About Denis | State Representative Denis Guyer

State Representative Denis E. Guyer

Representative Denis Guyer is the State Representative for the Second Berkshire District, which is geographically the largest district in the Massachusetts House, comprised of twenty-one towns and one precinct in the city of Pittsfield and spread across the three most western counties; Berkshire, Franklin and Hampshire in western Massachusetts.

First elected to serve as a Dalton Selectman in 2001, Representative Guyer won election as State Representative in 2004. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of The Joint Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture in addition to serving on two committees of the legislature; House Committee on Ways and Means as well as the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.

In just his first four years on Beacon Hill Representative Guyer has championed some of the major issues facing his mostly rural constituents, such as dairy farm relief, rural broadband access, responsible forestry and most importantly; state wide health care reform. He is largely considered by many in the House to be the “go to legislator” on the issue of Regional School Transportation Reimbursement and his work and knowledge of that issue has brought about a fifty percent increase in the amount sent back by the state to reimburse regional school communities.

Representative Guyer’s efforts on behalf of farmers, and particularly his efforts to support locally grown organizations and anti-hunger programs were recognized in 2008 by receiving the “Legislator of the Year Award” by the agricultural community.

Representative Guyer lives in Dalton and has one son, Charlie. On his off time, he enjoys skiing, hiking, kayaking and target pistol shooting.

Rep Guyer is proud to serve on the following committees:

JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES & AGRICULTURE (Vice-Chair)
It shall be the duty of the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture to consider all matters concerning the Division of Conservation and Recreation natural resources and the environment, air, water and noise pollution and control thereof, hunting and fishing, conservation, solid waste disposal, sewerage, agricultural and farm problems and such other matters as may be referred.

HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
It shall be the duty of the committee on Ways and Means to consider all legislation affecting the finances of the Commonwealth and such other matters as may be referred thereto.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
It shall be the duty of the committee on Economic Developmentand Emerging Technologies to consider all matter concerning commercial andindustrial establishments, casino gambling and gaming, industrial development,the racing industry, science and technology, economic development, retentionof science or technology-intensive industries; adoption of existing industries; innovation systems from research to development; computers; information, networking, the Internet, data storage and access; communication; biotechnology.

About the Staff

I am fortunate enough to have a talented staffer assisting me.

Michael S. Kowal has been my Legislative Aide since April 2008 and works in my Boston office. He is a 2008 graduate of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with majors in History and English, as well as a minor in Political Science. He was previously my District Aide and has additional experience in the State House with Rep. Geraldo Alicea and Rep. Anne Gobi.