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4
Bills sponsored
this session · 10 all-time
16
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 60 all-time
3
Enacted into law
this session · 8 all-time
1562
Recorded votes
91%
Vote participation
voted in 91% of 1562 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2026 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
94.2%
based on 365 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
5.8%
based on 365 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
75.6%
based on 365 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
10 billsCurrent session 4 bills
- HB1753 establishing the New Hampshire first for veterans program and authority. Introduced
- HB 1101 relative to the membership and governance of the state veterans council. Signed
- HB 1152 designating the funds account for donations and bequests received by the department of military affairs and veterans services to be non-lapsing funds. Signed
- HB 1025 relative to the designation of the chief financial officer as a civilian employee within the department of military affairs and veterans services. Signed
Historical 6 bills
- HB 1304 relative to vessel registration and boat fee decals. Signed
- HB 225 relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member. Signed
- HB 122 relative to payment of claims arising out of actions or activities of the New Hampshire national guard. Signed
- HB 120 relative to transferring statutory authority from the department of education to the department of military affairs and veterans services regarding educational support services. Signed
- HB 447 relative to property tax exemptions for disabled veterans. Failed
- HB 137 relative to boating safety equipment rules and vessel numbering rules, and establishing a committee to study boat registrations fees. Signed
Co-sponsored
60 billsCurrent session 16 bills
- HB 565 allowing persons under 21 into veterans' clubs, private clubs, and social clubs under certain conditions. Signed
- HB 113 relative to OHRV operation on certain highways within the town of Windsor. Signed
- HB 1172 relative to confidentiality protections for national guard sexual assault prevention and response personnel. Signed
- HB1198 establishing the paint product stewardship program. Introduced
- HB 624 establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program and making an appropriation therefor. Passed
- HB 1494 increasing the maximum amount of the optional veterans' tax credit, optional combat service tax credit, and optional surviving spouse tax credit. Signed
- HB 246 directing the state conservation committee to implement the conservation district climate resilience grant program and making an appropriation therefor. Passed
- HB 564 relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets. Signed
- HB 451 establishing the paint product stewardship program. Vetoed
- HB 1125 enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections. Passed
- HB 1444 relative to the purchase or acquisition of certain unmanned aircraft systems. Signed
- HB 1602 creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program. Passed
- HB 1043 relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees. Passed
- HB 1252 requiring the department of safety to only administer tests for commercial driver's licenses in English and prohibiting the assistance of an interpreter during such tests. Signed
- HB1072 relative to employer notice of department of labor investigations. Passed
- HB 173 relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article. Passed
Historical 44 bills
- HB 1466 relative to providing disaster relief funding to municipalities after a natural disaster. Died
- HB 1526 relative to a conditional veterinary license for graduates of non-AVMA-accredited colleges of veterinary medicine. Signed
- HB 1154 relative to property tax exemptions for certain disabled veterans. Signed
- HB 1488 relative to hazard mitigation funding. Died
- HB 1302 relative to elected conservation commissions in towns. Signed
- HB 1382 granting witness fee reimbursement to unrepresented parents in the armed forces who prevail in special education hearings. Signed
- HB 1121 relative to creating certain wetlands permit exemptions after a natural disaster or flooding event. Signed
- HB 371 relative to the definition of occasional food service establishment. Signed
- HB 228 relative to petitioned articles at annual or special town meetings. Signed
- HB 143 criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child. Signed
- HB 624 establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program and making an appropriation therefor. Died
- HB 355 relative to the membership of the solid waste working group. Signed
- HB 173 relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article. Died
- HB 616 relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes. Died
- HB 642 allowing the sale of dehydrated meat without a homestead food license. Failed
- HB 356 enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections. Vetoed
- HB 142 relative to Gold Star Mother's Day. Signed
- HB 367 changing the method for adopting partisan town elections to be the same as rescinding partisan town elections. Signed
- HB 564 relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets. Died
- HB 64 relative to extending hiring preferences for military members and their spouses to the state and private businesses, and establishing purchase preferences for disabled veterans and military spouses regarding state supply purchases. Signed
- HB 246 directing the state conservation committee to implement the conservation district climate resilience grant program and making an appropriation therefor. Died
- HB 165 relative to the maximum amount of disaster relief funding provided to municipalities after a natural disaster. Signed
- HB 113 relative to OHRV operation on certain highways within the town of Windsor. Died
- HB 149 relative to warrant article approvals at ballot referenda form of town meeting. Failed
- HB 715 relative to personal electric vehicles. Failed
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
SB669
relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.
Interim Study |
Yea | pass | July 05, 2026 |
|
HB1710
relative to procedures relating to child abduction.
OTP |
Yea | pass | February 12, 2026 |
|
SB498
relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger.
Reconsider |
Nay | fail | — |
|
SB661
relative to pooled risk management programs.
Veto Override |
Nay | fail | August 19, 2026 |
|
SB468
relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location.
Veto Override |
Nay | pass | August 19, 2026 |
|
SB434
relative to regulation of public school materials.
Veto Override |
Yea | pass | August 19, 2026 |
|
HB1610
allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds.
Veto Override |
Yea | pass | August 19, 2026 |
|
HB1442
(New Title) permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.
Veto Override |
Yea | pass | August 19, 2026 |
|
HB1369
(New Title) relative to the manner of posting the warrant for town meetings.
Veto Override |
Yea | pass | August 19, 2026 |
|
HB1337
repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders.
