Massachusetts House · 1st Essex District
Dawne Shand
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Dawne Shand's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Dawne Shand is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Massachusetts House, 1st Essex District)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Dawne Shand.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Dawne Shand.
Bills
The bills Dawne Shand sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 13 |
| Passed both chambers | 1 |
| Became law | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 48 of 157 in the House (tied with 36 others) · 41 of 131 Democrats (tied with 27 others)
A bill's sponsor is its primary sponsor as the Legislature records it; co-sponsors aren't counted, and a bill a committee reported in a new draft counts for no one.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| H.4104 Establishing a sick leave bank for Daniel Yender, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation |
Became law | July 28, 2025 |
Budget projects
Massachusetts's budget acts don't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Massachusetts legislators.
Contested votes where they split
1 against the Speaker; 1 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2026 | H.5500: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Amendment |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
Every roll call
How Dawne Shand voted on each of the 268 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- malegislature.gov
- dawne.shand@mahouse.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 473B, State House 24 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02133
617-722-2263
Committees
- Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
- Cannabis Policy
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Health Care Financing
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Massachusetts Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Massachusetts Legislature's roll-call records, Feb. 6, 2025 to July 31, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections