# Thomas Moakley

Thomas Moakley is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district Barnstable.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ebfdda03-c083-4a13-b3a4-f87f6e24adac

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ebfdda03-c083-4a13-b3a4-f87f6e24adac (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

Moakley has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.53 (standard error 0.04), from 686 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 100% (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 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 146. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5588: An Act to designate regional lockup part of jail in Dukes County (in committee, 2026-09-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5588/
- HD 6250: An Act to designate regional lockup part of jail in Dukes County (in committee, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6250/
- HD 4441: An Act relative to tribal government representation on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4441/
- H 3391: An Act relative to government surplus supply (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3391/
- H 3390: An Act adding an indigenous member to the Massachusetts Historical Commission (in committee, 2025-12-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3390/
- H 3743: An Act relative to moped safety (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3743/
- H 3192: An Act encouraging home ownership by establishing a first time home buyers savings account (in committee, 2025-11-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3192/
- H 3193: An Act establishing the Martha’s Vineyard housing bank (in committee, 2026-07-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3193/
- H 1009: An Act to overcome coastal and environmental acidification and nutrient pollution (in committee, 2025-09-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1009/
- HD 2475: An Act relative to moped safety (introduced) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD2475/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $88.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/TWM1/
- Campaign site: https://www.thomasmoakley.com/
- X: https://x.com/moakley4senate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moakleyforstaterep/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thomasmoakley/#

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ebfdda03-c083-4a13-b3a4-f87f6e24adac