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Kevin G. Honan

Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Representative for the 17th Suffolk District

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Kevin Honan has served in the Massachusetts House since 1987 and holds an MPA from Harvard. He prioritizes affordable housing, public transit, accessible health care, and clean energy.

Where Kevin G. Honan stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (3 records), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Labor Rights (2 records),

Opposes

Government Spending Reduction (3 records)

Campaign finance information not available

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 3 support
  • Introduced H.1192 to establish alternative payment arrangements promoting health-care non-discrimination.

    January 17, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1203 to improve health-care cost accountability.

    January 19, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1276 to establish a community health center transformation fund.

    February 17, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support
  • Introduced H.495 to establish a joint legislative oversight committee on personal protective equipment.

    February 17, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 2 support
  • Introduced H.601 to create a commercial driver's license pilot program at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.

    January 17, 2025Supports Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.2124 to protect hospital workers from being deprived of wages.

    January 16, 2025Supports Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 3 support
  • Introduced H.3350 to place state building projects above $1 million involving structural or mechanical work under centralized state supervision.

    January 17, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1666 to establish appellate rights in forensic-justice proceedings.

    February 19, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.495 to establish a joint legislative oversight committee on personal protective equipment.

    February 17, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
  • Introduced H.1519 to establish housing service coordinators helping residents reduce evictions, improve housing stability, and access education and job training.

    January 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1276 to establish a community health center transformation fund.

    February 17, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Served as a House lead conferee on H.4536, a $1.8 billion bond law for affordable-housing production, preservation, and public-housing modernization.

    May 23, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: macdc.org · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
  • Introduced H.3491 to strengthen safety requirements for children boarding and leaving school buses.

    February 16, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1407 to require policies preventing and responding to bullying of elderly and disabled residents in covered residential communities.

    January 28, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 9 support
  • Introduced H.1519 to establish housing service coordinators helping residents reduce evictions, improve housing stability, and access education and job training.

    January 17, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.3128 to improve the efficiency of the state low-income housing tax credit.

    January 17, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.3127 to increase the state income-tax deduction for rent paid on a principal residence.

    January 17, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1521 to preserve lease, eviction, return, grievance, participation, hiring-preference, and privacy rights for residents of transferred public-housing projects.

    January 17, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Co-introduced H.1379 to increase housing development and reduce barriers to housing production.

    January 20, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Co-introduced H.1434 to extend housing-market protections for renters and homeowners during the COVID-19 emergency and recovery.

    February 18, 2021Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.2942 to authorize Boston to fund affordable housing through a fee on specified real-estate transfers.

    January 28, 2021Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Served as a House conferee on H.4647, the enacted COVID-19 emergency moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.

    April 15, 2020Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Served as a House lead conferee on H.4536, a $1.8 billion bond law for affordable-housing production, preservation, and public-housing modernization.

    May 23, 2018Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: macdc.org · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 4 support
  • Introduced H.1519 to establish housing service coordinators helping residents reduce evictions, improve housing stability, and access education and job training.

    January 17, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Co-introduced H.1434 to extend housing-market protections for renters and homeowners during the COVID-19 emergency and recovery.

    February 18, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1276 to establish a community health center transformation fund.

    February 17, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Served as a House conferee on H.4647, the enacted COVID-19 emergency moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.

    April 15, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 3 support
  • Introduced H.602 to expand athletic opportunities for students with disabilities.

    January 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.601 to create a commercial driver's license pilot program at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.

    January 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.3491 to strengthen safety requirements for children boarding and leaving school buses.

    February 16, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 2 support
  • Introduced H.3128 to improve the efficiency of the state low-income housing tax credit.

    January 17, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.3127 to increase the state income-tax deduction for rent paid on a principal residence.

    January 17, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 5 support
  • Introduced H.602 to expand athletic opportunities for students with disabilities.

    January 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1521 to preserve lease, eviction, return, grievance, participation, hiring-preference, and privacy rights for residents of transferred public-housing projects.

    January 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1192 to establish alternative payment arrangements promoting health-care non-discrimination.

    January 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1666 to establish appellate rights in forensic-justice proceedings.

    February 19, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Introduced H.1407 to require policies preventing and responding to bullying of elderly and disabled residents in covered residential communities.

    January 28, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 1 support
  • Introduced H.1203 to improve health-care cost accountability.

    January 19, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 2 support
  • Introduced H.3350 to place state building projects above $1 million involving structural or mechanical work under centralized state supervision.

    January 17, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 20, 2026

  • Served as a House lead conferee on H.4536, a $1.8 billion bond law for affordable-housing production, preservation, and public-housing modernization.

    May 23, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: macdc.org · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — General

General · 1 record
  • Endorsed Elizabeth Warren for president as part of a group of Massachusetts elected officials reported by Boston.com.

    February 25, 2020

    Source: boston.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Candidate Ethics

Candidate Ethics · 1 record
  • The Massachusetts State Ethics Commission issued a consented final order finding that Honan violated conflict-of-interest law by accepting a Celtics ticket, dinner, and golf from insurance lobbyists; he agreed to pay $1,050.

    May 12, 1994

    Source: mass.gov · researched September 20, 2026

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Profile last researched September 19, 2026.