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Barry R. Finegold

Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Senator, Second Essex and Middlesex District

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Barry R. Finegold is the incumbent Democratic Massachusetts state senator for the Second Essex and Middlesex District. He previously served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and is an attorney and law-firm partner.

Where Barry R. Finegold stands, based on their records

Supports

Anti-Corruption (1 record), Public Education Quality (1 record), Data Privacy (2 records),

Track record

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 1 support

  • Filed a Massachusetts bill proposing changes to the state's campaign finance system. The Election Laws committee held a hearing and then sent the bill to study in October 2022, which ended it for that session (Senate Bill 470).

    March 29, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: malegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 1 support

  • Filed a bill to increase the number of charter schools and direct extra help to underperforming school districts (Senate Bill 235). The Legislature did not pass it.

    January 22, 2013Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: malegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 2 support

  • Introduced a broad consumer data privacy bill, proposing new limits on how companies collect and use personal information; the committee sent it to study in December 2025 (Senate Bill 301).

    February 27, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: malegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Filed a Massachusetts bill proposing the state Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, letting executors, trustees, and agents handle a dead or incapacitated person's online accounts and digital files under set privacy limits (Senate Bill 936). In February 2020 the bill was replaced by a study order rather than passed.

    January 22, 2019Supports Data Privacy

    Source: malegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 1 support

  • Voted for the Senate's passage of early-voting legislation, which passed 37-1.

    January 16, 2014Supports Civil Rights

    Source: wamc.org · researched July 24, 2026

Track record — General

General · 4 records

  • Voted in committee for a redraft of a bill aimed at drawing investment, talent, and innovation to Massachusetts; the vote was 18-0 (House Bill 5527).

    June 22, 2026

    Source: malegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Was reappointed to the Massachusetts Gaming Policy Advisory Committee.

    April 15, 2025

    Source: malegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Filed a bill requiring electric, gas, and phone companies to run their customer call centers inside Massachusetts and inside the area they serve. It was sent to committee in 2011 and later merged into a new draft (Senate Bill 1670).

    January 24, 2011

    Source: malegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Joined Lawrence officials in appealing the state's 2005 auto insurance territory ruling, arguing the city's anti-fraud crackdown should lower its rates. The insurance commissioner dismissed the appeal as filed too late and upheld the ruling.

    March 7, 2005

    Source: mass.gov · researched July 24, 2026

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Profile last researched July 24, 2026.