Senate · Democrat

Susan L. Moran

Former member, served 2019–2024 in the sessions covered here · Plymouth and Barnstable

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Falmouth

First elected

Senate 2020 (special)

Prior public offices

Falmouth Select Board (chair); Barnstable County Assembly (Falmouth delegate; deputy speaker)

Left office

did not seek reelection in 2024 (not a candidate in the 2024 primary or general election for this seat); term ended January 1, 2025

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
Session	Chamber	District	Lines
191st (2019–20)	Senate	Plymouth and Barnstable	2011 lines
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	Plymouth and Barnstable	2011 lines
193rd (2023–24)	Senate	Plymouth and Barnstable	2021 lines

Posts and stipends

Susan L. Moran was paid $145,171 in leadership and committee stipends from 2020 to 2024.

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
Session	Posts	First year	Second year
191st (2019–20)	Vice chair, Joint Committee on Housing	not available	$3,206
192nd (2021–22)	Chair, Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity	$22,951	$22,951
193rd (2023–24)	Title not in the roster records; a stipend was paid	$48,032	$48,032

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

Plymouth and Barnstable on its 2021 lines: 8 cities and towns, 184,504 residents (2020).

Plymouth 33% · Falmouth 18% · Bourne 11% · Sandwich 11% · Pembroke 10% · Mashpee 8% · Kingston 7% · Plympton 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: 30 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)
Session	District	Dollars	In corrective clauses	Per resident per budget, rank	Without corrective clauses, rank
191st (2019–20)	Plymouth and Barnstable	$955,000	$0	$2.87 · 29th of 40	$2.87 · 29th of 40
192nd (2021–22)	Plymouth and Barnstable	$2.4M	$0	$7.23 · 22nd of 40	$7.23 · 21st of 40
193rd (2023–24)	Plymouth and Barnstable	$2.2M	$0	$5.87 · 35th of 40	$5.87 · 35th 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)	Plymouth and Barnstable	$1.1M	$3.17 · 35th of 40	$1.1M	$3.17 · 35th of 40
192nd (2021–22)	Plymouth and Barnstable	$2.6M	$7.83 · 23rd of 40	$2.6M	$7.83 · 24th of 40
193rd (2023–24)	Plymouth and Barnstable	$2.3M	$6.18 · 36th of 40	$2.5M	$6.75 · 36th of 40

Budget amendments

Susan L. Moran sponsored 115 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $239 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

115

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

54%

62 of 115

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

41%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 115 with a known outcome, 62 were adopted (54%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 47 (41%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment Susan L. Moran filed (strong text matches)
Year	Amount	Enacted budget text (excerpt)	Amendment
FY2025	$450,000	“Drug Story Theater, Inc. to support substance abuse education performances and forums throughout the commonwealth”	S4 #573
FY2024	$450,000	“Drug Story Theater, Inc., to support substance abuse education performances and forums throughout the commonwealth”	S3 #443
FY2023	$350,000	“the Falmouth housing authority for the repair and renovation of affordable housing in the town of Falmouth”	S4 #372
FY2023	$300,000	“the Massachusetts Military Support Foundation, Inc., for the operation of an empowerment center and to support the distribution of food to veterans…”	S4 #162
FY2022	$200,000	“the development and implementation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics educational and skills training opportunities for public…”	S3 #291

Strong matches: 56 enacted items, $4.9 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 1 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

Susan L. Moran filed 107 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; one was enacted on its own. In completed sessions, 0.9% 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	Enacted rate	Chamber median	Cosponsored
191st (2019–20)	Senate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	no bills filed	3%	13
192nd (2021–22)	Senate	32	0	0	24	5	1	2	0%	2%	364
193rd (2023–24)	Senate	75	1	1	30	39	1	3	1%	1%	140

Enacted bills as lead sponsor

S2985 (193rd): An Act authorizing the town of Sandwich to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises · Chapter 327 of the Acts of 2024

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

Susan L. Moran cast 28 yes-or-no votes on the 30 accountability roll calls in this file (six yes, 22 no, two for a named candidate).

Roll calls on rules, audits, public records, term limits and pay
Date	Measure	Vote	Chamber result
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	No	Yeas 10, nays 29
February 11, 2021	Amendment 20.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Amendments to other appropriations bills	No	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	No	Yeas 7, nays 32
February 11, 2021	Amendment 44.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Hearings	No	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	No	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	Yes	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	No	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

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

Susan L. Moran’s committee reported $312,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2019–2024.

By year (years in the Legislature)
Year	Contributions
2019	$18,000
2020	$107,000
2021	$50,000
2022	$88,000
2023	$36,000
2024	$14,000

By kind of contributor
Kind	Total	Share
Individuals	$271,000	87%
Political committees and PACs	$38,000	12%
Unions and associations	$3,535	1%

Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reported	Share
A named employer	40%
Self-employed	22%
Retired	3%
Not employed	12%
Not reported or withheld	23%

Not counted as contributions: $55,000 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
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC PARTY	committee or PAC	$14,000	2
INDUSTRIA DEVELOPMENT GROUP	individuals, by employer	$5,500	6
FMC ICE SPORTS	individuals, by employer	$4,000	4
HORIZON BEVERAGE	individuals, by employer	$3,500	5
BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 718	individuals, by employer	$3,250	6
COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTING	individuals, by employer	$2,750	3
ATLAS DISTRIBUTING	individuals, by employer	$2,500	5
QUALITY BEVERAGES	individuals, by employer	$2,500	3
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION	individuals, by employer	$2,250	5
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY	individuals, by employer	$2,000	2

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Moran Committee (CPF 16505). 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.