# Bill Driscoll

Bill Driscoll is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Norfolk.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol
- Serving since: 2017-01-04
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1b7d1710-da71-46cd-9ee3-fc891556f3a9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b7d1710-da71-46cd-9ee3-fc891556f3a9 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

3.8% of the 79 bills Driscoll sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Massachusetts Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.03), from 696 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 79 bills: 79 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 121. 3.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 7 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3287: An Act amending the charter of the city known as the town of Randolph (passed one chamber, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3287/
- SD 4228: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Christine Lovett, an employee of the department of conservation and recreation (DCR) (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD4228/
- S 3084: An Act relative to amending the charter of the city known as the town of Randolph regarding filling of vacancies, running for multiple offices, term of office… (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3084/
- SD 3860: An Act relative to fire safety in college communities (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3860/
- SD 3800: An Act to provide equitable access to military creditable service for judges (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3800/
- S 3030: Public Health - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3030/
- S 2963: An Act authorizing the town of Milton to use certain land acquired for conservation purposes for school purposes (became law, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2963/
- S 2778: Public Health - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2778/
- SD 3004: An Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, to grant permanent… (in committee, 2025-08-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3004/
- S 2657: An Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, to grant permanent… (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2657/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $93.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/WJD1
- Campaign site: https://www.vote4driscoll.com/
- X: https://x.com/BillDriscollJr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bill.driscoll
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billdriscolljr/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@billdriscolljr7997
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-driscoll-jr-85ab724/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b7d1710-da71-46cd-9ee3-fc891556f3a9