Orlando Ramos
Democratic · MA · State Representative, 9th Hampden District
Orlando Ramos has represented the 9th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House since 2021 and was Springfield City Council president in 2017 and 2018. A union carpenter, he has filed bills on same-day voter registration and fair wages on subsidized construction.
Where Orlando Ramos stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (4 records), Labor Rights (1 record),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 1 oppose)
Campaign Finance Information — Massachusetts State Representative 9th Hampden District
Campaign Finance Information
Data last updated September 26, 2026
- Raised
- $3,059
- Spent
- $2,699
- Cash on hand
- $18,726
Donor breakdowns reflect itemized receipts reported to the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Totals are official bank-report year-to-date figures where available (otherwise sums of itemized receipts) and can include money not shown in the breakdowns.
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- Consultant$550
- Lobbyist$300
- Executive Director$200
- Policy Advisor$200
- President$200
Direct contributions by size
- $100-$249$2,350
- $1-$99$75
Source: Massachusetts OCPF · 2026 cycle · api.ocpf.us
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Ramos voted yes to pass House Bill H4773, expanding access to midwives and birth centers and requiring postpartum-depression screening coverage.
June 20, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: scorecard.progressivemass.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
Ramos voted no on amendment 8 to H5151, which would have required approval of new gas infrastructure in a clean-energy bill.
February 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: scorecard.progressivemass.com · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos voted yes to accept the Massachusetts House conference report on H5060, a clean-energy and offshore-wind bill.
July 21, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: scorecard.progressivemass.com · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos joined Springfield-area lawmakers in publicly urging legislators to end state clean-energy subsidies for wood-burning biomass power.
September 13, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: wbur.org · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos co-sponsored a Springfield City Council resolution opposing state subsidies and incentives for commercial wood-burning biomass plants.
December 21, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: sites.bu.edu · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support
Ramos won a recorded council vote to apply Springfield’s responsible-employer rules to public construction contracts starting at $500,000 instead of $1 million; the amended ordinance then advanced.
February 4, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
Ramos voted to adopt Springfield’s Welcoming Community Trust Ordinance, limiting local participation in federal immigration enforcement; it passed 10–3.
December 17, 2018Supports Immigration
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 1 oppose
Ramos joined Springfield-area lawmakers in publicly urging legislators to end state clean-energy subsidies for wood-burning biomass power.
September 13, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: wbur.org · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos co-sponsored a Springfield City Council resolution opposing state subsidies and incentives for commercial wood-burning biomass plants.
December 21, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: sites.bu.edu · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos voted to transfer $750,000 of city free cash to cover Springfield school transportation costs.
May 18, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support
Ramos voted yes on House Bill H4135, which tightened Massachusetts firearm rules on ghost guns, red-flag orders, and assault weapons.
October 18, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: scorecard.progressivemass.com · researched September 25, 2026
As lead sponsor, Ramos secured Springfield council passage of an ordinance barring gas stations from selling fuel to riders of illegal dirt bikes and other unauthorized vehicles.
November 15, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: springfield-ma.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos voted to override the mayor’s veto of the ordinance restoring a Springfield Board of Police Commissioners; the council overrode the veto 11–2.
December 17, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos introduced a resolution urging Springfield police officers to wear body cameras; the council adopted it after adding language that preserved in-cruiser camera plans.
May 18, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
As a Springfield license commissioner, Ramos voted against a compromise that reduced the penalty after two underage beer sales at the Stearns Square concert series.
September 5, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: archives.thereminder.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Ramos voted to transfer $750,000 of city free cash to cover Springfield school transportation costs.
May 18, 2015Supports Public Education Quality
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Ramos voted yes on House Bill H4135, which tightened Massachusetts firearm rules on ghost guns, red-flag orders, and assault weapons.
October 18, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: scorecard.progressivemass.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 3 support
Ramos voted yes on S2543, expanding Massachusetts protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care against hostile out-of-state legal actions.
July 16, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: scorecard.progressivemass.com · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos voted yes to pass House Bill H4773, expanding access to midwives and birth centers and requiring postpartum-depression screening coverage.
June 20, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: scorecard.progressivemass.com · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos voted yes on Massachusetts House Bill H4930, a bill to protect access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care from out-of-state legal actions.
June 29, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: scorecard.progressivemass.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 3 support
Ramos co-sponsored H1728, a bill that would centralize police facial-recognition searches in the State Police and add safeguards on the technology.
October 17, 2023Supports Data Privacy
Source: masslawyersweekly.com · researched September 25, 2026
As a state representative, Ramos co-introduced a bill to require warrants for most police face-recognition searches and restrict government face surveillance.
March 1, 2021Supports Data Privacy
Source: aclum.org · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos helped negotiate Springfield’s pause on police use of facial-recognition technology until rules could govern it.
February 25, 2020Supports Data Privacy
Source: springfield-ma.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 7 support
Ramos voted yes on S2543, expanding Massachusetts protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care against hostile out-of-state legal actions.
July 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: scorecard.progressivemass.com · researched September 25, 2026
The Massachusetts House referred Ramos’s H863, a bill to allow eligible voters to register on election day, to the Election Laws Committee; it later moved to a study order.
February 27, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: mapletestimony.org · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos co-sponsored H1728, a bill that would centralize police facial-recognition searches in the State Police and add safeguards on the technology.
October 17, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: masslawyersweekly.com · researched September 25, 2026
As a state representative, Ramos co-introduced a bill to require warrants for most police face-recognition searches and restrict government face surveillance.
March 1, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: aclum.org · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos helped negotiate Springfield’s pause on police use of facial-recognition technology until rules could govern it.
February 25, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: springfield-ma.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos voted to adopt Springfield’s Welcoming Community Trust Ordinance, limiting local participation in federal immigration enforcement; it passed 10–3.
December 17, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
Ramos voted for Springfield City Council Resolution 2018-1 urging greater diversity among city department heads; it passed 10–1.
February 5, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Ramos won a recorded council vote to apply Springfield’s responsible-employer rules to public construction contracts starting at $500,000 instead of $1 million; the amended ordinance then advanced.
February 4, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Ramos reported securing an amendment in a passed substance-use bill requiring a study of opioid addiction’s disparate effects on Black and brown Massachusetts residents.
February 3, 2025
Source: thereminder.com · researched September 25, 2026
As council president, Ramos formed a 15-member committee of residents, officials, and law-enforcement representatives to examine police-community relations.
January 10, 2017
Source: wamc.org · researched September 25, 2026
Springfield City Council elected Ramos its president in a unanimous vote.
January 2, 2017
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
As a city councilor, Ramos supported a resolution urging an open search before Springfield appointed a new police commissioner. The council adopted the resolution.
March 3, 2014
Source: springfieldcityma.iqm2.com · researched September 25, 2026
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno appointed Orlando Ramos to the city License Commission, which hears liquor-law violations and issues local licenses.
January 27, 2011
Source: springfield-ma.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Race Orlando Ramos is in:
- Massachusetts State Representative 9th Hampden District · November 3, 2026 · 9th Hampden District; Massachusetts · incumbent
Profile last researched September 24, 2026.