# Chynah Tyler Chynah Tyler is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 7th Suffolk. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 7th Suffolk - Serving since: 2017-01-04 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/3b92fb1f-d268-40d8-8a4e-851f11fe81ff Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3b92fb1f-d268-40d8-8a4e-851f11fe81ff (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 Tyler missed 12% of 234 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Massachusetts House (average 97.4%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.74 (standard error 0.03), from 532 donors and 114 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 234 roll calls. Attendance 88% (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 not voting · 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 35 bills: 35 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 73. 2.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 61 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - HD 4667: An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Jason DeLeon (in committee, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4667/ - H 4142: An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Jason DeLeon (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4142/ - H 4090: An Act relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston (in committee, 2025-11-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4090/ - H 2017: Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to gender-responsive programming for juvenile justice system involved girls (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2017/ - H 1334: An Act to enact pharmacy benefit manager duties (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1334/ - H 3576: An Act relative to a just transition to clean energy (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3576/ - H 723: An Act concerning education in honor of Byron Rushing (in committee, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H723/ - H 183: An Act to increase the cannabis purchase and possession limits (in committee, 2025-05-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H183/ - H 2016: An Act to designate the courthouse in the Roxbury section of the city of Boston as the Edward O. Gourdin Courthouse (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2016/ - H 310: An Act to establish a commission to review equitable city planning and development (in committee, 2025-12-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H310/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $31.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/C_T1 - X: https://x.com/RepChynahTyler - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votechynah - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votechynah/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chynah-tyler-6104ab4b/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3b92fb1f-d268-40d8-8a4e-851f11fe81ff