1999–2000 Massachusetts legislature

The 181st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1999 and 2000 during the governorship of Paul Cellucci. Tom Birmingham served as president of the Senate and Thomas Finneran served as speaker of the House.^[4]

181st Massachusetts General Court
← 180th 182nd →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 6, 1999 (1999-01-06) – January 2, 2001 (2001-01-02) [1]
Senate
Members	40 [2]
President	Tom Birmingham
Majority Leader	Linda Melconian
Majority Whip	Robert Travaglini
Minority Leader	Brian Lees
Minority Whip	Richard Tisei
Party control	Democrat[2]
House
Members	160 [3]
Speaker	Thomas Finneran
Majority Leader	William P. Nagle Jr.
Majority Whip	Barbara Gardner
Minority Leader	Francis L. Marini
Minority Whip	Bradley Jones Jr.
Party control	Democrat[3]

Tom Birmingham, Senate president.

Thomas Finneran, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1999-2000.

Notable legislation included the Community Preservation Act.^[5]

Senators

portrait	name [6]	date of birth [7]	district [7]
	Robert A. Antonioni	July 15, 1958
	Robert A. Bernstein	March 22, 1961	1st Worcester
	Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949
	Tom Birmingham	August 4, 1949
	Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
	Edward J. Clancy Jr.	June 30, 1950
	Robert Creedon	November 13, 1942
	Cynthia Stone Creem	September 17, 1942
	Susan Fargo	August 27, 1942
	Guy Glodis	February 15, 1969
	Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949
	Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
	Cheryl Jacques	February 17, 1962
	James Jajuga	December 12, 1946
	Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
	Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
	Brian Lees	July 25, 1953
	Stephen F. Lynch	March 31, 1955
	David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944
	Linda Melconian
	Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
	Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
	Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
	Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954
	Therese Murray	October 10, 1947
	Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr.	February 26, 1964
	Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
	Steven C. Panagiotakos	November 26, 1959
	Henri S. Rauschenbach	October 9, 1947
	Pam Resor	1942
	Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
	Charles E. Shannon Jr.	August 31, 1943
	Jo Ann Sprague	November 3, 1931
	Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
	Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
	Steven Tolman	October 2, 1954
	Robert Travaglini	July 20, 1952
	Susan Tucker	November 7, 1944
	Marian Walsh	1954
	Dianne Wilkerson	May 2, 1955

