Senate · Democrat

John C. Velis

Current member · Hampden and Hampshire

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Westfield

First elected

House 2014 (special); Senate 2020 (special)

Prior public offices

Member, City of Westfield's Commission for Citizens with Disabilities

Occupation

Attorney, Veteran of the US Army Reserves, Current Member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
Session	Chamber	District	Lines	Note
189th (2015–16)	House	4th Hampden	2011 lines
190th (2017–18)	House	4th Hampden	2011 lines
191st (2019–20)	House	4th Hampden	2011 lines
191st (2019–20)	Senate	Second Hampden and Hampshire	2011 lines	moved from the House to the Senate
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	Second Hampden and Hampshire	2011 lines
193rd (2023–24)	Senate	Hampden and Hampshire	2021 lines
194th (2025–26)	Senate	Hampden and Hampshire	2021 lines

John C. Velis appears in both chambers in the 191st General Court: the seat changed during the session.

Posts and stipends

John C. Velis was paid $229,063 in leadership and committee stipends from 2017 to 2026 (2026 to date).

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)	Vice chair, Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs	$5,200	$5,200
191st (2019–20)	Vice chair, Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs	$5,633	$5,502
192nd (2021–22)	Chair, Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities	$22,951	$22,951
193rd (2023–24)	Chair, Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Elder Affairs	$40,936	$40,936
194th (2025–26)	Chair, Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery; Chair, Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs	$44,862	$34,893 (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

Hampden and Hampshire on its 2021 lines: 9 cities and towns, 167,628 residents (2020).

Westfield 24% · Holyoke 23% · West Springfield 17% · Agawam 17% · Easthampton 10% · Southampton 4% · Chicopee 4%, 11% of the town · Russell under 1% · Montgomery 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: 57 for all state aid and 52 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)	4th Hampden	$144,000	$0	$3.52 · 61st of 160	$3.52 · 60th of 160
190th (2017–18)	4th Hampden	$250,000	$0	$3.06 · 110th of 160	$3.06 · 109th of 160
191st (2019–20)	4th Hampden	$215,000	$0	$2.63 · 112th of 160	$2.63 · 112th of 160
191st (2019–20)	Second Hampden and Hampshire	$1.3M	$0	$4.31 · 19th of 40	$4.31 · 19th of 40
192nd (2021–22)	Second Hampden and Hampshire	$2.3M	$0	$7.28 · 20th of 40	$7.28 · 19th of 40
193rd (2023–24)	Hampden and Hampshire	$2.5M	$0	$7.35 · 26th of 40	$7.35 · 25th of 40
194th (2025–26)	Hampden and Hampshire	$838,000	$0	$5.00 · 35th of 40	$5.00 · 35th 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)	4th Hampden	$219,000	$5.36 · 51st of 160	$219,000	$5.36 · 55th of 160
190th (2017–18)	4th Hampden	$250,000	$3.06 · 119th of 160	$325,000	$3.98 · 96th of 160
191st (2019–20)	4th Hampden	$315,000	$3.86 · 103rd of 160	$315,000	$3.86 · 104th of 160
191st (2019–20)	Second Hampden and Hampshire	$1.6M	$5.27 · 18th of 40	$1.6M	$5.27 · 21st of 40
192nd (2021–22)	Second Hampden and Hampshire	$2.5M	$7.84 · 22nd of 40	$2.6M	$8.16 · 21st of 40
193rd (2023–24)	Hampden and Hampshire	$2.4M	$7.31 · 35th of 40	$3M	$8.84 · 28th of 40
194th (2025–26)	Hampden and Hampshire	$663,000	$3.96 · 38th of 40	$838,000	$5.00 · 38th of 40

Budget amendments

John C. Velis sponsored 172 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $74.5 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

172

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

59%

100 of 169

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

50%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 169 with a known outcome, 100 were adopted (59%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 84 (50%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment John C. Velis filed (strong text matches)
Year	Amount	Enacted budget text (excerpt)	Amendment
FY2025	$1M	“contingency management programs to support individuals with stimulant use disorder”	S4 #381
FY2022	$800,000	“the recovery works program at Massachusetts General Hospital to enhance long-term recovery by offering: (i) individualized career coaching, legal…”	S3 #478
FY2026	$500,000	“the Behavioral Health Integrated Resources for Children (BIRCh) project to continue the operations of the school-based behavioral health technical…”	S3 #734
FY2024	$500,000	“develop and implement behavioral health consultation services that are accessible to school personnel and students in kindergarten to grade 12…”	S3 #531
FY2024	$457,000 (shared two ways)	“the Disabled American Veterans Department of Massachusetts Service Fund, Inc. to provide counseling and benefits assistance to disabled veterans and…”	S3 #352

Strong matches: 77 enacted items, $7.9 million (the member’s share where several amendments claim one clause). House attribution is inferred throughout, because the House adopts most amendments inside consolidated amendments.

