Commonwealth Report Legislators Method

Senate · Democrat

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

Current member · Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Milton

First elected

House 2016; Senate 2024

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
SessionChamberDistrictLinesNote
190th (2017–18)House7th Norfolk2011 lines
191st (2019–20)House7th Norfolk2011 lines
192nd (2021–22)House7th Norfolk2011 lines
193rd (2023–24)House7th Norfolk2021 lines
194th (2025–26)SenateNorfolk, Plymouth and Bristol2021 linesmoved from the House to the Senate

Posts and stipends

William J. Driscoll, Jr. was paid $139,988 in leadership and committee stipends from 2019 to 2026 (2026 to date).

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
SessionPostsFirst yearSecond year
190th (2017–18)No post recorded$0$0
191st (2019–20)Vice chair, Joint Committee on Election Laws$5,633$5,633
192nd (2021–22)Chair, Joint Committee on Covid-19 and Emergency Preparedness and Management$17,043$17,043
193rd (2023–24)Chair, Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Management$20,468$20,468
194th (2025–26)Chair, Joint Committee on Public Health; Vice Chair, Joint Consumer Protection; Vice Chair, Joint Public Safety$30,207$23,494 (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, Plymouth and Bristol on its 2021 lines: 7 cities and towns, 169,378 residents (2020).

Braintree · Stoughton · Bridgewater · Milton · Easton · Randolph · West Bridgewater

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: 38 for all state aid and 37 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
190th (2017–18)7th Norfolk$423,000$0$4.91 · 59th of 160$4.91 · 59th of 160
191st (2019–20)7th Norfolk$642,000$0$7.45 · 23rd of 160$7.45 · 22nd of 160
192nd (2021–22)7th Norfolk$1.6M$14,000$18.62 · 9th of 160$18.46 · 8th of 160
193rd (2023–24)7th Norfolk$2.2M$0$23.81 · 9th of 160$23.81 · 9th of 160
194th (2025–26)Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol$1.2M$0$7.33 · 22nd of 40$7.33 · 22nd 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
190th (2017–18)7th Norfolk$873,000$10.14 · 18th of 160$873,000$10.14 · 20th of 160
191st (2019–20)7th Norfolk$1.5M$17.91 · 10th of 160$1.5M$17.91 · 10th of 160
192nd (2021–22)7th Norfolk$2M$22.98 · 12th of 160$2M$22.98 · 15th of 160
193rd (2023–24)7th Norfolk$2.4M$26.02 · 23rd of 160$2.4M$26.02 · 24th of 160
194th (2025–26)Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol$1.4M$8.21 · 25th of 40$1.5M$8.80 · 24th of 40

Budget amendments

William J. Driscoll, Jr. sponsored 77 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $12.5 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

77

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

66%

41 of 62

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

56%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 62 with a known outcome, 41 were adopted (66%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 35 (56%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment William J. Driscoll, Jr. filed (strong text matches)
YearAmountEnacted budget text (excerpt)Amendment
FY2021$125,000 (shared two ways)“the Blue Hills Trailside Museum”H5150 #223
FY2018$125,000 (shared two ways)“the Blue Hills Trailside Museum”H3600 #143
FY2026$100,000 (shared two ways)“the Blue Hills Trailside Museum in the town of Milton”S3 #381
FY2025$100,000“the Randolph community programs department in the town of Randolph for continuation of a full-time town social worker”H4600 #626
FY2025$100,000“the Blue Hills Trailside Museum in the town of Milton”H4600 #633

Strong matches: 25 enacted items, $1.5 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. House attribution is inferred throughout, because the House adopts most amendments inside consolidated amendments.

34 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

William J. Driscoll, Jr. filed 110 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; five were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 6% 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.

