Senate · Republican

Ryan C. Fattman

Current member · Worcester and Hampden

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Sutton

First elected

House 2010; Senate 2014

Prior public offices

Elected, Sutton Board of Selectmen 2006-2009; Re-elected, Sutton Board of Selectmen 2009-2011;Tax Increment Financing Selectmen sub-committee, Appointed to Housing Partnership Committee, 2005-2006

Occupation

State Senator

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

Posts and stipends

Ryan C. Fattman was paid $388,920 in leadership and committee stipends from 2016 to 2026 (2026 to date).

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
Session	Posts	First year	Second year
189th (2015–16)	Assistant Minority Whip	not available	$15,000
190th (2017–18)	Minority Whip	$15,000	$15,000
191st (2019–20)	Assistant Minority Leader	$37,912	$37,912
192nd (2021–22)	Assistant Minority Leader	$39,766	$39,766
193rd (2023–24)	Assistant Minority Leader	$47,759	$47,759
194th (2025–26)	Assistant Minority Leader; Ranking Minority Member on Senate Post Audit, Senate Rules, Senate Census and 8 joint 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 Hampden on its 2021 lines: 19 cities and towns, 181,709 residents (2020).

Webster 10% · Southbridge 10% · Northbridge 9% · Uxbridge 8% · Oxford 7% · Charlton 7% · Dudley 7% · Sturbridge 5% · Sutton 5% · Blackstone 5% · Douglas 5% · Monson 4% · Upton 4% · Mendon 3% · Hopedale 3% · Brimfield 2% · Millville 2% · Holland 1% · Wales 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: 55 for all state aid and 56 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)	Worcester and Norfolk	$597,000	$0	$3.45 · 16th of 40	$3.45 · 16th of 40
190th (2017–18)	Worcester and Norfolk	$1.4M	$0	$4.08 · 20th of 40	$4.08 · 20th of 40
191st (2019–20)	Worcester and Norfolk	$1.1M	$0	$3.30 · 26th of 40	$3.30 · 26th of 40
192nd (2021–22)	Worcester and Norfolk	$2.3M	$0	$6.78 · 25th of 40	$6.78 · 25th of 40
193rd (2023–24)	Worcester and Hampden	$2.6M	$0	$7.17 · 28th of 40	$7.17 · 28th of 40
194th (2025–26)	Worcester and Hampden	$503,000	$0	$2.77 · 39th of 40	$2.77 · 39th 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)	Worcester and Norfolk	$647,000	$3.74 · 24th of 40	$647,000	$3.74 · 25th of 40
190th (2017–18)	Worcester and Norfolk	$1.5M	$4.23 · 25th of 40	$1.5M	$4.23 · 27th of 40
191st (2019–20)	Worcester and Norfolk	$1.3M	$3.87 · 32nd of 40	$1.3M	$3.87 · 32nd of 40
192nd (2021–22)	Worcester and Norfolk	$2.5M	$7.22 · 31st of 40	$2.5M	$7.22 · 32nd of 40
193rd (2023–24)	Worcester and Hampden	$2.7M	$7.45 · 33rd of 40	$2.7M	$7.45 · 34th of 40
194th (2025–26)	Worcester and Hampden	$553,000	$3.04 · 40th of 40	$553,000	$3.04 · 40th of 40

Budget amendments

Ryan C. Fattman sponsored 274 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $52.7 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

274

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

31%

85 of 274

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

39%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 274 with a known outcome, 85 were adopted (31%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 107 (39%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment Ryan C. Fattman filed (strong text matches)
Year	Amount	Enacted budget text (excerpt)	Amendment
FY2025	$500,000	“Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce, Inc. in the village of Whitinsville in the town of Northbridge for workforce training, small business…”	S4 #346
FY2023	$500,000	“the George Marston Whitin Memorial Community Association, Inc. in the village of Whitinsville in the town of Northbridge for renovations to the…”	S4 #195
FY2022	$500,000	“a grant program to be administered by the executive office of public safety and security for municipalities to purchase automated external…”	S3 #612
FY2024	$350,000	“the Central Massachusetts Center for Business and Enterprise, Inc. in the village of Whitinsville in the town of Northbridge for professional…”	S3 #347
FY2024	$350,000	“a grant program to be administered by the executive office of public safety and security for municipalities, public colleges and universities and…”	S3 #962

Strong matches: 49 enacted items, $5.3 million (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.

