# Bud Williams Bud Williams is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 11th Hampden. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 11th Hampden - Serving since: 2017-01-04 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/b23dd64e-a05c-4fe1-8562-c29436ca79bb Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b23dd64e-a05c-4fe1-8562-c29436ca79bb (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 Williams sits at −0.27 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 94% of State House Democrats. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.27 (standard error 0.03), from 286 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% 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 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 127. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - HD 6232: An Act establishing a special commission to study property tax relief and local aid reform (in committee, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6232/ - HD 6181: An Act to include teachers from the Springfield Empowerment Zone in the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (in committee, 2026-06-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6181/ - H 5499: An Act to include teachers from the Springfield Empowerment Zone in the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5499/ - H 3440: An Act the Commonwealth housing, economic, education and equity in recovery and reconstruction (in committee, 2025-12-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3440/ - H 2731: An Act relative to the availability of personal floatation devices at certain municipal and recreational programs and camps (in committee, 2025-07-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2731/ - H 1349: An Act expanding access to banking and commercial insurance for underserved microbusinesses and small businesses (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1349/ - H 476: An Act relative to medical debt exclusion from creditor reports (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H476/ - HD 3223: An Act empowering disadvantaged state contractors” provides up-front down payments and bridge loans to socially or economically disadvantaged microbusinesses… (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD3223/ - H 3276: An Act relative to payments of property taxes and payments made in lieu of property taxes for certain gaming licensees (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3276/ - H 3277: An Act relative to payments of property taxes and payments made in lieu of property taxes for certain gaming licensees (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3277/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $38.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/BLW1 - X: https://x.com/BudWilliams413 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBudLWilliams - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repbudwilliams/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b23dd64e-a05c-4fe1-8562-c29436ca79bb