# Donnie Berthiaume

Donnie Berthiaume is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House for district 5th Worcester.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 5th Worcester
- Serving since: 2015-01-07
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5a276629-f50a-4d9a-a54e-2c0e07f84968

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5a276629-f50a-4d9a-a54e-2c0e07f84968 (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

Berthiaume sits at +0.76 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.76 (standard error 0.03), from 113 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (98.5%). 13 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-22 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 117. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 4993: An Act relative to the cap on work hours for retirees, and retirees with disabilities (in committee, 2025-08-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4993/
- HD 4950: An Act relative to the cap on work hours for retirees (in committee, 2025-07-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4950/
- H 1591: An Act relative to healthcare proxies (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1591/
- H 2194: An Act petitioning for an emergency restraint bill (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2194/
- H 3625: An Act relative to the permit for removal or transportation of refuse (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3625/
- H 2752: An Act relative to allowing police and fire to work beyond the mandatory retirement age (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2752/
- H 2751: An Act relative to evaluations on a retired veteran disability (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2751/
- H 204: An Act requiring the documentation of child counsel appointments (in committee, 2025-12-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H204/
- H 1095: An Act to increase the Medicaid life insurance exemption (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1095/
- H 206: An Act fast-tracking adoptions for children in DCF custody (in committee, 2025-12-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H206/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/DRB1
- X: https://x.com/donnie394y
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donnie.berthiaume.1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnie-berthiaume-53a44a101/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5a276629-f50a-4d9a-a54e-2c0e07f84968