Ronald Mariano
Democratic · MA · Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; State Representative, 3rd Norfolk District
Speaker of the Massachusetts House since 2020 and a former Quincy teacher and Quincy School Committee member. His stated top priority is making Massachusetts affordable to live and raise a family, while sustaining progress in health care and education.
Where Ronald Mariano stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Government Efficiency (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records),
Mixed record
Healthcare Affordability (1 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 6 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support · 1 oppose
Backed House passage of health-care market oversight and cost-containment legislation after the Steward hospital crisis.
May 16, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Moved an amendment to a mental-health parity bill excluding several developmental and other diagnoses from the bill's mental-disorder definition; the House rejected it 40-110.
June 26, 2008Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Backed a $3.5 billion House environmental bond bill for clean water and climate resilience.
June 17, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Backed House passage of clean-energy legislation to expand renewable generation, storage, and grid infrastructure.
July 17, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Backed House rules requiring more timely committee votes and greater public access to attendance and committee voting records.
February 25, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed an order to establish a legislative oversight committee on the Holyoke Soldiers' Home; the House adopted it.
February 12, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 6 oppose
Backed a $561 million House economic-development bond bill including housing-production tools and affordable units.
July 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Backed a $3.5 billion House environmental bond bill for clean water and climate resilience.
June 17, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Backed a $228 million House supplemental budget covering storm recovery, public safety, substance-use treatment, and homelessness aid.
June 10, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Backed a House bill authorizing about $3.65 billion in bonds to modernize public college facilities.
November 18, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Backed a $6.5 billion House housing bond bill with affordable-housing programs, tax credits, and public-housing preservation.
June 5, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Moved that Quincy schools seek $150,000 in budget cuts; the School Committee approved his motion 4-2.
December 10, 2008Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: quincypublicschools.com
Moved an adopted transportation bond amendment directing at least $100,000 to traffic signals at the Holbrook public safety complex.
June 2, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Backed final legislative passage of gun reforms restricting ghost guns and carrying firearms in polling places and government buildings.
July 18, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on the House firearms bill restricting ghost guns and assault-style weapons; it passed 120-38.
October 18, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Backed a $561 million House economic-development bond bill including housing-production tools and affordable units.
July 8, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Backed a $6.5 billion House housing bond bill with affordable-housing programs, tax credits, and public-housing preservation.
June 5, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Backed a House bill authorizing about $3.65 billion in bonds to modernize public college facilities.
November 18, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 2 support
Backed final legislative passage of gun reforms restricting ghost guns and carrying firearms in polling places and government buildings.
July 18, 2024Supports Gun Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on the House firearms bill restricting ghost guns and assault-style weapons; it passed 120-38.
October 18, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support
Voted yes on the House bill expanding reproductive-health protections; it passed 136-17.
June 29, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Sponsored a bill extending state data-security protections to biometric information; a House committee reported it favorably, but it did not become law.
July 20, 2017Supports Data Privacy
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Backed House passage of health-care market oversight and cost-containment legislation after the Steward hospital crisis.
May 16, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Backed House passage of clean-energy legislation to expand renewable generation, storage, and grid infrastructure.
July 17, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: malegislature.gov
Sponsored redevelopment of the former Weymouth Naval Air Station; the bill became Chapter 291 of the 2014 Acts.
August 20, 2014Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: malegislature.gov
Moved an adopted transportation bond amendment directing at least $100,000 to traffic signals at the Holbrook public safety complex.
June 2, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Named as House Speaker in a state auditor lawsuit seeking to enforce legislative-audit document requests.
February 10, 2026
Source: wgbh.org
Reelected Speaker of the Massachusetts House for the 2025-26 session. Also did the same on January 4, 2023.
January 1, 2025
Source: malegislature.gov
Sent the state auditor a letter declining a performance audit of the House, arguing that the audit exceeded the auditor's authority under the state constitution.
March 24, 2023
Source: commonwealthbeacon.org
Elected Speaker of the Massachusetts House by a 123-31 vote.
December 30, 2020
Source: malegislature.gov
Sponsored a Quincy urban redevelopment bill that became Chapter 355 of the 2016 Acts.
December 30, 2016
Source: malegislature.gov
Sponsored the addition of a voting precinct in Quincy; it became Chapter 31 of the 2012 Acts.
February 14, 2012
Source: malegislature.gov
Sponsored changes governing state banks' derivative activities; the bill became Chapter 115 of the 2011 Acts.
September 15, 2011
Source: malegislature.gov
Sponsored a bill licensing certain health plans; it became Chapter 251 of the 2010 Massachusetts Acts.
August 5, 2010
Source: malegislature.gov
Sent a letter opposing a proposed Hanlin charter school in Quincy to the state education department.
November 18, 2009
Source: quincypublicschools.com
Seconded a Quincy School Committee motion raising school lunch prices by 25 cents; it passed 5-2.
September 10, 2008
Source: quincypublicschools.com
Moved an adopted amendment barring the state health insurance Connector from actively soliciting groups recently covered by employer health plans.
October 18, 2007
Source: malegislature.gov
Past races Ronald Mariano ran in:
- State Representative 3rd Norfolk District · November 3, 2026 · 3rd Norfolk District; Massachusetts · incumbent
- State Representative 3rd Norfolk District · September 1, 2026 · 3rd Norfolk District; Massachusetts · incumbent