House · Democrat
Paul F. Tucker
Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.
Residence
Salem
First elected
House 2014
Occupation
Retired Police Chief / Attorney
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
| Session | Chamber | District | Lines | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189th (2015–16) | House | 7th Essex | 2011 lines | |
| 190th (2017–18) | House | 7th Essex | 2011 lines | |
| 191st (2019–20) | House | 7th Essex | 2011 lines | |
| 192nd (2021–22) | House | 7th Essex | 2011 lines |
Posts and stipends
Paul F. Tucker was paid $51,912 in leadership and committee stipends from 2017 to 2022.
| Session | Posts | First year | Second year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189th (2015–16) | No post recorded | not available | $0 |
| 190th (2017–18) | Vice chair, Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy | $2,400 | $5,200 |
| 191st (2019–20) | Vice chair, Joint Committee on Education | $16,248 | $16,248 |
| 192nd (2021–22) | Vice chair, Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government | $5,908 | $5,908 |
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
7th Essex on its 2011 lines: 1 city or town, 44,480 residents (2020).
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: 46 for all state aid and 78 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.
| Session | District | Dollars | In corrective clauses | Per resident per budget, rank | Without corrective clauses, rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189th (2015–16) | 7th Essex | $100,000 | $0 | $2.25 · 90th of 160 | $2.25 · 87th of 160 |
| 190th (2017–18) | 7th Essex | $350,000 | $0 | $3.93 · 84th of 160 | $3.93 · 83rd of 160 |
| 191st (2019–20) | 7th Essex | $175,000 | $0 | $1.97 · 126th of 160 | $1.97 · 126th of 160 |
| 192nd (2021–22) | 7th Essex | $524,000 | $0 | $5.89 · 94th of 160 | $5.89 · 91st 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.
| Session | District | Placed in the district | Per resident per budget, rank | Everything placed | Per resident per budget, rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189th (2015–16) | 7th Essex | $125,000 | $2.81 · 95th of 160 | $125,000 | $2.81 · 96th of 160 |
| 190th (2017–18) | 7th Essex | $475,000 | $5.34 · 68th of 160 | $475,000 | $5.34 · 74th of 160 |
| 191st (2019–20) | 7th Essex | $675,000 | $7.59 · 39th of 160 | $675,000 | $7.59 · 45th of 160 |
| 192nd (2021–22) | 7th Essex | $1M | $11.61 · 45th of 160 | $1M | $11.61 · 48th of 160 |
Budget amendments
Paul F. Tucker sponsored 44 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $23.5 million in all.
Amendments sponsored
44
FY2017–FY2026 budgets
Adopted, known outcomes
60%
12 of 20
Chamber rate, same ask sizes
52%
expected at the chamber’s rates
Of the 20 with a known outcome, 12 were adopted (60%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about ten (52%) would have been.
| Year | Amount | Enacted budget text (excerpt) | Amendment |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | $50,000 | “the city of Salem for the Salem council on aging for improving and expanding its memory café program” | H4000 #430 |
Strong matches: 1 enacted item, $50,000 (the member’s share where several amendments claim one clause). A further three 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.
15 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
Paul F. Tucker filed 109 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; 14 were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 13% 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.
| Session | Chamber | Lead bills | Enacted | Folded into an enacted bill | Vetoed | Sent to study | Reported favorably, then died | No action | Enacted rate | Chamber median | Cosponsored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189th (2015–16) | House | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 37% | 6% | 90 |
| 190th (2017–18) | House | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24% | 7% | 225 |
| 191st (2019–20) | House | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3% | 4% | 209 |
| 192nd (2021–22) | House | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 6% | 3% | 200 |
Enacted bills as lead sponsor
- H2837 (189th): An Act directing the commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey a certain parcel of land to the Salem Redevelopment Authority · Chapter 462 of the Acts of 2016
- H3205 (189th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Steven Goler, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation · Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2015
- H3344 (189th): An Act relative to the composition of the Salem Board of Health · Chapter 196 of the Acts of 2016
- H3739 (189th): An Act authorizing the city of Salem to convert 3 licenses for the sale of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises to licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises · Chapter 158 of the Acts of 2015
- H3740 (189th): An Act authorizing the City of Salem to convert 1 seasonal license to an annual license for the sale of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises · Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2015
- H3891 (189th): An Act authorizing the city of Salem to grant one additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises and establishing and economic development fund · Chapter 252 of the Acts of 2016
- H4464 (189th): An Act authorizing the city of Salem to convey a certain parcel of park land. · Chapter 195 of the Acts of 2016
- H3941 (190th): An Act authorizing the city of Salem to grant 1 additional liquor license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises · Chapter 154 of the Acts of 2017
- H3946 (190th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Paola Pol, an employee of the Trial Court · Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2017
- H4253 (190th): An Act relative to the classification of certain employees of the South Essex Sewerage District · Chapter 221 of the Acts of 2018
- H4705 (190th): concerning the appointment of retired Salem police officers as special police officers within the city of Salem · Chapter 309 of the Acts of 2018
- H4041 (191st): An Act authorizing the Salem scholarship and education committee to provide scholarships from funds set aside for educational purposes · Chapter 273 of the Acts of 2020
- H4265 (192nd): An Act concerning the appointment of retired Salem firefighters as special firefighters within the city of Salem · Chapter 204 of the Acts of 2022
- H4300 (192nd): An Act relative to property tax exemptions for affordable accessory dwelling unit rental properties in the city of Salem restricted as affordable housing · Chapter 221 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
Paul F. Tucker cast 61 yes-or-no votes on the 61 accountability roll calls in this file (ten yes, 51 no).
