Kate Donaghue
Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Representative, 19th Worcester District
Kate Donaghue has represented Westborough, Northborough, Southborough, and part of Framingham in the Massachusetts House since 2023 and is a former software developer. Her priorities are substance use treatment and caregiver support, climate action, and universal pre-K.
Where Kate Donaghue stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Anti-Corruption (1 record), Immigration (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Filed H.4123 to hand out overdose-reversal medicine at jails and prisons. It was combined with H.2606 in October 2025.
May 12, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed H.2404 to make overdose-reversal medicine (opioid antagonists such as naloxone) more widely available. It was sent to study in March 2026.
February 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed H.3600 on how patients are discharged from substance use disorder treatment. It was sent to study in May 2024.
March 30, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Filed a bill on lobbying of city and town governments, and refiled it in 2025 as H.3319. The 2023 version was sent to study in June 2024.
February 16, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
Voted yes on March 25, 2026, on the PROTECT Act, which barred civil immigration arrests at courthouses without a judge's order. It passed the House 134-21.
March 25, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
Voted yes on July 1, 2026, on the final fiscal 2027 state budget (H.5555). It passed the House 142-6.
July 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on August 1, 2024, on the final vote for the Affordable Homes Act, a housing bond bill. It passed the House 128-24.
August 1, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on April 25, 2024, on a $266 million spending bill for the state's emergency family shelter system and related services. It passed the House 120-36.
April 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Filed a bill to repeal or update old state laws that courts have found unconstitutional or that can no longer be enforced, and refiled it in 2025 as H.1670. The 2023 version was folded into a Senate redraft, S.2457.
February 16, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Sponsored a law letting Westborough waive certain bidding rules for affordable housing projects. Governor Healey signed it on January 8, 2025 (Chapter 370 of the Acts of 2024).
January 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on August 1, 2024, on the final vote for the Affordable Homes Act, a housing bond bill. It passed the House 128-24.
August 1, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted yes on April 25, 2024, on a $266 million spending bill for the state's emergency family shelter system and related services. It passed the House 120-36.
April 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Voted yes on April 8, 2026, on a bill (S.2581) requiring schools to limit student cellphone use during the school day. It passed the House 129-25.
April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Voted yes on July 18, 2024, on the final version of a gun law that regulated untraceable guns and banned more assault-style firearms. It passed the House 124-33.
July 18, 2024Supports Gun Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support
Voted yes on July 22, 2026, on a bill letting doctors decide on abortions after 24 weeks instead of limiting them to set medical reasons. It passed the House 119-33.
July 22, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on July 31, 2025, on the final vote for a law expanding legal protections for patients and providers of abortion and gender-affirming care. It passed the House 132-24.
July 31, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Voted yes on September 27, 2023, on a tax relief law that raised the child and dependent tax credit to $310 per dependent and raised the estate tax threshold to $2 million. It passed the House 155-1.
September 27, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Filed H.820 to require state inspections of polling places at least every four years to make sure voters with disabilities can use them. The Election Laws Committee folded it into a new draft, H.4760, in November 2025.
February 27, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Voted yes on June 3, 2026, on a House bill (H.5469) applying public-records rules to the Legislature and setting how the state auditor may audit it. It passed the House 125-28.
June 3, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted yes on February 26, 2026, on the House energy bill (H.5151) on energy costs, clean power and utility rules. It passed the House 128-27.
February 26, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Past race Kate Donaghue ran in:
- State Representative 19th Worcester District · November 3, 2026 · 19th Worcester District; Massachusetts · incumbent