Tackey Chan
Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Representative, 2nd Norfolk District
Quincy attorney and state representative since 2011 who chairs the Legislature's consumer protection and professional licensure committee. He has filed bills to make landlords pay rental broker fees and to bar certain extra fees charged to tenants.
Where Tackey Chan stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Housing Affordability (2 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record), Election Integrity (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Voted to re-enact S9 after the governor amended the climate-law roadmap toward net-zero emissions by 2050.
March 18, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted for H58, which raised pay for top state officials and selected legislative leaders.
January 25, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Sponsored H1252 to require sex offenders to register online identities; it went to a study order without becoming law.
June 26, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Testified with the Norfolk district attorney in favor of his bill to require registered sex offenders to report online identities and email addresses.
May 7, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: mass.gov
Sponsored H2800 to allow tracking devices for sex offenders; the House sent it to a study order without passing it.
July 31, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Sponsored H336 to restrict supplemental fees charged to renters; the committee advanced a replacement draft, H5095.
February 12, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Co-sponsored H335 to shift tenant broker fees to landlords; the House sent it to a study order.
November 17, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Voted for H4139, a House bill expanding gun-safety regulations.
October 18, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support
Received Reproductive Equity Now endorsement for the 2026 Massachusetts House election. Also received this endorsement in 2024.
August 25, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: reproequitynow.org
Voted for amendment 6 to H4271, the shield-law bill, which explicitly protected abortion care in Massachusetts. The amendment was adopted 130-29.
July 16, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 oppose
Voted for a further amendment to H4359 that delayed same-day voter registration pending a study.
January 27, 2022Opposes Election Integrity
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Helped craft the credit-protection bill as House chair of the consumer-protection committee after the Equifax breach.
July 26, 2018Supports Data Privacy
Source: willbrownsberger.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
Co-sponsored H3003 for more detailed demographic data collection; it had no further House action by the end of the session.
December 31, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to advance H140, banning conversion therapy for minors by licensed health professionals.
March 13, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Sponsored H3361 to require detailed Asian American and Pacific Islander data collection; it was replaced by a new draft rather than enacted in its original form.
April 12, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored H3360, signed into law to designate May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Month.
February 8, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Asked the state conservation commissioner to include safer walking and cycling access in the Morrissey Boulevard redesign.
April 7, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: mass.gov
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Sponsored H338, enacted as a 2022 law regulating alcoholic-beverage storage permits.
December 28, 2022
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored H4875, signed to adjust Quincy voting-precinct boundaries.
July 25, 2022
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored H1907 to regulate specialty health-care licensure; it was sent to a study order without becoming law.
September 26, 2016
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Presented draft ethics rules to the Massachusetts Asian American Commission to prevent misuse of commissioner authority.
February 12, 2008
Source: mass.gov
Past race Tackey Chan ran in:
- Massachusetts State Representative 2nd Norfolk District · November 3, 2026 · 2nd Norfolk District; Massachusetts · incumbent