# Chris Flanagan

Chris Flanagan is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 1st Barnstable.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 1st Barnstable
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c30f76b4-73d6-4795-be75-c46973d17f59

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c30f76b4-73d6-4795-be75-c46973d17f59 (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

Flanagan missed 8.6% of 234 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Massachusetts House (average 97.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.82 (standard error 0.04), from 405 donors and 120 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 91.4% (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 not voting · 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 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 124. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 4078: An Act relative to establishing protocols for the early detection and treatment of patients with sepsis (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4078/
- H 4074: An Act relative to the development of single family and multi-family housing for veterans (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4074/
- H 4086: An Act relative to a three year study for stormwater engineering to protect habitats along state highways (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4086/
- H 4085: An Act authorizing the Registry of Motor Vehicles to issue distinctive license plates for the establishment of a fund to support the arts (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4085/
- H 4077: An Act mandating retrofitting accessibility for all medical facilities (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4077/
- H 3967: An Act relative to amending the Community Preservation Act to include an extra percentage surcharge for accessibility (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3967/
- H 3958: An Act relative to expanding pathogen testing capabilities for aquaculture (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3958/
- H 3944: An Act relative to a three-year coastal resiliency emergency management plan (in committee, 2025-09-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3944/
- H 3094: An Act relative to incentivizing multi-family housing through redevelopment (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3094/
- H 1365: An Act relative to changing Mass Health estate recoup for people with disabilities beyond age 55 (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1365/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $38.5K (State House Democrats median $5,075). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/CRF1
- X: https://x.com/voteflanagan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.flanagan.161
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cflanagan4staterep/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flanaganchristopher/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c30f76b4-73d6-4795-be75-c46973d17f59