Jodi Nelson

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

• ›Rights & public safety83 with · 7 against90 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.

    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 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances and establishing that certain biological sex distinctions do not qualify as discrimination.

    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 ↗

  • Yes

    relative to the right to marry. Providing that the right to marry is a fundamental civil right and that the state shall protect the right of every individual, regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or race, to marry and to have their ma

    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 ↗

  All rights & public safety votes
• ›Education & families83 with · 6 against89 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
• ›Jobs & cost of living61 with · 22 against83 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    relative to eligibility for public assistance, including the New Hampshire employment program, family assistance program, and SNAP.

    Bars the health department from seeking SNAP work-requirement waivers without legislative approval or loosening eligibility standards unless federal law requires, mandates regular data checks of recipients' income, incarceration, lottery winnings, and citizenship, and removes out-of-state-only users found nonresident or unresponsive.

    Mar 11, 2026 · Passed 172–161 · 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

    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 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All jobs & cost of living votes
• ›Health & care53 with · 3 against56 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    prohibits certain government regulations regarding pregnancy resource centers in connection with abortion and contraception service offerings.

    Mar 12, 2026 · Passed 179–161 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • 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

    limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools and requiring parents or legal guardians to be present with their child during the administration of vaccinations at such a clinic.

    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 ↗

  All health & care votes
• ›Climate & energy27 with · 5 against32 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

    relative to a road salt fee to support certified winter road maintenance practices.

    As introduced, imposes a $4-per-ton fee on bulk road salt, salt mix and brine sold to New Hampshire businesses, organizations, municipalities and state agencies, paid yearly by bulk sellers into a fund that gives grants to the state, municipalities and businesses certified in winter salt-application programs.

    Feb 12, 2026 · Passed 177–156 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All climate & energy votes
• ›Housing & rent19 with · 1 against20 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

    (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 ↗

  All housing & rent votes
• ›Transportation14 with · 1 against15 votes

  Most contested

  • 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 ↗

  • Yes

    requiring the department of motor vehicles to only administer the skills test for commercial driver's licenses in English and prohibiting the support of an interpreter for the administration of the skills test for commercial driver's licenses.

    As passed by the House, requires commercial driver's license tests in English only, without interpreters except under federal exemptions, and makes drivers licensed in the past five years who tested in another language or with an interpreter retest in English within 90 days or lose their license.

    Mar 12, 2026 · Passed 194–156 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All transportation votes
• ›Foreign affairs & defense1 with · 2 against3 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

    prohibiting nationals of the People's Republic of China from attending state institutions of higher education.

    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 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    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 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All foreign affairs & defense votes
• ›Technology & privacy2 with · 0 against2 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 ↗

  All technology & privacy votes

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 47 of 406 party-divided votes on file.

Most often on: Jobs & cost of living (20), Rights & public safety (11), Education & families (6)

• relative to employer notice of department of labor investigations.

  What it does: 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 safe…

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–144, Republicans 159–15

  Aug 19, 2026Official record ↗

• (Second New Title) relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study the sale of state-owned property.

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 2–135, Republicans 98–71

  Aug 19, 2026Official record ↗

• relative to pooled risk management programs.

  What it does: Repeals and reenacts the law on pooled risk management programs for local governments: lets the secretary of state require abatement of insufficient assets or seek receivership, requires pro rata member assessments fo…

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–137, Republicans 83–79

  Aug 19, 2026Official record ↗

• creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program.

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 1–160, Republicans 126–66

  Mar 26, 2026Official record ↗

• creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program.

  Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 163–0, Republicans 81–111

  Mar 26, 2026Official 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

• No

  repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.

  Against most of their party · Passed 170–164 · Yes 170–No 164 · Democrats 0–156, Republicans 169–8

  Mar 11, 2026Official record ↗

• No

  permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances and establishing that certain biological sex distinctions do not qualify as discrimination.

  With most of their party · Failed 156–171 · Yes 156–No 171 · Democrats 154–1, Republicans 2–169

  Mar 11, 2026Official record ↗

• Yes

  relative to eligibility for public assistance, including the New Hampshire employment program, family assistance program, and SNAP.

  With most of their party · Passed 172–161 · Yes 172–No 161 · Democrats 0–155, Republicans 171–6

  Mar 11, 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

  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

  relative to the right to marry. Providing that the right to marry is a fundamental civil right and that the state shall protect the right of every individual, regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or race, to marry and to have their ma

  With most of their party · Passed 176–162 · Yes 176–No 162 · Democrats 0–156, Republicans 175–6

  Mar 12, 2026Official record ↗