Kevin G. Honan
Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Representative for the 17th Suffolk District
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
Race Kevin G. Honan is in:
- Massachusetts State Representative 17th Suffolk District · November 3, 2026 · 17th Suffolk District; Massachusetts · incumbent
Profile last researched September 19, 2026.