# Pat Duffy

Pat Duffy is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 5th Hampden.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 5th Hampden
- Serving since: 2021-01-06
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e50e8121-bc6f-4aaa-8cf2-f1cbd53c9172

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e50e8121-bc6f-4aaa-8cf2-f1cbd53c9172 (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

13% of the 31 bills Duffy sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Massachusetts House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.66 (standard error 0.03), from 398 donors and 132 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (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, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 148. 12.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 14 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 6368: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Jonathan Murphy, an employee of the Human Resources Division (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6368/
- H 5695: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Jonathan Murphy, an employee of the Human Resources Division (in committee, 2026-10-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5695/
- H 5670: An Act pertaining to the laying out of streets, ways, and highways in the city of Holyoke (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5670/
- H 5669: An Act pertaining to City Council procedures (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5669/
- H 5171: An Act removing the Treasurer as Acting Mayor in the Holyoke Charter (passed both chambers, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5171/
- HD 6217: An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving spouse of the Honorable Francis Flannery (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6217/
- H 5517: An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving spouse of the Honorable Francis Flannery (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5517/
- H 5475: An Act authorizing the city of Holyoke to prohibit use of SGARs (in committee, 2026-08-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5475/
- H 5448: An Act modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke (passed one chamber, 2026-08-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5448/
- H 5364: An Act further amending Holyoke's residency requirement (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5364/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/PAD1
- Campaign site: https://www.duffyforholyoke.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/duffyforholyoke
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciaaduffy/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e50e8121-bc6f-4aaa-8cf2-f1cbd53c9172