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RState Representative · District Rockingham 20
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: New Hampshire House Rockingham 20
Charlie Melvin is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Rockingham 20 and is seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election after advancing from the September 8 primary.[1][2]
Ballotpedia, which lists him as Charles Melvin Sr., gives his tenure in the New Hampshire House of Representatives as beginning in 2018.[1]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Charlie Melvin is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for New Hampshire House Rockingham 20 as R. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
Bob HarbState Representative · District Rockingham 20RAlso on the 2026 ballot: New Hampshire House Rockingham 20New Hampshire
Jim SummersState Representative · District Rockingham 20RAlso on the 2026 ballot: New Hampshire House Rockingham 20New HampshireRick FaulconerCandidateDNew Hampshire House Rockingham 20New HampshireTheir recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Republicans voted. How topics are assigned
Most contested
Lets a withdrawing district's voters alone decide, by a 3/5 vote, to leave a cooperative school district, requires voters in all towns a school serves to approve closing it unless the host town keeps it open by agreement, and has boards review governing documents every three years.
Jun 4, 2026 · Passed 179–161 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
repealing the child care grant program administered by the department of health and human services.
Repeals a 2025 requirement that the Department of Health and Human Services include full funding for certain child care workforce programs in its two-year budget request.
Mar 11, 2026 · Passed 170–153 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Aug 19, 2026: Creates an eight-member commission of legislators, the education commissioner and school representatives to study the feasibility and effects of converting all New Hampshire public schools into public charter schools, including funding less reliant on local property taxes, with a report due November 1, 2026.
May 21, 2026 · Passed 184–164 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Defines female and male by biology, requires bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and town-owned buildings to be used by sex, lets businesses open to the public do the same, houses inmates by sex, and bars citing gender identity to access single-sex spaces.
Mar 5, 2026 · Passed 181–164 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, proposes a state constitutional amendment making marriage a fundamental civil right and barring the state from denying or limiting marriage based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or race, for voters to decide in November 2026.
Mar 12, 2026 · Passed 176–162 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, allows public and private entities to separate people by biological sex in multi-user bathrooms and locker rooms and in sports where strength, speed, or endurance generally gives males an advantage, and states that doing so is not unlawful discrimination.
Mar 5, 2026 · Failed 168–180 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
enabling counties to change the dates of their biennial budgets.
Lets counties, if commissioners agree and a majority of county voters approve, move their two-year budget to years without a state election, and revises how towns adopt, rescind and elect budget committees and how first cooperative school budget committee members are appointed.
May 14, 2026 · Passed 164–145 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires cities and council-run towns to hold a public hearing and roll-call vote before overriding a tax or spending cap and to print the vote on tax bills, and has the state revenue department check and enforce local budget caps.
May 14, 2026 · Passed 164–150 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures.
On the version voted Jun 26, 2025: Makes the law, fee and program changes that carry out the state budget for fiscal 2026 and 2027, including allowing video lottery terminals, adding Medicaid premiums for enrollees above set income levels, barring diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public entities, and changing education aid.
Apr 10, 2025 · Failed 177–185 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Mar 12, 2026 · Passed 179–161 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, bars public and charter schools from holding vaccination clinics during school hours and requires a parent or guardian to be present whenever a child is vaccinated at a school clinic; school nurses' existing duties are unaffected.
Mar 11, 2026 · Passed 172–154 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
repealing the New Hampshire vaccine association.
Repeals the state law that establishes the New Hampshire Vaccine Association, eliminating the association's chapter of state law entirely.
Mar 6, 2025 · Passed 189–181 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Mar 26, 2026 · Passed 189–162 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
relative to the phasing out of the minimum electric renewable portfolio standard.
Mar 13, 2025 · Passed 189–173 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires electric utilities to offer alternative net metering tariffs under a 2017 utility commission order, sets terms for industrial customer-generators between 1 and 5 megawatts, and allows energy storage with net metering under Department of Energy installation rules.
Apr 23, 2026 · Passed 181–158 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
As introduced, requires the housing finance authority to run a homebuying assistance program for essential workers such as health care workers, first responders, educators, and service members, appropriating $750,000 for fiscal 2027 and $1.5 million a year starting July 2028.
Feb 5, 2026 · Passed 179–166 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
repealing the state housing champion designation and grant program.
As introduced, repeals the state's housing champion designation and grant program, along with its dedicated fund and related reporting requirements.
Feb 5, 2026 · Passed 185–166 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
(New Title) relative to regulated conditional deposits.
On the version voted Aug 19, 2026: Lets landlords accept an extra deposit of up to one month's rent from applicants who fail disclosed screening criteria such as credit score, income, prior evictions, unpaid judgments or references, with written notice and a right to re-screening; also says advance rent need not be escrowed.
May 21, 2026 · Passed 180–162 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
relative to department of safety and department of motor vehicle training and testing materials.
Requires driver's license exams and related materials to be in English only, with American Sign Language allowed, bars translators and translation devices during exams, and stops the motor vehicle division from acquiring or distributing other-language materials, starting January 1, 2026.
Mar 26, 2025 · Passed 187–159 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
relative to electric-vehicle charging station funding.
Lets towns use revolving funds to install and maintain electric-vehicle charging stations, and bars parking in signed charging spaces unless the vehicle is charging, with a minimum $62 fine.
May 22, 2025 · Passed 195–163 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
relative to the issuance of drivers' licenses for aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire.
