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Massachusetts
Every state legislature publishes its work in public. This is Massachusetts’s: who sits in it today, which of its cities we can already watch live, and what arrives next.
Who speaks for Massachusetts in Washington
Edward Markey (D)US Senator for Massachusetts
SenateElizabeth Warren (D)US Senator for Massachusetts
SenateRichard Neal · MA-1James McGovern · MA-2Lori Trahan · MA-3Jake Auchincloss · MA-4Katherine Clark · MA-5Seth Moulton · MA-6Ayanna Pressley · MA-7Stephen Lynch · MA-8William Keating · MA-9
The legislature, today
197
current state legislators
157
House seats · 131 Democratic · 25 Republican · 1 Independent
40
Senate seats · 35 Democratic · 5 Republican
Roster refreshed 2026-08-30.
The bills, this session
8,743
bills tracked, every one with a page here
231
became law · 2.6%
0
vetoed by the Governor
An Act relative to the Cotuit Fire DistrictH2258 · introduced Feb 27, 2025
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2026An Act authorizing the Cotuit Fire District to raise and appropriate money for the Historical Society of Santuit and CotuitH2259 · introduced Feb 27, 2025
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2026An Act authorizing Freddy Castaneda to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirementH2988 · introduced Feb 27, 2025
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 60 of the Acts of 2026An Act authorizing Brittany Sproule to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirementH2987 · introduced Feb 27, 2025
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 59 of the Acts of 2026An Act authorizing Javier Vargas to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirementH2986 · introduced Feb 27, 2025
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2026An Act authorizing Stephen Justice to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirementH2985 · introduced Feb 27, 2025
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 57 of the Acts of 2026An Act authorizing the town of Acton to increase the residency limit for members of its police and fire departmentsH4168 · introduced May 29, 2025
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 80 of the Acts of 2025An Act authorizing the town of Brookfield to continue employment of Herb Chaffee beyond the age of 65S1830 · introduced Feb 27, 2025
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2025Find any of the 8,743 billskeyword, stage, and year filters
openStraight from the legislature’s own records, collected by us with no one in between. Statuses appear exactly as the state writes them.
Who sits in it
House · 157 members
Aaron Saunders (D) · 7th HampdenAaron Michlewitz (D) · 3rd SuffolkAdam Scanlon (D) · 14th BristolAdrian Madaro (D) · 1st SuffolkAdrianne Ramos (D) · 14th EssexAlan Silvia (D) · 7th BristolAlice Peisch (D) · 14th NorfolkAlyson Sullivan-Almeida (R) · 7th PlymouthAmy Sangiolo (D) · 11th MiddlesexAndy Vargas (D) · 3rd EssexAngelo Puppolo (D) · 12th HampdenTony Cabral (D) · 13th BristolBrad Jones (R) · 20th MiddlesexBrandy Fluker-Reid (D) · 12th SuffolkBrian Ashe (D) · 2nd HampdenBrian Murray (D) · 10th WorcesterBridget Plouffe (D) · 9th PlymouthBruce Ayers (D) · 1st NorfolkBud Williams (D) · 11th HampdenCarlos González (D) · 10th HampdenCarmine Gentile (D) · 13th MiddlesexCarole Fiola (D) · 6th BristolChristine Barber (D) · 34th MiddlesexChris Hendricks (D) · 11th Bristol
Show all 157 House members
Chris Worrell (D) · 5th SuffolkChristopher Markey (D) · 9th BristolChris Flanagan (D) · 1st BarnstableChynah Tyler (D) · 7th SuffolkColleen Garry (D) · 36th MiddlesexDan Cahill (D) · 10th EssexDan Hunt (D) · 13th SuffolkDanny Ryan (D) · 2nd SuffolkDan Donahue (D) · 16th WorcesterDanielle Gregoire (D) · 4th MiddlesexDan Sena (D) · 37th MiddlesexDave Robertson (D) · 19th MiddlesexDavid Biele (D) · 4th SuffolkDavid DeCoste (R) · 5th PlymouthDavid LeBoeuf (D) · 17th WorcesterDave Muradian (R) · 9th WorcesterDave Rogers (D) · 24th MiddlesexDavid Linsky (D) · 5th MiddlesexDave Vieira (R) · 3rd BarnstableDawne Shand (D) · 1st EssexDennis