Tricia Farley-Bouvier

As House Chair of the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity, Farley-Bouvier sponsors the FAIR Act to protect workers from AI and electronic monitoring and the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act to strengthen consumer data protections.

“The FAIR Act aims to establish protections for workers when their employers use electronic tracking tools and AI in the workplace. The Act requires that employers have legitimate purposes for electronic monitoring, obtain employee consent, and maintain proper data security.”

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Farley-Bouvier has made foster care and child welfare reform a long-standing legislative priority, filing bills to protect foster children's SSI benefits, reimburse school transportation for foster children, strengthen the Office of the Child Advocate, and allow foster parents to unionize.

“Foster Care and child welfare reform has been a long standing priority of mine and each session I file legislation and work with legislative and advocacy partners to improve it and make the system safer for the children.”

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Farley-Bouvier sponsors legislation creating civil penalties for false non-emergency police reports targeting members of protected classes and works to address racial and income disparities.

“This bill creates civil penalties for individuals who report non-emergent incidents to the police involving members of protected classes, which includes race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person.”

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Farley-Bouvier sponsors H.76 to prohibit malicious distribution of deceptive election-related media, including AI-generated deepfakes, within 90 days of voting.

“This bill prohibits the malicious distribution of certain deceptive messages designed to disrupt an election within 90 days of voting. The legislation specifically targets fake media - including media like deepfakes created using artificial intelligence - intended to disrupt elections.”

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Farley-Bouvier supports allowing all Massachusetts residents, regardless of immigration status, to apply for a standard driver's license.

“In my time as your State Representative, we have made progress on ... allowing all residents of Massachusetts regardless of their immigration status the ability to apply for a standard Massachusetts driver's license.”

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Farley-Bouvier makes regional equity for Western Massachusetts a central priority and supports West-East Rail expansion and reliable public transportation connecting the Berkshires to Boston.

“A central tenant of my work is ensuring regional equity for not only Pittsfield and the Berkshires but also for the entirety of Western Massachusetts. ... Reliable and accessible public transportation should be an option for all residents of Massachusetts.”

triciafarleybouvier.com·As of August 2026