11 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

John C. Velis filed 278 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; six were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 3% of their lead bills were enacted on their own, against chamber medians of 1% 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	Pending (session open)	Enacted rate	Chamber median	Cosponsored
189th (2015–16)	House	15	3	1	10	1	0	0	0	20%	6%	100
190th (2017–18)	House	24	0	0	18	4	0	2	0	0%	7%	177
191st (2019–20)	Senate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	no bills filed	3%	1
191st (2019–20)	House	21	0	0	13	4	0	4	0	0%	4%	231
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	54	2	2	22	21	2	5	0	4%	2%	102
193rd (2023–24)	Senate	85	1	2	33	44	2	3	0	1%	1%	133
194th (2025–26)	Senate	79	0	0	35	0	0	0	44	0%*	1%	104

Enacted bills as lead sponsor

H1641 (189th): An Act relative to the false representation of military status · Chapter 128 of the Acts of 2015
H1642 (189th): An Act designating the Westfield division of the district court of western Hampden as the John M. Greaney Courthouse · Chapter 455 of the Acts of 2016
H4292 (189th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Christopher Mullen, an employee of the Hampshire Sheriff’s Office · Chapter 167 of the Acts of 2016
S2523 (192nd): An Act changing the term of office of the mayor in the city known as the town of Agawam to 4 years · Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2022
S2589 (192nd): An Act regulating special police officers in the city known as the town of Agawam · Chapter 315 of the Acts of 2022
S2547 (193rd): An Act amending the charter of the city of Westfield · Chapter 18 of the Acts of 2024

