Jeanine Notter

Votes by issue

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

• ›Education & families106 with · 1 against107 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.

    Dec 17, 2025 · Failed 181–170 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    (New Title) modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of school district operating documents by school boards.

    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 ↗

  All education & families votes
• ›Rights & public safety96 with · 3 against99 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    limiting the use of certain facilities on the basis of sex and redefining the term "gender identity."

    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 ↗

  • No

    permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of firearms and non-lethal weapons on campus.

    As introduced, bars public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of firearms and non-lethal weapons on campus, and lets people harmed by such rules sue the school for damages and court orders.

    Feb 5, 2026 · Passed 188–165 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All rights & public safety votes
• ›Jobs & cost of living86 with · 2 against88 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    (New Title) requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.

    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 ↗

  All jobs & cost of living votes
• ›Health & care54 with · 3 against57 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  • No

    modifying the requirements of suicide prevention education policies in schools.

    As introduced, changes school suicide prevention training so staff complete it within 30 days of being hired and every two years after, instead of at least two hours every year.

    Mar 5, 2026 · Passed 183–167 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All health & care votes
• ›Climate & energy33 with · 1 against34 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    (New Title) allowing alternative compliance payments to the renewable energy fund to be refunded to ratepayers on a per kilowatt hour basis.

    Mar 26, 2026 · Passed 189–162 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    relative to the phasing out of the minimum electric renewable portfolio standard.

    Mar 13, 2025 · Passed 189–173 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    (New Title) relative to relative to the participation of large customer-generators in net metering and relative to energy storage in connection with net metering.

    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 ↗

  All climate & energy votes
• ›Housing & rent15 with · 1 against16 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    relative to expanding the housing finance authority's community heroes program and makes an appropriation therefor.

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    relative to the housing finance authority's affordable housing guarantee program.

    Creates a Housing Finance Authority program guaranteeing 80 percent of principal on approved lenders' affordable housing loans, capped at $30 million per lender a year and $300 million outstanding, backed by the state's full faith and credit.

    Feb 5, 2026 · Passed 186–162 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All housing & rent votes
• ›Transportation10 with · 2 against12 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  All transportation votes
• ›Technology & privacy3 with · 0 against3 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    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 ↗

  • No

    establishing consumer protections for digital access transaction kiosks.

    Apr 23, 2026 · Passed 214–140 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All technology & privacy votes
• ›Foreign affairs & defense2 with · 0 against2 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    urging the United States to reject compliance with the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

    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 ↗

  • No

    relative to requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard in a foreign state.

    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 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All foreign affairs & defense votes

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 6 of 434 party-divided votes on file.

Most often on: Rights & public safety (3), Health & care (2), Education & families (1)

• modifying the requirements of suicide prevention education policies in schools.

  What it does: As introduced, changes school suicide prevention training so staff complete it within 30 days of being hired and every two years after, instead of at least two hours every year.

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 1–159, Republicans 181–8

  Mar 5, 2026Official record ↗

• (New Title) relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older.

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 2–163, Republicans 180–23

  Jun 26, 2025Official record ↗

• (New Title) relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older.

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 2–160, Republicans 182–22

  Jun 26, 2025Official record ↗

• relative to the required maximum number of residential parking spaces.

  What it does: Bars cities and towns from requiring more than one residential parking space per unit, replacing current 1.5-space limits that apply only to small workforce housing units and multifamily developments of 10 or more units.

  Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 103–48, Republicans 93–96

  May 1, 2025Official record ↗

• relative to the use of drug checking equipment.

  What it does: On the version voted May 1, 2025: Legalizes drug checking equipment such as fentanyl and xylazine test strips by removing it from the definition of drug paraphernalia, shields people who use or distribute it from arre…

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 5–142, Republicans 134–54

  Mar 26, 2025Official record ↗

How this is counted

Their votes on the most contested roll calls

The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank

• Yes

  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 ↗

• Yes

  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 ↗

• Yes

  relative to expanding the housing finance authority's community heroes program and makes an appropriation therefor.

  With most of their party · Passed 179–166 · Yes 179–No 166 · Democrats 0–160, Republicans 178–6

  Feb 5, 2026Official record ↗

• Yes

  limiting the use of certain facilities on the basis of sex and redefining the term "gender identity."

  With most of their party · Passed 181–164 · Yes 181–No 164 · Democrats 0–160, Republicans 180–4

  Mar 5, 2026Official record ↗

• Yes

  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 ↗

• Yes

  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 ↗

• Yes

  (New Title) requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.

  With most of their party · Passed 164–150 · Yes 164–No 150 · Democrats 0–145, Republicans 163–5

  May 14, 2026Official record ↗

• Yes

  (New Title) modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of school district operating documents by school boards.

  With most of their party · Passed 179–161 · Yes 179–No 161 · Democrats 0–156, Republicans 179–4

  Jun 4, 2026Official record ↗