Commonwealth Report Legislators Method

Senate · Republican

Peter J. Durant

Current member · Worcester and Hampshire

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Spencer

First elected

House 2010; Senate 2023 (special)

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
SessionChamberDistrictLinesNote
189th (2015–16)House6th Worcester2011 lines
190th (2017–18)House6th Worcester2011 lines
191st (2019–20)House6th Worcester2011 lines
192nd (2021–22)House6th Worcester2011 lines
193rd (2023–24)House6th Worcester2021 lines
193rd (2023–24)SenateWorcester and Hampshire2021 linesmoved from the House to the Senate
194th (2025–26)SenateWorcester and Hampshire2021 lines

Peter J. Durant appears in both chambers in the 193rd General Court: the seat changed during the session.

Posts and stipends

Peter J. Durant was paid $163,688 in leadership and committee stipends from 2023 to 2026 (2026 to date).

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
SessionPostsFirst yearSecond year
189th (2015–16)No post recordednot available$0
190th (2017–18)No post recorded$0$0
191st (2019–20)Ranking minority member, House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight$0$0
192nd (2021–22)Ranking minority member, House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight$0$0
193rd (2023–24)Assistant Minority Leader$22,882$47,759
194th (2025–26)Assistant Minority Leader; Ranking Minority Member on 9 committees$52,339$40,708 (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

Worcester and Hampshire on its 2021 lines: 22 cities and towns, 167,231 residents (2020).

Gardner · Holden · Worcester · Spencer · Leicester · Ware · Rutland · Westminster · Templeton · Sterling · Barre · Paxton · North Brookfield · Hubbardston · West Brookfield · Princeton · Brookfield · Hardwick · East Brookfield · Oakham · Phillipston · New Braintree

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: 56 for all state aid and 49 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)6th Worcester$25,000$0$0.58 · 137th of 160$0.58 · 135th of 160
190th (2017–18)6th Worcester$266,000$19,000$3.11 · 107th of 160$2.89 · 110th of 160
191st (2019–20)6th Worcester$219,000$0$2.56 · 115th of 160$2.56 · 115th of 160
192nd (2021–22)6th Worcester$474,000$115,000$5.55 · 102nd of 160$4.21 · 122nd of 160
193rd (2023–24)6th Worcester$210,000$0$2.46 · 156th of 160$2.46 · 156th of 160
193rd (2023–24)Worcester and Hampshire$2.1M$0$6.15 · 33rd of 40$6.15 · 33rd of 40
194th (2025–26)Worcester and Hampshire$1.1M$0$6.46 · 27th of 40$6.46 · 27th 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)6th Worcester$25,000$0.58 · 142nd of 160$25,000$0.58 · 143rd of 160
190th (2017–18)6th Worcester$254,000$2.97 · 120th of 160$266,000$3.11 · 121st of 160
191st (2019–20)6th Worcester$319,000$3.73 · 106th of 160$319,000$3.73 · 108th of 160
192nd (2021–22)6th Worcester$524,000$6.13 · 108th of 160$524,000$6.13 · 113th of 160
193rd (2023–24)6th Worcester$210,000$2.46 · 157th of 160$210,000$2.46 · 158th of 160
193rd (2023–24)Worcester and Hampshire$5.3M$15.88 · 12th of 40$5.3M$15.88 · 14th of 40
194th (2025–26)Worcester and Hampshire$3.3M$19.82 · 7th of 40$3.3M$19.82 · 11th of 40

Budget amendments

Peter J. Durant sponsored 84 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $225 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

84

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

42%

32 of 76

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

48%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 76 with a known outcome, 32 were adopted (42%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 37 (48%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment Peter J. Durant filed (strong text matches)
YearAmountEnacted budget text (excerpt)Amendment
FY2025$150,000“upgrades at the New Braintree Regional Dispatch Center, including for a replacement radio system”S4 #1004
FY2026$100,000“the operation of the stakeholder working group established in section 105”S3 #766
FY2026$100,000“the town of Spencer for the repair and repaving of East Charlton road”S3 #819
FY2026$100,000“make repairs to the fire hydrant system in the town of Hardwick”S3 #883
FY2026$75,000“the purpose of a design and engineering study for the revitalization of Eagle Lake recreation area in the town of Holden”S3 #36

Strong matches: 28 enacted items, $1.5 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.

