Leigh Susan Davis
Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Representative, 3rd Berkshire District
Leigh Davis of Great Barrington has served in the Massachusetts House since January 2025, after serving on the Great Barrington Select Board. Her stated priorities are affordability and housing, along with transportation, education and access to health care in the Berkshires.
Where Leigh Susan Davis stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Immigration (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (4 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Filed H.2385 to create a special state commission on avian influenza (H5N1).
February 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
Voted for the PROTECT Act (H.5620), a law limiting state and local help with federal civil immigration enforcement. The House passed it 137-21.
July 30, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 oppose
Voted for the final fiscal 2027 state budget (H.5555), after voting the same way on the final fiscal 2026 budget (H.4240) on June 30, 2025. The House passed it 142-6.
July 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the fiscal 2025 closeout supplemental budget (H.4761). The House passed it 149-9.
November 19, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for a fiscal 2025 supplemental budget (H.4005) spending income-surtax money on education and transportation. The House passed it 140-14.
April 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the final fiscal 2025 supplemental budget (H.58) that added money for the state's emergency family shelter system. The House passed it 127-23.
February 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Filed H.1634 to make sexual contact by teachers and other adults in authority with 16- and 17-year-old students a crime. The Legislature approved its core provisions in the fiscal 2027 budget on July 2, 2026.
July 2, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: theberkshireedge.com
Filed H.4107 to require CPR training and promote careers in emergency medical services.
May 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed H.4120 to declare emergency medical services an essential service in Massachusetts.
May 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed H.1633 to update and clarify the state law against secretly photographing under a person's clothing (upskirting).
February 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Voted for the PROTECT Act (H.5620), a law limiting state and local help with federal civil immigration enforcement. The House passed it 137-21.
July 30, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Wrote the Great Barrington short-term rental bylaw as a Selectboard member. It limited rentals by owners who live elsewhere, and annual town meeting passed it 207-111.
June 7, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: theberkshireedge.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted for the final fiscal 2025 supplemental budget (H.58) that added money for the state's emergency family shelter system. The House passed it 127-23.
February 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support
Voted for S.2581, a bill requiring schools to limit student use of cellphones and other personal devices during the school day. The House passed it 129-25.
April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for H.4672, a bill on teacher preparation and student literacy instruction. The House passed it 155-0.
October 29, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for a fiscal 2025 supplemental budget (H.4005) spending income-surtax money on education and transportation. The House passed it 140-14.
April 9, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support
Voted for H.5595, a law letting a physician perform an abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy based on medical judgment, removing the list of required reasons. The House passed it 121-35.
July 31, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for S.2543, a law strengthening legal protections for people who provide or receive reproductive and gender-affirming health care, including keeping providers' home addresses out of public records. The House passed it 132-24.
July 31, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted for H.5093, a bill to protect voters against deceptive election misinformation. The House passed it 154-3.
February 11, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Voted for S.2543, a law strengthening legal protections for people who provide or receive reproductive and gender-affirming health care, including keeping providers' home addresses out of public records. The House passed it 132-24.
July 31, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Pushed to revive the state's Accelerated Bridge Program with her bill H.4130. Governor Healey then announced on January 22, 2026, that 27 western Massachusetts bridges would be repaired under the program.
January 24, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: berkshireeagle.com
Voted for a fiscal 2025 supplemental budget (H.4005) spending income-surtax money on education and transportation. The House passed it 140-14.
April 9, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed H.3647 to share state Chapter 90 road money more fairly among cities and towns.
February 27, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Filed H.5554 to give tenants a seat on the Great Barrington Housing Authority board. The House passed it on September 8, 2026.
September 8, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed H.5641 for a temporary moratorium on large solar installations and battery energy storage systems.
August 4, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for H.5469, a House bill setting public-records rules for the Legislature and defining how the state auditor may audit it; the state auditor said it narrowed the audit voters approved in 2024. The House passed it 125-28.
June 3, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the final version of H.5350, a bill overhauling the state's cannabis laws and its Cannabis Control Commission. The House passed it 155-0.
April 8, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for H.5151, the House energy bill on energy costs, clean power, and utility rules. The House passed it 128-27.
February 26, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed H.3311 to make state grant programs fairer for rural communities.
February 27, 2025
Source: malegislature.gov
Received the endorsement of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren in her 2024 race for state representative.
September 24, 2024
Source: theberkshireedge.com
Received the endorsement of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley in her 2024 race for state representative.
August 23, 2024
Source: theberkshireedge.com
Past race Leigh Susan Davis ran in:
- State Representative 3rd Berkshire District · November 3, 2026 · 3rd Berkshire District; Massachusetts · incumbent