Gallagher (D) · 8th PlymouthDonald Wong (R) · 9th EssexDonnie Berthiaume (R) · 5th WorcesterDru Tarr (D) · 5th EssexTed Philips (D) · 8th NorfolkErika Uyterhoeven (D) · 27th MiddlesexEstela Reyes (D) · 4th EssexFrancisco Paulino (D) · 16th EssexFrank Moran (D) · 17th EssexGreg Schwartz (D) · 12th MiddlesexHadley Luddy (D) · 4th BarnstableHannah Bowen (D) · 6th EssexHannah Kane (R) · 11th WorcesterHomar Gomez (D) · 2nd HampshireJack Lewis (D) · 7th MiddlesexJim Arciero (D) · 2nd MiddlesexJames Arena-DeRosa (D) · 8th MiddlesexJim O'Day (D) · 14th WorcesterJim Hawkins (D) · 2nd BristolJamie Murphy (D) · 4th NorfolkJay Livingstone (D) · 8th SuffolkJeff Roy (D) · 10th NorfolkJeff Turco (D) · 19th SuffolkJenny Armini (D) · 8th EssexJessica Giannino (D) · 16th SuffolkJoan Meschino (D) · 3rd PlymouthJohn Barrett (D) · 1st BerkshireJohn Moran (D) · 9th SuffolkJohn Gaskey (R) · 2nd PlymouthJohn Rogers (D) · 12th NorfolkJohn Lawn (D) · 10th MiddlesexJohn Mahoney (D) · 13th WorcesterJohn Marsi (R) · 6th WorcesterJon Zlotnik (D) · 2nd WorcesterJoe McKenna (R) · 18th WorcesterJoe McGonagle (D) · 28th MiddlesexJosh Tarsky (D) · 13th NorfolkJudith García (D) · 11th SuffolkJustin Thurber (R) · 5th BristolKate Donaghue (D) · 19th WorcesterKate Hogan (D) · 3rd MiddlesexKate Lipper-Garabedian (D) · 32nd MiddlesexKathy LaNatra (D) · 12th PlymouthKelly Pease (R) · 4th HampdenKen Sweezey (R) · 6th PlymouthKen Gordon (D) · 21st MiddlesexKevin Honan (D) · 17th SuffolkKim Ferguson (R) · 1st WorcesterKip Diggs (D) · 2nd BarnstableKristin Kassner (D) · 2nd EssexLeigh Davis (D) · 3rd BerkshireLindsay Sabadosa (D) · 1st HampshireLisa Field (D) · 3rd BristolManny Cruz (D) · 7th EssexMarc Lombardo (R) · 22nd MiddlesexMarcus Vaughn (R) · 9th NorfolkMargaret Scarsdale (D) · 1st MiddlesexMarjorie Decker (D) · 25th MiddlesexMark Cusack (D) · 5th NorfolkMark Sylvia (D) · 10th BristolMary Keefe (D) · 15th WorcesterMeg Kilcoyne (D) · 12th WorcesterMike Finn (D) · 6th HampdenMike Moran (D) · 18th SuffolkMike Soter (R) · 8th WorcesterMike Kushmerek (D) · 3rd WorcesterMike Day (D) · 31st MiddlesexMichelle Badger (D) · 1st PlymouthMichelle Ciccolo (D) · 15th MiddlesexMichelle DuBois (D) · 10th PlymouthMike Chaisson (R) · 1st BristolMike Connolly (D) · 26th MiddlesexMindy Domb (D) · 3rd HampshireNatalie Higgins (D) · 4th WorcesterNick Boldyga (R) · 3rd HampdenNorm Orrall (R) · 12th BristolOrlando Ramos (D) · 9th HampdenPat Duffy (D) · 5th HampdenPatrick Kearney (D) · 4th PlymouthPaul Donato (D) · 35th MiddlesexPaul Frost (R) · 7th WorcesterPaul McMurtry (D) · 11th NorfolkPriscila Sousa (D) · 6th MiddlesexRich Haggerty (D) · 30th MiddlesexRichard Wells (D) · 7th NorfolkRita Mendes (D) · 11th PlymouthRob Consalvo (D) · 14th SuffolkRon Mariano (D) · 3rd NorfolkRussell Holmes (D) · 6th SuffolkRyan Hamilton (D) · 15th EssexSally Kerans (D) · 13th EssexSam Montaño (D) · 15th SuffolkSean Garballey (D) · 23rd MiddlesexSean Reid (D) · 11th EssexShirley Arriaga (D) · 8th HampdenSimon Cataldo (D) · 14th MiddlesexSteve Owens (D) · 29th MiddlesexSteve Xiarhos (R) · 5th BarnstableSteven Ouellette (D) · 8th BristolSteven Howitt (R) · 4th BristolSteve Ultrino (D) · 33rd MiddlesexSusannah Whipps (I) · 2nd FranklinTackey Chan (D) · 2nd NorfolkTara Hong (D) · 18th MiddlesexTom Stanley (D) · 9th MiddlesexThomas Moakley (D) · Barnstable, Dukes and NantucketTom Walsh (D) · 12th EssexTodd Smola (R) · 1st HampdenTommy Vitolo (D) · 15th NorfolkTram Nguyen (D) · 18th EssexTricia Farley-Bouvier (D) · 2nd BerkshireBill Galvin (D) · 6th NorfolkBilly MacGregor (D) · 10th Suffolk
Senate · 40 members
Adam Gómez (D) · HampdenBarry Finegold (D) · Second Essex and MiddlesexBrendan Crighton (D) · Third EssexBruce Tarr (R) · First Essex and MiddlesexCindy Friedman (D) · Fourth MiddlesexCynthia Creem (D) · Norfolk and MiddlesexDylan Fernandes (D) · Plymouth and BarnstableJake Oliveira (D) · Hampden, Hampshire and WorcesterJamie Eldridge (D) · Middlesex and WorcesterJason Lewis (D) · Fifth MiddlesexJoan Lovely (D) · Second EssexJo Comerford (D) · Hampshire, Franklin and WorcesterJohn Velis (D) · Hampden and HampshireJohn Cronin (D) · Worcester and MiddlesexJohn Keenan (D) · Norfolk and PlymouthJulian Cyr (D) · Cape and IslandsKaren Spilka (D) · Middlesex and NorfolkKelly Dooner (R) · Third Bristol and PlymouthLiz Miranda (D) · Second SuffolkLydia Edwards (D) · Third SuffolkMark Montigny (D) · Second Bristol and PlymouthMike Brady (D) · Second Plymouth and NorfolkMike Rush (D) · Norfolk and SuffolkMike Barrett (D) · Third Middlesex
