Chynah T. Tyler
Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Representative, 7th Suffolk District
Chynah Tyler has represented Massachusetts' 7th Suffolk District since 2017. She earned a criminal justice degree from Northeastern University and previously worked as a federal-inmate case manager and state Senate legislative aide.
Where Chynah T. Tyler stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (3 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (3 records), Labor Rights (2 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 3 support
Co-introduced H.1333 to expand the doula workforce.
February 27, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.2550 to collect and publish physician-workforce data on race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual identity.
February 27, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1334 to regulate pharmacy-benefit-manager duties.
February 27, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 3 support
Introduced H.184 to direct a fair share of cannabis revenue to communities harmed by the war on drugs.
February 27, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.288 to prevent children's savings-account funds from counting against cash-assistance benefits. Filed the same bill in earlier sessions: H.121 (2017).
February 27, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.168 to establish a permanent commission on the social status of Black men and boys.
January 22, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 2 support
Co-introduced H.1333 to expand the doula workforce.
February 27, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.182 to study cannabis-industry employment programs for formerly incarcerated people.
February 27, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 4 support
Introduced H.2550 to collect and publish physician-workforce data on race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual identity.
February 27, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1789 to review correctional programming, prison healthcare, and the mental-health effects of disciplinary confinement.
February 16, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.2142 to establish an independent Massachusetts corrections oversight commission.
January 22, 2019Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.2141 to improve data collection in the juvenile-justice system.
January 22, 2019Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Introduced H.3422 to establish a jail and prison construction moratorium.
February 27, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: legiscan.com
Co-introduced H.1377 to establish an office of fair housing and a fair-housing trust fund.
February 16, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 10 support
Introduced H.2019 to ensure equitable access to cannabis-related expungement.
February 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1569 to require security services at senior-housing facilities.
February 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.3422 to establish a jail and prison construction moratorium.
February 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1789 to review correctional programming, prison healthcare, and the mental-health effects of disciplinary confinement.
February 16, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Co-introduced H.1787 to automatically seal cannabis records and promote uniform digital recordkeeping.
February 16, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Co-introduced H.1788 to address false reporting of emergencies.
February 16, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1901 to study gender-responsive programming for girls involved in the juvenile-justice system. Filed the same bill in earlier sessions: H.119 (2017).
March 29, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.2142 to establish an independent Massachusetts corrections oversight commission.
January 22, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.2141 to improve data collection in the juvenile-justice system.
January 22, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.3127 to reform mandatory-minimum sentences.
January 23, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 9 support
Introduced H.2019 to ensure equitable access to cannabis-related expungement.
February 27, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.182 to study cannabis-industry employment programs for formerly incarcerated people.
February 27, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.184 to direct a fair share of cannabis revenue to communities harmed by the war on drugs.
February 27, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.185 to remove host-community-agreement real-estate barriers to equitable participation in the cannabis industry.
February 27, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.3422 to establish a jail and prison construction moratorium.
February 27, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1789 to review correctional programming, prison healthcare, and the mental-health effects of disciplinary confinement.
February 16, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Co-introduced H.1787 to automatically seal cannabis records and promote uniform digital recordkeeping.
February 16, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.2142 to establish an independent Massachusetts corrections oversight commission.
January 22, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.3127 to reform mandatory-minimum sentences.
January 23, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 4 support
Introduced H.289 to establish a special commission to study women and homelessness.
February 27, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.3260 to authorize tax credits for rent paid on taxpayers' personal residences.
February 27, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1569 to require security services at senior-housing facilities.
February 27, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Co-introduced H.1377 to establish an office of fair housing and a fair-housing trust fund.
February 16, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 4 support
Introduced H.289 to establish a special commission to study women and homelessness.
February 27, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.288 to prevent children's savings-account funds from counting against cash-assistance benefits. Filed the same bill in earlier sessions: H.121 (2017).
February 27, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1569 to require security services at senior-housing facilities.
February 27, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.168 to establish a permanent commission on the social status of Black men and boys.
January 22, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Co-introduced H.588 to establish a permanent commission on anti-racist education and develop anti-racist public-school curriculum.
February 16, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 3 support
Co-introduced H.1333 to expand the doula workforce.
February 27, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.289 to establish a special commission to study women and homelessness.
February 27, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1901 to study gender-responsive programming for girls involved in the juvenile-justice system. Filed the same bill in earlier sessions: H.119 (2017).
March 29, 2021Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Co-introduced H.721 to restore voting rights for people convicted of felonies.
February 16, 2023Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Introduced H.3260 to authorize tax credits for rent paid on taxpayers' personal residences.
February 27, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 8 support
Introduced H.2550 to collect and publish physician-workforce data on race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual identity.
February 27, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Co-introduced H.721 to restore voting rights for people convicted of felonies.
February 16, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Co-introduced H.1377 to establish an office of fair housing and a fair-housing trust fund.
February 16, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Co-introduced H.588 to establish a permanent commission on anti-racist education and develop anti-racist public-school curriculum.
February 16, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Co-introduced H.1907, whose successor became Chapter 117 of the Acts of 2022, prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles.
July 26, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1901 to study gender-responsive programming for girls involved in the juvenile-justice system. Filed the same bill in earlier sessions: H.119 (2017).
March 29, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.168 to establish a permanent commission on the social status of Black men and boys.
January 22, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.2141 to improve data collection in the juvenile-justice system.
January 22, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 3 support
Introduced H.184 to direct a fair share of cannabis revenue to communities harmed by the war on drugs.
February 27, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.185 to remove host-community-agreement real-estate barriers to equitable participation in the cannabis industry.
February 27, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H.1334 to regulate pharmacy-benefit-manager duties.
February 27, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Past races Chynah T. Tyler ran in:
- Massachusetts State Representative 7th Suffolk District · November 3, 2026 · 7th Suffolk District; Massachusetts · incumbent
- Massachusetts State Representative 7th Suffolk District · September 1, 2026 · 7th Suffolk District; Massachusetts · incumbent