2025–2026 Massachusetts legislature

194th Massachusetts General Court
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Overview
Legislative body	Massachusetts General Court
Term	January 1, 2025 (2025-01-01) [1]  – January 2027 (2027-01)
Massachusetts Senate
Members	40
Senate President	Karen Spilka (D) [2]
Senate Minority Leader	Bruce Tarr (R) [2]
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Members	160
House Speaker	Ron Mariano (D) [2]
House Minority Leader	Brad Jones (R) [2]

The 194th Massachusetts General Court is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts in the United States. The legislature consists of elected members of the Senate and House of Representatives. ^[3] It convened in Boston at the State House on January 1, 2025 and is expected to continue through the end of December 2026, during the third and fourth years of the governorship of Maura Healey. Senate and House districts are drawn based on the 2020 census.

Major events

• January 1, 2025: General Court convened. Ron Mariano (D) was elected Speaker of the House and Karen Spilka was elected President of the Massachusetts Senate. Members-elect of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives were sworn in, except for Jerry Parisella, who declined to be seated after he was nominated and confirmed as an associate justice of the District Court. ^{[4] [5]}

Leadership

Senate

Position [6]	Leader	District	Party
President of the Senate	Karen E. Spilka	Middlesex and Norfolk	Democratic
Majority Leader	Cynthia Stone Creem	Norfolk and Middlesex
President Pro Tempore	William N. Brownsberger	Suffolk and Middlesex
Assistant Majority Leader	Joan Lovely	Second Essex
	Michael J. Barrett	Third Middlesex
	Sal N. DiDomenico	Middlesex and Suffolk
Senate Majority Whip	Michael F. Rush	Norfolk and Suffolk
Assistant Majority Whip	Julian Cyr	Cape and Islands
Minority Leader	Bruce E. Tarr	First Essex and Middlesex	Republican
Assistant Minority Leader	Patrick M. O'Connor	First Plymouth and Norfolk
	Ryan C. Fattman	Worcester and Norfolk
	Peter Durant	Worcester and Hampshire
	Kelly Dooner	Third Bristol and Plymouth

House

Position [6]	Representative	Municipality	Party
Speaker of the House	Ron Mariano	Quincy	Democratic
Majority Leader	Michael J. Moran	Brighton
Speaker Pro Tempore	Kate Hogan	Stow
Assistant Majority Leader	Alice Peisch	Wellesley
Second Assistant Majority Leader	Frank A. Moran	Lawrence
	Paul Donato	Medford
First Division Chair	Danielle Gregoire	Marlborough
Second Division Chair	Jeffrey Roy	Franklin
Third Division Chair	Carlos González	Springfield
Fourth Division Chair	Jim O'Day	West Boylston
Minority Leader	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	North Reading	Republican
First Assistant Minority Leader	Kimberly N. Ferguson	Holden
Second Assistant Minority Leader	Paul K. Frost	Auburn
Third Assistant Minority Leader	David Muradian	Grafton
	David Vieira	East Falmouth

See also

• 2024 Massachusetts House of Representatives election
• 2024 Massachusetts Senate election
• 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. Office of the Clerk of the House, "The 194th General Court — 2025 —First Annual Session", malegislature.gov, archived from the original on February 17, 2025
2. "Leadership", malegislature.gov, retrieved February 16, 2025
3. "Malegislature.gov". Archived from the original on February 16, 2025.
4. "Governor Healey Nominates State Representative Jerald Parisella to District Court". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
5. Leighton, Paul (December 19, 2024). "Parisella confirmed as District Court judge". CNHI News. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
6. "Leadership". malegislature.gov. Retrieved August 5, 2025.