James Kimball Hawkins

Filed a bill (H.384) directing the state to publish a list of toxic chemicals of concern in consumer products for children. It was folded into a new committee draft (H.4357) in August 2025.

February 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for the final climate roadmap law setting a net-zero carbon emissions target for 2050. It passed the House 145-14.

March 18, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for the final law banning flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, and taxing vaping products at 75%. It passed the House 119-33.

November 21, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for a budget amendment giving police, firefighters and other essential public workers extra retirement credit for their service during the COVID-19 emergency. It failed 34-119.

April 28, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for a bill requiring employers with 25 or more workers to list pay ranges in job postings. It passed the House 148-8.

October 4, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for the final 'grand bargain' law raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2023, creating paid family and medical leave, and making the sales tax holiday permanent. It passed the House 119-24.

June 20, 2018Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for the final PROTECT Act, which limits federal civil immigration arrests at courthouses, schools and hospitals and keeps state and local police out of immigration enforcement. It passed the House 137-21.

July 30, 2026Supports Immigration

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Filed a bill (H.4684) barring police and federal immigration agents from wearing masks or disguises while dealing with the public, with exceptions for medical masks. It was sent to study in March 2026.

July 17, 2025Supports Immigration

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Voted to override Governor Baker's veto of the Work and Family Mobility Act, which lets immigrants without legal status get driver's licenses. The House overrode the veto 119-36.

June 8, 2022Supports Immigration

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Voted for the final $63.4 billion state budget for fiscal year 2027. It passed the House 142-6.

July 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a $425 million emergency spending bill for the family shelter system that also tightened shelter eligibility. It passed the House 126-26.

February 6, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for the final Affordable Homes Act, a $5.16 billion housing bond and tax credit law that also allowed backyard in-law apartments statewide. It passed the House 128-24.

August 1, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for the final $251 million emergency shelter funding bill, which also set a nine-month limit on family shelter stays. It passed the House 123-35.

April 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a House bill raising the gas tax by 5 cents and the diesel tax by 9 cents to pay for transportation. It passed the House 113-40.

March 4, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for the final bill protecting school and public libraries from book bans and protecting librarians from retaliation. It passed the House 156-1.

July 31, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Filed a bill (H.4684) barring police and federal immigration agents from wearing masks or disguises while dealing with the public, with exceptions for medical masks. It was sent to study in March 2026.

July 17, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted to re-enact the law making phone and video calls free for people in Massachusetts prisons and jails. It passed the House 132-26.

November 8, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for the final police reform law that created a civilian-majority police licensing board and banned chokeholds. It passed the House 91-67.

December 1, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Filed a bill (H.3121) to tax large investors that own many single-family homes in Massachusetts. It was sent to study in March 2026.

February 27, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Filed a bill (H.1513) letting local boards of health suspend or revoke the licenses of manufactured housing communities that break the law. The Housing Committee reported it favorably in November 2025.

February 27, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for the final Affordable Homes Act, a $5.16 billion housing bond and tax credit law that also allowed backyard in-law apartments statewide. It passed the House 128-24.

August 1, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for a $425 million emergency spending bill for the family shelter system that also tightened shelter eligibility. It passed the House 126-26.

February 6, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for the final $251 million emergency shelter funding bill, which also set a nine-month limit on family shelter stays. It passed the House 123-35.

April 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Filed a bill (H.495) to base the high school graduation requirement on district-certified coursework instead of the MCAS test. It was sent to study in August 2024.

February 16, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for the final state gun law that cracked down on untraceable ghost guns, banned guns in more public places and widened the red flag law. It passed the House 124-33.

July 18, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Voted for the final red flag law letting family members and police ask a court to take guns from someone found to be a danger. It passed the House 133-15.

June 28, 2018Supports Gun Control

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Voted for a law letting doctors perform abortions after 24 weeks based on their professional judgment, removing the list of allowed reasons. It passed the House 121-35.

July 31, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for the final law expanding legal protections for people who provide or receive abortion and gender-affirming care in Massachusetts. It passed the House 132-24.

July 31, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for the final law shielding abortion and gender-affirming care providers and patients in Massachusetts from out-of-state legal action. It passed the House 137-16.

July 26, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to override Governor Baker's veto of the ROE Act, which wrote abortion rights into state law and let 16- and 17-year-olds get abortions without parental consent. The House overrode the veto 107-46.

December 28, 2020Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for the final tax relief law worth about $1 billion a year, which more than doubled the state child and dependent tax credit. It passed the House 155-1.

September 27, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted for the final law expanding legal protections for people who provide or receive abortion and gender-affirming care in Massachusetts. It passed the House 132-24.

July 31, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for the final law shielding abortion and gender-affirming care providers and patients in Massachusetts from out-of-state legal action. It passed the House 137-16.

July 26, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for the final VOTES Act, which made mail-in voting and expanded early voting permanent. It passed the House 126-29.

June 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for a bill banning conversion therapy for minors. It passed the House 149-8.

March 13, 2019Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for the final automatic voter registration law. It passed the House 134-16.

July 27, 2018Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for a House bill raising the gas tax by 5 cents and the diesel tax by 9 cents to pay for transportation. It passed the House 113-40.

March 4, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted against a House bill that opened some Legislature and governor's office records to the public and set limits on the state auditor's review of the Legislature. It passed the House 125-28.

June 3, 2026

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Voted for a bill banning student cellphone use during the school day and barring social media accounts for children under 14. It passed the House 129-25.

April 8, 2026

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Voted for the House energy bill that cut about $1 billion from the Mass Save efficiency program, returned some clean-energy payments to ratepayers, and eased limits on nuclear power. It passed the House 128-27.

February 26, 2026

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Voted against the House version of the police reform bill (S.2820). It passed the House 93-66; he later voted for the final law in December 2020.

July 24, 2020

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Won the special election for the 2nd Bristol District House seat in Attleboro, defeating Republican Julie Hall.

April 3, 2018

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