Massachusetts Senate · First Essex District
Pavel Payano
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Pavel Payano'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
Pavel Payano is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Massachusetts Senate, First Essex District)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Pavel Payano.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Pavel Payano.
Bills
The bills Pavel Payano sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 47 |
| Passed both chambers | 1 |
| Became law | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 15 of 40 in the Senate (tied with 8 others) · 11 of 35 Democrats (tied with 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| S.2799 Establishing a sick leave bank for Jeffrey Yacinthe, an employee of the department of elementary and secondary education |
Became law | Jan. 15, 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 Pavel Payano voted on each of the 237 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate Majority Leader | 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
- pavel.payano@masenate.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 413-B, State House 24 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02133
617-722-1604
Committees
- Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Chair
- Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity Vice chair
- Education
- Health Care Financing
- Higher Education
- Juvenile and Emerging Adult Justice
- Legislative Black and Latino Caucus
- Steering and Policy
- Ways and Means
- Ways and Means
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