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Democratic
· Senator
Jo Comerford
Represents District Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester in the State Senate.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 72 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 100%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 216 of 217 roll calls · Senate median 100%
Their bills that became law
6 of 109
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 1
Roll calls on record
217
194th General Court
Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 194th General Court.
How Jo Comerford votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Jo Comerford sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Jo Comerford is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 72 party-line votes.
They voted with most Democrats on every party-line vote this session.
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
S16 · Site Information & Links
Senate Amendment #14 · 2025-02-12 · Failed 12–26
S2722 · Site Information & Links
Senate Amendment #9 · 2025-11-19 · Failed 11–26
S3 · Site Information & Links
Senate Amendment #924 · 2025-05-22 · Failed 12–28
S3072 · Site Information & Links
Senate Amendment #67 · 2026-05-07 · Failed 10–29
S15 · Proposed Joint Rules for the Senate and House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 Legislative Session.
Senate Amendment #22 · 2025-02-12 · Failed 9–29
Republicans they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Patrick O'ConnorRepublican · District 1-NOR · 62 shared contested votes
11%
Bruce TarrRepublican · District First Essex and Middlesex · 62 shared contested votes
3%
Peter DurantRepublican · District Worcester and Hampshire · 62 shared contested votes
3%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (1 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Jo Comerford was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced109
Out of committee11
Passed one chamber7
Passed both chambers7
Became law6
Never left committee98
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the Senate has 1 bills that became law this session.
Authorizing the town of Petersham to continue the employment of police department members Richard D. Cooley Jr. and David A. Shoemaker
That the town of Petersham be authorized to continue the employment of police department members Richard D. Cooley, Jr., and David A. Shoemaker, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
Passed both chambersEnacted and laid before the Governor · 2026-10-01
Authorizing the Montague Center Fire District and the Turners Falls Fire District to continue the membership of members John Annear, Lawrence William Peters Jr., David Rehorka, Richard Sawin and Sallie Sawin
For legislation to authorize the Montague Center Fire District and the Turners Falls Fire District to continue the membership of members John Annear, Lawrence William Peters Jr., David Rehorka, Richard Sawin and Sallie Sawin. Public Service.
Not out of committeeHearing rescheduled to 09/09/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1 Hearing updated to New End Time · 2026-09-09
Providing equal opportunity for residents to vote on establishment of the Great River Regional School District
Became lawSigned by the Governor, Chapter 193 of the Acts of 2026 · 2026-08-25
Authorizing the city of Greenfield to grant an additional liquor license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises
For legislation to authorize the city of Greenfield to grant an additional liquor license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]
Not out of committeeHearing scheduled for 09/10/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only · 2026-08-19
Authorizing the town of Athol to grant five (5) additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises
That the town of Athol be authorized to grant five additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises in said town. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]
Not out of committeeSenate concurred · 2026-08-13
Authorizing the Town of Athol to grant five (5) additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk off the premises
That the town of Athol be authorized to grant five additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk off the premises in said town. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]
Not out of committeeSenate concurred · 2026-08-13
Authorizing the South Deerfield Fire District to continue the employment of fire department member Steven Kolakoski
For legislation to authorize the South Deerfield Fire District to continue the employment of fire department member Steven Kolakoski. Public Service.
Not out of committeeBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules · 2026-08-13
Establishing an Indigenous Peoples Day
For legislation to establish an Indigenous Peoples Day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Not out of committeeAccompanied a study order (under JR10), see S3257 · 2026-08-13
Providing for safe and consensual sensitive examinations
For legislation to prohibit nonconsensual intimate examinations of anesthetized or unconscious patients. Public Health.
Not out of committeeAccompanied a new draft, see S3197 · 2026-08-10
Validating the New Salem annual town election
Relative to validating the results of the annual town election in the town of New Salem held on May 5, 2025. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]
Became lawSigned by the Governor, Chapter 158 of the Acts of 2026 · 2026-08-04
To ensure appropriate and timely emergency medical response
Relative to reports of crimes to law enforcement officials. The Judiciary.