| 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 |
| February 24, 2021 | Amendment 8.0 (Erika Uyterhoeven): Public Committee Votes and Testimony | No | Yeas 36, nays 122 |
| February 24, 2021 | Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Electronic Poll | No | Yeas 38, nays 121 |
| February 24, 2021 | Amendment 6.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Procurement Amendment | No | Yeas 34, nays 125 |
| February 24, 2021 | Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Conference Committee Report | No | Yeas 35, nays 123 |
| February 24, 2021 | Joint rules (H68), rules package: on adoption of the Order (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 128, nays 31 |
| July 7, 2021 | Remote voting for members on military duty; adopted 160-0 (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 160, nays 0 |
| July 7, 2021 | Amendment 2.0 (Tami L. Gouveia): Speaker Term Limits | No | Yeas 35, nays 125 |
| July 7, 2021 | Amendment 6.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of Hearings | No | Yeas 30, nays 129 |
| July 7, 2021 | Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Polls - 2 Hours | No | Yeas 35, nays 124 |
| July 7, 2021 | Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to Information | No | Yeas 33, nays 126 |
| July 7, 2021 | Amendment 13.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated Amendments | No | Yeas 32, nays 127 |
| July 7, 2021 | Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Votes on Website | No | Yeas 38, nays 121 |
| July 7, 2021 | Amendment 16.0 (Erika Uyterhoeven): Public Committee Votes | No | Yeas 41, nays 117 |
| July 7, 2021 | Amendment 3.0 (Christopher M. Markey): Review Period for Released Bills | No | Yeas 39, nays 119 |
| July 7, 2021 | House rules (H3930), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 129, nays 29 |
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
Paul F. Tucker’s committee reported $160,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2015–2022.
| Year | Contributions |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4,600 |
| 2016 | $5,750 |
| 2017 | $12,000 |
| 2018 | $11,000 |
| 2019 | $14,000 |
| 2020 | $3,600 |
| 2021 | $12,000 |
| 2022 | $98,000 |
| Kind | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals | $136,000 | 85% |
| Political committees and PACs | $22,000 | 14% |
| Unions and associations | $2,250 | 1% |
| Employer reported | Share |
|---|---|
| A named employer | 49% |
| Self-employed | 30% |
| Not employed | 2% |
| Not reported or withheld | 18% |
Not counted as contributions: $24,000 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 $51,000 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.
| Employer or organization | Kind | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPENCER CONTRACTING | individuals, by employer | $4,450 | 5 |
| AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES | individuals, by employer | $3,000 | 4 |
| SALEM WITCH MUSEUM | individuals, by employer | $2,500 | 6 |
| WITCHES DUNGEON MUSEUM | individuals, by employer | $2,500 | 3 |
| RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PAC | committee or PAC | $2,100 | 5 |
| MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMM | committee or PAC | $2,000 | 4 |
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS MA PAC | committee or PAC | $1,500 | 3 |
| MCOFU PAC | committee or PAC | $1,500 | 3 |
| CHARLES RIVER VENTURES | individuals, by employer | $1,500 | 2 |
| MA & NO NEW ENGLAND LABORERS' DIST COUNCIL | union or association | $1,500 | 3 |
Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Tucker Committee (CPF 15821). 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.
- Massachusetts Legislature, members, districts and roll calls
- Budget amendments and enacted budgets, FY2017–FY2026
- CTHRU payroll, Office of the Comptroller (stipends)
- Office of Campaign and Political Finance
- District lines: Acts of 2011 and 2021; Census 2020 block populations
- Official profile (prior offices, occupation)
- Election statistics (first elected, residence)
- Leaving office (election statistics)
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.