Commonwealth Report Legislators Method

Senate · Democrat

Nick Collins

Current member · First Suffolk

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Boston

First elected

House 2010; Senate 2018

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
SessionChamberDistrictLinesNote
189th (2015–16)House4th Suffolk2011 lines
190th (2017–18)House4th Suffolk2011 lines
190th (2017–18)SenateFirst Suffolk2011 linesmoved from the House to the Senate
191st (2019–20)SenateFirst Suffolk2011 lines
192nd (2021–22)SenateFirst Suffolk2011 lines
193rd (2023–24)SenateFirst Suffolk2021 lines
194th (2025–26)SenateFirst Suffolk2021 lines

Nick Collins appears in both chambers in the 190th General Court: the seat changed during the session.

Posts and stipends

Nick Collins was paid $326,789 in leadership and committee stipends from 2017 to 2026 (2026 to date).

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
SessionPostsFirst yearSecond year
189th (2015–16)Vice chair, House Committee on Personnel and Administrationnot available$0
190th (2017–18)Chair, Joint Committee on Export Development; Vice chair, Senate Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies$15,000$18,260
191st (2019–20)Chair, Joint Committee on Export Development; Vice chair, Senate Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets$21,881$21,881
192nd (2021–22)Chair, Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy$22,951$37,175
193rd (2023–24)Chair, Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses$48,032$48,032
194th (2025–26)Chair, Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight; Vice Chair, Senate Post Audit and Oversight; Vice Chair, Joint Economic Development$52,638$40,941 (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

First Suffolk on its 2021 lines: 1 city or town, 184,255 residents (2020).

Boston

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: 43 for all state aid and 36 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)4th Suffolk$258,000$0$5.26 · 34th of 160$5.26 · 33rd of 160
190th (2017–18)4th Suffolk$1.4M$11,000$14.75 · 2nd of 160$14.64 · 2nd of 160
190th (2017–18)First Suffolk$3M$40,000$8.60 · 2nd of 40$8.49 · 3rd of 40
191st (2019–20)First Suffolk$2.5M$280,000$7.04 · 5th of 40$6.24 · 5th of 40
192nd (2021–22)First Suffolk$4.6M$292,000$13.17 · 5th of 40$12.34 · 4th of 40
193rd (2023–24)First Suffolk$7.3M$0$19.84 · 3rd of 40$19.84 · 3rd of 40
194th (2025–26)First Suffolk$5.9M$0$31.84 · 3rd of 40$31.84 · 3rd 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)4th Suffolk$494,000$10.07 · 13th of 160$542,000$11.05 · 14th of 160
190th (2017–18)4th Suffolk$2.1M$21.59 · 3rd of 160$2.2M$22.64 · 3rd of 160
190th (2017–18)First Suffolk$5.2M$14.90 · 2nd of 40$5.6M$15.85 · 3rd of 40
191st (2019–20)First Suffolk$6.8M$19.18 · 2nd of 40$7M$19.87 · 2nd of 40
192nd (2021–22)First Suffolk$11.5M$32.64 · 2nd of 40$11.9M$33.75 · 3rd of 40
193rd (2023–24)First Suffolk$17.7M$47.97 · 2nd of 40$18.4M$49.97 · 3rd of 40
194th (2025–26)First Suffolk$10M$54.01 · 2nd of 40$10.9M$59.01 · 3rd of 40

Budget amendments

Nick Collins sponsored 471 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $176 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

471

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

26%

113 of 436

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

43%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 436 with a known outcome, 113 were adopted (26%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 190 (43%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment Nick Collins filed (strong text matches)
YearAmountEnacted budget text (excerpt)Amendment
FY2021$500,000“the hazardous materials response team in the cities of Cambridge, Everett and Boston”S4 #303
FY2026$400,000“the department of state police Troop H for capital expenditures and to conduct dedicated patrols along the Southwest Corridor park in the Back Bay…”S3 #899
FY2023$350,000“the Castle Island and Marine Park Trust Fund established in section 35III of chapter 10 of the General Laws”S4 #114
FY2022$300,000“the Castle Island and Marine Park Trust Fund for purposes including, but not limited to, maintenance and programming”S3 #352
FY2022$300,000“the Boston police department for the purpose of gun violence prevention by the youth violence strike force in collaboration with nonprofit…”S3 #664

Strong matches: 125 enacted items, $10.7 million (the member’s share where several amendments claim one clause). A further two weaker text matches are 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.

