Massachusetts House · 4th Bristol District

Steven Howitt

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 2% On 104 contested votes where both voted · 61% on all votes Votes with own party 94% Partisan rank: 144 of 157 in the House (tied with 2 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0% 0 of 268 roll calls

Bills passed 1 73 sponsored · 1 became law · Rank 48 of 157 in the House (tied with 36 others) Bills that became law 1 of 1 passed · 0 vetoed

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Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Steven Howitt'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

Massachusetts House92ndpercentile

More conservative than 91% of the Massachusetts House.

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14th most conservative of 157

On the November 3 ballot

Steven Howitt is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Massachusetts House, 4th Bristol District)

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Steven Howitt.

On 104 contested votes where both voted61% on all 260 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

94%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Steven Howitt.

On 111 party-line votesPartisan rank: 144 of 157 in the House (tied with 2 others)143 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Steven Howitt sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Steven Howitt
	Bills
Sponsored	73
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) · 7 of 25 Republicans (tied with 8 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

Bills that passed both chambers: Steven Howitt
Bill	Result	Final action
H.4348 Relative to a cemetery in the town of Norton	Became law	Oct. 30, 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

102 against the Speaker; 1 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Steven Howitt
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
July 31, 2026	H.5595: Prioritizing patient access to care Passage to Be Enacted	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
July 30, 2026	H.5620: Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment Passage to Be Enacted	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
July 30, 2026	H.5620: Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
July 22, 2026	H.5595: Prioritizing patient access to care Passage to Be Engrossed	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
June 3, 2026	H.5469: Promoting transparency and public access in state government Passage to Be Engrossed	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 29, 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)	Yea
April 28, 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)	Yea
April 28, 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)	Yea
April 28, 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)	Yea
April 28, 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)	Yea
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… Consolidated Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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… Consolidated Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
April 8, 2026	S.2581: To promote student learning and mental health Passage to Be Engrossed	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 8, 2026	H.5349: Promoting safe technology use and distraction-free education for youth Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 25, 2026	H.5305: Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment Passage to Be Engrossed	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 25, 2026	H.5305: Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 25, 2026	H.5305: Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 18, 2026	H.5264: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Passage to Be Engrossed	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Consolidated Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Consolidated Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Consolidated Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2026	H.5151: Relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 11, 2026	H.5093: To protect against election misinformation Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Jan. 28, 2026	H.4993: Requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Oct. 29, 2025	H.4672: Relative to teacher preparation and student literacy. Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Oct. 29, 2025	H.4672: Relative to teacher preparation and student literacy. Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Oct. 29, 2025	H.4672: Relative to teacher preparation and student literacy. Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Oct. 8, 2025	H.4240: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the… Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Oct. 8, 2025	H.4240: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the… Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Oct. 8, 2025	H.4240: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the… Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Oct. 8, 2025	H.4240: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the… Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Oct. 8, 2025	H.4240: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the… Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
July 31, 2025	S.2543: Strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth Passage to Be Enacted	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
July 31, 2025	S.2543: Strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
July 16, 2025	S.2543: Strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth Passage to Be Engrossed	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
July 16, 2025	H.4271: Strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
July 16, 2025	H.4271: Strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 30, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 30, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Sustain the Chair's Ruling	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 29, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 29, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Consolidated Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 29, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 29, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 29, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 29, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 29, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 29, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 28, 2025	H.4000: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 9, 2025	H.4005: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Consolidated Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 9, 2025	H.4005: Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 26, 2025	H.58: Making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Passage to Be Enacted	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2024: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Rules of the House of Representatives for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2024: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Rules of the House of Representatives for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2024: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Rules of the House of Representatives for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2024: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Rules of the House of Representatives for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2024: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Rules of the House of Representatives for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2026: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Joint Rules for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2026: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Joint Rules for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2026: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Joint Rules for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2026: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Joint Rules for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2026: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Joint Rules for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2026: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Joint Rules for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	H.2026: Order relative to the adoption of permanent Joint Rules for the 194th General Court governing the 2025-2026 legislative sessions Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	H.61: Text of a further amendment, offered by Mr. Michlewitz of Boston, to the Senate amendment (striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 6, 2025	H.57: Making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Passage to Be Engrossed	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 6, 2025	H.57: Making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 6, 2025	H.57: Making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Sustain the Chair's Ruling	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 6, 2025	H.57: Making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Sustain the Chair's Ruling	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 6, 2025	H.57: Making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 6, 2025	H.57: Making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 6, 2025	H.57: Making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 6, 2025	H.57: Making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea

Every roll call

How Steven Howitt voted on each of the 268 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Steven Howitt
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
Email: steven.howitt@mahouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 237, State House 24 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02133
617-722-2305

Committees

Financial Services Ranking member
Steering, Policy and Scheduling Ranking member
Ethics
Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

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