# John Rogers

John Rogers is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 12th Norfolk.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 12th Norfolk
- Serving since: 2011-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/50942563-77bb-49ec-a54c-6e26048a31a3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/50942563-77bb-49ec-a54c-6e26048a31a3 (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

Rogers missed 4.7% of 234 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Massachusetts House (average 97.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.03), from 194 donors and 129 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (98.5%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-22 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 31. 6.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 36 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 4475: An Act authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Norwood (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4475/
- H 4381: An Act further regarding the term of the town moderator in the town of Norwood (became law, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4381/
- HD 3821: An Act enhancing podiatric profession's registration and oversight (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD3821/
- H 2525: An Act establishing a Norwood hospital working group (in committee, 2025-12-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2525/
- HD 3822: An Act relative to inflation adjustments for education aid (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD3822/
- H 3771: An Act relative to the used vehicle record book (in committee, 2025-11-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3771/
- H 3227: An Act relative to bundled cellular telephone transactions (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3227/
- H 1962: An Act relative to police use of epinephrine autoinjectors (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1962/
- H 683: An Act relative to inflation adjustments for education aid (in committee, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H683/
- H 3229: An Act to increase community preservation revenue (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3229/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/JHR1
- X: https://x.com/reprogers
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repjohnrogers/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repjohnrogers/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/50942563-77bb-49ec-a54c-6e26048a31a3