Bills filed as lead sponsor, by session and outcome
SessionChamberLead billsEnactedFolded into an enacted billSent to studyReported favorably, then diedReported adversely or withdrawnNo actionPending (session open)Enacted rateChamber medianCosponsored
190th (2017–18)House701230100%7%66
191st (2019–20)House15314511020%4%183
192nd (2021–22)House1610860106%3%68
193rd (2023–24)House29001890200%4%132
194th (2025–26)Senate431117010232%*1%112

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

William J. Driscoll, Jr. cast 87 yes-or-no votes on the 88 accountability roll calls in this file (19 yes, 68 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 MeansNoYeas 35, nays 125
January 25, 2017Amd 3 (Lyons): legislators' raise not effective until next General CourtNoYeas 40, nays 120
January 25, 2017Amd 5 (Lyons): cap the increases at 4%NoYeas 36, nays 124
January 25, 2017Engrossment of the pay-raise bill (stipend increases)YesYeas 116, nays 44
January 26, 2017Enactment of the pay-raise billYesYeas 116, nays 43
February 2, 2017Override of Gov. Baker's veto of the pay-raise billYesYeas 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)NoYeas 34, nays 124
February 2, 2017Sustain the Chair's ruling (point of order, Mr. Mark) against Diehl amd 2, Speaker term limitsYesYeas 123, nays 33
February 2, 2017Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): 24 Hour Time Frame for Bills to Be Acted OnNoYeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 4.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to InformationNoYeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of HearingsNoYeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017Amendment 10.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Equal Representation on Ethics CommitteeNoYeas 35, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 15.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): InoculatorsNoYeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017Amendment 16.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionNoYeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017Amendment 27.0 (James J. Lyons, Jr.): Defining and Limiting Informal SessionNoYeas 34, nays 124
February 2, 2017Amendment 20.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to House financial accounts auditsNoYeas 34, nays 125
February 2, 2017Amendment 21.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to committee votesNoYeas 41, nays 118
February 2, 2017Amendment 5.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionNoYeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Roll Calls on WebsiteNoYeas 38, nays 121
February 2, 2017Amendment 13.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Reports of Conference Filing DeadlineNoYeas 37, nays 122
February 2, 2017Amendment 14.0 (Shaunna L. O'Connell): Public access to committee votesNoYeas 38, nays 121
January 30, 2019Amendment 1.0 (Jonathan Hecht): Time to review billsNoYeas 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 votesNoYeas 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)NoYeas 9, nays 149
January 30, 2019Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to InformationNoYeas 40, nays 118
January 30, 2019Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of HearingsNoYeas 35, nays 123
January 30, 2019Amendment 14.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Polls – 2 HoursNoYeas 44, nays 114
January 30, 2019Amendment 16.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): House AuditsNoYeas 35, nays 123
January 30, 2019Amendment 17.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): HWM Reports on BillsNoYeas 33, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 19.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid ResolutionNoYeas 32, nays 126
January 30, 2019Amendment 20.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated AmendmentsNoYeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 22.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Votes on WebsiteNoYeas 44, nays 113
January 30, 2019Fingerprint remote voting from committee rooms (contested meaning)NoYeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 25.0 (Marc T. Lombardo): Matters considered in an informal sessionNoYeas 32, nays 125
January 30, 2019Amendment 31.0 (John H. Rogers): Relative to Rule 18CNoYeas 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 amendmentsNoYeas 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)YesYeas 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 WebsiteNoYeas 47, nays 110
January 30, 2019Amendment 12.0 (Marc T. Lombardo): Informal SessionNoYeas 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 TestimonyNoYeas 36, nays 122
February 24, 2021Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Electronic PollNoYeas 38, nays 121
February 24, 2021Amendment 6.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Procurement AmendmentNoYeas 34, nays 125
February 24, 2021Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Conference Committee ReportNoYeas 35, nays 123
February 24, 2021Joint rules (H68), rules package: on adoption of the Order (contested meaning)YesYeas 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 LimitsNoYeas 35, nays 125
July 7, 2021Amendment 6.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Emergency Scheduling of HearingsNoYeas 30, nays 129
July 7, 2021Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Polls - 2 HoursNoYeas 35, nays 124
July 7, 2021Amendment 11.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Access to InformationNoYeas 33, nays 126
July 7, 2021Amendment 13.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated AmendmentsNoYeas 32, nays 127
July 7, 2021Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Votes on WebsiteNoYeas 38, nays 121
July 7, 2021Amendment 16.0 (Erika Uyterhoeven): Public Committee VotesNoYeas 41, nays 117
July 7, 2021Amendment 3.0 (Christopher M. Markey): Review Period for Released BillsNoYeas 39, nays 119
July 7, 2021House rules (H3930), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning)YesYeas 129, nays 29
February 1, 2023Amendment 7.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Time to review technical/ perfecting amendmentsNoYeas 23, nays 130
February 1, 2023Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated AmendmentsNoYeas 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 ResolutionNoYeas 23, nays 130
February 1, 2023Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Hearing ScheduleNoYeas 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 Karen E. Spilkanot available
February 12, 2025Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Number of bills to be heardNoYeas 5, nays 33
February 12, 2025Amendment 9.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Minority conference committee reportNoYeas 6, nays 32
February 12, 2025Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): 48 Hours for conference committee reportsNoYeas 5, nays 33
February 12, 2025Amendment 13.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Timeline for review of conference committee reportsNoYeas 6, nays 32
February 12, 2025Amendment 22.0 (John F. Keenan): Considering Conference ReportsNoYeas 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 ExtensionsNoYeas 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)NoYeas 5, nays 32
February 13, 2025Amendment 36.0 (John F. Keenan): Continuing Beyond MidnightNoYeas 6, nays 31
February 13, 2025Shorten period in which a matter can be laid on the table (dilatory motions) (contested meaning)NoYeas 5, nays 33
February 13, 2025Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10PMNoYeas 6, nays 32
February 13, 2025Amendment 19.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Virtual vote designationNoYeas 6, nays 31
February 13, 2025Legislative days for Rule 24 (dilatory motions) (contested meaning)NoYeas 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)YesYeas 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 fullyNoYeas 6, nays 33
July 30, 2026Senate passage of H.5469 34-6; no votes 5 Republicans + Montigny (too weak); contested (contested meaning)YesYeas 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