Tightens rules for driver's licenses issued to noncitizens living in the state temporarily, bars renewals for noncitizens without proof of permanent residency, bars licenses for asylees until permanent residency is granted, and requires a distinct marking on such licenses.
Mar 13, 2025 · Passed 198–162 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Urges the federal government to reject compliance with the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and asks other state legislatures to join in that request.
Feb 13, 2025 · Passed 204–163 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Bars nationals of the People's Republic of China from enrolling in master's or doctoral programs, taking part in research, or holding full-time jobs at New Hampshire's public colleges and universities, with penalties for individuals and institutions that violate the ban.
Mar 11, 2026 · Failed 157–173 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Bars releasing New Hampshire National Guard members from the state into active-duty combat unless Congress has declared war or formally called out the Guard under the U.S. Constitution, and requires the governor to comply.
Jan 8, 2026 · Failed 159–182 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
preventing the dissemination of deepfake materials of political candidates before an election.
As introduced, bars distributing deepfakes of candidates, election officials or parties within 90 days of an election unless labeled as manipulated, and lets depicted candidates and officials sue. Exempts news reports, satire, parody and platforms hosting others' content.
Mar 20, 2025 · Passed 201–169 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
prohibiting the sale of location and other sensitive data regarding children.
As introduced, bars businesses covered by the state's consumer data privacy law from selling location data and other sensitive data about children, starting January 1, 2027.
Feb 12, 2026 · Passed 214–145 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
establishing consumer protections for digital access transaction kiosks.
Apr 23, 2026 · Passed 214–140 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Voted against most of their party on 28 of 495 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Rights & public safety (10), Health & care (7), Jobs & cost of living (5)
relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics.
What it does: Requires group health insurers and the state employee health plan to cover prosthetic devices for adults, including activity-specific devices, which insurers may limit to one every five years, starting January 1, 2028…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–155, Republicans 158–22
May 14, 2026Official record ↗
(New Title) relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic inflation-based toll reviews for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan.
What it does: Raises tolls at the Hooksett, Bedford, Hampton, Dover and Rochester turnpike plazas starting January 1, 2027, setting separate cash and E-ZPass rates such as $2.00 and $0.70 for cars at Hooksett, and offers free E-ZPa…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 2–141, Republicans 148–16
May 14, 2026Official record ↗
(New Title) establishing a committee to study options for family members of intentional homicide victims where the department of justice does not file charges in a case.
What it does: Creates a legislative study committee on informing families of intentional homicide victims when no charges are filed and, as amended by the House, ends the state refugee resettlement program, bars state spending on r…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 134–0, Republicans 12–149
May 14, 2026Official record ↗
relative to the practice of optometry and authorization to perform ophthalmic laser procedures.
What it does: Lets optometrists certified by the state optometry board perform three eye laser procedures (capsulotomy, trabeculoplasty and peripheral iridotomy) after approved training and a set number of supervised procedures, wi…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 31–122, Republicans 114–83
Apr 9, 2026Official record ↗
establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools and relative to the method for converting to a charter school.
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 1–151, Republicans 167–12
Mar 11, 2026Official record ↗
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
enabling counties to change the dates of their biennial budgets.
With most of their party · Passed 164–145 · Yes 164–No 145 · Democrats 0–144, Republicans 163–1
May 14, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 179–166 · Yes 179–No 166 · Democrats 0–160, Republicans 178–6
Feb 5, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 181–164 · Yes 181–No 164 · Democrats 0–160, Republicans 180–4
Mar 5, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 164–150 · Yes 164–No 150 · Democrats 0–145, Republicans 163–5
May 14, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 176–162 · Yes 176–No 162 · Democrats 0–156, Republicans 175–6
Mar 12, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 179–161 · Yes 179–No 161 · Democrats 0–156, Republicans 179–4
Jun 4, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 179–161 · Yes 179–No 161 · Democrats 0–157, Republicans 178–4
Mar 12, 2026Official record ↗
repealing the state housing champion designation and grant program.
With most of their party · Passed 185–166 · Yes 185–No 166 · Democrats 0–162, Republicans 184–4
Feb 5, 2026Official record ↗
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
Motion: Veto Override
Motion: Veto Override
Motion: Veto Override
Requires health care institutions to notify employees who provide abortion services each year that they may request an accommodation for religious or moral objections to directly participating in abortions and may complain to the attorney general, who must report substantiated complaints annually.
Motion: Veto Override
Motion: Veto Override
Requires the labor commissioner to give employers at least 30 days' notice before a visit or inspection and at least 30 days to answer document or interview demands, with exceptions for recent violators, imminent safety risks, likely evidence destruction, certain safety inspections and owner consent.
Motion: Veto Override
Motion: Veto Override
Motion: Veto Override
Lets public bodies issue emergency no-trespass orders for public property lasting up to 35 days, with longer orders needing a roll call vote, a one-year maximum, and a right to a hearing and appeal to superior court.
Motion: Veto Override
Requires school boards and charter school trustees to adopt a policy barring non-school persons, and school-employed attorneys, paralegals or law enforcement, from questioning a minor student without written parental permission, and to ask adult students whether to notify parents; child-welfare inquiries excepted.
Motion: Veto Override
Lets landlords accept an extra deposit of up to one month's rent from applicants who fail disclosed screening criteria such as credit score, income, prior evictions, unpaid judgments or references, with written notice and a right to re-screening; also says advance rent need not be escrowed.
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