Show all 40 Senate members
Michael Rodrigues (D) · First Bristol and PlymouthMike Moore (D) · Second WorcesterNick Collins (D) · First SuffolkPat Jehlen (D) · Second MiddlesexPatrick O'Connor (R) · First Plymouth and NorfolkPaul Feeney (D) · Bristol and NorfolkPaul Mark (D) · Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and HampshirePavel Payano (D) · First EssexPeter Durant (R) · Worcester and HampshireBecca Rausch (D) · Norfolk, Worcester and MiddlesexRobyn Kennedy (D) · First WorcesterRyan Fattman (R) · Worcester and HampdenSal DiDomenico (D) · Middlesex and SuffolkVanna Howard (D) · First MiddlesexBill Driscoll (D) · Norfolk, Plymouth and BristolWill Brownsberger (D) · Suffolk and Middlesex
Every current member, from the Open States roster. Each name opens their own page with official links and, where sponsor records map reliably to members, the bills they sponsored.
In its city halls right now
What these city councils are working on right now, straight from their official records (checked 2026-07-22).
Boston
Councilor Breadon offered the following: Order for the appointment of City Council staff employees in City Council, effective Saturday, Sept2026-1665 · introduced 2026-08-26
PassedNotice was received from the Mayor of her absence from the City from Monday, August 24, 2026 at 9:00 A.M., returning Sunday, August 30, 20262026-1666 · introduced 2026-08-26
FiledNotice was received from Councilor Mejia of her absence from the August 26, 2026 City Council Meeting.2026-1667 · introduced 2026-08-26
FiledNotice was received from Councilor Weber of his absence from the August 26, 2026 City Council Meeting.2026-1668 · introduced 2026-08-26
FiledNotice was received from Councilor Durkan of her absence from the August 26, 2026 City Council Meeting.2026-1669 · introduced 2026-08-26
FiledThe Constable Bonds of Cleveland Burton, Collin Herrelle, and Ian Randal having been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer were received 2026-1670 · introduced 2026-08-26
PassedResolution in support of granting City of Boston Park Rangers police academy training and police powers to enhance public safety in Boston p2026-1611 · introduced 2026-08-24
ReferredResolution in support of Head Start and Early Head Start and the importance of their programs in the City of Boston.2026-1612 · introduced 2026-08-24
PassedEverything we track from Bostonall its recent matters, in the app
openSomerville
Rocco DiRico submitting comments re: item #26-1302, in support of a fair and dignified resolution for an international graduate student at T26-1329 · introduced 2026-08-27
Placed on FileDerek DuPont and Emily Sandler submitting comments re: item # 26-1268, a proposed zoning amendment to sections 3.1.7c, 3.1.8c, 3.1.9c, 3.1.126-1327 · introduced 2026-08-26
Sent for DiscussionThat the Director of Mobility consider prioritizing the area near the intersection of Belmont Street and Spring Hill Terrace for street pain26-1317 · introduced 2026-08-25
ApprovedThat pay for crossing guards be increased, both in recognition of the crucial work that they do serving the children in our schools, and as 26-1318 · introduced 2026-08-25
ApprovedSupporting an application to create a state-authorized Cultural District in East Somerville.26-1319 · introduced 2026-08-25
WithdrawnIn his capacity as President, that this Council schedule a Public Hearing regarding the establishment of an entity to provide civilian overs26-1321 · introduced 2026-08-25
ApprovedCall of the Roll.26-1324 · introduced 2026-08-25
Placed on FileRemembrances.26-1325 · introduced 2026-08-25
ApprovedEverything we track from Somervilleall its recent matters, in the app
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