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

John C. Velis cast 94 yes-or-no votes on the 97 accountability roll calls in this file (20 yes, 74 no, three 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	No	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)	Yes	Yeas 116, nays 44
January 26, 2017	Enactment of the pay-raise bill	Yes	Yeas 116, nays 43
February 2, 2017	Override of Gov. Baker's veto of the pay-raise bill	Yes	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	No	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 30, 2019	Amendment 1.0 (Jonathan Hecht): Time to review bills	No	Yeas 55, nays 103
January 30, 2019	Amendment 2.0 (Jonathan Hecht): Time to review amendments	No	Yeas 47, nays 111
January 30, 2019	Amendment 3.0 (Jonathan Hecht): Committee materials and votes	No	Yeas 49, nays 109
January 30, 2019	Collective bargaining for House employees (curb on leadership control of staff); not a disclosure/power-of-leadership rule in the narrow sense (contested meaning)	No	Yeas 9, nays 149
January 30, 2019	Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to Information	No	Yeas 40, nays 118
January 30, 2019	Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of Hearings	No	Yeas 35, nays 123
January 30, 2019	Amendment 14.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Polls – 2 Hours	No	Yeas 44, nays 114
January 30, 2019	Amendment 16.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): House Audits	No	Yeas 35, nays 123
January 30, 2019	Amendment 17.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): HWM Reports on Bills	No	Yeas 33, nays 125
January 30, 2019	Amendment 19.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid Resolution	No	Yeas 32, nays 126
January 30, 2019	Amendment 20.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated Amendments	No	Yeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019	Amendment 22.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Votes on Website	No	Yeas 44, nays 113
January 30, 2019	Fingerprint remote voting from committee rooms (contested meaning)	No	Yeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019	Amendment 25.0 (Marc T. Lombardo): Matters considered in an informal session	No	Yeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019	Amendment 31.0 (John H. Rogers): Relative to Rule 18C	No	Yeas 43, nays 113
January 30, 2019	Amendment 32.0 (Patrick Joseph Kearney): relative to Rule 100 ( c ) 3	No	Yeas 5, nays 152
January 30, 2019	Amendment 33.0 (Patrick Joseph Kearney): relative to Rule 20A and Rule 33A	No	Yeas 5, nays 152
January 30, 2019	Equitable office space (leadership allocates offices) (contested meaning)	No	Yeas 11, nays 146
January 30, 2019	Amendment 38.0 (Denise Provost): To assure adequate time to prepare and file amendments	No	Yeas 44, nays 113
January 30, 2019	Amendment 41.0 (Russell E. Holmes): Equal Pay Amendment II	No	Yeas 5, nays 152
January 30, 2019	House rules (H2019), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 125, nays 32
January 30, 2019	Conference-committee appointment deadline; adopted 157-0 (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 157, nays 0
January 30, 2019	Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Roll Calls on Website	No	Yeas 47, nays 110
January 30, 2019	Amendment 12.0 (Marc T. Lombardo): Informal Session	No	Yeas 36, nays 121
January 30, 2019	Joint rules (H2021), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 157, 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
not available	Senate President election (contested meaning)	Voted for Karen E. Spilka	not available
February 9, 2023	Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Successive Legislative Days	No	Yeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023	Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Time of recess for consideration of new matters	No	Yeas 5, nays 33
February 9, 2023	Amendment 5.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10 pm	No	Yeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023	Amendment 6.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent to go past midnight	No	Yeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023	Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Manner of how member voted	No	Yeas 5, nays 33
February 9, 2023	Amd 23 (Rodrigues) strikes Rule 11B, the 8-year term limit on the Senate President; adopted 32-6	Yes	Yeas 32, nays 6
February 9, 2023	Strike remote-participation rules 57C/57D (contested meaning)	No	Yeas 3, nays 35
February 9, 2023	Remote voting conditions (contested meaning)	No	Yeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023	Senate rules (S17), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 37, nays 1
February 9, 2023	Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Filing of Conference Committee Report	No	Yeas 4, nays 35
February 9, 2023	Amendment 12.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Adding a Minority Report	No	Yeas 3, nays 36
not available	Joint rules (S18), 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 12, 2025	Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Number of bills to be heard	No	Yeas 5, nays 33
February 12, 2025	Amendment 9.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Minority conference committee report	No	Yeas 6, nays 32
February 12, 2025	Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): 48 Hours for conference committee reports	No	Yeas 5, nays 33
February 12, 2025	Amendment 13.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Timeline for review of conference committee reports	No	Yeas 6, nays 32
February 12, 2025	Amendment 22.0 (John F. Keenan): Considering Conference Reports	No	Yeas 9, nays 29
February 12, 2025	Amendment 26.0 (John F. Keenan): Preventing Unjustified Financial Gain for Members and Their Familes	Yes	Yeas 38, nays 0
February 12, 2025	Amendment 29.0 (John F. Keenan): Limiting Joint Committee Extensions	No	Yeas 6, nays 32
not available	Joint rules (S15), rules package: question on passing the bill to be engrossed (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
February 13, 2025	In-person voting conditions (contested meaning)	No	Yeas 5, nays 32
February 13, 2025	Amendment 36.0 (John F. Keenan): Continuing Beyond Midnight	No	Yeas 6, nays 31
February 13, 2025	Shorten period in which a matter can be laid on the table (dilatory motions) (contested meaning)	No	Yeas 5, nays 33
February 13, 2025	Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10PM	No	Yeas 6, nays 32
February 13, 2025	Amendment 19.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Virtual vote designation	No	Yeas 6, nays 31
February 13, 2025	Legislative days for Rule 24 (dilatory motions) (contested meaning)	No	Yeas 6, nays 32
February 13, 2025	Senate rules (S19), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
June 26, 2025	Joint rules (conference report) (S2545), rules package: question on acceptance of conference committee report (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 40, nays 0
May 28, 2026	S.3104 resolutions limiting the Senate's response to the Auditor to the SJC-defined 4 requests; no votes 5 Republicans + Montigny; contested (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 33, nays 6
July 30, 2026	Press shield amendment to S.3200; adopted 40-0; not about the Legislature's records (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 40, nays 0
July 30, 2026	Amd 18 (Tarr): apply the public records law to the General Court more fully	No	Yeas 6, nays 33
July 30, 2026	Senate passage of H.5469 34-6; no votes 5 Republicans + Montigny (too weak); contested (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 34, nays 6

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

John C. Velis’s committee reported $426,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2015–2026.

By year (years in the Legislature)
Year	Contributions
2015	$7,309
2016	$8,600
2017	$3,750
2018	$4,500
2019	$29,000
2020	$97,000
2021	$22,000
2022	$82,000
2023	$49,000
2024	$49,000
2025	$53,000
2026	$22,000

By kind of contributor
Kind	Total	Share
Individuals	$310,000	73%
Political committees and PACs	$98,000	23%
Unions and associations	$18,000	4%

Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reported	Share
A named employer	49%
Self-employed	27%
Retired	13%
Not employed	6%
Student	under 1%
Homemaker or at home	2%
Not reported or withheld	3%

Not counted as contributions: $7,313 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 organization	Kind	Total	Contributions
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC PARTY	committee or PAC	$30,000	8
SPECIALTY BOLT AND SCREW	individuals, by employer	$16,000	17
CHESTNUT REALTY	individuals, by employer	$8,000	8
COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTING	individuals, by employer	$5,000	8
BAYSTATE HEALTH	individuals, by employer	$5,000	7
MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMM	committee or PAC	$4,000	8
RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PAC	committee or PAC	$4,000	8
GOLDEN YEARS HOME CARE SERVICES	individuals, by employer	$4,000	7
COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTIONS	individuals, by employer	$3,750	6
MCL MECHANICAL SERVICES	individuals, by employer	$3,750	9

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Velis Committee (CPF 15709). 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.