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

Ryan C. Fattman filed 375 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; 19 were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 6% of their lead bills were enacted on their own, against chamber medians of 1% to 4% 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	Passed both branches; no chapter recorded	Sent to study	Reported favorably, then died	Reported adversely or withdrawn	No action	Pending (session open)	Enacted rate	Chamber median	Cosponsored
189th (2015–16)	Senate	35	2	2	0	16	9	0	6	0	6%	4%	101
190th (2017–18)	Senate	42	3	4	0	27	6	0	2	0	7%	3%	202
191st (2019–20)	Senate	50	3	0	0	34	9	2	2	0	6%	3%	186
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	64	3	5	1	40	9	0	6	0	5%	2%	79
193rd (2023–24)	Senate	76	6	1	1	53	13	0	2	0	8%	1%	189
194th (2025–26)	Senate	108	2	0	0	77	0	3	0	26	2%*	1%	126

Enacted bills as lead sponsor

S148 (189th): An Act authorizing the town of Bellingham to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises · Chapter 163 of the Acts of 2016
S2250 (189th): An Act authorizing the town of Mendon to return a certain parcel in the town of Mendon to John D. Gannett, Jr. and Ute D. Gannett · Chapter 203 of the Acts of 2016
S1131 (190th): An Act relative to the charter of the town of Sutton · Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2018
S2589 (190th): An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Uxbridge · Chapter 359 of the Acts of 2018
S2659 (190th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Thomas Millett, an employee of the Worcester county sheriff’s office · Chapter 244 of the Acts of 2018
S143 (191st): An Act authorizing the town of Webster to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises · Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2020
S1517 (191st): An Act authorizing the town of Blackstone to continue the employment of fire chief Michael Sweeney · Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2019
S2415 (191st): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Elliot Brown, an employee of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services · Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2020
S2799 (192nd): An Act amending the charter of the town of Sutton · Chapter 122 of the Acts of 2022
S2818 (192nd): An Act authorizing the town of Southbridge to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises · Chapter 214 of the Acts of 2022
S3064 (192nd): An Act authorizing the transfer of the care and control of certain parcels of land in the town of Monson · Chapter 181 of the Acts of 2022
S1297 (193rd): An Act authorizing the town of Wales to establish a department of public works · Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2024
S2386 (193rd): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Matt Blazes, an employee of the Worcester County Sheriff's Office · Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2023
S2487 (193rd): An Act authorizing changing the name of board of selectmen to select board and the title of selectmen to select board member in the town of Charlton · Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2024
S2493 (193rd): An Act relative to real property tax abatements for active duty military personnel in the town of Sutton · Chapter 110 of the Acts of 2024

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S2500 (193rd): An Act authorizing the town moderator of the town of Monson to act as an election officer in certain elections · Chapter 113 of the Acts of 2024
S2943 (193rd): An Act amending the charter of the city known as the town of Southbridge · Chapter 335 of the Acts of 2024
S2576 (194th): An Act authorizing the commonwealth to dispose of certain parcels of land in the town of Upton acquired for conservation and recreation purposes · Chapter 74 of the Acts of 2025
S3031 (194th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Stephanie Rivera, an employee of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office · Chapter 128 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

Ryan C. Fattman cast 68 yes-or-no votes on the 71 accountability roll calls in this file (62 yes, six no, three for a named candidate).

