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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Stanley C. Rosenberg |
| Address | 38 Webster Ct
Amherst, Massachusetts , United States |
| Email | Sen.StanRosenberg@senate.state.ma.us |
| Website | [Link] |
| Born |
October 12, 1949
(75 years)
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| Contributor | *crickets chirp* |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Apr 12, 2020 03:14pm |
| Tags |
Jewish - Gay -
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| Info | On January 8th, 2003, state Senator Stan Rosenberg (D-Amherst) was named President Pro Tem of the Massachusetts Senate, becoming the first senator in the state's history to hold this leadership position. This appointment came after he served seven years in other leadership posts: four as Assistant Majority Leader and three years as the first western Massachusetts legislator to chair the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.
Stan also continues to serve on the Legislature's Foster Kid Caucus and maintains a leadership role on legislation affecting education, the environment and health care.
Prior to his most recent appointments, Stan served as chairman of the state's Redistricting Committee, which was responsible for redrawing the Commonwealth's state and federal districts, based on the 2000 census, and as chairman of the Banks and Banking Committee. Prior to that he served as co-chairman of the Legislature's Joint Committee on Election Laws, where he was a catalyst behind some fundamental changes in the Massachusetts political system.
In 1993, the Committee's "motor voter" bill was signed into law, making Massachusetts one of the most convenient states in the nation for voter registration. Then in 1994, the Committee's campaign finance reform bill became law. This law reduces the influence of private money on public policymaking by placing tough restrictions on the amount of money lobbyists, political action committees and individuals may contribute to political candidates. MassPIRG has called this law one of the strictest in the nation.
Stan was elected to the state House of Representatives in 1986 and served as the representative for Amherst and Pelham until 1991 when he won a special election for the state Senate seat being vacated by Congressman John Olver.
Stan also worked as an aide to former state Senator (now U.S. Representative) John Olver from 1980-83, as a staff member of the Massachusetts Democratic Party from 1983-85, and as the district director for U.S. Representative Chester Atkins from 1985-86.
Stan is a 1977 graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he worked for eight years, first as director of the Arts Extension Service and then as director of the Community Development and Human Service Programs in the Division of Continuing Education.
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