---
type: Person
title: "John Velis"
description: "MA Senate District Hampden and Hampshire — MA State Senate District Hampden and Hampshire"
role: "MA Senate District Hampden and Hampshire"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "MA"
district: "MA State Senate District Hampden and Hampshire"
represents: "us/states/ma/districts/senate/hampden-and-hampshire"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-04"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "814293b2-ba2f-40fe-8d54-86cdda51f244"
  office: "a3602664-1de1-44f6-b010-3f3c48c45c31"
  tenure: "8df6f68d-36ff-4ec3-bcc4-94c512aff008"
  jurisdiction: "9ebf677d-a000-4ec1-8933-caed97e5ecfd"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Geometry not found in SLD layer"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ma]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# John Velis

Current MA Senate District Hampden and Hampshire (MA State Senate District Hampden and Hampshire).

Represents [MA State Senate District Hampden and Hampshire](/us/states/ma/districts/senate/hampden-and-hampshire.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Geometry not found in SLD layer

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).