14 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 45 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

Nick Collins filed 322 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; 12 were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 4% 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
SessionChamberLead billsEnactedFolded into an enacted billLaid before the Governor (pending)Sent to studyReported favorably, then diedReported adversely or withdrawnNo actionPending (session open)History not availableEnacted rateChamber medianCosponsored
189th (2015–16)House54200411100004%6%61
190th (2017–18)Senate40000301000%3%2
190th (2017–18)House32320161001009%7%88
191st (2019–20)Senate77300342893004%3%180
192nd (2021–22)Senate59200321636003%2%82
193rd (2023–24)Senate46000222012010%1%173
194th (2025–26)Senate50211190002704%*1%246

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

Nick Collins cast 81 yes-or-no votes on the 84 accountability roll calls in this file (25 yes, 56 no, three for a named candidate).

Roll calls on rules, audits, public records, term limits and pay
DateMeasureVoteChamber result
January 25, 2017Recommit the 2017 pay-raise bill (H.58) to Ways and MeansNoYeas 35, nays 125
January 25, 2017Amd 3 (Lyons): legislators' raise not effective until next General CourtNoYeas 40, nays 120
January 25, 2017Amd 5 (Lyons): cap the increases at 4%NoYeas 36, nays 124
January 25, 2017Engrossment of the pay-raise bill (stipend increases)YesYeas 116, nays 44
January 26, 2017Enactment of the pay-raise billYesYeas 116, nays 43
February 2, 2017Override of Gov. Baker's veto of the pay-raise billYesYeas 116, nays 43
February 2, 2017Amendment 1.0 (Geoff Diehl): Text of the proposed House amendment (Representative Diehl) to the House Bill relative to Rank and File (House, No. 2017)NoYeas 34, nays 124
February 2, 2017Sustain the Chair's ruling (point of order, Mr. Mark) against Diehl amd 2, Speaker term limitsYesYeas 123, nays 33
February 2, 2017Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): 24 Hour Time Frame for Bills to Be Acted OnNoYeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 4.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to InformationNoYeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of HearingsNoYeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017Amendment 10.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Equal Representation on Ethics CommitteeNoYeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 15.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): InoculatorsNoYeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017Amendment 16.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionNoYeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017Amendment 27.0 (James J. Lyons, Jr.): Defining and Limiting Informal SessionNoYeas 34, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 20.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to House financial accounts auditsNoYeas 34, nays 125
February 2, 2017Amendment 21.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to committee votesNoYeas 41, nays 118
February 2, 2017Amendment 5.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionNoYeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Roll Calls on WebsiteNoYeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017Amendment 13.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Reports of Conference Filing DeadlineNoYeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017Amendment 14.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to committee votesNoYeas 38, nays 121
January 31, 2019Amendment 1.1 (Bruce E. Tarr): Posting of Committee Roll Call VotesYesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 1.0 (Walter F. Timilty): Improving Access to RecordsYesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Informal SessionYesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 3.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Conference Committee ReportNoYeas 8, nays 31
January 31, 2019Amendment 11.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Audit of accountsYesYeas 39, nays 0
not availableJoint rules (S9), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 1.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Non disclosure agreementsYesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 7.1 (Rebecca L. Rausch): anti-harassment and assaultYesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 5.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Numbers of bills considered at a hearingNoYeas 8, nays 31
January 31, 2019Amendment 17.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Matters considered in an informal sessionNoYeas 6, nays 33
January 31, 2019Amendment 25.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consentNoYeas 6, nays 33
not availableSenate rules (S8), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
not availableSenate President election (contested meaning)Voted for Karen E. Spilkanot available
February 11, 2021Amendment 3.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Members receiving SWM GAA recommendationNoYeas 4, nays 35
February 11, 2021Amendment 6.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent to go past midnightNoYeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021Amendment 7.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10 pmNoYeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021Amendment 8.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Successive formal sessionsNoYeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021Amendment 15.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Anti-harassment and bystander intervention trainingNoYeas 10, nays 29
February 11, 2021Amendment 20.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Amendments to other appropriations billsNoYeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021Accessibility; adopted 39-0 (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
February 11, 2021Supplier diversity; adopted 39-0 (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
February 11, 2021Amendment 42.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Consideration of further and redrafted amendmentsNoYeas 7, nays 32
