Senate · Democrat

Rebecca L. Rausch

Current member · Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Needham

First elected

Senate 2018

Prior public offices

Needham Town Meeting; Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
Session	Chamber	District	Lines
191st (2019–20)	Senate	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex	2011 lines
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex	2011 lines
193rd (2023–24)	Senate	Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex	2021 lines
194th (2025–26)	Senate	Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex	2021 lines

Posts and stipends

Rebecca L. Rausch was paid $224,545 in leadership and committee stipends from 2019 to 2026 (2026 to date).

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
Session	Posts	First year	Second year
191st (2019–20)	Chair, Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Elder Affairs	$21,881	$21,881
192nd (2021–22)	Chair, Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture; Vice chair, Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight	$22,951	$22,951
193rd (2023–24)	Chair, Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; Vice chair, Senate Committee on the Census	$27,564	$27,564
194th (2025–26)	Chair, Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; Chair, Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government	$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

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex on its 2021 lines: 11 cities and towns, 178,044 residents (2020).

Franklin 19% · Needham 18% · Milford 17% · Bellingham 10% · Medfield 7% · Wrentham 7% · Norfolk 7% · Plainville 6% · Millis 5% · Dover 3% · Sherborn 2%

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: 41 for all state aid and 34 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
191st (2019–20)	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex	$1.7M	$51,000	$4.98 · 14th of 40	$4.83 · 13th of 40
192nd (2021–22)	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex	$2.5M	$38,000	$7.25 · 21st of 40	$7.14 · 22nd of 40
193rd (2023–24)	Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex	$2.3M	$0	$6.54 · 30th of 40	$6.54 · 30th of 40
194th (2025–26)	Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex	$1.1M	$0	$6.43 · 28th of 40	$6.43 · 28th 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
191st (2019–20)	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex	$1.7M	$4.98 · 21st of 40	$1.7M	$4.98 · 23rd of 40
192nd (2021–22)	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex	$2.7M	$7.79 · 24th of 40	$2.7M	$7.79 · 25th of 40
193rd (2023–24)	Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex	$4.2M	$11.87 · 18th of 40	$4.2M	$11.87 · 21st of 40
194th (2025–26)	Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex	$2.1M	$11.91 · 13th of 40	$2.1M	$11.91 · 18th of 40

Budget amendments

Rebecca L. Rausch sponsored 151 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $551 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

151

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

60%

91 of 151

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

45%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 151 with a known outcome, 91 were adopted (60%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 69 (45%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment Rebecca L. Rausch filed (strong text matches)
Year	Amount	Enacted budget text (excerpt)	Amendment
FY2023	$1M	“the expansion and operation of Hey Sam, the text-based mental health support line tailored specifically to youth and young adults in the…”	S4 #568
FY2023	$600,000	“mitigation measures to address the deterioration of the commonwealth-owned mansion on the Elm Bank Reservation”	S4 #83
FY2024	$350,000	“the operations of and hiring additional personnel for the Massachusetts maternal mortality and morbidity review committee to enhance the committee’s…”	S3 #509
FY2024	$300,000	“the Women’s Suffrage Celebration Coalition of Massachusetts, Inc”	S3 #189
FY2023	$300,000	“the Women’s Suffrage Celebration Coalition of Massachusetts, Inc”	S4 #302

Strong matches: 86 enacted items, $7.5 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.

For 3 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

Rebecca L. Rausch filed 209 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; four were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 1% of their lead bills were enacted on their own, against chamber medians of 1% to 3% 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
191st (2019–20)	Senate	30	0	1	14	12	2	1	0	0%	3%	745
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	48	2	0	26	16	0	4	0	4%	2%	319
193rd (2023–24)	Senate	66	0	0	36	24	0	6	0	0%	1%	817
194th (2025–26)	Senate	65	2	0	11	0	0	0	52	3%*	1%	281

Enacted bills as lead sponsor

S1355 (192nd): An Act authorizing the investment of trust funds benefiting the town of Sherborn library · Chapter 336 of the Acts of 2022
S3113 (192nd): An Act further regulating wastewater services in the town of Norfolk · Chapter 354 of the Acts of 2022
S1898 (194th): An Act authorizing the appointment of retired police officers to perform police details in the town of Plainville · Chapter 34 of the Acts of 2026
S2908 (194th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Shannon Manning, an employee of the trial court · Chapter 123 of the Acts of 2026

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

Rebecca L. Rausch cast 59 yes-or-no votes on the 63 accountability roll calls in this file (28 yes, 31 no, three for a named candidate); recorded as not voting on one.

Roll calls on rules, audits, public records, term limits and pay
Date	Measure	Vote	Chamber result
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	Yes	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	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	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	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	Yes	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	No	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	Yes	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	Yes	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	Yes	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)	Not voting	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

Rebecca L. Rausch’s committee reported $770,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2019–2026.

By year (years in the Legislature)
Year	Contributions
2019	$31,000
2020	$143,000
2021	$52,000
2022	$314,000
2023	$52,000
2024	$67,000
2025	$75,000
2026	$37,000

By kind of contributor
Kind	Total	Share
Individuals	$522,000	68%
Political committees and PACs	$231,000	30%
Unions and associations	$17,000	2%

Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reported	Share
A named employer	42%
Self-employed	18%
Retired	1%
Not employed	36%
Not reported or withheld	3%

Not counted as contributions: $16,000 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 $92,000 in years the member was not in the Legislature (2017, 2018), 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 or PAC	$203,000	16
TUFTS UNIVERSITY	individuals, by employer	$9,085	19
JVS	individuals, by employer	$8,000	8
AKB COUNSELING	individuals, by employer	$8,000	9
ALEX S UGLY SAUCE	individuals, by employer	$6,000	6
PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION	individuals, by employer	$4,900	6
COVENTOR	individuals, by employer	$4,500	6
BEACON RESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT	individuals, by employer	$4,250	6
BEACON COMMUNITIES	individuals, by employer	$3,750	5
ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE	individuals, by employer	$3,500	4

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Rausch Committee (CPF 16883). 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.