2024 MA Legislative Scorecard 2023-

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Massachusetts General Court in 2023-2024 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

The selected votes may not be representative of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

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Senate Votes
House Votes

House Votes

1. Invasive Salary Disclosure Mandate

Requires businesses and employers to report employee salaries to the Secretary of State every year.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H4109 Roll Call 1355757

2. Homeless Shelters

Continues funding Massachusetts' emergency family shelter system.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$396.00/year
H4582 Roll Call 1434655

3. Woke Language

Replaces the term "paternity" with "parentage" and "child born out of wedlock" with "nonmarital child" to create more "inclusive" language. Additionally, it replaces the phrase "a mother and father" with "parents."
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H4750 Roll Call 1457635

4. Gun Control

Includes significant changes to firearm regulations.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H4885 Roll Call 1463128

5. State Budget

Would increase spending about $1.97 billion, or 3.5 percent, over the fiscal 2025 spending plan, authorizing free community college, free rides on regional transit agencies, and legal online lottery sales.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$20,731.00/year
H4800 Roll Call 1363982

6. IT Spending

Aims to address the state's future information technology and security needs by authorizing a bond of $1.256 billion. The bill provides for significant investments in improving IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and broadband access across the state.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H4889 Roll Call 1463144

How did they vote?

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Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote
Name Party Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
James Arciero D 0%
James C. Arena-Derosa D 0%
Shirley B. Arriaga D 0%
Brian Michael Ashe D 0%
Bruce J. Ayers D 0%
Jennifer W. Balinsky Armini D 0%
Ruth B. Balser D 0%
Christine P. Barber D 0%
John Barrett D 0%
Fred J. Barrows R 33%
Donald R. Berthiaume R 50%
David M. Biele D 0%
Natalie M. Blais D 0%
Nicholas A. Boldyga R 100%
Antonio F D Cabral D 0%
Daniel Cahill D 0%
Peter Capano D 0%
Daniel R. Carey D 0%
Gerard J. Cassidy D 0%
Simon Cataldo D 0%
Tackey Chan D 0%
Michelle L. Ciccolo D 0%
Mike Connolly D 17%
Rob Consalvo D 0%
Manny Cruz D 0%
Mark James Cusack D 0%
Josh S. Cutler D N/A
Angelo L. D'Emilia R 33%
Michael Seamus Day D 0%
Marjorie C. Decker D 0%
David F. DeCoste R 50%
Kip A. Diggs D 0%
Carol A. Doherty D 17%
Mindy Domb D 0%
Kate Donaghue D 0%
Daniel M. Donahue D 0%
Paul J. Donato D 0%
William J. Driscoll D 0%
Michelle M. DuBois D 0%
Patricia A. Duffy D 0%
Rodney M. Elliott D 0%
Tricia Farley-Bouvier D 0%
Kimberly N. Ferguson R 33%
Dylan A. Fernandes D 0%
Ann-Margaret Ferrante D 0%
Michael J. Finn D 0%
Carole A. Fiola D 0%
Christopher Richard Flanagan D 0%
Brandy Fluker Fluker-Reid D 0%
Paul K. Frost R 33%
William C. Galvin D 0%
Sean Garballey D 0%
Judith A. Garcia D 0%
Denise C. Garlick D 0%
Colleen M. Garry D 33%
Carmine Lawrence Gentile D 0%
Jessica Ann Giannino D 0%
Susan W. Gifford R 33%
Carlos Gonzalez D 0%
Kenneth I. Gordon D 0%
Danielle W. Gregoire D 0%
Patricia A. Haddad D 17%
Richard M. Haggerty D 0%
Ryan M. Hamilton D 0%
James Hawkins D 0%
Christopher Hendricks D 0%
Natalie M. Higgins D 17%
Kate Hogan D 0%
Russell E. Holmes D 0%
Kevin G. Honan D 0%
Vanna Howard D 0%
Steven S. Howitt R 33%
Daniel J. Hunt D 0%
Bradley H. Jones R 33%
Hannah Kane R 33%
Kristin E. Kassner D 0%
Patrick Joseph Kearney D 0%
Mary S. Keefe D 0%
Sally P. Kerans D 0%
Kay Khan D 0%
Meghan K. Kilcoyne D 0%
Michael P. Kushmerek D 0%
Kathleen R. LaNatra D 17%
John J. Lawn D 0%
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf D 0%
Jack Patrick Lewis D 0%
David Paul Linsky D 0%
Kate Lipper-Garabedian D 0%
Jay D. Livingstone D 0%
Marc T. Lombardo R 83%
William F. MacGregor D 0%
Adrian Madaro D 0%
John J. Mahoney D 0%
Ronald Mariano D 0%
Christopher Markey D 0%
John J. Marsi R 50%
Joseph W. McGonagle D 0%
Joseph D. McKenna R 33%
Paul McMurtry D 0%
Rita A. Mendes D 0%
Joan Meschino D 17%
Aaron M. Michlewitz D 0%
Rady Mom D 0%
Samantha Montano D 0%
Frank A. Moran D 0%
John Francis Moran D 0%
Michael Moran D 0%
David K. Muradian R 33%
Mathew J. Muratore R 33%
James Michael Murphy D 0%
Brian W. Murray D 0%
Tram T. Nguyen D 0%
James J. O'Day D 0%
Norman J. Orrall R 33%
Steven C. Owens D 0%
Jerald A. Parisella D 0%
Francisco E. Paulino D 0%
Sarah K. Peake D 0%
Kelly W. Pease R 50%
Alice Hanlon Peisch D 0%
Edward R. Philips D 0%
William Smitty Pignatelli D 0%
Angelo J. Puppolo D 0%
Adrianne Pusateri Ramos D 0%
Orlando Ramos D 0%
Estela A. Reyes D 0%
David Allen Robertson D 33%
David M. Rogers D 0%
John H. Rogers D 0%
Jeffrey N. Roy D 0%
Daniel Joseph Ryan D 0%
Lindsay N. Sabadosa D 0%
Aaron L. Saunders D 0%
Adam J. Scanlon D 0%
Margaret R. Scarsdale D 17%
Paul A. Schmid D 0%
Danillo A. Sena D 17%
Dawne Shand D 0%
Alan D. Silvia D 20%
Todd M. Smola R 33%
Michael J. Soter R 50%
Priscila S. Sousa D 0%
Thomas M. Stanley D 0%
William M. Straus D 0%
Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida R 67%
Jeffrey Rosario Turco D 17%
Chynah Tyler D 0%
Steven Rocco Ultrino D 0%
Erika Uyterhoeven D 20%
Andres X. Vargas D 0%
Marcus S. Vaughn R 40%
David T. Vieira R 33%
Tommy Vitolo D 0%
Thomas P. Walsh D 0%
Susannah M. Whipps Lee I 33%
Bud L. Williams D 0%
Donald H. Wong R 33%
Christopher J. Worrell D 0%
Steven George Xiarhos R 50%
Jonathan D. Zlotnik D 33%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat2.2%
Independent33%
Republican43.4%
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