Commonwealth Report Legislators Method

House · Democrat

Andres X. Vargas

Current member · 3rd Essex

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Haverhill

First elected

House 2017 (special)

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
SessionChamberDistrictLinesNote
190th (2017–18)House3rd Essex2011 lines
191st (2019–20)House3rd Essex2011 lines
192nd (2021–22)House3rd Essex2011 lines
193rd (2023–24)House3rd Essex2021 lines
194th (2025–26)House3rd Essex2021 lines

Posts and stipends

Andres X. Vargas was paid $114,899 in leadership and committee stipends from 2021 to 2026 (2026 to date).

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
SessionPostsFirst yearSecond year
190th (2017–18)No post recorded$0$0
191st (2019–20)No post recorded$0$0
192nd (2021–22)Vice chair, Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies$17,043$17,043
193rd (2023–24)Vice chair, Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies$20,468$20,468
194th (2025–26)Chair, Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses$22,431$17,446 (to date)

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

3rd Essex on its 2021 lines: 1 city or town, 46,085 residents (2020).

Haverhill

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: 58 for all state aid and 64 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)
SessionDistrictDollarsIn corrective clausesPer resident per budget, rankWithout corrective clauses, rank
190th (2017–18)3rd Essex$1.2M$205,000$12.41 · 4th of 160$10.20 · 7th of 160
191st (2019–20)3rd Essex$567,000$0$6.11 · 34th of 160$6.11 · 32nd of 160
192nd (2021–22)3rd Essex$558,000$0$6.01 · 88th of 160$6.01 · 87th of 160
193rd (2023–24)3rd Essex$773,000$0$8.39 · 64th of 160$8.39 · 63rd of 160
194th (2025–26)3rd Essex$365,000$0$7.92 · 59th of 160$7.92 · 58th of 160

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)
SessionDistrictPlaced in the districtPer resident per budget, rankEverything placedPer resident per budget, rank
190th (2017–18)3rd Essex$1.7M$18.85 · 7th of 160$1.7M$18.85 · 7th of 160
191st (2019–20)3rd Essex$587,000$6.33 · 55th of 160$637,000$6.87 · 56th of 160
192nd (2021–22)3rd Essex$526,000$5.67 · 118th of 160$626,000$6.74 · 99th of 160
193rd (2023–24)3rd Essex$773,000$8.39 · 88th of 160$773,000$8.39 · 92nd of 160
194th (2025–26)3rd Essex$365,000$7.92 · 81st of 160$365,000$7.92 · 86th of 160

Budget amendments

Andres X. Vargas sponsored 119 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $59.7 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

119

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

79%

61 of 77

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

58%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 77 with a known outcome, 61 were adopted (79%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 45 (58%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment Andres X. Vargas filed (strong text matches)
YearAmountEnacted budget text (excerpt)Amendment
FY2023$5M“community colleges”H4700 #1087
FY2026$500,000 (shared two ways)“programs and resources to support farm to school and food system literacy programming in public elementary and secondary schools and early education…”H4000 #765
FY2025$500,000 (shared two ways)“programs and resources to support farm to school and food system literacy programming in public elementary and secondary schools and early education…”H4600 #1129
FY2026$250,000“MassChallenge, Inc. to provide support for entrepreneurial programs”H4000 #991
FY2025$250,000“MassChallenge, Inc. to provide support for entrepreneurial programs”H4600 #565

Strong matches: 39 enacted items, $8.5 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. House attribution is inferred throughout, because the House adopts most amendments inside consolidated amendments.

70 outcomes are inferred by matching amendment text to the House’s consolidated amendments, because the House records most amendments only as “Consolidated A–G.” 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

Andres X. Vargas filed 158 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; 37 were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 22% of their lead bills were enacted on their own, against chamber medians of 3% to 7% 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
SessionChamberLead billsEnactedFolded into an enacted billVetoedSent to studyReported favorably, then diedNo actionPending (session open)Enacted rateChamber medianCosponsored
190th (2017–18)House6101310017%7%14
191st (2019–20)House17200762012%4%207
192nd (2021–22)House3271010104022%3%205
193rd (2023–24)House50130016192026%4%108
194th (2025–26)House53140012002726%*1%59

