Carole A. Fiola

Filed a bill in 2025 to expand access to hearing aids (H. 367), a proposal she has filed since 2019. The consumer protection committee approved it on October 2, 2025.

October 2, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Filed a 2025 bill creating a special commission to study problem gambling (H. 2416). The public health committee approved it on December 11, 2025.

December 11, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on the 2021 climate bill setting a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 (S. 9). It passed the House 144-14.

January 28, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on the 2019 tobacco law that banned flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, and taxed e-cigarettes (H. 4196). It passed the House 119-33.

November 21, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on the 2018 'grand bargain' law that raised the minimum wage to $15 by 2023 and created paid family and medical leave (H. 4640). It passed the House 119-24.

June 20, 2018Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted yes on the 2014 law raising the state minimum wage to $11 an hour by 2017, paired with unemployment insurance changes (S. 2195). It passed the House 122-24.

June 18, 2014Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted yes on the 2018 'grand bargain' law that raised the minimum wage to $15 by 2023 and created paid family and medical leave (H. 4640). It passed the House 119-24.

June 20, 2018Supports Labor Rights

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Voted yes on the 2014 law raising the state minimum wage to $11 an hour by 2017, paired with unemployment insurance changes (S. 2195). It passed the House 122-24.

June 18, 2014Supports Labor Rights

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Voted yes on a 2026 bill to make the Legislature and the Governor's office subject to public records requests (H. 5469). It passed the House 125-28.

June 3, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted yes on the PROTECT Act, a bill to ban civil immigration arrests in courthouses without a judge's warrant and to bar local police from asking about immigration status in non-criminal matters (H. 5305). It passed the House 134-21.

March 25, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted yes both times the House voted on letting residents get a driver's license regardless of immigration status (the Work and Family Mobility Act, H. 4805). The final House tally was 119-36.

June 8, 2022Supports Immigration

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Voted yes on the final $63.4 billion fiscal 2027 state budget (H. 5555). It passed the House 142-6.

July 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on a 2025 spending bill with $425 million for the emergency family shelter system and tighter shelter eligibility rules (H. 57). It passed the House 126-26.

February 6, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on the House version of the Affordable Homes Act, a multibillion-dollar housing borrowing bill (H. 4707). It passed the House 145-13.

June 5, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on the House version of the fiscal 2025 state budget (H. 4600). It passed the House 153-4.

April 26, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on a 2024 spending bill adding $251 million for the emergency family shelter system and capping most shelter stays at nine months (H. 4582). It passed the House 123-35.

April 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on re-passing budget sections that made phone calls from state prisons and county jails free for incarcerated people (H. 4052). It passed the House 132-26.

November 8, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on the 2020 House transportation tax bill, which proposed raising the gas tax 5 cents, the diesel tax 9 cents, and ride-hailing fees to fund transit (H. 4508). It passed the House 113-40.

March 4, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on overriding Governor Baker's veto of pay raises for legislative leaders, judges, and statewide officials (H. 58). It passed the House 116-43.

February 2, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on re-passing budget sections that made phone calls from state prisons and county jails free for incarcerated people (H. 4052). It passed the House 132-26.

November 8, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted no on the final 2020 police reform law, which created a state board to certify and decertify police officers and limited chokeholds (S. 2963). It passed the House 91-67.

December 1, 2020Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted yes on the final 2018 criminal justice reform law, which repealed some mandatory minimum drug sentences and expanded record clearing (S. 2371). It passed the House 148-5.

April 4, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted yes on the House version of the Affordable Homes Act, a multibillion-dollar housing borrowing bill (H. 4707). It passed the House 145-13.

June 5, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted yes on a 2025 spending bill with $425 million for the emergency family shelter system and tighter shelter eligibility rules (H. 57). It passed the House 126-26.

February 6, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted yes on a 2024 spending bill adding $251 million for the emergency family shelter system and capping most shelter stays at nine months (H. 4582). It passed the House 123-35.

April 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted yes both times the House voted on the 2024 gun law that banned untraceable 'ghost guns' and expanded the assault weapons ban (H. 4135 in 2023, final report H. 4885 in 2024). The final House tally was 124-33.

July 18, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Voted yes on the 2018 'red flag' gun law, which lets family members ask a court to take guns from a person who poses a danger (H. 4670). It passed the House 133-15.

June 28, 2018Supports Gun Control

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Voted yes on the final 2014 gun law, which changed background checks, created a state firearms tracking unit, and let police chiefs go to court to deny some gun licenses (H. 4376). It passed the House 122-30.

July 31, 2014Supports Gun Control

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Voted yes on the 2025 update to the 'shield' law, which added protections for providers and patients of reproductive and gender-affirming care (S. 2543). It passed the House 132-24.

July 31, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted yes on the 2022 'shield' law protecting abortion and gender-affirming care providers and patients from out-of-state legal action (H. 5090). It passed the House 137-16.

July 26, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted yes on the 2014 abortion clinic safety law, passed after the Supreme Court struck down the state's buffer zone, which lets police order people blocking a clinic entrance to stay 25 feet away (S. 2283). It passed the House 119-33.

July 29, 2014Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted yes on the 2025 update to the 'shield' law, which added protections for providers and patients of reproductive and gender-affirming care (S. 2543). It passed the House 132-24.

July 31, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on the 2022 'shield' law protecting abortion and gender-affirming care providers and patients from out-of-state legal action (H. 5090). It passed the House 137-16.

July 26, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on the 2022 VOTES Act, which made voting by mail and expanded early voting permanent (S. 2924). It passed the House 126-29.

June 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes both times the House voted on banning conversion therapy for minors (H. 140, which became law; the 2018 bill was H. 4664). The final House tally was 149-8.

March 13, 2019Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on the final 2018 automatic voter registration law, which registers eligible voters when they deal with the RMV or MassHealth (H. 4834). It passed the House 134-16.

July 27, 2018Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on the 2016 bill banning discrimination against transgender people in public places such as restaurants, stores, and restrooms (S. 735). It passed the House 116-36.

June 1, 2016Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on the 2020 House transportation tax bill, which proposed raising the gas tax 5 cents, the diesel tax 9 cents, and ride-hailing fees to fund transit (H. 4508). It passed the House 113-40.

March 4, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted yes on the House version of a bill to ban student cellphones during the school day and to bar children under 14 from social media (S. 2581). It passed the House 129-25.

April 8, 2026

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Voted yes on the House's 2026 energy bill, which proposed cutting about $1 billion from the Mass Save efficiency program, delaying an offshore wind deadline, and easing limits on nuclear power (H. 5151). It passed the House 128-27.

February 26, 2026

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Filed a law, at Fall River's request, changing how the city appoints its police chief. It was signed on January 29, 2026 (Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2026).

January 29, 2026

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Filed a 2025 bill letting state education officials set rules on student cellphone use (H. 574). The education committee folded it into its own school cellphone bill (H. 4745) on November 17, 2025.

November 17, 2025

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Filed laws, at Fall River's request, abolishing the city's Board of Police and Board of Fire Commissioners. Both were signed on March 25, 2022 (Chapters 34 and 35 of the Acts of 2022).

March 25, 2022

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