Veto Override |
Yea | fail | August 19, 2026 |
|
HB 1681
relative to the definition, inspection, and local approval of tiny houses and yurts as innovative housing structures.
Concur |
Yea | pass | May 21, 2026 |
|
HB1610
allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds.
Concur |
Yea | pass | May 21, 2026 |
|
SB 567
relative to the composition of the board of dental examiners and relative to the practice of dentistry and when radiographic examinations are required.
OTPA |
Not Voting | pass | May 14, 2026 |
|
SB 408
relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics.
Adopt Floor Amendment |
Yea | fail | May 14, 2026 |
|
SB552
permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.
OTP |
Yea | pass | May 14, 2026 |
|
SB 504
relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists, authorizing the establishment of experimental treatment centers, and permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act.
OTPA |
Yea | pass | May 14, 2026 |
|
CACR 12
the adoption of tax laws.
Adopt Floor Amendment |
Nay | fail | May 14, 2026 |
|
CACR 12
the adoption of tax laws.
Adopt Amendment |
Yea | pass | May 14, 2026 |
|
SB 574
establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units.
OTPA |
Yea | pass | May 14, 2026 |
|
SB 545
relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program.
ITL |
Yea | pass | April 23, 2026 |
|
CACR 11
relating to sheriffs. Providing that there shall be no age limitation for a person to hold the office of county sheriff.
OTP |
Yea | pass | April 23, 2026 |
|
SB 620
relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated.
OTPA |
Yea | pass | April 09, 2026 |
|
HB1655
establishing a funding source for maintaining state owned dams.
Table |
Yea | pass | March 26, 2026 |
|
HB 1416
establishing a committee to study what legal protections currently exist for the freedom of expression of pregnancy resource centers and whether further First Amendment protections are needed.
OTPA |
Yea | pass | March 12, 2026 |
|
HB 1416
establishing a committee to study what legal protections currently exist for the freedom of expression of pregnancy resource centers and whether further First Amendment protections are needed.
Adopt Amendment |
Yea | pass | March 12, 2026 |
|
HB 1760
repealing the directive that the department of health and human services seek a waiver to establish pharmacy copayment and premium requirements under the state Medicaid plan and making an appropriation therefor.
ITL |
Yea | pass | March 12, 2026 |
|
HB 1178
relative to permissible window tinting on motor vehicles.
ITL |
Nay | pass | March 12, 2026 |
|
HB 1066
relative to warrant articles authorizing lease agreements.
Table |
Nay | fail | March 12, 2026 |
|
HB 1356
relative to the statute of limitations for bringing a private right of action for violation of the statute prohibiting medical procedures and treatments intended to alter a minor's gender, authorizing the application of sunscreen in schools and camps without a licensed health care provider's note or prescription, and establishing a skin cancer prevention education program.
OTP |
Yea | pass | March 12, 2026 |
|
HB 1704
permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.
Indefinitely Postpone |
Nay | pass | March 11, 2026 |
|
HB 1704
permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.
Special Order |
Nay | pass | March 11, 2026 |
|
HB 1706
repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.
Table |
Nay | fail | March 11, 2026 |
|
HB 1449
limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools, with certain exceptions.
OTPA |
Yea | pass | March 11, 2026 |
|
HR 35
urging the prohibition of the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding and weather modification, to preserve the atmosphere of New Hampshire.
OTPA |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2026 |
|
CACR 14
relating to qualifications for office. Providing that candidates of the office of governor, state senator, and state representative shall be citizens of the United States.
OTP |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2026 |
|
HR 19
encouraging state colleges and universities to invite more conservative speakers to campus for the purpose of increasing diversity of viewpoints.
OTP |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2026 |
|
HB 1815
relative to education financing.
OTP |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2026 |
|
HB1775
relative to utility ownership of natural gas and nuclear power generation facilities.
OTPA |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
|
HB 1786
relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to fund statewide housing development programs and address housing shortages and making appropriations therefor.
Table |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
|
HB 1826
relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education.
ITL |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
|
HB 1557
modifying the state average expenditure per pupil relative to students in special education.
ITL |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
|
HB 1323
relative to parental alienation, limiting certain prior authorization requirements for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and similar rehabilitative services, relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger.
OTP |
Yea | pass | February 12, 2026 |
|
HR 30
finding that planning, zoning, and related regulations have been and should continue to be the responsibility of municipal government.
Reconsider |
Nay | fail | February 05, 2026 |
|
HB 1697
exempting certain firearms and firearm accessories manufactured and retained in New Hampshire from federal regulation.
OTP |
Yea | pass | February 05, 2026 |
|
SB 134
relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program.
Adopt Amendment |
Not Voting | pass | January 08, 2026 |
|
CACR 24
relating to the right to educate children.Providing that parents and guardians have a right to direct the education of their children.
OTPA |
Yea | pass | March 11, 2026 |
|
HB 1570
relative to governmental budget authority for agreements for law enforcement agencies to participate in federal immigration enforcement.
ITL |
Yea | pass | February 12, 2026 |
|
SB 557
making synthetic and semisynthetic kratom illegal to prepare, distribute, manufacture, sell, possess, or advertise, with exceptions made for scientific research, and relative to the official ballot referendum form of town meetings.
Adopt Floor Amendment |
Yea | pass | May 14, 2026 |
|
HB 1602
creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program.
OTPA |
Yea | pass | March 26, 2026 |
|
HB1422
relative to the time to petition for a new trial.
Veto Override |
Yea | pass | August 19, 2026 |