Enacted bills as lead sponsor

  • H4404 (190th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Sonia Morales, employee of the Department of Youth Services · Chapter 102 of the Acts of 2018
  • H2376 (191st): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Brian S. Bibeau, an employee of the Department of Correction · Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2019
  • H3994 (191st): An Act authorizing Scott Wood to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the City of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2020
  • H4099 (192nd): An Act designating a certain bridge in the city of Haverhill as the Ted and Mary Murphy Bridge · Chapter 199 of the Acts of 2022
  • H4636 (192nd): An Act providing for the election of at large and ward councilors and school committee members in the city of Haverhill · Chapter 195 of the Acts of 2022
  • H5014 (192nd): An Act authorizing the Haverhill Retirement Board to grant credible service to John Farrell · Chapter 296 of the Acts of 2022
  • H5278 (192nd): An Act authorizing Melanie Figueroa to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 320 of the Acts of 2022
  • H5283 (192nd): An Act authorizing Lauren Bonnell to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 321 of the Acts of 2022
  • H5376 (192nd): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Brittany S. Ketcham, an employee of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security · Chapter 310 of the Acts of 2022
  • H98 (192nd): An Act authorizing Trevor J. Seaboyer to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2021
  • H2677 (193rd): An Act authorizing the city of Haverhill to appoint retired police officers as detail police officers within said city for paid detail assignments · Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2024
  • H4147 (193rd): An Act authorizing Brandon Fredette to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2024
  • H4148 (193rd): An Act authorizing Brian Dacey to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 57 of the Acts of 2024
  • H4149 (193rd): An Act authorizing Derek Clark to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2024
  • H4859 (193rd): An Act authorizing Christina Rodriguez to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 303 of the Acts of 2024
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  • H4860 (193rd): An Act authorizing Gustavo Romero to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 304 of the Acts of 2024
  • H4950 (193rd): An Act authorizing Brian Dacey to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 305 of the Acts of 2024
  • H4951 (193rd): An Act authorizing Dante Perella to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 306 of the Acts of 2024
  • H4952 (193rd): An Act authorizing Jason Restituyo to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 307 of the Acts of 2024
  • H4953 (193rd): An Act authorizing Michael E. Jarvis, Jr. to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 308 of the Acts of 2024
  • H5061 (193rd): An Act authorizing Dave Michienzi to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 309 of the Acts of 2024
  • H5069 (193rd): An Act authorizing Gabriel Rosa to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 403 of the Acts of 2024
  • H5070 (193rd): An Act authorizing Juan Jimenez to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 404 of the Acts of 2024
  • H1338 (194th): An Act allowing fair compensation of Massachusetts credit union directors · Chapter 195 of the Acts of 2026
  • H2985 (194th): An Act authorizing Stephen Justice to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 57 of the Acts of 2026
  • H2986 (194th): An Act authorizing Javier Vargas to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2026
  • H2987 (194th): An Act authorizing Brittany Sproule to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 59 of the Acts of 2026
  • H2988 (194th): An Act authorizing Freddy Castaneda to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 60 of the Acts of 2026
  • H4057 (194th): An Act to authorize the mayor of the city of Haverhill to submit special legislation to increase the membership of the board of health from three members to five members · Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2026
  • H4203 (194th): An Act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill · Chapter 121 of the Acts of 2026
  • H4204 (194th): An Act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill · Chapter 122 of the Acts of 2026
  • H4390 (194th): An Act authorizing Nick Santos to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 95 of the Acts of 2026
  • H4442 (194th): An Act authorizing Anthony Morales to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 93 of the Acts of 2026
  • H4476 (194th): An Act authorizing Kenneth Navarro to take the civil service examination for the position of fire fighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 210 of the Acts of 2026
  • H4477 (194th): An Act authorizing William (Rob) Cargill to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 209 of the Acts of 2026
  • H4573 (194th): An Act authorizing Sean Duffy to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 199 of the Acts of 2026
  • H4879 (194th): An Act authorizing Jonathan Gagne to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 207 of the Acts of 2026

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

Andres X. Vargas cast 60 yes-or-no votes on the 60 accountability roll calls in this file (12 yes, 48 no).