William J. Driscoll, Jr.’s committee reported $158,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2017–2026.

By year (years in the Legislature)
YearContributions
2017$7,950
2018$5,000
2019$14,000
2020$1,800
2021$6,700
2022$6,900
2023$5,550
2024$60,000
2025$9,350
2026$41,000
By kind of contributor
KindTotalShare
Individuals$107,00068%
Political committees and PACs$47,00030%
Unions and associations$3,6562%
Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reportedShare
A named employer45%
Self-employed26%
Retired13%
Not employed11%
Homemaker or at home2%
Not reported or withheld4%

Not counted as contributions: $7,917 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 $11,000 in years the member was not in the Legislature (2016), for example while running for another office. Those receipts are not in the totals above.

Largest employers and organizations
Employer or organizationKindTotalContributions
MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMMcommittee or PAC$5,00010
RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PACcommittee or PAC$4,40010
BOSTON CARMEN'S UNION PACcommittee or PAC$3,5009
1199 SEIU MA PACcommittee or PAC$3,0006
NHLPAindividuals, by employer$3,0003
MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH AND HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE MHAPACcommittee or PAC$2,0506
IRONWORKERS UNION LOCAL 7 POL ACTION COMMcommittee or PAC$2,0004
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS LOCAL 4 PEOPLE'S CTTEEcommittee or PAC$2,0004
BLUEBIRDindividuals, by employer$2,0002
HOME IMPROVEMENT GROUPindividuals, by employer$2,0002

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Driscoll Committee (CPF 16441). 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.