{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mark C. Montigny | image = File:Senator-Mark-Montigny-170x200.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|6|20}} | birth_place = | state_senate1 = Massachusetts | district1 = | term_start1 = January 6, 1993 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = William Q. MacLean Jr. | successor1 = | constituency1 = 2nd Bristol (1993–2003) <br>2nd Bristol and Plymouth (2003–present) | party = Democratic | spouse = | alma_mater = | occupation = | website = }}
'''Mark C. Montigny''' (born June 20, 1961) is a Massachusetts state senator for the Second Bristol and Plymouth district, which includes his hometown of New Bedford and the towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth and Fairhaven in Bristol County, and Mattapoisett in Plymouth County.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dean of the Senate Mark C. Montigny Democrat - Second Bristol and Plymouth: District |url=https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/MCM0/District |access-date=May 9, 2026 |website=malegislature.gov |publisher=Massachusetts General Court}}</ref>. He is a Democrat who has served since 1993.<ref name="ma-legis">"[https://malegislature.gov/People/Profile/MCM0 Member Profile – Mark Montigny]." Massachusetts General Court.</ref><ref>Welch, William F.; James, Steven T. (eds., 2008). ''[http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/43415 Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2007–2008)]''. p. 62. Massachusetts General Court.</ref>
Prior to being elected to the Massachusetts Senate, Montigny was vice chairman of the New Bedford City Democratic Committee.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstreams/579e202c-f8d8-42bc-9481-a46bb2c999d2/download |title=Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1997–1998 |publisher=Massachusetts General Court |page=59 |access-date=May 9, 2026 |via=State Library of Massachusetts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mark C. Montigny |url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/candidates/view/Mark-C-Montigny |access-date=May 9, 2026 |website=PD43+ Massachusetts Election Statistics |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts}}</ref> He is the chair of the Committee on Health Care,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstreams/579e202c-f8d8-42bc-9481-a46bb2c999d2/download |title=Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1997–1998 |publisher=Massachusetts General Court |page=59 |access-date=May 9, 2026 |via=State Library of Massachusetts}}</ref> and has chaired the Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight, the chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care, and Intergovernmental Affairs and chair of the Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight.<ref>{{cite web |title=Senator Mark C. Montigny: Committees |url=https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/MCM0/Committees |access-date=May 9, 2026 |website=malegislature.gov |publisher=Massachusetts General Court}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dean of the Senate Mark C. Montigny Democrat - Second Bristol and Plymouth: Biography |url=https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/MCM0/Biography |access-date=May 9, 2026 |website=malegislature.gov |publisher=Massachusetts General Court}}</ref>
In 2015 Montigny sponsored an animal rights bill, S.878, which set standards for the health and safety of animals in vehicles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill S.2369: An Act preventing animal suffering and death |url=https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2369 |access-date=May 9, 2026 |website=malegislature.gov |publisher=Massachusetts General Court}}</ref> The bill passed the Senate unanimously and was signed into law in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill S.2369: An Act preventing animal suffering and death |url=https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2369 |access-date=May 9, 2026 |website=malegislature.gov |publisher=Massachusetts General Court}}</ref>
==See also== * 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature * 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
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