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Democratic
· Representative
John Lawn
Represents District 10th Middlesex in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 83 party-line votes · House Democrats median 100%
Cast a vote
89%
Yea or Nay on 233 of 263 roll calls · House median 98%
Their bills that became law
1 of 54
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 1
Roll calls on record
263
194th General Court
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 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 John Lawn 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 John Lawn sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. John Lawn is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 83 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.
H5595 · Prioritizing patient access to care
House Enacted – 121 YEAS to 35 NAYS · 2026-07-31 · Passed 119–35
H5500 · 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
House Amendment 1334 rejected – 30 YEAS to 123 NAYS · 2026-04-27 · Failed 30–118
H4000 · Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 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
House Amendment 311 rejected – 30 YEAS to 126 NAYS · 2025-04-29 · Failed 30–126
H5469 · Promoting transparency and public access in state government
House Passed to be engrossed – 125 YEAS to 28 NAYS · 2026-06-03 · Passed 125–28
H5493 · Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.
House Amendment 12 rejected – 28 YEAS to 128 NAYS · 2026-06-10 · Failed 28–128
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.
Dave VieiraRepublican · District 3rd Barnstable · 78 shared contested votes
17%
Brad JonesRepublican · District 20th Middlesex · 79 shared contested votes
14%
Donald WongRepublican · District 9th Essex · 79 shared contested votes
14%
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 (30 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills John Lawn 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.
Introduced54
Out of committee5
Passed one chamber2
Passed both chambers1
Became law1
Never left committee49
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 1 bills that became law this session.
Directing the division of insurance to regularly report on the performance of the merged non-group and small-group health insurance markets
Relative to the merged non-group and small-group health insurance market. Financial Services.
Not out of committeeCommittee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means · 2026-07-22
Order relative to extending until Thursday, December 31, 2026 the time within which the committee on Health Care Financing is authorized to report on current House documents
Not out of committeeAdopted · 2026-07-09
Order relative to extending until Friday, July 31, 2026 the time within which the committee on Health Care Financing is authorized to report on current House documents
Not out of committeeAdopted · 2026-07-09
Relative to essential services
Relative to the closing of hospitals or the discontinuance of essential health services. Health Care Financing.
Not out of committeeReporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026 · 2026-07-09
Expanding the moral obligation bond program to acute care hospitals
Relative to expanding the moral obligation bond program to include acute care hospitals. Health Care Financing.
Not out of committeeReporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026 · 2026-07-09
Updating the health care cost growth benchmark and associated market oversight activities
Relative to health care cost growth benchmark and associated market oversight activities. Health Care Financing.
Not out of committeeReporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026 · 2026-07-09
Relative to healthcare industry recruitment and education for the 21st Century
For legislation to establish a healthcare industry recruitment and education advisory council. Health Care Financing.
Not out of committeeReporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026 · 2026-07-09
Relative to property tax classifications in the city of Watertown for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years
Relative to property tax classifications in the city of Watertown for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
Out of committeeNew draft substituted, see H5569 · 2026-07-08
Authorizing the city of Newton to place municipal charges liens on certain properties in the city of Newton for nonpayment of any local charge, fee or fine
That the city of Newton be authorized to place municipal charges liens on certain properties for certain non-payments in said city. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
Passed one chamberRead second and ordered to a third reading · 2026-07-01
Order relative to extending until Friday, July 31, 2026 the time within which the committee on Health Care Financing is authorized to report on current House documents
Not out of committeeAdopted · 2026-06-17
Relative the use and impact of prior authorization for health care services
By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition of John J. Lawn, Jr., that the Health Policy Commission conduct an analysis on the use of prior authorization for health care services and its impact on cost, quality and access. Health Care Financing.
Not out of committeeReporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026 · 2026-06-17
Relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth’s nursing facilities
Relative to stabilizing nursing facility inflationary costs. Health Care Financing.
Not out of committeeReporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026 · 2026-06-17
Establishing flexibility for long term care facilities workers
For legislation to establish contract and coverage standards for health care worker platforms. Labor and Workforce Development.
Not out of committeeSenate concurred · 2026-06-15
Order relative to extending until Thursday, December 31, 2026 the time within which the committee on Health care Financing is authorized to report on current House documents
Not out of committeeAdopted · 2026-05-28
Relative to transparency in municipal health insurance
Relative to transparency in municipal health insurance. Public Service.
