# Mark Sylvia

Mark Sylvia is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 10th Bristol.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 10th Bristol
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7446bdd1-f6b4-40cb-a039-41f4be68833e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7446bdd1-f6b4-40cb-a039-41f4be68833e (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

Sylvia sits at −0.84 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 79% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.84 (standard error 0.03), from 733 donors and 130 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (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 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 134.

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 2342: An Act relative to dangerous dogs (in committee, 2025-08-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2342/
- H 3256: An Act relative to the separation of agricultural land for renewable energy purposes (in committee, 2025-07-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3256/
- H 1058: An Act relative to a cranberry water use transfer program (in committee, 2025-12-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1058/
- H 3255: An Act relative to veteran work-off property tax (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3255/
- HD 2856: An Act relative to dangerous dogs (introduced) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD2856/
- HD 2867: An Act relative to the separation of agricultural land for renewable energy purposes (introduced) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD2867/
- HD 545: An Act relative to a cranberry water use transfer program (introduced) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD545/
- HD 1099: An Act relative to veteran work-off property tax (introduced) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD1099/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $113.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/MDS1
- Campaign site: https://www.marksylvia.com/home
- X: https://x.com/mark_sylvia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkSylviaStateRep
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mark_sylvia/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marksylvia4

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7446bdd1-f6b4-40cb-a039-41f4be68833e