# Orlando Ramos

Orlando Ramos is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 9th Hampden.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 9th Hampden
- Serving since: 2021-01-06
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a1a94ad4-7b75-46be-896e-548c86b23d0c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a1a94ad4-7b75-46be-896e-548c86b23d0c (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

Ramos sits at −0.35 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 88% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.35 (standard error 0.03), from 278 donors and 133 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 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 49. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 4087: An Act relative to traffic safety at intersections (in committee, 2026-08-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4087/
- H 2159: An Act relative to fair wages on government subsidized construction projects (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2159/
- H 3766: An Act relative to the odometer reading of a vehicle that is 25 years or older (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3766/
- H 3767: An Act relative to removing the driving restrictions on a car with antique tags (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3767/
- H 494: An Act reducing costs for microbusinesses (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H494/
- H 3407: An Act designating the official jazz song of the Commonwealth (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3407/
- H 3548: An Act limiting the eligibility of woody biomass as an alternative energy supply (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3548/
- HD 3761: An Act to guarantee a commercial tenant’s first right of refusal (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD3761/
- H 1947: An Act relative to small landlords (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1947/
- H 3217: An Act relative to retail deliveries (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3217/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,800 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/O_R1
- Campaign site: https://voteorlandoramos.com/
- X: https://x.com/orlando_ramos
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orlando.ramos.963
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/representativeramos/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a1a94ad4-7b75-46be-896e-548c86b23d0c