Bud L. Williams

Filed a bill (H.1347) requiring MassHealth to cover fertility preservation for patients, such as people with sickle cell disease, whose treatment can cause infertility.

February 27, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: malegislature.gov

Filed a bill (H.476) to keep medical debt off consumer credit reports. A committee folded it into a broader medical debt bill that it approved on Dec. 8, 2025.

February 27, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: malegislature.gov

Filed a bill (H.3583) to stop state approval of new or expanded gas and other fuel facilities until at least 2026, except when needed for public safety.

February 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the 2021 climate law that set a legal goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in Massachusetts by 2050. The House passed the final version 145-14.

March 18, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the law banning the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, and adding a tax on vapes. It passed the House 119-33.

November 21, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: malegislature.gov

Filed a bill (H.315) to let a state fund make low-interest bridge loans to minority-, women- and veteran-owned small businesses that win state contracts. A committee approved it on Oct. 9, 2025.

February 27, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the 'grand bargain' law that raised the state minimum wage to $15 an hour over five years and created paid family and medical leave. It passed the House 119-24.

June 20, 2018Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the 'grand bargain' law that raised the state minimum wage to $15 an hour over five years and created paid family and medical leave. It passed the House 119-24.

June 20, 2018Supports Labor Rights

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the PROTECT Act (H.5620), which limits how much state and local police can help federal immigration enforcement. It passed the House 137-21.

July 30, 2026Supports Immigration

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted to override Gov. Baker's veto of the Work and Family Mobility Act. The law lets state residents get a driver's license no matter their immigration status. The override passed 119-36.

June 8, 2022Supports Immigration

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the Affordable Homes Act (H.4977), a housing bill that let the state borrow about $5 billion for housing. It passed the House 128-24.

August 1, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for a state supplemental budget (H.4582) that added $251 million for the emergency family shelter system and limited shelter stays. It passed the House 123-35.

April 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of a pay raise for legislative leaders, the governor and other top state officials. The override passed 116-43.

February 2, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: malegislature.gov

Filed a bill (H.2732) to create an 'Ebony Alert' system and a state office for missing and murdered Black women and girls. A legislative committee approved it on Oct. 30, 2025.

February 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: malegislature.gov

Publicly asked Gov. Maura Healey and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal to permanently add FBI, DEA, ATF and State Police officers in Springfield after a rise in gun violence.

August 23, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nepm.org

Voted for the final 2020 police reform law, which created a state board to certify police officers and remove the licenses of officers who commit misconduct. It passed the House 91-67.

December 1, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: malegislature.gov

Filed a bill (H.2049) requiring courts to clear records of past marijuana charges for amounts that are now legal to possess or grow.

February 27, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the final 2018 criminal justice reform law. It ended some mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug crimes and raised the age at which children can be charged with crimes. The House approved it 148-5.

April 4, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: malegislature.gov

Filed a bill (H.989) to end mandatory minimum prison sentences for drug crimes. In October 2017 the Judiciary Committee folded it into the Senate's criminal justice reform bill.

January 23, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the Affordable Homes Act (H.4977), a housing bill that let the state borrow about $5 billion for housing. It passed the House 128-24.

August 1, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for a state supplemental budget (H.4582) that added $251 million for the emergency family shelter system and limited shelter stays. It passed the House 123-35.

April 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for a bill (S.2581) to ban student cellphone use during the school day and limit social media accounts for young teens. It passed the House 129-25.

April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: malegislature.gov

Sponsored a state law letting Springfield use DeBerry Park land to build a new DeBerry-Homer Street Elementary School, with replacement park land required. The governor signed it on June 4, 2020.

June 4, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the 2024 gun law (H.4885) that cracked down on untraceable 'ghost guns' and expanded the red flag law. The House approved the final version 124-33.

July 18, 2024Supports Gun Control

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the 2018 'red flag' law, which lets courts temporarily take guns from people found to be a danger to themselves or others. It passed the House 133-15.

June 28, 2018Supports Gun Control

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for a law (H.5595) that removed the state's 24-week limit on abortion, leaving later abortion decisions to patients and their doctors. It passed the House 121-35.

July 31, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for a 2025 law (S.2543) that strengthened legal protections for people who provide or receive reproductive and gender-affirming care. It passed the House 132-24.

July 31, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the final 2022 law protecting abortion and gender-affirming care providers and patients (H.5090). It passed the House 137-16.

July 26, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted against the House bill to expand legal protections for abortion (H.4930) after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It passed the House 136-17.

June 29, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted against overriding Gov. Baker's veto of the ROE Act abortion law. The law let 16- and 17-year-olds get abortions without parental consent and allowed some abortions after 24 weeks. The override passed 107-46.

December 28, 2020Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: malegislature.gov

Filed a bill (H.2732) to create an 'Ebony Alert' system and a state office for missing and murdered Black women and girls. A legislative committee approved it on Oct. 30, 2025.

February 27, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: malegislature.gov

Filed a health equity bill (H.1416) with Rep. Judith Garcia that creates a state Secretary of Equity. A legislative committee recommended it on June 22, 2026.

February 27, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the VOTES Act, which made mail-in voting and expanded early voting permanent in Massachusetts. It passed the House 126-29.

June 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: malegislature.gov

Voted for the automatic voter registration law, which registers eligible voters when they deal with state agencies such as the RMV. It passed the House 134-16.

July 27, 2018Supports Civil Rights

Source: malegislature.gov

Sponsored a state law letting Springfield use DeBerry Park land to build a new DeBerry-Homer Street Elementary School, with replacement park land required. The governor signed it on June 4, 2020.

June 4, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: malegislature.gov

Was endorsed for re-election by the Springfield newspaper Point of View.

August 27, 2026

Source: afampointofview.com

Was named House chair of the Legislature's Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion for the 2025-2026 session.

February 27, 2025

Source: malegislature.gov

Hosted a Springfield town hall to explain the state's new gun law. He said he was disappointed it left out $10 million for police cold-case units.

August 8, 2024

Source: wamc.org

Was elected chair of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus, a group of 25 state lawmakers.

March 7, 2023

Source: wamc.org

His bill to create a state task force studying an Underground Railroad, civil rights and Black heritage museum in Springfield passed the House on July 26, 2022. The Senate did not act on it.

July 26, 2022

Source: malegislature.gov

Sponsored a resolve to install a memorial in the Massachusetts House chamber with part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1965 speech to the Legislature. The governor signed it on Aug. 4, 2020.

August 4, 2020

Source: malegislature.gov

As a Springfield city councilor, called for stricter enforcement of the rule that city workers live in Springfield. He cited a report that only 11 of 43 recent hires or promotions had moved to the city.

April 15, 2016

Source: wamc.org

As a Springfield city councilor, said MGM should build the full casino plan voters approved, including a full hotel, after MGM proposed cutting parts of it.

October 27, 2015

Source: wamc.org