Priscila S. Sousa
Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Representative, 6th Middlesex District
Priscila Sousa is a Democratic state representative from Framingham, in office since 2023, and a former Framingham School Committee member who came to the U.S. from Brazil as a child. She has focused on downtown investment, cleaning up contaminated sites, and food security.
Where Priscila S. Sousa stands, based on their records
Supports
Labor Rights (1 record), Anti-Corruption (1 record), Immigration (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (7 records)
Track record
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support
Co-filed with Rep. Judith Garcia a law creating an annual Domestic Workers' Rights Day on June 16. It was signed on September 10, 2026 (Chapter 212 of the Acts of 2026).
September 10, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Voted yes on a 2026 bill to make the Legislature and the Governor's office subject to public records requests (H. 5469). It passed the House 125-28.
June 3, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
Voted yes on the PROTECT Act, a bill to ban civil immigration arrests in courthouses without a judge's warrant and to bar local police from asking about immigration status in non-criminal matters (H. 5305). It passed the House 134-21.
March 25, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 7 oppose
Voted yes on the final $63.4 billion fiscal 2027 state budget (H. 5555). It passed the House 142-6.
July 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on the final $60.9 billion fiscal 2026 state budget (H. 4240). It passed the House 139-6.
June 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on a 2025 spending bill with $425 million for the emergency family shelter system and tighter shelter eligibility rules (H. 57). It passed the House 126-26.
February 6, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on the House version of the Affordable Homes Act, a multibillion-dollar housing borrowing bill (H. 4707). It passed the House 145-13.
June 5, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on the House version of the fiscal 2025 state budget (H. 4600). It passed the House 153-4.
April 26, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on a 2024 spending bill adding $251 million for the emergency family shelter system and capping most shelter stays at nine months (H. 4582). It passed the House 123-35.
April 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on re-passing budget sections that made phone calls from state prisons and county jails free for incarcerated people (H. 4052). It passed the House 132-26.
November 8, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 2 support
Filed a 2025 bill to strengthen the state ban on shackling pregnant women in prisons and jails (H. 2703). The public safety committee approved it on October 8, 2025.
October 8, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on re-passing budget sections that made phone calls from state prisons and county jails free for incarcerated people (H. 4052). It passed the House 132-26.
November 8, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Filed a 2025 bill making mortgage lenders delay foreclosure after certain borrowers die, to protect widowed spouses (H. 1329). The House advanced it to a third reading on March 19, 2026.
March 19, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on the House version of the Affordable Homes Act, a multibillion-dollar housing borrowing bill (H. 4707). It passed the House 145-13.
June 5, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Voted yes on a 2025 spending bill with $425 million for the emergency family shelter system and tighter shelter eligibility rules (H. 57). It passed the House 126-26.
February 6, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on a 2024 spending bill adding $251 million for the emergency family shelter system and capping most shelter stays at nine months (H. 4582). It passed the House 123-35.
April 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Voted yes both times the House voted on the 2024 gun law that banned untraceable 'ghost guns' and expanded the assault weapons ban (H. 4135 in 2023, final report H. 4885 in 2024). The final House tally was 124-33.
July 18, 2024Supports Gun Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support
Voted yes on the 2026 law removing the state's 24-week limit on abortion (H. 5595). It passed the House 119-33.
July 22, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on the 2025 update to the 'shield' law, which added protections for providers and patients of reproductive and gender-affirming care (S. 2543). It passed the House 132-24.
July 31, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted yes on the 2025 update to the 'shield' law, which added protections for providers and patients of reproductive and gender-affirming care (S. 2543). It passed the House 132-24.
July 31, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Voted yes on the House version of a bill to ban student cellphones during the school day and to bar children under 14 from social media (S. 2581). It passed the House 129-25.
April 8, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on the House's 2026 energy bill, which proposed cutting about $1 billion from the Mass Save efficiency program, delaying an offshore wind deadline, and easing limits on nuclear power (H. 5151). It passed the House 128-27.
February 26, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed a 2025 bill making school bus drivers' commercial license rules easier to meet, aimed at a driver shortage (H. 3787). The transportation committee approved it on September 29, 2025.
September 29, 2025
Source: malegislature.gov
Received the endorsement of the Framingham Firefighters union, IAFF Local 1652, in her 2022 race for the 6th Middlesex House seat.
July 11, 2022
Source: patch.com
Past race Priscila S. Sousa ran in:
- State Representative 6th Middlesex District · November 3, 2026 · 6th Middlesex District; Massachusetts · incumbent