Commonwealth Report Legislators Method

Senate · Democrat

Anthony W. Petruccelli

Former member, served 2015–2016 in the sessions covered here · First Suffolk and Middlesex

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Boston

First elected

House 1999 (special); Senate 2007 (special)

Left office

resigned to join a lobbying firm (2016-01); successor elected in special election May 10, 2016

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
SessionChamberDistrictLinesNote
189th (2015–16)SenateFirst Suffolk and Middlesex2011 lines

Posts and stipends

No stipend payments to Anthony W. Petruccelli are recorded for 2016–2026.

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
SessionPostsFirst yearSecond year
189th (2015–16)Majority Whipnot availablenot available

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

First Suffolk and Middlesex on its 2011 lines: 4 cities and towns, 197,275 residents (2020).

Boston · Revere · Cambridge · Winthrop

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: 48 for all state aid and 40 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
189th (2015–16)First Suffolk and Middlesex$861,000$0$4.36 · 10th of 40$4.36 · 10th 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)
SessionDistrictPlaced in the districtPer resident per budget, rankEverything placedPer resident per budget, rank
189th (2015–16)First Suffolk and Middlesex$1.4M$7.00 · 7th of 40$1.7M$8.38 · 6th of 40

Budget amendments

No budget amendments sponsored by Anthony W. Petruccelli are recorded for FY2017–FY2026.

The amendment corpus covers every amendment filed to the House and Senate budgets, FY2017–FY2026. Leadership shapes the budget mostly through base text and conference, which no member is credited with here.

Bills sponsored

Anthony W. Petruccelli filed 35 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; two were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 6% of their lead bills were enacted on their own, against a chamber median of 4% 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 billSent to studyReported favorably, then diedNo actionEnacted rateChamber medianCosponsored
189th (2015–16)Senate352223716%4%34

Enacted bills as lead sponsor

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

No recorded votes for Anthony W. Petruccelli on the accountability measures in this file.

The file covers selected roll calls on the Legislature’s own rules, audits, public records, term limits and pay, 2017–2026.

Campaign money in

Anthony W. Petruccelli’s committee reported $56,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2015–2015.

By year (years in the Legislature)
YearContributions
2015$56,000
By kind of contributor
KindTotalShare
Individuals$49,00088%
Political committees and PACs$5,30010%
Unions and associations$1,4003%
Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reportedShare
A named employer66%
Self-employed19%
Retired8%
Not employed1%
Homemaker or at home1%
Not reported or withheld5%
Largest employers and organizations
Employer or organizationKindTotalContributions
ARBELLA INSURANCE GROUPindividuals, by employer$4,0008
CITY REALTYindividuals, by employer$2,0002
HEATH PROPERTIESindividuals, by employer$1,5003
ATLAS DISTRIBUTINGindividuals, by employer$1,0002
BESSEMER VENTURESindividuals, by employer$1,0001
BLACKBAUDindividuals, by employer$1,0001
BOSTON BEERindividuals, by employer$1,0001
CHARLES RIVER VENTURESindividuals, by employer$1,0001
EDUCATION REFORM NOWindividuals, by employer$1,0001
HORIZON BEVERAGEindividuals, by employer$1,0002

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Petruccelli Committee (CPF 13441). 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.