# Patrick Kearney

Patrick Kearney is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 4th Plymouth.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 4th Plymouth
- Serving since: 2019-01-02
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0a288f3d-397f-4e7b-8bfd-b5032ae1421f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0a288f3d-397f-4e7b-8bfd-b5032ae1421f (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Kearney sits at −0.25 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 574 donors and 116 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 91.8% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (98.5%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-22 · voted yea · H. 5595 On Engrossment · H 5595 An Act prioritizing patient access to care · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5595/
- 2026-07-22 · voted yea · S. 2735 On Enactment Land Taking · S 2735 An Act dissolving the North Carver water district · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2735/
- 2026-07-22 · voted yea · H. 5388 On Enactment Land Taking · H 5388 An Act authorizing the transfer of a certain parcel of land in the town of Marion from the Open Space Acquisition Commission to the Select Board · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5388/
- 2026-07-15 · voted yea · H. 2250 , changed On Enactment Land Taking · H 2250 An Act dissolving the Whately Water District · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2250/
- 2026-07-08 · voted yea · H. 5569 On passing to be engrossed · H 5569 An Act relative to property tax classifications in the city of Watertown for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5569/
- 2026-07-08 · voted yea · H. 5562 On adoption of consolidated amendment A · H 5562 An Act relative to economic development in the commonwealth · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5562/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · H. 5555 On Enactment Land Taking · H 5555 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities… · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5555/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · S. 3106 On Engrossment · S 3106 An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3106/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · H. 5555 On acceptance of conference report · H 5555 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities… · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5555/
- 2026-06-17 · voted yea · H. 5511 On acceptance of conference report · H 5511 An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5511/

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 40 bills: 40 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 445. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5701: An Act authorizing the town of Scituate to dispose of a portion of the Cushing Elementary School property to the Scituate Food Pantry, Inc (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5701/
- H 4317: An Act to JBCC FD retirement buy-back (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4317/
- HD 3585: An Act to eliminate the North River Commission and put in the hands of local town conservation commission (in committee, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD3585/
- H 4110: An Act to eliminate the North River Commission and put in the hands of local town conservation commission (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4110/
- HD 4579: An Act requiring a Massachusetts Fishermen's Partnership Seat on the seaport economic council (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4579/
- HD 4578: An Act repealing the sales tax on boats built or rebuilt in the Commonwealth (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4578/
- HD 4574: An Act for better habilitative and rehabilitative care for the neurodevelopmental condition stuttering (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4574/
- HD 4576: An Act relative to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 32: retirement and pensions (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4576/
- HD 4573: An Act amending the definition of veteran (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4573/
- HD 4577: An Act relative to a clean transportation future (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4577/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $78.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/PJK1
- Campaign site: https://www.kearneyforma.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepKearney
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrick.kearney.3150
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrickjosephkearney
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kearney4rep/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0a288f3d-397f-4e7b-8bfd-b5032ae1421f