Massachusetts House · 8th Middlesex District
James Arena-DeRosa
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
James Arena-DeRosa'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
James Arena-DeRosa is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Massachusetts House, 8th Middlesex District)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is James Arena-DeRosa.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is James Arena-DeRosa.
Bills
The bills James Arena-DeRosa sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 30 |
| Passed both chambers | 4 |
| Became law | 3 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
| Not yet law or vetoed | 1 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 12 of 157 in the House (tied with 6 others) · 11 of 131 Democrats (tied with 5 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.3608 Designating a certain bridge in the town of Hopkinton as the Major General Frank D. Merrill memorial bridge |
Not yet law or vetoed | Oct. 8, 2026 |
| H.4293 Establishing an economic development special revenue account for the town of Hopkinton |
Became law | Aug. 21, 2026 |
| H.3911 Revising the charter of the town of Millis, as amended |
Became law | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| H.4292 Amending the charter of the town of Hopkinton to incorporate appointment powers of the board of library trustees |
Became law | March 20, 2026 |
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
No contested vote against the leader of the chamber or most of their party.
Every roll call
How James Arena-DeRosa 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
- james.arena-derosa@mahouse.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 167, State House 24 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02133
617-722-2810
Committees
- Agriculture and Fisheries
- Housing
- Public Service
- Veterans and Federal Affairs
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