# Nick Collins

Nick Collins is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district First Suffolk.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district First Suffolk
- Serving since: 2018-05-09
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8ca6ea6c-1121-40b3-a5cf-9b55dfe6a2b0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8ca6ea6c-1121-40b3-a5cf-9b55dfe6a2b0 (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

Collins sits at −0.21 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.21 (standard error 0.02), from 2,464 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 90 bills: 90 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 263. 3.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 8 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SD 3782: Resolve establishing the special commission on assessing reform (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3782/
- S 3017: An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Elijah George Osborne (passed both chambers, 2026-10-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3017/
- S 2977: State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Extension Order (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2977/
- S 2941: State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Extension Order (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2941/
- S 2797: State Administration and Regulatory Oversight -- Extension Order (in committee, 2025-12-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2797/
- SD 3281: An Act relative to discharges from sober homes (in committee, 2025-10-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3281/
- SD 3218: An Act relative to the training, certification, and recognition of constables and civil deputy sheriffs (in committee, 2025-10-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3218/
- SD 2964: An Act relative to safer treatment of acupuncture (in committee, 2025-08-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD2964/
- SD 1937: An Act relative to the annual street listing (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD1937/
- SD 1936: An Act relative to specially qualified voters (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD1936/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $578.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/N_C0
- Campaign site: https://nickcollins.us/
- X: https://x.com/nickcollinsma
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nickcollinsma/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickcollinsma
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-collins-214b5619/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8ca6ea6c-1121-40b3-a5cf-9b55dfe6a2b0