# Sean Garballey

Sean Garballey is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 23rd Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 23rd Middlesex
- Serving since: 2011-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1e9d742c-c20b-45cf-9e22-e7752189fa7a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1e9d742c-c20b-45cf-9e22-e7752189fa7a (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

104% of Garballey’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Massachusetts, in the top 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.93 (standard error 0.04), from 182 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (98.5%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-22 · voted yea · H. 5595 On Engrossment · H 5595 An Act prioritizing patient access to care · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5595/
- 2026-07-22 · voted yea · S. 2735 On Enactment Land Taking · S 2735 An Act dissolving the North Carver water district · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2735/
- 2026-07-22 · voted yea · H. 5388 On Enactment Land Taking · H 5388 An Act authorizing the transfer of a certain parcel of land in the town of Marion from the Open Space Acquisition Commission to the Select Board · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5388/
- 2026-07-15 · voted yea · H. 2250 , changed On Enactment Land Taking · H 2250 An Act dissolving the Whately Water District · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2250/
- 2026-07-08 · voted yea · H. 5569 On passing to be engrossed · H 5569 An Act relative to property tax classifications in the city of Watertown for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5569/
- 2026-07-08 · voted yea · H. 5562 On adoption of consolidated amendment A · H 5562 An Act relative to economic development in the commonwealth · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5562/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · H. 5555 On Enactment Land Taking · H 5555 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities… · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5555/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · S. 3106 On Engrossment · S 3106 An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3106/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · H. 5555 On acceptance of conference report · H 5555 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities… · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5555/
- 2026-06-17 · voted yea · H. 5511 On acceptance of conference report · H 5511 An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5511/

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 305. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 4989: An Act increasing access to ABA services by recognizing assistant level providers (in committee, 2025-10-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4989/
- H 4623: An Act increasing access to ABA services by recognizing assistant level providers (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4623/
- H 3959: An Act promoting food safety by prohibiting harmful additives in food products (in committee, 2025-11-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3959/
- H 3102: An Act expanding the senior property tax exemption (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3102/
- H 583: An Act to improve student and staff attendance and performance by ensuring air quality monitoring in schools throughout the commonwealth (in committee, 2025-07-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H583/
- H 1431: An Act expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children (in committee, 2025-10-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1431/
- HD 2936: An Act to improve student and staff attendance and performance by ensuring air quality monitoring in schools throughout the commonwealth (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD2936/
- H 3103: An Act to further lead remediation in rental housing by increasing the deleading credit (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3103/
- H 2425: An Act relative to medical physics (in committee, 2025-10-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2425/
- H 1167: An Act to enact pharmacy benefit manager duties (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1167/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 104% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/S_G1
- X: https://x.com/seangarballeyMA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seangarballey
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garballeysean/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-garballey-b5b5a313b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1e9d742c-c20b-45cf-9e22-e7752189fa7a