian
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Rep. Paul Kujawski
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Rep. Stephen Kulik
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Rep. William Lantigua
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Rep. JasonLewis
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Rep. David Linsky
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Rep. Barbara L'Italien
In Favor - based on medical testing, not age
Rep. Timothy Madden
Leaning in support of this
Rep. Liz Malia
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Rep. Ronald Mariano
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Rep. Allen McCarthy
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Rep. Paul McMurtry
In Favor
Rep. James Miceli
In Favor
Rep. Michael Moran
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Rep. Charles Murphy
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Rep. James Murphy
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Rep. Kevin Murphy
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Rep. David Nangle
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Rep. Harold Naughton
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Rep. Robert Nyman
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Rep. James O'Day
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Rep. Gene O'Flaherty
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Rep. Matthew Patrick
In Favor
Rep. Sarah Peake
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Rep. Vincent Pedone
In Favor - testing all drivers
Rep. Alice Peisch
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Rep. Jeffrey Perry
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Rep. George Peterson
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Rep. Thomas Petrolati
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Rep. William Smitty Pignatelli
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Rep. Elizabeth Poirier
In Favor - testing of 'older' drivers, uncommitted on age
Rep. Karyn Polito
Does Not Know
Rep. Denise Provost
In Favor
Rep. Angelo Puppolo
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Rep. John Quinn
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Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein
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Rep. Robert Rice, Jr.
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Rep. Pam Richardson
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Rep. Michael Rodrigues
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Rep. John Rogers
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Rep. Dennis Rosa
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Rep. Richard Ross
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Rep. Mike Rush
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Rep. Byron Rushing
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Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez
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Rep. Rosemary Sandlin
In Favor
Rep. Tom Sannicandro
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Rep. Angelo Scaccia
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Rep. John Scibak
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Rep. Carl Sciortino
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Rep. Stephen Smith
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Rep. Frank Israel Smizik
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Rep. Todd Smola
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Rep. Theodore Speliotis
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Rep. Robert Spellane
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Rep. Christopher Speranzo
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Rep. Joyce Spiliotis
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Rep. Marie St. Fleur
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Rep. Harriett Stanley
In Favor
Rep. Thomas Stanley
In Favor
Rep. Ellen Story
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Rep. William Straus
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Rep. David Sullivan
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Rep. Benjamin Swan
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Rep. Walter Timilty
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Rep. A. Stephen Tobin
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Rep. Timothy Toomey
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Rep. David Torrisi
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Rep. Cleon Turner
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Rep. James Vallee
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Rep. Joseph Wagner
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Rep. Brian Wallace
In Favor
Rep. Martin Walsh
In Favor
Rep. Steven Walsh
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Rep. Martha Walz
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Rep. Daniel Webster
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Rep. James Welch
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Rep. Alice Wolf
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