Roll calls on rules, audits, public records, term limits and pay
Date	Measure	Vote	Chamber result
January 26, 2017	Senate engrossment of the pay-raise bill	No	Yeas 31, nays 9
February 2, 2017	Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Matters considered in an informal session	Yes	Yeas 38, nays 0
February 2, 2017	Amendment 3.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Time to consider matters in an informal	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
February 2, 2017	Amendment 7.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Provided with text of bills prior to poll	Yes	Yeas 39, nays 0
February 2, 2017	Special orders by majority instead of two-thirds (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 33
February 2, 2017	Amendment 11.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 33
February 2, 2017	Amendment 13.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Timely Local Aid Notification	Yes	Yeas 7, nays 32
February 2, 2017	Senate override of the veto of the pay-raise bill	No	Yeas 31, nays 9
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	Yes	Yeas 8, nays 31
January 31, 2019	Amendment 17.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Matters considered in an informal session	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 33
January 31, 2019	Amendment 25.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent	Yes	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 Bruce E. Tarr	not available
February 11, 2021	Amendment 3.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Members receiving SWM GAA recommendation	Yes	Yeas 4, nays 35
February 11, 2021	Amendment 6.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent to go past midnight	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 7.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10 pm	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 8.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Successive formal sessions	Yes	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	Yes	Yeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Minority Leader appointments to committees (partisan allocation) (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 4, nays 35
February 11, 2021	Amendment 24.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Notice of legislative matters	Yes	Yeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): New items on the calendar	Yes	Yeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021	Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Filing of conference committee report	Yes	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 Bruce E. Tarr	not available
February 9, 2023	Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Successive Legislative Days	Yes	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	Yes	Yeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023	Amendment 6.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent to go past midnight	Yes	Yeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023	Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Manner of how member voted	Yes	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)	Yes	Yeas 3, nays 35
February 9, 2023	Remote voting conditions (contested meaning)	Yes	Yeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023	Senate rules (S17), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)	No	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	Yes	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 Bruce E. Tarr	not available
February 12, 2025	Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Number of bills to be heard	Yes	Yeas 5, nays 33
February 12, 2025	Amendment 9.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Minority conference committee report	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 32
February 12, 2025	Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): 48 Hours for conference committee reports	Yes	Yeas 5, nays 33
February 12, 2025	Amendment 13.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Timeline for review of conference committee reports	Yes	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	Yes	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)	Yes	Yeas 5, nays 32
February 13, 2025	Amendment 36.0 (John F. Keenan): Continuing Beyond Midnight	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 31
February 13, 2025	Shorten period in which a matter can be laid on the table (dilatory motions) (contested meaning)	Yes	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	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 31
February 13, 2025	Legislative days for Rule 24 (dilatory motions) (contested meaning)	Yes	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)	No	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	Yes	Yeas 6, nays 33
July 30, 2026	Senate passage of H.5469 34-6; no votes 5 Republicans + Montigny (too weak); contested (contested meaning)	No	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

Ryan C. Fattman’s committee reported $636,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2015–2026.

By year (years in the Legislature)
Year	Contributions
2015	$70,000
2016	$68,000
2017	$64,000
2018	$82,000
2019	$34,000
2020	$48,000
2021	$48,000
2022	$54,000
2023	$45,000
2024	$73,000
2025	$33,000
2026	$17,000

By kind of contributor
Kind	Total	Share
Individuals	$557,000	88%
Political committees and PACs	$78,000	12%
Unions and associations	$1,250	under 1%

Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reported	Share
A named employer	49%
Self-employed	26%
Retired	13%
Not employed	under 1%
Homemaker or at home	8%
Not reported or withheld	4%

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).

Largest employers and organizations
Employer or organization	Kind	Total	Contributions
SUTTON REPTC	committee or PAC	$53,000	43
ATLAS DISTRIBUTORS	individuals, by employer	$17,000	32
HILLVIEW EQUIPMENT	individuals, by employer	$13,000	15
GOODWIN PROCTER	individuals, by employer	$8,500	9
BRIGHT INSURANCE	individuals, by employer	$8,010	11
GBI CONSTRUCTION	individuals, by employer	$7,750	10
SOUTHWICK WILD ANIMAL FARM	individuals, by employer	$6,750	11
ALLCARE MEDICAL	individuals, by employer	$6,250	8
126 SELF STORAGE	individuals, by employer	$5,500	8
MERRIMACK VALLEY DISTRIBUTING	individuals, by employer	$5,500	11

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Fattman Committee (CPF 15006). 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.