31 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

Peter J. Durant filed 144 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; 12 were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 11% 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 billSent to studyReported favorably, then diedNo actionPending (session open)Enacted rateChamber medianCosponsored
189th (2015–16)House22601321027%6%67
190th (2017–18)House1611121106%7%99
191st (2019–20)House18201321011%4%55
192nd (2021–22)House1401102100%3%21
193rd (2023–24)Senate20001100%1%13
193rd (2023–24)House110083000%4%30
194th (2025–26)Senate61303800205%*1%164

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

Peter J. Durant cast 87 yes-or-no votes on the 88 accountability roll calls in this file (73 yes, 14 no, one 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 MeansYesYeas 35, nays 125
January 25, 2017Amd 3 (Lyons): legislators' raise not effective until next General CourtYesYeas 40, nays 120
January 25, 2017Amd 5 (Lyons): cap the increases at 4%YesYeas 36, nays 124
January 25, 2017Engrossment of the pay-raise bill (stipend increases)NoYeas 116, nays 44
January 26, 2017Enactment of the pay-raise billNoYeas 116, nays 43
February 2, 2017Override of Gov. Baker's veto of the pay-raise billNoYeas 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)YesYeas 34, nays 124
February 2, 2017Sustain the Chair's ruling (point of order, Mr. Mark) against Diehl amd 2, Speaker term limitsNoYeas 123, nays 33
February 2, 2017Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): 24 Hour Time Frame for Bills to Be Acted OnYesYeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 4.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to InformationYesYeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of HearingsYesYeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017Amendment 10.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Equal Representation on Ethics CommitteeYesYeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 15.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): InoculatorsYesYeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017Amendment 16.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionYesYeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017Amendment 27.0 (James J. Lyons, Jr.): Defining and Limiting Informal SessionYesYeas 34, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 20.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to House financial accounts auditsYesYeas 34, nays 125
February 2, 2017Amendment 21.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to committee votesYesYeas 41, nays 118
February 2, 2017Amendment 5.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionYesYeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Roll Calls on WebsiteYesYeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017Amendment 13.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Reports of Conference Filing DeadlineYesYeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017Amendment 14.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to committee votesYesYeas 38, nays 121
January 30, 2019Amendment 1.0 (Jonathan Hecht): Time to review billsYesYeas 55, nays 103
January 30, 2019Amendment 2.0 (Jonathan Hecht): Time to review amendmentsNoYeas 47, nays 111
January 30, 2019Amendment 3.0 (Jonathan Hecht): Committee materials and votesYesYeas 49, nays 109
January 30, 2019Collective bargaining for House employees (curb on leadership control of staff); not a disclosure/power-of-leadership rule in the narrow sense (contested meaning)YesYeas 9, nays 149
January 30, 2019Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to InformationYesYeas 40, nays 118
January 30, 2019Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of HearingsYesYeas 35, nays 123
January 30, 2019Amendment 14.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Polls – 2 HoursYesYeas 44, nays 114
January 30, 2019Amendment 16.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): House AuditsYesYeas 35, nays 123
January 30, 2019Amendment 17.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): HWM Reports on BillsYesYeas 33, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 19.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionYesYeas 32, nays 126
January 30, 2019Amendment 20.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated AmendmentsYesYeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 22.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Votes on WebsiteYesYeas 44, nays 113
January 30, 2019Fingerprint remote voting from committee rooms (contested meaning)YesYeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 25.0 (Marc T. Lombardo): Matters considered in an informal sessionYesYeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 31.0 (John H. Rogers): Relative to Rule 18CYesYeas 43, nays 113
January 30, 2019Amendment 32.0 (Patrick Joseph Kearney): relative to Rule 100 ( c ) 3NoYeas 5, nays 152
January 30, 2019Amendment 33.0 (Patrick Joseph Kearney): relative to Rule 20A and Rule 33ANoYeas 5, nays 152
January 30, 2019Equitable office space (leadership allocates offices) (contested meaning)NoYeas 11, nays 146
January 30, 2019Amendment 38.0 (Denise Provost): To assure adequate time to prepare and file amendmentsYesYeas 44, nays 113
January 30, 2019Amendment 41.0 (Russell E. Holmes): Equal Pay Amendment IINoYeas 5, nays 152
January 30, 2019House rules (H2019), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)NoYeas 125, nays 32
January 30, 2019Conference-committee appointment deadline; adopted 157-0 (contested meaning)YesYeas 157, nays 0