Not out of committeeHearing rescheduled to 07/31/2026 from 10:00 AM-10:30 AM in A-2 Hearing updated to New End Time · 2026-07-31
Resolutions to embrace the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and move the US back from the brink of nuclear war
By Ms. Comerford, a petition of Joanne M. Comerford, Patrick M. O'Connor, Samantha Montaño, Patrick Joseph Kearney and others for the adoption of resolutions to embrace the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and move the US back from the brink of nuclear war.…
Not out of committeeNew draft substituted, see S3247 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the release or exclusion of certain land from conservation restrictions in the town of Deerfield
For legislation to authorize the release or exclusion of certain land from conservation restrictions in the town of Deerfield. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. [Local Approval Received.]
Out of committeeNew draft substituted, see H5614 · 2026-07-29
Encouraging the donation of food to persons in need
For legislation to encourage the donation of food to persons in need by exempting donors from civil damages for any injury arising out of the condition of such food. The Judiciary.
Not out of committeeAccompanied a study order (under JR10), see S3199 · 2026-07-22
Providing equal opportunity for residents to vote on establishment of the Great River Regional School District
For legislation to provide equal opportunity for residents to vote on establishment of the Great River Regional School District. Municipalities and Regional Government.
Not out of committeeNew draft substituted (Comerford), see S3181 · 2026-07-16
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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H5629 · 2026-07-31
Enhancing child welfare protections (Senate Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence Roll Call #229)
S3236 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game to convey easements over certain parcels of land (Senate Enacted Roll Call #235)
S3237 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the town of Bourne to convey a right-of-way and easement (Senate Enacted Roll Call #238)
H5627 · 2026-07-31
To improve Massachusetts home care (Senate Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence Roll Call #228)
S3235 · 2026-07-31
Relative to the Pilgrim Memorial Park in Plymouth (Senate Enacted Roll Call #234)
H5531 · 2026-07-31
Relative to James J. O'Neil Park (Senate Enacted Roll Call #230)
H5639 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the town of Nantucket conservation commission to convey a certain parcel of land situated in the town for purposes of conveyance to the town of Nantucket under the care, custody, management and control of the select board and the town of Nantucket to convey certain land in the town of Nantucket held for open space, passive recreation or conservation purposes to the Nantucket Islands Land Bank for the purposes pursuant to its enabling legislation for open space, conservation and passive recreation purposes (Senate Enacted Roll Call #231)
S2968 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, to grant permanent easements over certain land in the town of Milton for highway purposes (Senate Enacted Roll Call #236)
H5640 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the town of Hingham to grant to the commonwealth of Massachusetts certain parcels of land in the town of Hingham for highway purposes (Senate Enacted Roll Call #232)
S3188 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the Buzzards Bay Water District to convey non-exclusive easements over a certain parcel of land (Senate Enacted Roll Call #233)
S3230 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire interests in certain portions of land owned by the town of Andover which were acquired by the town for Article XCVII purposes (Senate Enacted Roll Call #237)
H5463 · 2026-07-30
Relative to a conservation restriction in the town of Middleton (Senate Enacted Roll Call #223)
H5379 · 2026-07-30
Relating to the transfer of interest in land in West Brookfield (Senate Enacted Roll Call #220)
H5492 · 2026-07-30
Authorizing the town of Billerica to transfer control of certain land in the town of Billerica for the Yankee Doodle Bike Path (Senate Enacted Roll Call #225)
S3200 · 2026-07-30
Site Information & Links (Senate Amendment #17)
S3200 · 2026-07-30
Site Information & Links (Senate Amendment #18)
H5614 · 2026-07-30
Authorizing the release or exclusion of certain land from conservation restrictions in the town of Deerfield (Senate Enacted Roll Call #226)
H5561 · 2026-07-30
Authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to transfer certain parcels of land in the town of Norton (Senate Enacted Roll Call #221)
H5469 · 2026-07-30
Promoting transparency and public access in state government (Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #217)
H5616 · 2026-07-30
Authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust for highway purposes (Senate Enacted Roll Call #227)
S3160 · 2026-07-30
Relative to the dissolution of the Holmes Park Water District (Senate Enacted Roll Call #219)
H5467 · 2026-07-30
Authorizing the transfer of certain parcels of land in the town of Weston from the Weston conservation commission to the select board (Senate Enacted Roll Call #224)
H4992 · 2026-07-30
Authorizing the Barnstable county and the town of Bourne to convey certain parcels of land and certain interests in land in the town of Bourne (Senate Enacted Roll Call #222)
S3052 · 2026-07-30
Authorizing the town of Dighton to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes. (Senate Enacted Roll Call #218)
H5388 · 2026-07-22
Authorizing the transfer of a certain parcel of land in the town of Marion from the Open Space Acquisition Commission to the Select Board (Senate Enacted Roll Call #209)
S2735 · 2026-07-22
Dissolving the North Carver water district (Senate Enacted Roll Call #208)
H2250 · 2026-07-16
Dissolving the Whately Water District (Senate Enacted Roll Call #207)
S3175 · 2026-07-09
Protecting children from addictive social media feeds (Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #206)
S3162 · 2026-07-01
To improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibility (Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #198)
H5175 · 2026-07-01
Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness (Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #205)
H5555 · 2026-07-01
Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements (Senate Enacted Roll Call #200)
H5511 · 2026-06-18
Relative to teacher preparation and student literacy (Senate Enacted and laid before the Governor Roll Call #195)
S3141 · 2026-06-18
Relative to primary care for you (Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #197)
H4646 · 2026-06-11
Enhancing child welfare protections (Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #192)
H5470 · 2026-06-04
Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (Senate Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence Roll Call #188)
H4361 · 2026-06-04
Relative to benefits for teachers (Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #187)
H5375 · 2026-06-04
Financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges (Senate Enacted Roll Call #191)
S2963 · 2026-06-04
Authorizing the town of Milton to use certain land acquired for conservation purposes for school purposes (Senate Enacted Roll Call #189)
H4843 · 2026-06-04
Providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington (Senate Enacted Roll Call #190)
S3104 · 2026-05-28
RESOLUTIONS RESPONDING TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT’S ORDER OF MAY 7, 2026, AND ENHANCING GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY (Senate Adopted Roll Call #186)
H5501 · 2026-05-21
Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements (Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #185)
H5317 · 2026-05-20
Authorizing the grant of easements in or takings of certain parcels of land to the city of Boston (Senate Enacted and laid before the Governor Roll Call #175)
S4 · 2026-05-19
Site Information & Links (Senate Amendment #423)
S4 · 2026-05-19
Site Information & Links (Senate Amendment #179)
S4 · 2026-05-19
Site Information & Links (Senate Amendment #426)
S4 · 2026-05-19
Site Information & Links (Senate Amendment #530)
S4 · 2026-05-19
Site Information & Links (Senate Amendment #511)
S3083 · 2026-05-07
Order relative to requesting the opinions of the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on important questions of law relative to promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment (Senate Motion)
S3072 · 2026-05-07
Site Information & Links (Senate Amendment #59)
S3072 · 2026-05-07
Site Information & Links (Senate Amendment #63)
S3072 · 2026-05-07
Site Information & Links (Senate Amendment #67)
H5316 · 2026-05-07
Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment (Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #158)
S3050 · 2026-04-15
To build resilience for Massachusetts communities (Senate Amendment #1)
S3050 · 2026-04-15
To build resilience for Massachusetts communities (Senate Amendment #2)
S3064 · 2026-04-15
To build resilience for Massachusetts communities (Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #152)
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