February 11, 2021Amendment 44.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): HearingsNoYeas 6, nays 33
February 11, 2021Amendment 49.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Adoption amendment - Rule 24NoYeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021Minority Leader appointments to committees (partisan allocation) (contested meaning)NoYeas 4, nays 35
February 11, 2021Amendment 24.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Notice of legislative mattersNoYeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): New items on the calendarNoYeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Filing of conference committee reportNoYeas 6, nays 33
February 11, 2021Amendment 14.0 (James B. Eldridge): Lengthening public notice period for legislative hearingsYesYeas 39, nays 0
not availableSenate President election (contested meaning)Voted for Karen E. Spilkanot available
February 9, 2023Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Successive Legislative DaysNoYeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Time of recess for consideration of new mattersNoYeas 5, nays 33
February 9, 2023Amendment 5.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10 pmNoYeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023Amendment 6.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent to go past midnightNoYeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Manner of how member votedNoYeas 5, nays 33
February 9, 2023Amd 23 (Rodrigues) strikes Rule 11B, the 8-year term limit on the Senate President; adopted 32-6YesYeas 32, nays 6
February 9, 2023Strike remote-participation rules 57C/57D (contested meaning)NoYeas 3, nays 35
February 9, 2023Remote voting conditions (contested meaning)NoYeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023Senate rules (S17), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)YesYeas 37, nays 1
February 9, 2023Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Filing of Conference Committee ReportNoYeas 4, nays 35
February 9, 2023Amendment 12.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Adding a Minority ReportNoYeas 3, nays 36
not availableJoint rules (S18), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
not availableSenate President election (contested meaning)Voted for Karen E. Spilkanot available
February 12, 2025Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Number of bills to be heardNoYeas 5, nays 33
February 12, 2025Amendment 9.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Minority conference committee reportNoYeas 6, nays 32
February 12, 2025Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): 48 Hours for conference committee reportsNoYeas 5, nays 33
February 12, 2025Amendment 13.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Timeline for review of conference committee reportsNoYeas 6, nays 32
February 12, 2025Amendment 22.0 (John F. Keenan): Considering Conference ReportsNoYeas 9, nays 29
February 12, 2025Amendment 26.0 (John F. Keenan): Preventing Unjustified Financial Gain for Members and Their FamilesYesYeas 38, nays 0
February 12, 2025Amendment 29.0 (John F. Keenan): Limiting Joint Committee ExtensionsNoYeas 6, nays 32
not availableJoint rules (S15), rules package: question on passing the bill to be engrossed (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
February 13, 2025In-person voting conditions (contested meaning)NoYeas 5, nays 32
February 13, 2025Amendment 36.0 (John F. Keenan): Continuing Beyond MidnightNoYeas 6, nays 31
February 13, 2025Shorten period in which a matter can be laid on the table (dilatory motions) (contested meaning)NoYeas 5, nays 33
February 13, 2025Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10PMNoYeas 6, nays 32
February 13, 2025Amendment 19.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Virtual vote designationNoYeas 6, nays 31
February 13, 2025Legislative days for Rule 24 (dilatory motions) (contested meaning)NoYeas 6, nays 32
February 13, 2025Senate rules (S19), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
June 26, 2025Joint rules (conference report) (S2545), rules package: question on acceptance of conference committee report (contested meaning)YesYeas 40, nays 0
May 28, 2026S.3104 resolutions limiting the Senate's response to the Auditor to the SJC-defined 4 requests; no votes 5 Republicans + Montigny; contested (contested meaning)YesYeas 33, nays 6
July 30, 2026Press shield amendment to S.3200; adopted 40-0; not about the Legislature's records (contested meaning)YesYeas 40, nays 0
July 30, 2026Amd 18 (Tarr): apply the public records law to the General Court more fullyNoYeas 6, nays 33
July 30, 2026Senate passage of H.5469 34-6; no votes 5 Republicans + Montigny (too weak); contested (contested meaning)YesYeas 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

Nick Collins’s committee reported $2.2 million in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2015–2026.

By year (years in the Legislature)
YearContributions
2015$101,000
2016$140,000
2017$127,000
2018$247,000
2019$222,000
2020$218,000
2021$311,000
2022$123,000
2023$127,000
2024$149,000
2025$116,000
2026$360,000
By kind of contributor
KindTotalShare
Individuals$2.1M93%
Political committees and PACs$121,0005%
Unions and associations$38,0002%
Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reportedShare
A named employer59%
Self-employed20%
Retired2%
Not employed7%
Studentunder 1%
Homemaker or at home3%
Not reported or withheld11%

Not counted as contributions: $74,000 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
SELECT DEMO SERVICESindividuals, by employer$54,00058
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTIONindividuals, by employer$20,00028
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTindividuals, by employer$19,00024
JCALPROindividuals, by employer$13,00018
BROADWAYindividuals, by employer$12,00012
CORE INVESTMENTSindividuals, by employer$12,00013
HYM INVESTMENT GROUPindividuals, by employer$12,00021
SELECT DEMOindividuals, by employer$11,00012
CV PROPERTIESindividuals, by employer$11,00013
BEACON COMMUNITIESindividuals, by employer$9,50014

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Collins Committee (CPF 15084). 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.