January 30, 2019Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Roll Calls on WebsiteYesYeas 47, nays 110
January 30, 2019Amendment 12.0 (Marc T. Lombardo): Informal SessionYesYeas 36, nays 121
January 30, 2019Joint rules (H2021), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 157, nays 0
February 24, 2021Amendment 8.0 (Erika Uyterhoeven): Public Committee Votes and TestimonyYesYeas 36, nays 122
February 24, 2021Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Electronic PollYesYeas 38, nays 121
February 24, 2021Amendment 6.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Procurement AmendmentYesYeas 34, nays 125
February 24, 2021Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Conference Committee ReportYesYeas 35, nays 123
February 24, 2021Joint rules (H68), rules package: on adoption of the Order (contested meaning)NoYeas 128, nays 31
July 7, 2021Remote voting for members on military duty; adopted 160-0 (contested meaning)YesYeas 160, nays 0
July 7, 2021Amendment 2.0 (Tami L. Gouveia): Speaker Term LimitsYesYeas 35, nays 125
July 7, 2021Amendment 6.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of HearingsYesYeas 30, nays 129
July 7, 2021Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Polls - 2 HoursYesYeas 35, nays 124
July 7, 2021Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to InformationYesYeas 33, nays 126
July 7, 2021Amendment 13.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated AmendmentsYesYeas 32, nays 127
July 7, 2021Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Votes on WebsiteYesYeas 38, nays 121
July 7, 2021Amendment 16.0 (Erika Uyterhoeven): Public Committee VotesYesYeas 41, nays 117
July 7, 2021Amendment 3.0 (Christopher M. Markey): Review Period for Released BillsYesYeas 39, nays 119
July 7, 2021House rules (H3930), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)NoYeas 129, nays 29
February 1, 2023Amendment 7.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Time to review technical/ perfecting amendmentsYesYeas 23, nays 130
February 1, 2023Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated AmendmentsYesYeas 23, nays 130
February 1, 2023House rules (H2023), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 153, nays 0
February 1, 2023Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionYesYeas 23, nays 130
February 1, 2023Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Hearing ScheduleYesYeas 24, nays 129
February 1, 2023Joint rules (H2025), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 153, nays 0
not availableSenate President election (contested meaning)Voted for Bruce E. Tarrnot available
February 12, 2025Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Number of bills to be heardYesYeas 5, nays 33
February 12, 2025Amendment 9.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Minority conference committee reportYesYeas 6, nays 32
February 12, 2025Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): 48 Hours for conference committee reportsYesYeas 5, nays 33
February 12, 2025Amendment 13.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Timeline for review of conference committee reportsYesYeas 6, nays 32
February 12, 2025Amendment 22.0 (John F. Keenan): Considering Conference ReportsYesYeas 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 ExtensionsYesYeas 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)YesYeas 5, nays 32
February 13, 2025Amendment 36.0 (John F. Keenan): Continuing Beyond MidnightYesYeas 6, nays 31
February 13, 2025Shorten period in which a matter can be laid on the table (dilatory motions) (contested meaning)YesYeas 5, nays 33
February 13, 2025Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10PMYesYeas 6, nays 32
February 13, 2025Amendment 19.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Virtual vote designationYesYeas 6, nays 31
February 13, 2025Legislative days for Rule 24 (dilatory motions) (contested meaning)YesYeas 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)NoYeas 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 fullyYesYeas 6, nays 33
July 30, 2026Senate passage of H.5469 34-6; no votes 5 Republicans + Montigny (too weak); contested (contested meaning)NoYeas 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

Peter J. Durant’s committee reported $259,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2015–2026.

By year (years in the Legislature)
YearContributions
2015$6,150
2016$2,500
2017$2,500
2018$500
2019$1,000
2020$2,250
2021$500
2022$500
2023$160,000
2024$38,000
2025$24,000
2026$21,000
By kind of contributor
KindTotalShare
Individuals$178,00069%
Political committees and PACs$81,00031%
Unions and associations$500under 1%
Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reportedShare
A named employer44%
Self-employed17%
Retired29%
Not employed1%
Homemaker or at home2%
Not reported or withheld7%

Not counted as contributions: $3,155 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
MA REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEEcommittee or PAC$65,00020
DUDLEY REPTCcommittee or PAC$5,6006
MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMMcommittee or PAC$5,25011
GBIindividuals, by employer$3,5009
CHARLTON OIL AND PROPANEindividuals, by employer$3,0004
M33 GROWTHindividuals, by employer$3,0003
MCDONALD S AUBURN CHARLTON SPENCERindividuals, by employer$3,0003
HARDWICK WINERYindividuals, by employer$2,5003
CONSOLIDATED PLUMBINGindividuals, by employer$2,1507
WALES REPTCcommittee or PAC$2,0001

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Durant Committee (CPF 15011). 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.