Roll calls on rules, audits, public records, term limits and pay
DateMeasureVoteChamber result
January 30, 2019Amendment 1.0 (Jonathan Hecht): Time to review billsNoYeas 55, nays 103
January 30, 2019Amendment 2.0 (Jonathan Hecht): Time to review amendmentsNoYeas 47, nays 111
January 30, 2019Amendment 3.0 (Jonathan Hecht): Committee materials and votesNoYeas 49, nays 109
January 30, 2019Collective bargaining for House employees (curb on leadership control of staff); not a disclosure/power-of-leadership rule in the narrow sense (contested meaning)NoYeas 9, nays 149
January 30, 2019Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to InformationNoYeas 40, nays 118
January 30, 2019Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of HearingsNoYeas 35, nays 123
January 30, 2019Amendment 14.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Polls – 2 HoursNoYeas 44, nays 114
January 30, 2019Amendment 16.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): House AuditsNoYeas 35, nays 123
January 30, 2019Amendment 17.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): HWM Reports on BillsNoYeas 33, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 19.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionNoYeas 32, nays 126
January 30, 2019Amendment 20.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated AmendmentsNoYeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 22.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Votes on WebsiteNoYeas 44, nays 113
January 30, 2019Fingerprint remote voting from committee rooms (contested meaning)NoYeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 25.0 (Marc T. Lombardo): Matters considered in an informal sessionNoYeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 31.0 (John H. Rogers): Relative to Rule 18CNoYeas 43, nays 113
January 30, 2019Amendment 32.0 (Patrick Joseph Kearney): relative to Rule 100 ( c ) 3NoYeas 5, nays 152
January 30, 2019Amendment 33.0 (Patrick Joseph Kearney): relative to Rule 20A and Rule 33ANoYeas 5, nays 152
January 30, 2019Equitable office space (leadership allocates offices) (contested meaning)NoYeas 11, nays 146
January 30, 2019Amendment 38.0 (Denise Provost): To assure adequate time to prepare and file amendmentsNoYeas 44, nays 113
January 30, 2019Amendment 41.0 (Russell E. Holmes): Equal Pay Amendment IINoYeas 5, nays 152
January 30, 2019House rules (H2019), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 125, nays 32
January 30, 2019Conference-committee appointment deadline; adopted 157-0 (contested meaning)YesYeas 157, nays 0
January 30, 2019Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Roll Calls on WebsiteNoYeas 47, nays 110
January 30, 2019Amendment 12.0 (Marc T. Lombardo): Informal SessionNoYeas 36, nays 121
January 30, 2019Joint rules (H2021), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 157, nays 0
February 24, 2021Amendment 8.0 (Erika Uyterhoeven): Public Committee Votes and TestimonyNoYeas 36, nays 122
February 24, 2021Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Electronic PollNoYeas 38, nays 121
February 24, 2021Amendment 6.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Procurement AmendmentNoYeas 34, nays 125
February 24, 2021Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Conference Committee ReportNoYeas 35, nays 123
February 24, 2021Joint rules (H68), rules package: on adoption of the Order (contested meaning)YesYeas 128, nays 31
July 7, 2021Remote voting for members on military duty; adopted 160-0 (contested meaning)YesYeas 160, nays 0
July 7, 2021Amendment 2.0 (Tami L. Gouveia): Speaker Term LimitsNoYeas 35, nays 125
July 7, 2021Amendment 6.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of HearingsNoYeas 30, nays 129
July 7, 2021Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Polls - 2 HoursNoYeas 35, nays 124
July 7, 2021Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to InformationNoYeas 33, nays 126
July 7, 2021Amendment 13.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated AmendmentsNoYeas 32, nays 127
July 7, 2021Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Votes on WebsiteNoYeas 38, nays 121
July 7, 2021Amendment 16.0 (Erika Uyterhoeven): Public Committee VotesNoYeas 41, nays 117
July 7, 2021Amendment 3.0 (Christopher M. Markey): Review Period for Released BillsNoYeas 39, nays 119
July 7, 2021House rules (H3930), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 129, nays 29
February 1, 2023Amendment 7.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Time to review technical/ perfecting amendmentsNoYeas 23, nays 130
February 1, 2023Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated AmendmentsNoYeas 23, nays 130
February 1, 2023House rules (H2023), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 153, nays 0
February 1, 2023Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionNoYeas 23, nays 130
February 1, 2023Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Hearing ScheduleNoYeas 24, nays 129
February 1, 2023Joint rules (H2025), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 153, nays 0
February 25, 2025Amendment 2.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Roll CallsNoYeas 23, nays 128
February 25, 2025Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Formal Session NotificationNoYeas 23, nays 128
February 25, 2025Amendment 4.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): General Court AuditsNoYeas 23, nays 128
February 25, 2025Amendment 5.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Opinion of the JusticesNoYeas 23, nays 128
February 25, 2025Amendment 6.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee PollsNoYeas 23, nays 128
February 25, 2025Amendment 7.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Poll NotificationNoYeas 23, nays 128
February 25, 2025Joint rules (H2026), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 128, nays 23
February 25, 2025Amendment 18.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Time to Review LegislationNoYeas 23, nays 128
February 25, 2025Amendment 17.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Audit by State AuditorNoYeas 24, nays 127
February 25, 2025Amendment 2.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee PollsNoYeas 23, nays 128
February 25, 2025Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Poll NotificationsNoYeas 23, nays 128
February 25, 2025House rules (H2024), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 128, nays 23
June 26, 2025Joint rules (conference report) (S2545), rules package: on acceptance (contested meaning)YesYeas 147, nays 2
June 3, 2026Engross H.5469 (public records law applied to the Legislature). Reform advocates split (contested meaning)YesYeas 125, nays 28

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

Andres X. Vargas’s committee reported $195,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2017–2026.

By year (years in the Legislature)
YearContributions
2017$27,000
2018$4,250
2019$18,000
2020$32,000
2021$50,000
2022$8,500
2023$14,000
2024$20,000
2025$12,000
2026$9,050
By kind of contributor
KindTotalShare
Individuals$163,00083%
Unions and associations$18,0009%
Political committees and PACs$15,0008%
Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reportedShare
A named employer61%
Self-employed15%
Retired3%
Not employed20%
Not reported or withheld1%

Not counted as contributions: $91,000 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).

Largest employers and organizations
Employer or organizationKindTotalContributions
LIUNA - LOCAL 175union or association$4,0005
QUANTORIindividuals, by employer$4,0004
GOLD LEAF FINE JEWELRYindividuals, by employer$3,0009
TRINITY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICEindividuals, by employer$3,0006
ELM ACTION FUNDcommittee or PAC$2,5733
MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMMcommittee or PAC$2,5005
BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATIONindividuals, by employer$2,5003
TRINITYindividuals, by employer$2,0506
ESPARKindividuals, by employer$2,0002
MA & NO NEW ENGLAND LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCILunion or association$2,0004

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Vargas Committee (CPF 16742). 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.