# Ted Philips

Ted Philips is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 8th Norfolk.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 8th Norfolk
- Serving since: 2021-01-06
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/73394d70-485b-4fbf-a512-bf2da4e4cb3b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/73394d70-485b-4fbf-a512-bf2da4e4cb3b (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

Philips sits at −1.45 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.45 (standard error 0.03), from 501 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.7% 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 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 94. 6.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 37 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 4536: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4536/
- H 4009: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon (became law, 2025-11-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4009/
- H 3902: An Act authorizing the town of Stoughton to exempt all Stoughton police officers at all ranks from civil service (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3902/
- H 2678: An Act amending the child passenger restraint exemption to include vehicles used in the ride-share industry (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2678/
- H 674: An Act relative to the consideration of ergonomically designed school buildings (in committee, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H674/
- H 671: An Act relative to undesignated glucagon rescue therapies in schools (in committee, 2025-07-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H671/
- H 3763: An Act improving safety measures for highway maintenance personnel (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3763/
- H 1935: An Act relative to wiretapping in the Commonwealth (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1935/
- H 672: An Act relative to suicide prevention in schools (in committee, 2025-10-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H672/
- H 1021: An Act relative to local protection of water resources from nutrient pollution (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1021/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $54.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/ERP1
- Campaign site: https://www.tedphilips.org/
- X: https://x.com/tedphilips
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ted.philips83
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedforstaterep/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-philips-6a6b973

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/73394d70-485b-4fbf-a512-bf2da4e4cb3b