Not out of committeeRead second and ordered to a third reading · 2026-05-21
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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H5624 · 2026-07-31
Establishing a Medal of Fidelity license plate (House Passed to be engrossed – 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5627 · 2026-07-31
To improve Massachusetts home care (House Committee of conference report accepted – 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5631 · 2026-07-31
Mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer (House Passed to be engrossed – 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S2726 · 2026-07-31
Regarding free expression (House Enacted – 156 YEAS to 1 NAYS)
H5531 · 2026-07-31
Relative to James J. O'Neil Park (House Enacted – 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5595 · 2026-07-31
Prioritizing patient access to care (House Enacted – 121 YEAS to 35 NAYS)
S2653 · 2026-07-31
Updating the Move Over Law (House Passed to be engrossed – 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5629 · 2026-07-31
Enhancing child welfare protections (House Committee of conference report accepted – 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3236 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game to convey easements over certain parcels of land (House Enacted – 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3237 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the town of Bourne to convey a right-of-way and easement (House Enacted – 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5627 · 2026-07-31
To improve Massachusetts home care (House Enacted – 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3235 · 2026-07-31
Relative to the Pilgrim Memorial Park in Plymouth (House Enacted – 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
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 (House Enacted – 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
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 (House Enacted – 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
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 (House Enacted – 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3188 · 2026-07-31
Authorizing the Buzzards Bay Water District to convey non-exclusive easements over a certain parcel of land (House Enacted – 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
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 (House Enacted – 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5463 · 2026-07-30
Relative to a conservation restriction in the town of Middleton (House Enacted – 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
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 (House Enacted – 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5620 · 2026-07-30
Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment (House Committee of conference report accepted – 136 YEAS to 21 NAYS)
H5620 · 2026-07-30
Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment (House Quorum Roll Call – 149 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5620 · 2026-07-30
Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment (House Enacted – 135 YEAS to 21 NAYS)
H5614 · 2026-07-30
Authorizing the release or exclusion of certain land from conservation restrictions in the town of Deerfield (House Enacted – 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
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 (House Enacted – 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3160 · 2026-07-30
Relative to the dissolution of the Holmes Park Water District (House Enacted – 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
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 (House Enacted – 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
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 (House Enacted – 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3141 · 2026-07-30
Relative to primary care for you (House Consolidated amendment A adopted – 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3141 · 2026-07-30
Relative to primary care for you (House Passed to be engrossed – 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3052 · 2026-07-29
Authorizing the town of Dighton to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes. (House Enacted – 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5621 · 2026-07-29
To improve care and prepare for the new era of Alzheimer’s and dementia (House Passed to be engrossed – 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5379 · 2026-07-29
Relating to the transfer of interest in land in West Brookfield (House Enacted – 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5561 · 2026-07-29
Authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to transfer certain parcels of land in the town of Norton (House Enacted – 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5612 · 2026-07-29
Relative to home care services (House Passed to be engrossed – 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
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 (House Enacted – 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5595 · 2026-07-22
Prioritizing patient access to care (House Passed to be engrossed – 119 YEAS to 33 NAYS)
S2735 · 2026-07-22
Dissolving the North Carver water district (House Enacted – 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3028 · 2026-07-15
Promoting pet equity, treatment and safety (House Passed to be engrossed – 151 YEAS to 1 NAYS)
H2250 · 2026-07-15
Dissolving the Whately Water District (House Enacted – 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5569 · 2026-07-08
Relative to property tax classifications in the city of Watertown for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years (House Passed to be engrossed – 145 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5562 · 2026-07-08
Relative to economic development in the commonwealth (House Consolidated amendment A adopted – 144 YEAS to 6 NAYS)
H5562 · 2026-07-08
Relative to economic development in the commonwealth (House Consolidated amendment B adopted – 150 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5562 · 2026-07-08
Relative to economic development in the commonwealth (House Consolidated amendment C adopted – 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5562 · 2026-07-08
Relative to economic development in the commonwealth (House Consolidated amendment D adopted – 150 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5562 · 2026-07-08
Relative to economic development in the commonwealth (House Consolidated amendment E adopted – 149 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5562 · 2026-07-08
Relative to economic development in the commonwealth (House Passed to be engrossed – 148 YEAS to 2 NAYS)
H5576 · 2026-07-08
Relative to economic development in the commonwealth (House Passed to be engrossed – 148 YEAS to 2 NAYS)
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 (House Committee of conference report accepted – 142 YEAS to 6 NAYS)
S2916 · 2026-07-01
Improving campaign finance reporting for statewide ballot questions (House Passed to be engrossed -149 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3106 · 2026-07-01
Relative to toxic-free medical devices (House Passed to be engrossed -139 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
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 (House Enacted – 142 YEAS to 6 NAYS)
H5511 · 2026-06-17
Relative to teacher preparation and student literacy (House Committee of conference report accepted – 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3064 · 2026-06-17
To build resilience for Massachusetts communities (House Consolidated amendment A adopted – 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3064 · 2026-06-17
To build resilience for Massachusetts communities (House Consolidated amendment B adopted – 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S3064 · 2026-06-17
To build resilience for Massachusetts communities (House Passed to be engrossed – 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
H5491 · 2026-06-10
Implementing the recommendations of the Walsh-Kennedy Commission Report (House Passed to be engrossed – 155 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
S2726 · 2026-06-10
Regarding free expression (House Amendment 3 rejected – 2 YEAS to 154 NAYS)
S2726 · 2026-06-10
Regarding free expression (House Amendment 4 rejected – 23 YEAS to 133 NAYS)
S2726 · 2026-06-10
Regarding free expression (House Passed to be engrossed – 153 YEAS to 3 NAYS)
S1646 · 2026-06-10
Relative to violation of regulation regarding hot work processes (House Passed to be engrossed – 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 263 total roll-call votes this session).
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