Hannah Kane is a Republican State Representative for the 11th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the towns of Shrewsbury and Westborough. Born in 1971 in Maine, she resides in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and was first sworn into office on April 8, 2015, succeeding Matt Beaton; she began her sixth term in January 2025. Notable achievements include sponsoring legislation enacted into law, such as creating a Women’s Rights History Trail, increasing access to cancer clinical trials, establishing a Rare Disease Advisory Council, updating parentage laws, improving local and regional public health efficiency, and enhancing public safety with marijuana legalization. She has received awards like the Worcester County Food Bank Harvester Award , American Nursing Association of Massachusetts Friend of Nursing Award , Massachusetts Parks and Recreation Association Legislator of the Year , Worcester County Bar Association Public Official of the Year , and recognition as a Service Hero by Project 351.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: Boston University .
• Political Experience: Serves as Ranking Minority Member on the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing and Joint Committee on Public Health; member of Joint Committee on State Administration & Regulatory Oversight, House Committee on Ethics, and House Committee on Steering, Policy, and Scheduling. Previously Ranking Minority on Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy and member of House Committee on Ways and Means. Vice-chair of the bipartisan Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators; State Director for Women in Government Foundation. Additional roles include Shrewsbury Town Meeting Member, president of Shrewsbury Public Schools Foundation, advisory board member of 495/MetroWest Partnership, and member of Central MA Opioid Task Force, India Society of Worcester, Women’s Rights History Trail Task Force, Massachusetts Food Policy Council, Commission on Malnutrition Prevention Among Older Adults, and Massachusetts Commission on Unaccompanied Homeless Youth. Vice-chair of Shrewsbury Republican Town Committee.