# Joan Lovely

Joan Lovely is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Second Essex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Second Essex
- Serving since: 2013-01-02
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d0956cb2-93df-4096-82ce-d39fbf0b9e36

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d0956cb2-93df-4096-82ce-d39fbf0b9e36 (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

Lovely has served since 2013.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.03), from 597 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 124 bills: 118 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 229. 1.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 19 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3082: An Act relative to animal telehealth (in committee, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3082/
- SD 3751: An Act relative to animal telehealth (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3751/
- SD 3544: An Act relative to students accessing food and nutritional information. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3544/
- SD 3546: Order notifying the Governor and the Honorable Council (introduced, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3546/
- S 2927: An Act relative to students accessing food and nutritional information (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2927/
- S 2928: An Act to establish a celiac disease screening pilot program (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2928/
- SD 3545: An Act to establish a celiac disease screening pilot program (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3545/
- SD 3379: Order considering Senate Bill, No. 2710 during the Senate Session of November 13, 2025 (introduced, 2025-11-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3379/
- SD 3312: An Act studying discrimination in public accommodation for individuals with service animals (in committee, 2025-10-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3312/
- SD 3316: Order relative to co-sponsorship of legislation filed by former Senator Edward J. Kennedy (introduced, 2025-10-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3316/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/JBL0
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorjoanlovely.com/
- X: https://x.com/senjoanlovely
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorlovely/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senjoanblovely/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-lovely-5762478/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d0956cb2-93df-4096-82ce-d39fbf0b9e36