Michael James Finn

Voted yes on the 2021 climate bill setting a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 (S. 9). It passed the House 144-14.

January 28, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on the 2019 tobacco law that banned flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, and taxed e-cigarettes (H. 4196). It passed the House 119-33.

November 21, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on the 2018 'grand bargain' law that raised the minimum wage to $15 by 2023 and created paid family and medical leave (H. 4640). It passed the House 119-24.

June 20, 2018Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted yes on the 2014 law raising the state minimum wage to $11 an hour by 2017, paired with unemployment insurance changes (S. 2195). It passed the House 122-24.

June 18, 2014Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted yes on the 2018 'grand bargain' law that raised the minimum wage to $15 by 2023 and created paid family and medical leave (H. 4640). It passed the House 119-24.

June 20, 2018Supports Labor Rights

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Voted yes on the 2014 law raising the state minimum wage to $11 an hour by 2017, paired with unemployment insurance changes (S. 2195). It passed the House 122-24.

June 18, 2014Supports Labor Rights

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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

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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

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Voted yes both times the House voted on letting residents get a driver's license regardless of immigration status (the Work and Family Mobility Act, H. 4805). The final House tally was 119-36.

June 8, 2022Supports Immigration

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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

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As co-chair of the bonding committee, advanced a $1.185 billion borrowing bill for local roads, bridges, and culverts (H. 4257). He praised it as balancing more road money with caution about federal cuts.

July 21, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Voted yes on the 2020 House transportation tax bill, which proposed raising the gas tax 5 cents, the diesel tax 9 cents, and ride-hailing fees to fund transit (H. 4508). It passed the House 113-40.

March 4, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on overriding Governor Patrick's veto of the 2013 transportation finance law, which raised the gas tax 3 cents, tied future gas tax increases to inflation, and raised the cigarette tax $1 a pack (H. 3535). It passed the House 123-33.

July 24, 2013Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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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

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Voted no on the final 2020 police reform law, which created a state board to certify and decertify police officers and limited chokeholds (S. 2963). It passed the House 91-67.

December 1, 2020Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted yes on the final 2018 criminal justice reform law, which repealed some mandatory minimum drug sentences and expanded record clearing (S. 2371). It passed the House 148-5.

April 4, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Voted yes on the 2018 'red flag' gun law, which lets family members ask a court to take guns from a person who poses a danger (H. 4670). It passed the House 133-15.

June 28, 2018Supports Gun Control

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Voted yes on the final 2014 gun law, which changed background checks, created a state firearms tracking unit, and let police chiefs go to court to deny some gun licenses (H. 4376). It passed the House 122-30.

July 31, 2014Supports Gun Control

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Voted no on the 2026 law removing the state's 24-week limit on abortion (H. 5595). It passed the House 119-33.

July 22, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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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

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Voted yes on the 2022 'shield' law protecting abortion and gender-affirming care providers and patients from out-of-state legal action (H. 5090). It passed the House 137-16.

July 26, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted no on overriding Governor Baker's veto of abortion-access changes that let 16- and 17-year-olds get abortions without parental consent and allowed abortions after 24 weeks for fatal fetal conditions (H. 5179). It passed the House 107-46.

December 28, 2020Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted yes on the 2014 abortion clinic safety law, passed after the Supreme Court struck down the state's buffer zone, which lets police order people blocking a clinic entrance to stay 25 feet away (S. 2283). It passed the House 119-33.

July 29, 2014Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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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

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Voted yes on the 2022 'shield' law protecting abortion and gender-affirming care providers and patients from out-of-state legal action (H. 5090). It passed the House 137-16.

July 26, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on the 2022 VOTES Act, which made voting by mail and expanded early voting permanent (S. 2924). It passed the House 126-29.

June 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes both times the House voted on banning conversion therapy for minors (H. 140, which became law; the 2018 bill was H. 4664). The final House tally was 149-8.

March 13, 2019Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on the final 2018 automatic voter registration law, which registers eligible voters when they deal with the RMV or MassHealth (H. 4834). It passed the House 134-16.

July 27, 2018Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on the 2016 bill banning discrimination against transgender people in public places such as restaurants, stores, and restrooms (S. 735). It passed the House 116-36.

June 1, 2016Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on the 2011 law adding gender identity to the state's anti-discrimination protections in jobs, housing, and education and to its hate crime law (H. 3810). It passed the House 94-60.

November 16, 2011Supports Civil Rights

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As co-chair of the bonding committee, advanced a $1.185 billion borrowing bill for local roads, bridges, and culverts (H. 4257). He praised it as balancing more road money with caution about federal cuts.

July 21, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted yes on the 2020 House transportation tax bill, which proposed raising the gas tax 5 cents, the diesel tax 9 cents, and ride-hailing fees to fund transit (H. 4508). It passed the House 113-40.

March 4, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted yes on overriding Governor Patrick's veto of the 2013 transportation finance law, which raised the gas tax 3 cents, tied future gas tax increases to inflation, and raised the cigarette tax $1 a pack (H. 3535). It passed the House 123-33.

July 24, 2013Supports Public Infrastructure

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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

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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

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Filed a bill in 2025 on teacher licensing test rules for military veterans (H. 570), a proposal he has filed every session since 2015.

February 27, 2025

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Was named House chair of the Legislature's bonding committee, which writes the state's major borrowing bills, after chairing the children and families committee in 2021-2022.

February 21, 2023

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As House chair of the children and families committee, filed a 2022 child welfare bill (H. 4787). The House swapped in a committee version (H. 4974) on July 5, 2022 and sent it to Ways and Means, where it stopped.

July 5, 2022

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Filed a law, at West Springfield's request, giving the city's mayor a four-year term. It was signed on September 21, 2016 (Chapter 268 of the Acts of 2016).

September 21, 2016

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Filed a bill in 2015 to toughen the law on vehicular homicide by impaired drivers (H. 1293), a proposal he filed every session from 2011 to 2017. Each was sent to study.

September 21, 2015

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Filed a law, at West Springfield's request, removing the town's police chief job from civil service rules. It was signed on January 4, 2013 (Chapter 406 of the Acts of 2012).

January 4, 2013

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Voted yes on the 2011 law allowing up to three resort casinos and one slot parlor in Massachusetts (H. 3807). It passed the House 124-30.

November 16, 2011

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