Senate · Democrat

Diana DiZoglio

Former member, served 2015–2022 in the sessions covered here · First Essex

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Methuen

First elected

House 2012; Senate 2018

Left office

did not seek reelection in 2022 (not a candidate in the 2022 primary or general election for this seat); term ended January 4, 2023

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
Session	Chamber	District	Lines	Note
189th (2015–16)	House	14th Essex	2011 lines
190th (2017–18)	House	14th Essex	2011 lines
191st (2019–20)	Senate	First Essex	2011 lines	moved from the House to the Senate
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	First Essex	2011 lines

Posts and stipends

Diana DiZoglio was paid $89,662 in leadership and committee stipends from 2019 to 2022.

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
Session	Posts	First year	Second year
189th (2015–16)	No post recorded	not available	$0
190th (2017–18)	No post recorded	$0	$0
191st (2019–20)	Chair, Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities	$21,881	$21,881
192nd (2021–22)	Chair, Joint Committee on Export Development; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government	$22,951	$22,951

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 Essex on its 2011 lines: 7 cities and towns, 187,786 residents (2020).

Haverhill 36% · Methuen 28% · Newburyport 10% · Amesbury 9% · North Andover 8%, 50% of the town · Salisbury 5% · Merrimac 4%

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: 49 for all state aid and 53 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
189th (2015–16)	14th Essex	$109,000	$3,240	$2.29 · 89th of 160	$2.22 · 90th of 160
190th (2017–18)	14th Essex	$365,000	$13,000	$3.83 · 87th of 160	$3.69 · 91st of 160
191st (2019–20)	First Essex	$1.7M	$0	$4.59 · 15th of 40	$4.59 · 15th of 40
192nd (2021–22)	First Essex	$2.7M	$32,000	$7.07 · 23rd of 40	$6.99 · 24th 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
189th (2015–16)	14th Essex	$119,000	$2.50 · 99th of 160	$119,000	$2.50 · 102nd of 160
190th (2017–18)	14th Essex	$384,000	$4.02 · 88th of 160	$384,000	$4.02 · 93rd of 160
191st (2019–20)	First Essex	$1.7M	$4.64 · 25th of 40	$1.8M	$4.80 · 26th of 40
192nd (2021–22)	First Essex	$2.6M	$6.86 · 33rd of 40	$2.9M	$7.66 · 28th of 40

Budget amendments

Diana DiZoglio sponsored 179 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $124 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

179

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

50%

87 of 174

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

48%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 174 with a known outcome, 87 were adopted (50%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 83 (48%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment Diana DiZoglio filed (strong text matches)
Year	Amount	Enacted budget text (excerpt)	Amendment
FY2020	$500,000	“families and individuals who are at risk of injury or harm due to domestic violence in their current housing situation and whose household income is…”	S3 #1007
FY2020	$200,000	“organizations providing tax assistance services to individuals and families qualifying for the volunteer income tax assistance program, in…”	S3 #12
FY2018	$200,000	“Career Resources Corporation in Haverhill toward employment services for veterans with disabilities”	H3600 #405
FY2017	$200,000	“Career Resources Corporation in Haverhill toward employment services for veterans with disabilities”	H4200 #895
FY2020	$150,000	“a pilot program in the Merrimack Valley to provide transportation services to detoxification and rehabilitation facilities in coordination with the…”	S3 #569

Strong matches: 52 enacted items, $2.9 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.

36 outcomes are inferred by matching amendment text to the House’s consolidated amendments, because the House records most amendments only as “Consolidated A–G.” For 8 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

Diana DiZoglio filed 392 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; 16 were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 4% of their lead bills were enacted on their own, against chamber medians of 2% 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
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
189th (2015–16)	House	35	3	1	20	6	0	5	9%	6%	208
190th (2017–18)	House	55	2	1	46	5	0	1	4%	7%	224
191st (2019–20)	Senate	135	4	5	82	27	9	8	3%	3%	377
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	167	7	3	118	32	0	7	4%	2%	326

Enacted bills as lead sponsor

H2272 (189th): An Act exempting Albert P. Manzi, III from the maximum age requirement for applying for civil service appointment as a police officer in the town of North Andover · Chapter 151 of the Acts of 2015
H3921 (189th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Brian Sheehan, an employee of the Middlesex County Sheriff's Office · Chapter 81 of the Acts of 2016
H4121 (189th): An Act establishing a pulmonary hypertension task force · Chapter 459 of the Acts of 2016
H3794 (190th): An Act exempting J. Adam Stagno from the maximum age requirement for applying for civil service appointment as a police officer in the Town of North Andover · Chapter 333 of the Acts of 2018
H5020 (190th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Matthew Clark, an employee of the Trial Court · Chapter 389 of the Acts of 2018
S2265 (191st): An Act exempting Paul Jacques from the maximum age requirement for applying for civil service appointment as a police officer in the town of North Andover · Chapter 294 of the Acts of 2020
S2373 (191st): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Daniel Kiley, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health · Chapter 130 of the Acts of 2019
S2597 (191st): An Act authorizing the town of Salisbury to assume control of the Ring’s Island Water District · Chapter 73 of the Acts of 2020
S2626 (191st): An Act prohibiting town officials in the town of North Andover from holding certain other town positions · Chapter 297 of the Acts of 2020
S1697 (192nd): An Act authorizing Nikos Sofronas to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 281 of the Acts of 2022
S2447 (192nd): An Act authorizing Brigette Hamel to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement · Chapter 96 of the Acts of 2021
S2449 (192nd): An Act amending the charter of the city of Amesbury to increase the term of the mayor to 4 years · Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2021
S2450 (192nd): An Act amending the charter of the city of Amesbury relative to the position of school committee chair · Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2021
S3015 (192nd): An Act relative to designating certain portions of Interstate Highway Route 495 as the Susannah North Martin Highway · Chapter 229 of the Acts of 2022
S3024 (192nd): An Act exempting Jesus Melendez from the maximum age requirement for firefighter in the town of North Andover · Chapter 314 of the Acts of 2022

