Senate · Democrat

Adam G. Hinds

Former member, served 2017–2022 in the sessions covered here · Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Pittsfield

First elected

Senate 2016

Left office

resigned (September 25, 2022)

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
Session	Chamber	District	Lines
190th (2017–18)	Senate	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden	2011 lines
191st (2019–20)	Senate	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden	2011 lines
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden	2011 lines

Posts and stipends

Adam G. Hinds was paid $205,147 in leadership and committee stipends from 2017 to 2022.

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
Session	Posts	First year	Second year
190th (2017–18)	Chair, Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies	$20,200	$20,200
191st (2019–20)	Chair, Joint Committee on Revenue; Vice chair, Senate Committee on Redistricting	$38,129	$38,129
192nd (2021–22)	Title not in the roster records; a stipend was paid	$51,128	$37,363

Posts: the Legislature’s leadership and roster records as compiled for this project; where those name no post, the member’s committee chair, vice-chair and ranking roles from the Legislature’s member profiles. Stipends: additional compensation in the Comptroller’s payroll data (CTHRU dataset 9ttk-7vz6), 2016–2026; 2026 is the year to date. Stipends for 2015 are not available. Base salary is not included.

The district

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden on its 2011 lines: 52 cities and towns, 152,834 residents (2020).

Pittsfield 29% · North Adams 8% · Adams 5% · Williamstown 5% · Great Barrington 5% · Dalton 4% · Lee 4% · Lenox 3% · Sheffield 2% · Cheshire 2% · Lanesborough 2% · Williamsburg 2% · Huntington 1% · Stockbridge 1% · Becket 1% · Hinsdale 1% · Shelburne 1% · Buckland 1% · Conway 1% · Ashfield 1% · Clarksburg 1% · Otis 1% · Westhampton 1% · New Marlborough under 1% · Richmond under 1% · Egremont under 1% · West Stockbridge under 1% · Chester under 1% · Blandford under 1% · Worthington under 1% · Chesterfield under 1% · Charlemont under 1% · Monterey under 1% · Sandisfield under 1% · Goshen under 1% · Windsor under 1% · Cummington under 1% · Peru under 1% · Hancock under 1% · Heath under 1% · Florida under 1% · Savoy under 1% · Plainfield under 1% · Washington under 1% · Alford under 1% · Tyringham under 1% · Rowe under 1% · Middlefield under 1% · Hawley under 1% · New Ashford under 1% · Mount Washington under 1% · Monroe under 1%

Percentages are each place’s share of the district’s 2020 residents; for a town split between districts, the share of the town inside this one follows.

Population-weighted Fairness Index of the district’s cities and towns: 53 for all state aid and 70 for discretionary money (50 is a fair share).

Local earmarks are counted three ways. District money uses the first, clauses that name a place in the district; the second table adds organizations located in the district (placed in the district) and state facilities located there (everything placed). Three ways to count a local earmark.

District money, first measure: enacted earmarks in clauses naming a place in the district, by session (district money, not the member’s)
Session	District	Dollars	In corrective clauses	Per resident per budget, rank	Without corrective clauses, rank
190th (2017–18)	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden	$945,000	$0	$3.09 · 32nd of 40	$3.09 · 32nd of 40
191st (2019–20)	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden	$582,000	$0	$1.90 · 38th of 40	$1.90 · 38th of 40
192nd (2021–22)	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden	$1.1M	$0	$3.44 · 38th of 40	$3.44 · 38th of 40

District money is where enacted earmarks land, by the place a clause names, mapped to districts by 2020 population; it is not attributed to the member and does not include leadership’s base-text money that names no place. Ranks are of district money per resident among the chamber’s districts, 1 = most. “In corrective clauses” is the part carried by a Ways and Means chair’s corrective amendments, which is leadership’s money; the last column gives the per-resident figure and rank without it. Sessions are labeled by the General Court that enacted each budget. Per-resident figures use the district as drawn for each session (2011 lines through the 192nd General Court, 2021 lines from the 193rd), so they will not equal a session’s dollars divided by the resident count above.

