# Francisco Paulino Francisco Paulino is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 16th Essex. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 16th Essex - Serving since: 2023-01-04 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/99109961-27e8-4e58-8269-3a1deb29f228 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/99109961-27e8-4e58-8269-3a1deb29f228 (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 Paulino sits at −0.25 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State House Democrats. ## What Paulino says (MA 2025–26 session) 5 classified statements: 5 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Paulino | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 20.0% | 14.4% | 236 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.25 (standard error 0.03), from 159 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 234 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 95.3% (98.5%). 5 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 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 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 55. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - H 94: An Act to ensure accountability and transparency in artificial intelligence systems (in committee, 2025-12-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H94/ - H 2677: An Act relative to the establishment of minority recruitment and selection program (in committee, 2025-11-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2677/ - H 3208: An Act establishing a sales tax on digital advertising services (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3208/ - H 452: An Act relative to the right to repair for agricultural equipment (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H452/ - H 1280: An Act regulating insurance coverage for testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles and establishing school zone safety protocol (in committee, 2025-12-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1280/ - H 1931: An Act to enhance protections against child exploitation and misuse of emerging technologies (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1931/ - H 1929: An Act to expand juvenile court justice access (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1929/ - H 1930: An Act empowering student-athletes through NIL rights (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1930/ - H 3207: An Act to modify the revenue requirements for smoking bars (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3207/ - H 3767: An Act relative to the senior circuit breaker tax credit (in committee, 2024-06-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/H3767/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $11.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/reppaulino/status/2006837288521839065 - 2025-12-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/reppaulino/status/2002087221701284179 - 2025-07-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/reppaulino/status/1949535568653926819 - 2025-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/reppaulino/status/1874281355041006081 - 2025-01-01 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/reppaulino/status/1874596378699014255 ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/FEP1 - Campaign site: https://www.paulino4staterepresentative.com/ - X: https://x.com/reppaulino - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/franciscopaulino911 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/franciscopaulino9/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franciscopaulino9/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/99109961-27e8-4e58-8269-3a1deb29f228