Michelle Ciccolo
Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Representative, 15th Middlesex District
Lexington Democrat in the Massachusetts House and vice chair of the House Committee on Climate Action and Sustainability; she was earlier vice chair of the Lexington Select Board and president of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. She focuses on climate, transportation, and housing.
Where Michelle Ciccolo stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (4 records), Anti-Corruption (2 records), Immigration (2 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (4 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
Filed a bill to update the state's bottle deposit law, and refiled it in 2025 as H.3464.
March 30, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed a bill to cut single-use plastics, and refiled it each later session. The 2021 version was folded into a committee redraft, H.4827, in June 2022.
March 29, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on January 28, 2021, on the final vote for a climate law setting a legal goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It passed the House 144-14.
January 28, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on November 21, 2019, on the final vote for a law banning flavored tobacco and vaping products and adding a 75% tax on e-cigarettes. It passed the House 119-33.
November 21, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 2 support
Voted for a failed amendment to the 2021 joint legislative rules that required full public disclosure of committee votes. The House rejected it 41-117.
July 7, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for a failed amendment to the 2019 House rules that gave members more time to read bills before votes. The House rejected it 55-103.
January 30, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 2 support
Voted yes on March 25, 2026, on the PROTECT Act, which barred civil immigration arrests at courthouses without a judge's order. It passed the House 134-21.
March 25, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on June 8, 2022, on overriding Governor Baker's veto of a law letting residents without legal immigration status get driver's licenses. The override passed 119-36.
June 8, 2022Supports Immigration
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 oppose
Voted yes on July 1, 2026, on the final fiscal 2027 state budget (H.5555). It passed the House 142-6.
July 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on August 1, 2024, on the final vote for the Affordable Homes Act, a housing bond bill. It passed the House 128-24.
August 1, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on April 25, 2024, on a $266 million spending bill for the state's emergency family shelter system and related services. It passed the House 120-36.
April 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on November 20, 2019, on the final version of the Student Opportunity Act, which rewrote the state school aid formula to send more money to schools. It passed the House 156-0.
November 20, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Voted yes on December 1, 2020, on the final vote for a police accountability law that created a state commission to certify and decertify police officers. It passed the House 91-67.
December 1, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Sponsored a law letting Lexington charge a fee on new commercial building permits to pay for community housing. Governor Healey signed it on January 8, 2025 (Chapter 378 of the Acts of 2024).
January 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on August 1, 2024, on the final vote for the Affordable Homes Act, a housing bond bill. It passed the House 128-24.
August 1, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted yes on April 25, 2024, on a $266 million spending bill for the state's emergency family shelter system and related services. It passed the House 120-36.
April 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Voted yes on April 8, 2026, on a bill (S.2581) requiring schools to limit student cellphone use during the school day. It passed the House 129-25.
April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on November 20, 2019, on the final version of the Student Opportunity Act, which rewrote the state school aid formula to send more money to schools. It passed the House 156-0.
November 20, 2019Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Voted yes on July 18, 2024, on the final version of a gun law that regulated untraceable guns and banned more assault-style firearms. It passed the House 124-33.
July 18, 2024Supports Gun Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 4 support
Voted yes on July 22, 2026, on a bill letting doctors decide on abortions after 24 weeks instead of limiting them to set medical reasons. It passed the House 119-33.
July 22, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on July 31, 2025, on the final vote for a law expanding legal protections for patients and providers of abortion and gender-affirming care. It passed the House 132-24.
July 31, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on July 26, 2022, on the final version of a law shielding patients and providers of abortion and gender-affirming care from out-of-state legal actions. It passed the House 137-16.
July 26, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on December 28, 2020, on overriding Governor Baker's veto of an abortion access law. It allowed abortions after 24 weeks for fatal fetal conditions and let 16- and 17-year-olds get abortions without a parent's consent. The override passed 107-46.
December 28, 2020Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted yes on June 16, 2022, on the final version of the VOTES Act, which made voting early and by mail permanent for all voters. It passed the House 126-29.
June 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Filed a bill to create a transportation excise tax to raise money for transit, and refiled versions aimed at large employers in later sessions.
February 3, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Voted yes on June 3, 2026, on a House bill (H.5469) applying public-records rules to the Legislature and setting how the state auditor may audit it. It passed the House 125-28.
June 3, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on February 26, 2026, on the House energy bill (H.5151) on energy costs, clean power and utility rules. It passed the House 128-27.
February 26, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Sponsored a law naming July 8 Massachusetts Emancipation Day, or Quock Walker Day, marking the July 8, 1783 state Supreme Judicial Court ruling against slavery. Governor Baker signed it on November 1, 2022 (Chapter 255 of the Acts of 2022).
November 1, 2022
Source: malegislature.gov
Received the endorsement of the Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund PAC in her first race for the 15th Middlesex House seat.
August 14, 2018
Source: elmaction.org
Past race Michelle Ciccolo ran in:
- State Representative 15th Middlesex District · November 3, 2026 · 15th Middlesex District; Massachusetts · incumbent