The same district on the other two measures, by session (enacted; includes any corrective-clause money)
Session	District	Placed in the district	Per resident per budget, rank	Everything placed	Per resident per budget, rank
190th (2017–18)	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden	$1.4M	$4.74 · 19th of 40	$1.4M	$4.74 · 23rd of 40
191st (2019–20)	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden	$1.9M	$6.31 · 13th of 40	$1.9M	$6.31 · 14th of 40
192nd (2021–22)	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden	$2.5M	$8.02 · 20th of 40	$2.6M	$8.34 · 20th of 40

Budget amendments

Adam G. Hinds sponsored 128 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $17 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

128

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

56%

72 of 128

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

47%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 128 with a known outcome, 72 were adopted (56%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 60 (47%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment Adam G. Hinds filed (strong text matches)
Year	Amount	Enacted budget text (excerpt)	Amendment
FY2023	$350,000	“the Berkshire Flyer for continued operations”	S4 #891
FY2020	$270,000	“the pilot season of the Berkshire Flyer, a weekend passenger rail service connecting New York city and the Berkshires between Memorial Day and…”	S3 #1126
FY2023	$250,000	“the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Inc”	S4 #320
FY2018	$150,000	“the Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority to coordinate homeless shelters and safety net services in Berkshire county”	S3 #344
FY2020	$125,000	“the Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority to coordinate homeless shelters and safety net services in Berkshire county”	S3 #815

Strong matches: 35 enacted items, $2.7 million (the member’s share where several amendments claim one clause). A further one weaker text match is not listed; attribution is inferred from amendment text and is less certain there.

For 22 amendments the sponsor is the first mover named in the amendment text, because the Legislature’s record listed none. Ask size is the larger of the earmark dollars and the line-item change an amendment requests; bands: no dollar amount, under $50,000, $50,000–$250,000, $250,000–$1 million, $1–5 million, $5 million or more. Leadership’s unattributed base-text and corrective-amendment money is never assigned to a member. The comparison describes outcomes; it is not a measure of merit.

Bills sponsored

Adam G. Hinds filed 148 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; nine were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 6% of their lead bills were enacted on their own, against chamber medians of 2% to 3% for the same sessions.

Most bills die in every legislature, and many policies pass inside other bills; the chamber median for the same session is the fair comparison.

Bills filed as lead sponsor, by session and outcome
Session	Chamber	Lead bills	Enacted	Folded into an enacted bill	Sent to study	Reported favorably, then died	Reported adversely or withdrawn	No action	Enacted rate	Chamber median	Cosponsored
190th (2017–18)	Senate	15	6	0	3	6	0	0	40%	3%	116
191st (2019–20)	Senate	56	2	2	21	24	3	4	4%	3%	191
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	77	1	1	25	37	5	8	1%	2%	259

Enacted bills as lead sponsor

S2102 (190th): An Act authorizing the Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of Sheffield to the Great Barrington Housing Authority · Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2018
S2154 (190th): An Act providing that future members of the police department of the town of Adams shall be exempt from the provisions of the Commonwealth's civil service law · Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2018
S2265 (190th): An Act relative to the Lafayette Trail · Chapter 267 of the Acts of 2018
S2579 (190th): An Act exempting all positions in the police department of the town of Williamstown from the civil service law · Chapter 250 of the Acts of 2018
S2634 (190th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Marco Adorno, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation · Chapter 263 of the Acts of 2018
S2666 (190th): An Act exempting all positions in the police department of the city of North Adams from the civil service law · Chapter 360 of the Acts of 2018
S2237 (191st): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Peter Ferony, an employee of the Massachusetts Trial Court · Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2019
S2870 (191st): An Act relative to the Baker Hill Road District · Chapter 156 of the Acts of 2020
S2513 (192nd): An Act relative to the select board of the town of Goshen · Chapter 234 of the Acts of 2022

Outcomes are the furthest point each bill reached in the record. “Folded into an enacted bill” means the history names the enacted bill that absorbed it. “Passed both branches; no chapter recorded” means the bill was enacted by both branches and laid before the Governor, with no chapter or veto in the history; in the 194th General Court such bills are shown as laid before the Governor (pending). The 194th General Court is in session until January 2027, so its open bills are pending, not dead, and its rates (*) are not comparable with completed sessions. Chairs and leaders control the calendar, which raises their rates. Source: malegislature.gov bill histories.

Recorded votes on accountability measures

Adam G. Hinds cast 36 yes-or-no votes on the 37 accountability roll calls in this file (16 yes, 20 no, one for a named candidate).

