# Steve Owens Steve Owens is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 29th Middlesex. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 29th Middlesex - Serving since: 2021-01-06 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/f20dd448-92ef-458c-bf92-90e7e766072a Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f20dd448-92ef-458c-bf92-90e7e766072a (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 Owens sits at −1.30 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 98% of State House Democrats. ## What Owens says (MA 2025–26 session) 7 classified statements: 7 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Owens | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −1.30 (standard error 0.03), from 371 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.9% 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%). 1 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 248. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - H 2506: An Act decriminalizing psilocybin as a treatment for PTSD and certain other conditions (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2506/ - H 3540: An Act advancing clean energy equity (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3540/ - H 3543: An Act relative to the protection and development of the thermal commons of the Commonwealth (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3543/ - HD 4013: An Act including worker-owned businesses in economic development programs (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4013/ - H 3541: An Act for greenhouse gas measuring and accounting truth (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3541/ - H 2154: An Act establishing parking cash-out (in committee, 2025-10-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2154/ - H 1279: Resolve creating a special commission on affordable housing insurance (in committee, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1279/ - H 2930: An Act to modernize and streamline contributory retirement appeals (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2930/ - H 3206: An Act relative to fossil fuel free 529s (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3206/ - H 1926: An Act relative to tenant data privacy (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1926/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $15.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 107% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2025-11-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/votesteveowens/status/1984598903358972391 - 2025-08-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/votesteveowens/status/1951247680400683446 - 2025-07-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/votesteveowens/status/1940013688582201465 - 2025-05-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/votesteveowens/status/1919357639953125674 - 2025-04-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/votesteveowens/status/1912951816519668039 - 2025-04-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/votesteveowens/status/1908120762038276099 - 2025-03-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/votesteveowens/status/1897980496363069739 ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/SCO1 - Campaign site: https://www.votesteveowens.com/ - X: https://x.com/votesteveowens - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votesteveowens/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.owens/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1br3JcTuI0GSmMh576KwDA - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-owens-9849281b/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f20dd448-92ef-458c-bf92-90e7e766072a