Voting Record
You can see which way I voted on 2023 roll call votes here. Please note that in addition to roll call votes (where each legislator’s vote is individually recorded) the House also conducts “voice votes” and “division votes” on bills. In a voice vote, legislators shout “Aye” or “Nay” when prompted and the loudest group wins. In a division vote, the same electronic voting apparatus is used as for roll call votes. However, only the vote total is recorded. There is no record kept of how an individual legislator votes in a division vote or voice vote.
Bills Sponsored or Cosponsored
Tip: For every year I’ve been your representative (starting in 2019), you can see which bills I’ve sponsored or cosponsored and find out what happened to them by using the General Court’s Advanced Bill Status Search tool. Just enter the year in the “Session Year” box, choose my name from the drop-down menu beside “Sponsor”, and then press “Submit”.
2024 Session
In 2024, I was the prime sponsor of six bills. As prime sponsor, I was responsible for writing the bill, submitting it, introducing it at public hearings, and helping the committee it is assigned to get answers to questions about it and (hopefully) help finalize it for passage. Bills for which I was the 2024 prime sponsor include:
HB 1319, relative to prohibiting the nonconsensual dissemination of synthetic sexual images. (passed in the House and Senate and signed by the governor)
HB 1613, establishing a trust fund for money from soil and water environmental contamination court settlements. (Passed in the House and Senate and signed by the governor)
HB 1195, relative to allowing school districts to approve different apportionment methods for school administrative unit costs. (Passed in the House and Senate and signed by the governor)
HB 1047, relative to the effectiveness of state outreach to residents without computer, tablet, smartphone, or other electronic device access. (Amended and Passed in House; killed in the Senate)
HB 1050, relative to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase a firearm. (Killed in the House)
HB 1037, relative to repealing limited liability for manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition. (Killed in the House)
Just to add to the fun, I cosponsored 14 additional bills. As a cosponsor, your role is to support the bill as it moves through the legislative process—at first by lending your name to it, then by supporting it as it comes up for public hearings and votes. The 14 I cosponsored were:
HB 1711, authorizing the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and providing for processes for confiscation of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities. (Passed in the House and, sadly, killed in the Senate)
HB 1020, establishing a committee to study restoration of competency. (Passed in the House and Senate and signed by the governor)
HB 1114, extending the commission to investigate and analyze the environmental and public health impacts relating to releases of perfluorinated chemicals in the air, soil, and groundwater in Merrimack, Bedford, Londonderry, Hudson and Litchfield. (Passed in the House and Senate and signed by the governor)
HB 1169, creating a private cause of action for discrimination based on hairstyles relative to a person's ethnicity. (Passed in the House and Senate and signed by the governor)
HB 1171, extending the commission to study environmentally-triggered chronic illness. (Passed in the House and Senate and signed by the governor)
HB 1415, relative to PFAS facility liability. (Vetoed by the governor)
SB 239, relative to the use of harm reduction services to treat alcohol and other substance misuse. (Killed in Senate)
SB 420, relative to requiring an additional report from the legislative study committee concerning the long-term impact of the New Hampshire adult parole system. (Passed in the House and Senate and signed by the governor)
SB 507, extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases. (Vetoed by governor)
SB 360, relative to extreme risk protection orders. (Killed in Senate)
SB 593, relative to possession of firearms in safe school zones. (Killed in Senate)
HB 1068, relative to establishing a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering day care and public schools. (Killed in House)
HB 1707, relative to liability for the cost of PFAS blood testing. (Killed in House)
HB 1170, requiring public benefit and community impact assessments from the department of environmental services. (Killed in House)
2023 Session
In 2023, I was the prime sponsor of eight bills.
HB491 prohibiting the use of prone restraint on a child in a school or treatment facility. (Passed by the House and Senate and signed into law by the governor)
HB596 -FN prohibiting the use of racial profiling in law enforcement activities and in sentencing. (Passed by the House and Senate and signed into law by the governor)
HB470-FN amending the definition of drug paraphernalia to exclude drug checking equipment and authorizing the use of drug checking equipment. (Passed in the House; killed in the Senate)
HB89 relative to posthumous exonerations and annulments. (Passed in the House; killed in the Senate)
HB351-FN relative to the negligent storage of firearms and relative to firearm safety devices. (Killed in the House)
HB597-FN relative to race and ethnicity data on driver's licenses, and race and ethnicity data collection. (Killed in the House)
HB156 relative to misconduct by a law enforcement officer. (Killed in the House)
HB205 relative to the testing of private wells (Killed in the House).
Additionally, I cosponsored 15 additional bills:
HB34 -FN relative to raising the age of marriage to eighteen.
HB46 -FN relative to the appointment of magistrates and repealing the statutes governing bail commissioners.
HB76 imposing a waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm.
HB78 repealing an act prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep or bear arms.
HR8 urging Congress to enact legislation regulating and banning certain semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
SB247 repealing limited liability for manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition.
HR10 supporting statehood for the District of Columbia.
HB226 enabling municipalities to regulate the distribution and disposal of certain solid waste within landfills.
HB342 establishing a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering day care and public schools.
HB614-FN directing the department of health and human services to develop a health outcomes repository related to per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.
HB345-FN enabling ranked-choice voting for state party primary elections and municipal elections.
HB350 relative to ranked-choice voting.
SB103 including the raid on Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth in the planning of the American revolution sestercentennial commission.
SB239-FN relative to the use of harm reduction services to treat alcohol and substance abuse.SB254-FN relative to community-based sentencing alternatives for primary caregivers.