# Sam Montaño Sam Montaño is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 15th Suffolk. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 15th Suffolk - Serving since: 2023-01-04 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/668db267-f9e1-4839-918d-c092741f96f9 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/668db267-f9e1-4839-918d-c092741f96f9 (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 9.1% of the 22 bills Montaño sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Massachusetts House. ## What Montaño says (MA 2025–26 session) 1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Montaño | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.04), from 487 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 234 roll calls. Attendance 100% (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 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 457. 9.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 22 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - HD 6304: An Act relative to designating September 25th as 9 to 5 Day in honor of Dolly Parton (in committee, 2026-09-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6304/ - H 4572: An Act directing the city of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Doumy Pamera (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4572/ - HD 5614: An Act for long-term coverage of gender affirming care medications (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5614/ - H 4262: An Act to implement ranked choice voting in Boston (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4262/ - HD 4328: An Act empowering students and schools to thrive (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4328/ - HD 2999: An Act relative to a maltreatment coding system (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD2999/ - H 160: An Act to promote equity joint venture partnerships (in committee, 2025-05-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H160/ - H 272: An Act to protect maternal health (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H272/ - H 1895: An Act relative to summary process (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1895/ - H 443: An Act relative to conviviality and downtown revitalization (in committee, 2025-11-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H443/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $10.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-06-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/samvmontano/status/2072081228564677019 ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/S_M1 - X: https://x.com/samvmontano - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samantha.montano.9 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-monta%c3%b1o-a36815107/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/668db267-f9e1-4839-918d-c092741f96f9