Roll calls on rules, audits, public records, term limits and pay
Date	Measure	Vote	Chamber result
January 26, 2017	Senate engrossment of the pay-raise bill	Yes	Yeas 31, nays 9
February 2, 2017	Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Matters considered in an informal session	Yes	Yeas 38, nays 0
February 2, 2017	Amendment 3.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Time to consider matters in an informal	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
February 2, 2017	Amendment 7.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Provided with text of bills prior to poll	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
February 2, 2017	Special orders by majority instead of two-thirds (contested meaning)	No	Yeas 6, nays 33
February 2, 2017	Amendment 11.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent	No	Yeas 6, nays 33
February 2, 2017	Amendment 13.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Timely Local Aid Notification	No	Yeas 7, nays 32
February 2, 2017	Senate override of the veto of the pay-raise bill	Yes	Yeas 31, nays 9
January 31, 2019	Amendment 1.1 (Bruce E. Tarr): Posting of Committee Roll Call Votes	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019	Amendment 1.0 (Walter F. Timilty): Improving Access to Records	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019	Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Informal Session	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019	Amendment 3.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Conference Committee Report	No	Yeas 8, nays 31
January 31, 2019	Amendment 11.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Audit of accounts	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
not available	Joint rules (S9), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019	Amendment 1.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Non disclosure agreements	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019	Amendment 7.1 (Rebecca L. Rausch): anti-harassment and assault	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019	Amendment 5.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Numbers of bills considered at a hearing	No	Yeas 8, nays 31
January 31, 2019	Amendment 17.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Matters considered in an informal session	No	Yeas 6, nays 33
January 31, 2019	Amendment 25.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent	No	Yeas 6, nays 33
not available	Senate rules (S8), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
not available	Senate President election (contested meaning)	Voted for Karen E. Spilka	not available
February 11, 2021	Amendment 3.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Members receiving SWM GAA recommendation	No	Yeas 4, nays 35
February 11, 2021	Amendment 6.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent to go past midnight	No	Yeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 7.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10 pm	No	Yeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 8.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Successive formal sessions	No	Yeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 15.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Anti-harassment and bystander intervention training	No	Yeas 10, nays 29
February 11, 2021	Amendment 20.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Amendments to other appropriations bills	No	Yeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Accessibility; adopted 39-0 (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
February 11, 2021	Supplier diversity; adopted 39-0 (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
February 11, 2021	Amendment 42.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Consideration of further and redrafted amendments	No	Yeas 7, nays 32
February 11, 2021	Amendment 44.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Hearings	No	Yeas 6, nays 33
February 11, 2021	Amendment 49.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Adoption amendment - Rule 24	No	Yeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Minority Leader appointments to committees (partisan allocation) (contested meaning)	No	Yeas 4, nays 35
February 11, 2021	Amendment 24.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Notice of legislative matters	No	Yeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): New items on the calendar	No	Yeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Filing of conference committee report	No	Yeas 6, nays 33
February 11, 2021	Amendment 14.0 (James B. Eldridge): Lengthening public notice period for legislative hearings	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0

Votes marked “contested meaning” are rules-package and public-records passage votes; reform advocates were on both sides of them. Descriptions are the project’s plain summaries of each question, or the question as recorded for rules-package roll calls; the official record is on malegislature.gov. Votes are facts; no score is computed.

Campaign money in

Adam G. Hinds’s committee reported $433,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2017–2022.

By year (years in the Legislature)
Year	Contributions
2017	$22,000
2018	$46,000
2019	$22,000
2020	$43,000
2021	$168,000
2022	$132,000

By kind of contributor
Kind	Total	Share
Individuals	$414,000	96%
Political committees and PACs	$15,000	3%
Unions and associations	$4,000	1%

Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reported	Share
A named employer	43%
Self-employed	25%
Retired	10%
Not employed	3%
Not reported or withheld	19%

Not counted as contributions: $263,000 in other receipts of $250 or more in the same years (candidate loans and the candidate’s own money, transfers, refunds, bank interest and aggregated small receipts).

The same committee also reported $65,000 in years the member was not in the Legislature (2016), for example while running for another office. Those receipts are not in the totals above.

Largest employers and organizations
Employer or organization	Kind	Total	Contributions
HELIX GROWTH CAPITAL	individuals, by employer	$4,900	7
BLUE Q	individuals, by employer	$4,000	7
MORGAN STANLEY	individuals, by employer	$4,000	4
AMHERST COLLEGE	individuals, by employer	$3,000	3
BERKSHIRE MONEY MANAGEMENT	individuals, by employer	$3,000	3
EAGLE BAY ADVISORS	individuals, by employer	$3,000	3
ZOGICS	individuals, by employer	$3,000	3
BENNINGTON COLLEGE	individuals, by employer	$3,000	3
NORTHRENEW ENERGY	individuals, by employer	$3,000	4
MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMM	committee or PAC	$2,500	5

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Hinds Committee (CPF 16360). Individuals are grouped by the employer they reported; no individual contributor is named, and an employer field that is a person’s name is withheld. Massachusetts bars business contributions to candidates. Employer shows affiliation, not instruction.

Sources

Every figure traces to a public record.

Facts only: posts, stipends, sponsored amendments, enacted items, roll-call votes and district money. No score or grade is computed. Associations shown here are not evidence of cause. Method.