Stephen Canessa

He is a graduate of Apponequet Regional High School and Bridgewater State College, and completed his MBA at Suffolk University.

Family members of gang violence victims praised the bill, and many were present at the Massachusetts State House for its passage into law.

The ACLU and the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers opposed sections of the bill that allow judges to bar defendants from seeing grand jury witness statements, and that reduce the requirements for a perjury conviction.

Rep. Canessa has expressed support for the expansion of the MBTA Commuter Rail into the Southcoast area including New Bedford, which is part of the district he represents.

[5][permanent dead link‍] Long Pond and other water supplies in towns across Canessa's district have recently been noted as being overrun by invasive weeds such as milfoil.