# Alan Silvia Alan Silvia is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 7th Bristol. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 7th Bristol - Serving since: 2013-01-02 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/6e81dcb7-4a04-4a88-b5f2-728a3336cf9d Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6e81dcb7-4a04-4a88-b5f2-728a3336cf9d (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 Silvia missed 15% of 234 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 156 in the Massachusetts House (average 97.4%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 409 donors and 107 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 234 roll calls. Attendance 85% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 88% (98.5%). 11 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 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 23. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - HD 6396: An Act protecting long-term care residents from health insurance solicitation and coercion (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6396/ - HD 6370: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kimberly Gervais, an employee of the department of mental health (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6370/ - HD 5664: An Act relative to the definition of electric mopeds (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5664/ - HD 5406: An Act establishing the Massachusetts Violent and Dangerous Persons Mental Health Information System (in committee, 2025-12-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5406/ - H 1323: An Act relative to insurance coverage for individuals with autism (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1323/ - H 1992: An Act relative to body worn cameras (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1992/ - H 3883: An Act relative to disability benefits for veterans (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3883/ - H 1325: An Act to ensure access to generic medication (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1325/ - H 1054: An Act providing parks pass waiver for veterans (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1054/ - H 2698: An Act relative to public safety retention in gateway municipalities (in committee, 2025-09-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2698/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $50.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/A_S1 - X: https://x.com/RepAlanSilvia - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.silvia.7 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repalansilvia/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-silvia-97b5ba18/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6e81dcb7-4a04-4a88-b5f2-728a3336cf9d