Christopher M. Hendricks
Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Representative, 11th Bristol District
New Bedford state representative since 2019 and a UMass Law-trained attorney who has represented injured workers. His priorities include affordable housing and support for people in addiction recovery.
Where Christopher M. Hendricks stands, based on their records
Supports
Labor Rights (3 records), Immigration (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted for the 2021 climate law (S.9), which set a legal goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in Massachusetts by 2050. It passed the House 144-14.
January 28, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted against the 2019 law banning sales of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, and adding a 75% tax on vaping products (H.4196). It passed the House 119-33. He also voted no when the House first approved it, 127-31.
November 21, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 3 support
Filed a bill in 2020, and again each session after, to give workers' compensation coverage to emergency and urgent care workers who caught COVID-19. Each version was sent to study, the latest (H.2122) on 2026-03-05.
March 5, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed a bill (H.2123) to extend workers' compensation scarring benefits to scars on the arms and legs, not just the face, neck and hands. A legislative committee approved it on 2025-12-22 and sent it to House Ways and Means.
December 22, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed a bill (H.1744) to bar anyone under 18 from working in seafood processing plants and to raise the minimum child labor fine from $500 to $20,000. A committee held a hearing but took no vote, so the bill was sent to study.
December 1, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: oceanstatemedia.org
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 2 support
Voted for a House bill (H.5305) setting state rules for federal civil immigration enforcement, including letting the governor limit it in nonpublic areas of state buildings. It passed the House 134-21.
March 25, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of the Work and Family Mobility Act (H.4805), which lets residents get a driver's license regardless of immigration status. The override passed the House 119-36.
June 8, 2022Supports Immigration
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
Secured $25,000 in the state's fiscal 2026 budget for Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction (PAACA), a New Bedford group offering recovery, youth, housing and job programs.
April 6, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: newbedfordlight.org
Voted for the House version of the fiscal 2026 state budget (H.4000). It passed the House 151-6.
April 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the House version of the Affordable Homes Act (H.4707), a state borrowing bill for housing. It passed the House 145-13.
June 5, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted for the 2020 police reform law (S.2963), which created a state commission to certify and decertify police officers. It passed the House 91-67.
December 1, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 2 support
Voted for a bill (H.4052) making phone calls free for people held in state prisons and county jails. It passed the House 132-26.
November 8, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the 2020 police reform law (S.2963), which created a state commission to certify and decertify police officers. It passed the House 91-67.
December 1, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted for the House version of the Affordable Homes Act (H.4707), a state borrowing bill for housing. It passed the House 145-13.
June 5, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Secured $25,000 in the state's fiscal 2026 budget for Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction (PAACA), a New Bedford group offering recovery, youth, housing and job programs.
April 6, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: newbedfordlight.org
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Voted for a bill (S.2581) requiring public schools to adopt policies banning student cellphone use during the school day. It passed the House 129-25.
April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Voted for the House's broad update of state gun laws (H.4135). It passed the House 120-38.
October 18, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 3 support
Voted for a 2025 bill (S.2543) adding protections for people who give or get abortion and gender-affirming care, such as keeping providers' home addresses out of public records. It passed the House 136-23.
July 16, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for a 2022 law (H.5090) that protects abortion and gender-affirming care in Massachusetts, including for patients from other states. It passed the House 137-16.
July 26, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of the ROE Act (H.5179), which widened abortion access in state law, including for 16- and 17-year-olds without a parent's consent. The override passed the House 107-46.
December 28, 2020Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Voted for a 2025 bill (S.2543) adding protections for people who give or get abortion and gender-affirming care, such as keeping providers' home addresses out of public records. It passed the House 136-23.
July 16, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 support
Voted for a 2025 bill (S.2543) adding protections for people who give or get abortion and gender-affirming care, such as keeping providers' home addresses out of public records. It passed the House 136-23.
July 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for a 2022 law (H.5090) that protects abortion and gender-affirming care in Massachusetts, including for patients from other states. It passed the House 137-16.
July 26, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for the VOTES Act (S.2924), which made voting early by mail available to every Massachusetts voter for state and local elections. It passed the House 126-29.
June 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Filed a bill (H.1744) to bar anyone under 18 from working in seafood processing plants and to raise the minimum child labor fine from $500 to $20,000. A committee held a hearing but took no vote, so the bill was sent to study.
December 1, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: oceanstatemedia.org
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Served as vice chair of the House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling in the 2025-2026 session, under Chair Kevin Honan.
October 9, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for a broad House energy bill (H.5151) on utility bills, clean power and the state economy. It passed the House 128-27.
February 26, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed, with Rep. Antonio Cabral, a bill moving the official harbor lines in New Bedford Harbor. The House passed it on 2025-11-10.
November 10, 2025
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed a bill (H.127) to ban commercial octopus farming for food in Massachusetts. The Legislature's Agriculture committee approved a new draft of it (H.4422) on 2025-09-08.
September 8, 2025
Source: malegislature.gov
Testified before the Legislature's Agriculture committee for his octopus farming ban, describing octopuses as highly intelligent animals and noting no such farms existed in the state yet.
May 13, 2025
Source: yahoo.com
Voted for the House version of the fiscal 2026 state budget (H.4000). It passed the House 151-6.
April 30, 2025
Source: malegislature.gov
Published a guest column on WBSM backing Sen. Ed Markey over Rep. Joe Kennedy III in the 2020 U.S. Senate race.
August 18, 2020
Source: wbsm.com
Filed, with Sen. Mark Montigny, a bill requested by the town of Acushnet to take its fire department's uniformed jobs out of the state civil service system. It became law on 2019-12-09 (Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2019).
December 9, 2019
Source: malegislature.gov
Past race Christopher M. Hendricks ran in:
- State Representative, 11th Bristol District · November 3, 2026 · 11th Bristol District; Massachusetts · incumbent