# Todd Smola

Todd Smola is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House for district 1st Hampden.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 1st Hampden
- Serving since: 2005-01-05
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d8895862-a95b-4982-bb2e-31c8ffa4bf57

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d8895862-a95b-4982-bb2e-31c8ffa4bf57 (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

Smola sits at +0.72 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.72 (standard error 0.03), from 342 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 99.0% (98.5%). 3 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 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 210. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 6340: An Act designating Three Miles bridge in the town of Ware as the Gilbert St. George-Sorel Memorial bridge (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6340/
- H 5529: An Act creating a Legion of Merit license plate (in committee, 2026-07-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5529/
- HD 4740: An Act creating a Legion of Merit license plate (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4740/
- H 1327: An Act relative to inactive bank account fees (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1327/
- H 1409: An Act relative to MassHealth (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1409/
- H 1328: An Act relative to annuity benefit insurance (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1328/
- H 3783: An Act relative to updating Massachusetts driver education (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3783/
- H 3884: An Act relative to emergency medical transportation provided to veterans (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3884/
- H 3785: An Act establishing a special commission to identify, preserve and commemorate historic roadways in Massachusetts (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3785/
- H 2970: An Act relative to providing the next of kin of a state police officer killed in the line of duty with a flag during the memorial service (in committee, 2025-08-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2970/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/TMS2
- Campaign site: http://reptoddsmola.org/Contact-Us.html
- X: https://x.com/toddsmola1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/todd.smola.7
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-smola-01aba36/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d8895862-a95b-4982-bb2e-31c8ffa4bf57