Susannah M. Whipps
Independent · MA · Massachusetts State Representative, 2nd Franklin District
Susannah Whipps has served in the Massachusetts House since 2015 and earlier spent nine years on the Athol Board of Selectmen. She co-owns Whipps, Inc., an Athol company that makes equipment for the water and wastewater industry.
Where Susannah M. Whipps stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Labor Rights (2 records), Immigration (2 records),
Opposes
Social Programs and Welfare (2 records), Gun Control (2 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (3 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 1 oppose), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (3 support · 1 oppose),
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Voted for a bill writing no-cost birth control coverage into state law. It passed the House 140-16.
November 8, 2017Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support · 1 oppose
Voted for the "Save Mass Save" amendment to strike the House energy bill's cut to the Mass Save energy efficiency program. It failed 17-138.
February 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the final climate roadmap law setting a net-zero carbon emissions target for 2050. It passed the House 145-14.
March 18, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted against the final law banning flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, and taxing vaping products at 75%. It passed the House 119-33.
November 21, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for a bill committing Massachusetts to the Paris climate agreement's emission goals. It passed the House 146-10.
November 1, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 2 support
Voted for a bill requiring employers with 25 or more workers to list pay ranges in job postings. It passed the House 148-8.
October 4, 2023Supports Labor Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the final 'grand bargain' law raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2023, creating paid family and medical leave, and making the sales tax holiday permanent. It passed the House 119-24.
June 20, 2018Supports Labor Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 2 support
Voted for the final PROTECT Act, which limits federal civil immigration arrests at courthouses, schools and hospitals and keeps state and local police out of immigration enforcement. It passed the House 137-21.
July 30, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted to override Governor Baker's veto of the Work and Family Mobility Act, which lets immigrants without legal status get driver's licenses. The House overrode the veto 119-36.
June 8, 2022Supports Immigration
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 1 oppose
Voted for the final Affordable Homes Act, a $5.16 billion housing bond and tax credit law that also allowed backyard in-law apartments statewide. It passed the House 128-24.
August 1, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted against the final $251 million emergency shelter funding bill, which also set a nine-month limit on family shelter stays. It passed the House 123-35.
April 25, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted against a House bill raising the gas tax by 5 cents and the diesel tax by 9 cents to pay for transportation. It passed the House 113-40.
March 4, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted against overriding Governor Baker's veto of about $18 million in pay raises for legislative leaders, statewide officials and judges. The House overrode the veto 116-43.
February 2, 2017Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Filed a bill (H.3814) adding a 7-day license suspension for drivers who illegally pass a stopped school bus. The House ordered it to a third reading in October 2025.
February 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 3 support · 1 oppose
Voted for the final bill protecting school and public libraries from book bans and protecting librarians from retaliation. It passed the House 156-1.
July 31, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted to re-enact the law making phone and video calls free for people in Massachusetts prisons and jails. It passed the House 132-26.
November 8, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted against the final police reform law that created a civilian-majority police licensing board and banned chokeholds. It passed the House 91-67.
December 1, 2020Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the final criminal justice reform law (S.2371). It passed the House 148-5.
April 4, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted for the final Affordable Homes Act, a $5.16 billion housing bond and tax credit law that also allowed backyard in-law apartments statewide. It passed the House 128-24.
August 1, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 oppose
Voted against the final $251 million emergency shelter funding bill, which also set a nine-month limit on family shelter stays. It passed the House 123-35.
April 25, 2024Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for an amendment limiting the state's emergency family shelter program to people who had lived in Massachusetts for at least six months, with exceptions for domestic violence and fire victims. It failed 29-125.
March 6, 2024Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 2 oppose
Voted against the final state gun law that cracked down on untraceable ghost guns, banned guns in more public places and widened the red flag law. It passed the House 124-33.
July 18, 2024Opposes Gun Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted against the final red flag law letting family members and police ask a court to take guns from someone found to be a danger. It passed the House 133-15.
June 28, 2018Opposes Gun Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 5 support
Voted for a law letting doctors perform abortions after 24 weeks based on their professional judgment, removing the list of allowed reasons. It passed the House 121-35.
July 31, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the final law expanding legal protections for people who provide or receive abortion and gender-affirming care in Massachusetts. It passed the House 132-24.
July 31, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the final law shielding abortion and gender-affirming care providers and patients in Massachusetts from out-of-state legal action. It passed the House 137-16.
July 26, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted to override Governor Baker's veto of the ROE Act, which wrote abortion rights into state law and let 16- and 17-year-olds get abortions without parental consent. The House overrode the veto 107-46.
December 28, 2020Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for a bill writing no-cost birth control coverage into state law. It passed the House 140-16.
November 8, 2017Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Voted for the final tax relief law worth about $1 billion a year, which more than doubled the state child and dependent tax credit. It passed the House 155-1.
September 27, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support · 1 oppose
Voted for the final law expanding legal protections for people who provide or receive abortion and gender-affirming care in Massachusetts. It passed the House 132-24.
July 31, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the final law shielding abortion and gender-affirming care providers and patients in Massachusetts from out-of-state legal action. It passed the House 137-16.
July 26, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the final VOTES Act, which made mail-in voting and expanded early voting permanent. It passed the House 126-29.
June 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted against a bill banning conversion therapy for minors. It passed the House 149-8.
March 13, 2019Opposes Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the final automatic voter registration law. It passed the House 134-16.
July 27, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 oppose
Voted against a House bill raising the gas tax by 5 cents and the diesel tax by 9 cents to pay for transportation. It passed the House 113-40.
March 4, 2020Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Voted for a House bill that opened some Legislature and governor's office records to the public and set limits on the state auditor's review of the Legislature. It passed the House 125-28.
June 3, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for a budget amendment sending a quarter of any above-forecast state tax revenue, up to $25 million, to unrestricted local aid for cities and towns. It failed 27-131.
April 29, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for a bill banning student cellphone use during the school day and barring social media accounts for children under 14. It passed the House 129-25.
April 8, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the House energy bill that cut about $1 billion from the Mass Save efficiency program, returned some clean-energy payments to ratepayers, and eased limits on nuclear power. It passed the House 128-27.
February 26, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed a constitutional amendment (H.69) letting the governor nominate a new lieutenant governor, subject to legislative confirmation, when the office becomes vacant.
March 3, 2025
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed a bill (H.3092) to create a state commission on payments to cities and towns that host large amounts of tax-exempt state land. The committee reported it, but no further action was taken.
March 29, 2021
Source: malegislature.gov
Left the Republican Party and became an unenrolled (independent) state representative, saying she wanted to avoid partisan bickering.
August 22, 2017
Source: nepm.org
Voted for the House rewrite of the voter-approved recreational marijuana law, which raised the retail marijuana tax from 12% to 28%. It passed the House 126-28.
June 21, 2017
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted against the 2015-2016 House rules package, which ended the eight-year term limit on the House speaker. It passed the House 114-40.
January 29, 2015
Source: malegislature.gov
Past race Susannah M. Whipps ran in:
- State Representative 2nd Franklin District · November 3, 2026 · 2nd Franklin District; Massachusetts · incumbent