# John Barrett

John Barrett is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 1st Berkshire.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 1st Berkshire
- Serving since: 2017-11-15
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/da8051b7-de05-4c30-9d37-5d7223906356

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/da8051b7-de05-4c30-9d37-5d7223906356 (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

26% of the 19 bills Barrett sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Massachusetts House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.15 (standard error 0.03), from 406 donors and 129 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.3% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 96.5% (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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 107. 26.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 3 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5507: An Act authorizing the Adams Fire District to allow firefighters to continue to serve past the age of 65 (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5507/
- H 5483: An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to ban second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5483/
- HD 6206: An Act authorizing the Adams Fire District to allow firefighters to continue to serve past the age of 65 (in committee, 2026-06-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6206/
- H 4347: An Act relative to the Williamstown Library Trustees (became law, 2026-10-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4347/
- HD 4628: An Act authorizing the city of North Adams to appoint retired North Adams police officers as special police officers within said city for paid detail… (in committee, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4628/
- H 4141: An Act authorizing the city of North Adams to appoint retired North Adams police officers as special police officers within said city for paid detail… (became law, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4141/
- H 4055: An Act relative to recall elections in the town of Lanesborough (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4055/
- H 4056: An Act relative to the Lanesborough Select Board (became law, 2025-10-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4056/
- H 4038: An Act relative to school transportation reimbursement (in committee, 2025-10-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4038/
- H 4047: An Act relating to special permits (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4047/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.1K (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/J_B1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnbarrettstaterep/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-barrett-iii-9b6b7a27/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/da8051b7-de05-4c30-9d37-5d7223906356