Representative Steven S. Howitt maintains perfect voting record in first half of 2025-2026 session

Voted on all 116 roll calls taken up by the House

Boston – State Representative Steven S. Howitt (R-Seekonk) has a consistent history of maintaining a perfect voting record, participating in every roll call vote for all of his legislative sessions since elected in 2011, continuing through the most recent session through November 2025, at which time legislative voting ceased for the calendar year. This demonstrates his dedication to representing the fourth Bristol district by being present for all votes.

Representative Howitt cast votes this year on amendments and legislation to:

• place further restrictions on the state’s right to shelter law by limiting participation in the Commonwealth’s emergency housing assistance program to U.S. citizens who have resided in Massachusetts for at least six months;
• address municipal concerns about the MBTA Communities Act, which requires cities and towns that fall within the MBTA’s service area to approve zoning for multifamily housing near local transit stops;
• repeal the 2023 no cost calls law, which provides unlimited phone calls for inmates at county and state correctional facilities, and redirect the $10 million in funding set aside for this program in the House budget to support unrestricted local aid for cities and towns;
• address workplace violence within the health care industry and protect employees who suffer bodily injuries on the job;
• implement child welfare protections to improve communication and coordination among state agencies working with the families of children in foster care or receiving state services;
• remove outdated and offensive language used to describe individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities from the General Laws;
• implement enhanced penalties to protect public transit workers from assaults on the job; and
• offer enhanced retirement benefits to certain qualifying teachers hired before July 1, 2001 through the RetirementPlus program.

Representative Howitt represents the fourth Bristol District, including the towns of Norton, Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Swansea. He currently serves as the Ranking Minority Member of the Joint Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling, and is a member of the House Committee on Ethics and the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.