Representatives

portrait	name [8]	date of birth [7]	district [7]
	Steven Angelo	June 8, 1952	9th Essex
	Cory Atkins	February 10, 1949
	Demetrius Atsalis	March 31, 1964
	Bruce Ayers	April 17, 1962
	Ruth Balser	October 30, 1948
	Jarrett Barrios	October 16, 1969
	John Binienda	June 22, 1947
	Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
	Arthur Broadhurst	September 28, 1964
	Scott Brown	September 12, 1959
	David Bunker
	Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
	Nancy Caffyn	August 21, 1934
	Michael P. Cahill	December 12, 1961
	Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
	Gale D. Candaras	1949
	Paul Caron	November 15, 1955
	Mark Carron	July 8, 1962
	Paul Casey	February 26, 1961
	Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
	Evelyn Chesky	August 20, 1933
	Vincent P. Ciampa	April 15, 1945
	Carol Cleven	November 2, 1928
	Cheryl Coakley-Rivera	February 21, 1964
	Edward G. Connolly	August 22, 1928
	Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
	Geraldine Creedon	September 26, 1945
	Brian Cresta	April 22, 1969
	Walter DeFilippi	October 3, 1926
	Robert DeLeo	March 27, 1950
	Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
	Paul C. Demakis	July 9, 1953
	Brian Dempsey	September 30, 1966
	Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
	David Donnelly	June 7, 1956
	Carol A. Donovan	June 5, 1937
	James H. Fagan	October 13, 1947
	Christopher Fallon	June 7, 1953
	Robert Fennell	June 26, 1956
	Mike Festa	May 9, 1954
	Barry Finegold	March 3, 1971
	Kevin L. Finnegan	June 1, 1964
	Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950
	Kevin W. Fitzgerald	1950
	Nancy Flavin	June 26, 1950
	Marie St. Fleur	May 4, 1962
	David Lawrence Flynn	February 5, 1933
	Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
	John Fresolo	October 11, 1964
	Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
	William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
	Barbara Gardner	January 19, 1941
	Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
	David Gately	September 27, 1955
	Ronald Gauch	February 13, 1938
	Thomas N. George	May 2, 1938
	Anthony Giglio	January 28, 1941
	Emile Goguen	March 16, 1933
	Brian Paul Golden	February 2, 1965
	Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
	Shirley Gomes	January 23, 1940
	William G. Greene Jr.	April 24, 1940
	Cele Hahn	March 21, 1942
	Paul Haley	June 9, 1953
	Geoff Hall	October 10, 1948
	Robert S. Hargraves	October 14, 1936
	Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944
	Jack Hart (state senator)	April 21, 1961
	Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942
	Bradford Hill	January 22, 1967
	Reed V. Hillman	November 30, 1948
	Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957
	Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
	Barbara Hyland	October 17, 1943
	Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940
	Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
	Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
	Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
	Rachel Kaprielian	June 24, 1968
	Jay R. Kaufman	May 4, 1947
	Daniel F. Keenan	February 15, 1961
	Shaun P. Kelly	March 13, 1964
	Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
	Jack Keough
	Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
	Brian Knuuttila	February 22, 1957
	Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
	Peter Koutoujian	September 17, 1961
	Paul Kujawski	August 26, 1953
	Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
	Peter J. Larkin	December 23, 1953
	Stephen LeDuc	February 29, 1968
	John Lepper	December 22, 1934
	Maryanne Lewis	1963
	David Linsky	October 16, 1957
	John A. Locke	November 27, 1962
	Liz Malia	September 30, 1949
	Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
	Francis L. Marini	March 5, 1949
	Jim Marzilli	May 8, 1958
	Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
	William McManus	January 26, 1963
	John Merrigan	May 2, 1961
	Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
	Charles A. Murphy	August 11, 1965
	Kevin J. Murphy	November 27, 1952
	Mary Jeanette Murray	December 24, 1924
	William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
	David Nangle	December 18, 1960
	Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
	Robert Nyman	August 20, 1960
	Thomas J. O'Brien	March 15, 1964
	Eugene O'Flaherty	July 20, 1968
	Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
	Anne Paulsen	August 8, 1936
	Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
	Douglas W. Petersen	March 7, 1948
	George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
	Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
	Anthony Petruccelli	October 2, 1972
	Elizabeth Poirier	October 27, 1942
	Susan W. Pope	October 9, 1942
	Ruth Provost	August 9, 1949
	John F. Quinn	April 7, 1963
	Kathi-Anne Reinstein	January 31, 1971
	Michael Rodrigues	May 30, 1959
	Mary Rogeness	May 18, 1941
	George Rogers	August 2, 1933
	John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
	J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
	Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
	José L. Santiago
	Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
	Mary Jane Simmons	May 14, 1953
	John P. Slattery	April 5, 1958
	Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
	Harriett Stanley	March 30, 1950
	John Stasik	June 5, 1942
	John Stefanini	March 23, 1964
	Ellen Story	October 17, 1941
	William M. Straus	June 26, 1956
	David B. Sullivan	June 6, 1953
	Joseph Sullivan (mayor)	March 1, 1959
	Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
	Ronny Sydney	July 10, 1938
	Kathleen Teahan	June 11, 1947
	Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
	A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956
	Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
	David Torrisi	September 18, 1968
	Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
	Eric Turkington	August 12, 1947
	David Tuttle
	James E. Vallee	July 24, 1966
	Anthony Verga	April 26, 1935
	Joseph Wagner	May 7, 1960
	Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941
	Marty Walsh	April 10, 1967
	Alice Wolf	December 24, 1933

See also

• 106th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts