Jim MacKay

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 Democrats voted. How topics are assigned

• ›Jobs & cost of living54 with · 1 against55 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    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 DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    increasing the total revenue raised under the statewide education property tax, requiring municipalities to remit excess statewide education property tax payments to the department of revenue administration, limiting the authority of school districts to m

    Mar 13, 2025 · Passed 190–185 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027.

    On the version voted Jun 26, 2025: Sets the state's operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, appropriating money for state departments and agencies for July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027 as agreed in the final House-Senate conference report.

    Apr 10, 2025 · Passed 197–178 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All jobs & cost of living votes
• ›Rights & public safety44 with · 2 against46 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    authorizing online voter registration.

    Requires the secretary of state to set up online voter registration for applicants with a New Hampshire motor vehicle ID, verified against motor vehicle records; online registrants must submit an original signature before voting in their first election.

    Mar 13, 2025 · Passed 202–169 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants.

    May 22, 2025 · Passed 192–164 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    establishing redistricting criteria.

    Mar 27, 2025 · Passed 203–167 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All rights & public safety votes
• ›Education & families45 with · 0 against45 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    increasing the total revenue raised under the statewide education property tax, requiring municipalities to remit excess statewide education property tax payments to the department of revenue administration, limiting the authority of school districts to m

    Mar 13, 2025 · Passed 190–185 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.

    Limits the state ban on teaching certain discriminatory concepts to teaching that targets racial groups, protects historical and objective scientific discussion, and limits lawsuits, human rights complaints and educator misconduct findings to intentional or knowing violations.

    Mar 26, 2025 · Passed 183–157 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    (New Title) relative to education freedom accounts.

    On the version voted Jun 5, 2025: Removes the household income limit for education freedom accounts, caps enrollment at 10,000 students for 2025-2026, raising the cap 25 percent when prior-year enrollment exceeds 90 percent of it, and exempts current students, siblings, children with disabilities, and lower-income families from the cap.

    May 8, 2025 · Passed 188–176 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All education & families votes
• ›Health & care27 with · 1 against28 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    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 DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers.

    On the version voted Jun 26, 2025: Bans giving minors puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones for gender transition starting January 2026, except for treatment begun earlier or for disorders of sex development, allowing medical board discipline and lawsuits. Also creates an annual Children's Environmental Health Day proclamation.

    Mar 27, 2025 · Passed 197–167 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    (New Title) limiting breast surgeries for minors, relative to residential care and health facility licensing, and relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities.

    Bars physicians from performing breast surgery on anyone under 18 except to treat cancer, injury, infection, certain abnormal breast development or congenital deformities, expands the existing ban on gender surgery for minors, changes care-facility licensing rules and requires abortion-statistics reporting.

    Jun 26, 2025 · Passed 191–163 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All health & care votes
• ›Climate & energy17 with · 0 against17 votes

  Most contested

  • No

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

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

  • No

    increasing penalties for violations of the shoreland and water quality protection act.

    As introduced, raises the maximum court penalty and administrative fine for violating the state's shoreland water quality protection law from $5,000 to $15,000 for violators who don't restore a site within a year of notice; existing doubling of fines for repeat violations still applies.

    Feb 13, 2025 · Passed 196–175 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to the state energy policy.

    Rewrites the state energy policy to promote affordable, reliable, diverse, and secure energy, favoring market-based approaches, limiting government support for one technology over another, and calling for removal of regulatory barriers.

    Feb 20, 2025 · Passed 204–165 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All climate & energy votes
• ›Housing & rent10 with · 0 against10 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    relative to a tenant's right to notification prior to the sale of a multi-family home.

    As introduced, requires owners of certain multi-family rental properties to give each tenant 60 days' notice and a chance to make a purchase offer before accepting an offer to sell the property.

    Feb 6, 2025 · Passed 213–144 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.

    As introduced, allows landlords to evict tenants when a lease or tenancy of six months or longer expires, if the landlord gives at least 60 days' written notice that the lease will not be renewed.

    Feb 6, 2025 · Failed 145–212 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to prohibiting corporations from purchasing single-family homes for a certain amount of time.

    As introduced, bars corporations and other entities from buying single-family or multi-family homes until they have been on the market 90 days, with development exceptions, requires such buyers to register with the state, and lets courts declare unlawful purchases escheated to the municipality or county.

    Feb 6, 2025 · Passed 216–141 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All housing & rent votes
• ›Transportation8 with · 0 against8 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    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 DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    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 DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    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 DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All transportation votes
• ›Foreign affairs & defense1 with · 0 against1 vote

  Most contested

  • No

    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 DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All foreign affairs & defense votes
• ›Technology & privacy1 with · 0 against1 vote

  Most contested

  • No

    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 DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All technology & privacy votes

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 4 of 221 party-divided votes on file.

• relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures.

  What it does: 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 ab…

  Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 116–49, Republicans 0–197

  Apr 10, 2025Official record ↗

• relative to the assault of a firefighter, emergency medical care provider, or law enforcement officer.

  What it does: Makes knowingly injuring a police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical provider on duty, or an officer targeted because of the job, first-degree assault if the injury is serious and second-degree assault otherwise.

  Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 31–138, Republicans 165–39

  Mar 13, 2025Official record ↗

• legalizing cannabis for persons 21 years of age or older.

  What it does: On the version voted Apr 17, 2025: Legalizes possession and use of cannabis for adults 21 and older without creating retail sales or taxes, removes cannabis from the state's controlled drug laws, makes public use and…

  Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 29–123, Republicans 137–66

  Feb 20, 2025Official record ↗

• allowing the ownership of certain squirrels and raccoons.

  Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 131–18, Republicans 94–97

  Mar 27, 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

  relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures.

  With most of their party · Failed 177–185 · Yes 177–No 185 · Democrats 165–0, Republicans 11–184

  Apr 10, 2025Official record ↗

• No

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

  With most of their party · Passed 189–173 · Yes 189–No 173 · Democrats 0–165, Republicans 187–8

  Mar 13, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  increasing the total revenue raised under the statewide education property tax, requiring municipalities to remit excess statewide education property tax payments to the department of revenue administration, limiting the authority of school districts to m

  With most of their party · Passed 190–185 · Yes 190–No 185 · Democrats 0–169, Republicans 189–15

  Mar 13, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  authorizing online voter registration.

  With most of their party · Passed 202–169 · Yes 202–No 169 · Democrats 0–168, Republicans 201–0

  Mar 13, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.

  With most of their party · Passed 183–157 · Yes 183–No 157 · Democrats 0–154, Republicans 182–3

  Mar 26, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  repealing the New Hampshire vaccine association.

  With most of their party · Passed 189–181 · Yes 188–No 181 · Democrats 0–166, Republicans 187–15

  Mar 6, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  increasing penalties for violations of the shoreland and water quality protection act.

  With most of their party · Passed 196–175 · Yes 195–No 175 · Democrats 1–168, Republicans 193–7

  Feb 13, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  (New Title) relative to education freedom accounts.

  With most of their party · Passed 188–176 · Yes 188–No 176 · Democrats 0–163, Republicans 187–13

  May 8, 2025Official record ↗