NH · Officeholder
RState Representative · District Hillsborough 45
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: New Hampshire House Hillsborough 45
Jack Flanagan is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Hillsborough 45, where he assumed office on December 4, 2024, and is seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1] He previously served in the House for Hillsborough 26 and works in insurance.[1]
Jack Flanagan earned a bachelor's degree from Boston University and a graduate degree from Southern NH University.[1] He has served on his local school board and select board, and his career experience includes working in insurance.[1]
Flanagan served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for Hillsborough 26 from 2010 to 2016 and from 2018 to 2020.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, he listed his key messages as controlled spending and a focus on constituents.[2] He said he is passionate about local control on housing issues.[2]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Jack Flanagan is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for New Hampshire House Hillsborough 45 as R. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
Their 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
relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.
Dec 17, 2025 · Failed 181–170 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools.
Bars schools from giving minor students material harmful to minors, requires school boards to adopt a parent complaint and appeal process, and lets aggrieved persons, the attorney general, or the education department sue schools not following it, for at least $1,000 per violation.
Dec 17, 2025 · Failed 183–167 · 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 ↗
Most contested
Ends the state refugee resettlement program in the health and human services department, requires its contracts to be terminated, and bars state agencies from accepting or spending money on refugee resettlement, including payments to towns or nonprofit groups.
Mar 11, 2026 · Passed 170–164 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Lets public and private entities separate people by biological sex in shared bathrooms and locker rooms, certain sports, and prisons and similar secure facilities without it counting as discrimination; government buildings that do so must also offer a single-occupancy bathroom open to all.
Mar 11, 2026 · Failed 156–171 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
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 ↗
Most contested
relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings.
Changes how towns with official-ballot meetings calculate their default budget, reducing it for salaries and benefits of eliminated positions and of positions vacant since before the prior year's budget, and basing pay on actual salaries of filled positions.
Dec 17, 2025 · Failed 178–175 · 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 ↗
permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.
Lets most public employees negotiate pay, hours and grievances individually instead of through a union, excluding police, firefighters, emergency medical workers and corrections officers, and makes coercing employees to join or pay a union a misdemeanor with up to a $5,000 fine.
Mar 11, 2026 · Passed 167–164 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Mar 12, 2026 · Passed 179–161 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief.
Lets a parent or guardian claim a religious exemption from childhood vaccination requirements with only a signed written statement that the child has not been immunized because of religious belief, replacing the reference to a required form.
Dec 17, 2025 · Failed 176–175 · 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 ↗
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
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
(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 ↗
Makes it a misdemeanor for an unlawfully present immigrant previously convicted of a felony and deported or who left the country, as confirmed by federal authorities, to occupy or rent property, and directs sheriffs to arrest such people during evictions when safely possible.
Mar 11, 2026 · Passed 181–154 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
relative to eviction safeguards for tenants whose Social Security payments are disrupted.
As introduced, gives residential tenants who miss rent because their monthly Social Security benefits are unexpectedly halted a 90-day grace period to find other housing or funding, starting January 1, 2027.
Mar 12, 2026 · Passed 186–155 · 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 27 of 466 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Health & care (9), Jobs & cost of living (5), Rights & public safety (4)
(Second New Title) relative to the processing of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 32–112, Republicans 171–4
Aug 19, 2026Official record ↗
relative to the penalties for the offense of disobeying an officer.
What it does: Makes fleeing police a felony when it involves extreme speeding, wrong-way driving, ramming, other extremely hazardous driving, or a crash causing serious injury or death. Also raises government negligence liability l…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 155–5, Republicans 17–178
May 14, 2026Official record ↗
relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.
What it does: Requires all grounds for an appeal to a zoning board of adjustment to be stated in the initial notice, and requires municipalities to accept revised development plans within 10 business days, generally limiting applic…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 5–137, Republicans 145–24
May 14, 2026Official record ↗
relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.
What it does: Splits the liquor license for barbershops and salons into two tiers: a $100 license to serve one free drink per customer appointment and a $480 license to sell one drink per appointment, and requires an annual state r…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 40–113, Republicans 133–57
May 7, 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 ↗
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
With most of their party · Passed 170–164 · Yes 170–No 164 · Democrats 0–156, Republicans 169–8
Mar 11, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Failed 156–171 · Yes 156–No 171 · Democrats 154–1, Republicans 2–169
Mar 11, 2026Official record ↗
relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.
With most of their party · Failed 181–170 · Yes 181–No 170 · Democrats 0–163, Republicans 180–7
Dec 17, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 181–164 · Yes 181–No 164 · Democrats 0–160, Republicans 180–4
Mar 5, 2026Official record ↗
relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings.
With most of their party · Failed 178–175 · Yes 178–No 175 · Democrats 0–163, Republicans 177–12
Dec 17, 2025Official record ↗
relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools.
With most of their party · Failed 183–167 · Yes 183–No 167 · Democrats 0–162, Republicans 182–5
Dec 17, 2025Official 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 0–157, Republicans 178–4
Mar 12, 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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