# Chris Hendricks

Chris Hendricks is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 11th Bristol.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 11th Bristol
- Serving since: 2019-01-02
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9750bdb4-4dce-4003-85ec-672185a3a5a4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9750bdb4-4dce-4003-85ec-672185a3a5a4 (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

Hendricks sits at −0.34 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 88% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.34 (standard error 0.04), from 252 donors and 130 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (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 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 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 174. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 2631: An Act relative to the transparency of electronic weapons and devices (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2631/
- H 385: An Act to clarify the Consumer Protection Act (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H385/
- H 1744: An Act to prevent child labor exploitation and trafficking (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1744/
- H 1742: An Act to clarify the charitable purposes of certain organizations (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1742/
- H 1741: An Act to amend Section 35 of M.G.L. Ch. 123 (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1741/
- H 966: An Act prohibiting the mistreatment of birds (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H966/
- H 1743: An Act establishing medical civil rights (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1743/
- H 2123: An Act relative to workers' compensation disfigurement benefits concerning scarring (in committee, 2025-12-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2123/
- H 2122: An Act providing worker compensation protection to emergency response and medical personnel related to COVID-19 infection (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2122/
- H 1740: An Act to simplify the administrative aspect of evidentiary use of medical information (in committee, 2025-10-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1740/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/C_H1
- Campaign site: https://www.rephendricks.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100021811582909
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterephendricks/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9750bdb4-4dce-4003-85ec-672185a3a5a4