# Norm Orrall

Norm Orrall is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House for district 12th Bristol.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 12th Bristol
- Serving since: 2019-01-02
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6d186dd3-a4a0-4d65-aaf1-2f0a63cd42ec

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6d186dd3-a4a0-4d65-aaf1-2f0a63cd42ec (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

Orrall voted against the majority of Massachusetts House Republicans 14 times; party unity 92.5%, in the bottom tenth of the Massachusetts House (average 98.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.04), from 151 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 92.5% (98.5%). 14 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 nay · 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 80. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 1556: An Act to improve the accuracy of the counting of existing affordable housing stock (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1556/
- H 134: An Act relative to agricultural crop and property destruction (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H134/
- H 3751: An Act to rehabilitate regional roadways (in committee, 2025-09-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3751/
- H 3399: An Act to promote Massachusetts manufacturers (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3399/
- H 1925: An Act to improve grandparent visitation rights (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1925/
- H 3752: An Act relative to greener and healthier transportation corridors (in committee, 2025-10-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3752/
- HD 3126: An Act to rehabilitate regional roadways (in committee, 2023-03-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/HD3126/
- H 3098: An Act to promote Massachusetts manufacturers (in committee, 2024-08-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/H3098/
- H 737: An Act to improve public health excellence, which will address disparities in the delivery of public health services for medically fragile inhabitants of the… (in committee, 2024-06-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/H737/
- HD 3131: An Act relative to greener and healthier transportation corridors (in committee, 2023-03-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/HD3131/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,700 (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/NJO1
- Campaign site: https://www.normanorrall.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NormanOrrall/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/norm-orrall-44b51812/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6d186dd3-a4a0-4d65-aaf1-2f0a63cd42ec