Patrick Joseph Kearney

Voted for a $2.25 billion budget bill that sent $1.67 billion to MassHealth (H.4601). It passed 141-14.

October 15, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Filed a bill (H.978) to let towns use Community Preservation Act money to protect open space, historic sites, and housing from coastal threats. The House sent it to a study order in February 2026.

February 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for the final 2024 clean energy bill that sped up permits for clean energy projects (S.2967). It passed 128-17.

November 14, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for the 2021 climate law setting a goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 (S.9). It passed 144-14.

January 28, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against the 2019 law banning flavored tobacco and vaping products and taxing e-cigarettes (H.4196). It passed 119-33.

November 20, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Filed a bill (H.3069) to let legislative employees unionize and bargain collectively. The session ended in December 2024 with no final action.

December 31, 2024Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for a bill limiting when local police may ask about a person's immigration status (H.5305). It passed 134-21.

March 25, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted against overriding Gov. Baker's veto of the law letting residents get driver's licenses regardless of immigration status (H.4805). The override passed 119-36.

June 8, 2022Opposes Immigration

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Voted for the final state budget for fiscal year 2027 (H.5555). It passed 142-6.

July 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a $2.25 billion budget bill that sent $1.67 billion to MassHealth (H.4601). It passed 141-14.

October 15, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for the final 2024 economic development bill, which authorized state borrowing for business and job programs (H.5100). It passed 137-8.

November 14, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for final passage of the Affordable Homes Act, a state borrowing bill for housing programs (H.4977). It passed 128-24.

August 1, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a $251 million budget bill for emergency family shelters that also set a nine-month shelter stay limit (H.4582). It passed 123-35.

April 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for final passage of the law giving people in state prisons and county jails free phone calls (H.4052). It passed 132-26.

November 8, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for final passage of the 2020 police reform law, which created a police certification board (S.2963). It passed 107-51.

December 23, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for final passage of the Affordable Homes Act, a state borrowing bill for housing programs (H.4977). It passed 128-24.

August 1, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for a $251 million budget bill for emergency family shelters that also set a nine-month shelter stay limit (H.4582). It passed 123-35.

April 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for a bill banning student cellphone use in schools and limiting social media for young children (S.2581). It passed 129-25.

April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for the final 2024 gun law, which cracked down on untraceable ghost guns (H.4885). It passed 124-33.

July 18, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Voted for a bill letting doctors provide abortions later in pregnancy based on their medical judgment (H.5595). It passed 119-33.

July 22, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for final passage of a law shielding abortion and gender-affirming care providers and patients from out-of-state investigations (S.2543). It passed 132-24.

July 31, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for the 2022 VOTES Act, which made mail-in voting permanent and expanded early voting (S.2924). It passed 126-29.

June 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for a bill opening some legislative and governor's office records to the public while limiting the auditor's review of the Legislature (H.5469). It passed 125-28.

June 3, 2026

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Filed a bill (H.131) to let commercial lobster permit holders fish all 12 months of the year in state waters, a bill he has filed every session since 2019. The House sent it to a study order in March 2026.

March 16, 2026

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Voted for a House energy bill that cut about $1 billion from the Mass Save energy efficiency program (H.5151). It passed 128-27.

February 26, 2026

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Filed a bill (H.415) to ban buying or using products made in Russia in Massachusetts. The House sent it to a study order in February 2026.

February 17, 2026

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