Hannah Kane
Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives from the11th Worcester district
Incumbent
Assumed office April 8, 2015
Preceded by	Matt Beaton
Personal details
Born	1971 (age 53–54)[1] Maine[2]
Political party	Republican
Residence	Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Education	Boston University(BA)

Hannah Kane is aState Representative who represents the11th Worcester District in theMassachusetts House of Representatives. She represents the towns ofShrewsbury andWestborough. Kane serves as the Ranking Minority on the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy and the Joint Committee on Public Health, and as a member on the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. She also serves as a ShrewsburyTown Meeting Member, and as president of the Shrewsbury Public Schools Foundation.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Kane graduated fromBoston University'sQuestrom School of Business in 1993.^[8] She owns Beaton Kane Construction with her predecessor in the House,Matt Beaton. She previously worked at the insurance company Unum, and at the quasi-public state agency MassDevelopment, where she was the director of marketing and product development. Upon her return to the private sector, Kane worked in the field of consulting.^[9]

For the 2025-26 Session, Kane sits on the following committees in the House:^[10]

• Ranking Minority, House Committee on Ethics
• Ranking Minority, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
• Ranking Minority, Joint Committee on Public Health
• Ranking Minority, Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
• House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Kane is involved in the following caucuses:^[11]

• Vice Chair, Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators^[12]
• Co-founder and co-chair, Food System Caucus
• Chair, Legislative Caucus on Cancer Awareness
• Co-chair, Massachusetts Caucus of American Irish State Legislators

Kane is involved in the following task forces and commissions:^[13]

• Member, Women's Rights History Trail Task Force
• Member, Massachusetts Food Policy Council
• Member, Commission on Malnutrition Prevention Among Older Adults
• Member, Massachusetts Commission on Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
• Member, Massachusetts-Ireland Trade Commission

She is married to James Kane, the chairman of the ShrewsburyBoard of Selectman, and has three children. Kane resides in Shrewsbury.

• 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
• 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature

• Living people
• 21st-century American women politicians
• Women state legislators in Massachusetts
• Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Boston University School of Management alumni
• People from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
• 1971 births
• 21st-century members of the Massachusetts General Court

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