Show all 16

S3133 (192nd): An Act amending the charter of the city of Amesbury · Chapter 301 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

Diana DiZoglio cast 49 yes-or-no votes on the 50 accountability roll calls in this file (27 yes, 22 no, one for a named candidate).

Roll calls on rules, audits, public records, term limits and pay
Date	Measure	Vote	Chamber result
January 25, 2017	Recommit the 2017 pay-raise bill (H.58) to Ways and Means	No	Yeas 35, nays 125
January 25, 2017	Amd 3 (Lyons): legislators' raise not effective until next General Court	Yes	Yeas 40, nays 120
January 25, 2017	Amd 5 (Lyons): cap the increases at 4%	No	Yeas 36, nays 124
January 25, 2017	Engrossment of the pay-raise bill (stipend increases)	No	Yeas 116, nays 44
January 26, 2017	Enactment of the pay-raise bill	No	Yeas 116, nays 43
February 2, 2017	Override of Gov. Baker's veto of the pay-raise bill	No	Yeas 116, nays 43
February 2, 2017	Amendment 1.0 (Geoff Diehl): Text of the proposed House amendment (Representative Diehl) to the House Bill relative to Rank and File (House, No. 2017)	No	Yeas 34, nays 124
February 2, 2017	Sustain the Chair's ruling (point of order, Mr. Mark) against Diehl amd 2, Speaker term limits	Yes	Yeas 123, nays 33
February 2, 2017	Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): 24 Hour Time Frame for Bills to Be Acted On	No	Yeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017	Amendment 4.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to Information	No	Yeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017	Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of Hearings	No	Yeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017	Amendment 10.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Equal Representation on Ethics Committee	No	Yeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017	Amendment 15.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Inoculators	No	Yeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017	Amendment 16.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid Resolution	No	Yeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017	Amendment 27.0 (James J. Lyons, Jr.): Defining and Limiting Informal Session	No	Yeas 34, nays 124
February 2, 2017	Amendment 20.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to House financial accounts audits	No	Yeas 34, nays 125
February 2, 2017	Amendment 21.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to committee votes	Yes	Yeas 41, nays 118
February 2, 2017	Amendment 5.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid Resolution	No	Yeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017	Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Roll Calls on Website	No	Yeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017	Amendment 13.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Reports of Conference Filing Deadline	No	Yeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017	Amendment 14.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to committee votes	No	Yeas 38, nays 121
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	Yes	Yeas 4, nays 35
February 11, 2021	Amendment 6.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent to go past midnight	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 7.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10 pm	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 8.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Successive formal sessions	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 15.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Anti-harassment and bystander intervention training	Yes	Yeas 10, nays 29
February 11, 2021	Amendment 20.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Amendments to other appropriations bills	Yes	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	Yes	Yeas 7, nays 32
February 11, 2021	Amendment 44.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Hearings	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 33
February 11, 2021	Amendment 49.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Adoption amendment - Rule 24	Yes	Yeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Minority Leader appointments to committees (partisan allocation) (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 4, nays 35
February 11, 2021	Amendment 24.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Notice of legislative matters	Yes	Yeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): New items on the calendar	Yes	Yeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Filing of conference committee report	Yes	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

Diana DiZoglio’s committee reported $873,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2015–2022.

By year (years in the Legislature)
Year	Contributions
2015	$11,000
2016	$19,000
2017	$16,000
2018	$128,000
2019	$48,000
2020	$12,000
2021	$229,000
2022	$410,000

By kind of contributor
Kind	Total	Share
Individuals	$699,000	80%
Political committees and PACs	$115,000	13%
Unions and associations	$59,000	7%

Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reported	Share
A named employer	58%
Self-employed	23%
Retired	4%
Not employed	8%
Student	under 1%
Homemaker or at home	2%
Not reported or withheld	5%

Not counted as contributions: $105,000 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 $478,000 in years the member was not in the Legislature (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026), 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
MA DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE	committee or PAC	$21,000	1
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE	committee or PAC	$18,000	1
WHITTIER HEALTH	individuals, by employer	$11,000	12
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS	individuals, by employer	$10,000	19
SPS NEW ENGLAND	individuals, by employer	$9,000	9
TRINITY AMBULANCE	individuals, by employer	$5,600	14
LIUNA - LOCAL 175	union or association	$5,200	5
CITY OF HAVERHILL	individuals, by employer	$5,000	7
METHUEN POLICE DEPARTMENT	individuals, by employer	$5,000	12
BUTCHER BOY	individuals, by employer	$4,500	7

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: DiZoglio Committee (CPF 15465). 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.