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RState Representative · District Rockingham 15
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: New Hampshire House Rockingham 15
Joe Guthrie is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for Rockingham 15 who is seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election after advancing from the September 8 Republican primary.[1][2] Ballotpedia lists his House tenure as beginning in 2014.[2]
Ballotpedia's campaign contribution history lists general-election wins for Joe Guthrie in Rockingham 13 in 2018 and in Rockingham 15 in 2022 and 2024.[2] He was assigned to the Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee for the 2019-2020 session and to the Municipal and County Government Committee for the 2021-2022 and 2023-2024 sessions.[2]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Joe Guthrie is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for New Hampshire House Rockingham 15 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 · against 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 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
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 · against 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 · against 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 · against 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
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 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
allowing a reimbursement anticipation note to be used as collateral in certain circumstances.
Lets school districts borrow against expected state reimbursements and count the borrowed money as revenue when tax rates are set, after a public hearing, if it is spent only for the same purpose; the borrowing is exempt from debt limits.
Mar 5, 2026 · Passed 185–162 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, has the state pay 7.5 percent of local employers' retirement system contributions for teachers and for police and firefighters starting in fiscal 2026, lowering what cities, towns, and school districts pay.
Jan 7, 2026 · Passed 172–159 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Mar 26, 2026 · Passed 189–162 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
(New Title) relative to changes to the minimum electric renewable portfolio standards.
Repeals the separate Class II (solar) requirement of the state's renewable portfolio standard and replaces inflation-adjusted alternative compliance payments with fixed rates of $42 for Classes I and III ($30 for Class I thermal) and $37 for Class IV.
Jan 7, 2026 · Passed 175–152 · 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 ↗
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 ↗
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 ↗
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 ↗
Voted against most of their party on 109 of 413 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Education & families (62), Health & care (15), Rights & public safety (15)
repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders.
What it does: Repeals the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders, along with its seat on the developmental services quality council and its consulting role in the blue envelope driver program, effective December 31, 2027.
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–144, Republicans 147–28
Aug 19, 2026Official record ↗
(New Title) establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools.
What it does: 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,…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–143, Republicans 149–23
Aug 19, 2026Official record ↗
relative to regulation of public school materials.
What it does: Requires school boards to adopt a policy by November 1, 2026 for parent complaints about material that is obscene and harmful to minors, and a complaint procedure by November 1, 2027 with set deadlines for investigati…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–135, Republicans 164–5
Aug 19, 2026Official record ↗
(New Title) allowing a supervisor of the checklist to verify a person's identity, with identification, if they personally know that person.
What it does: Lets a moderator, clerk, supervisor of the checklist, or selectman who personally knows a voter without photo ID verify the voter's identity by completing a witnessed attestation form, with the supervisor deciding whe…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 2–158, Republicans 193–1
Jun 4, 2026Official record ↗
(Third New Title) establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central office administrative expenses in school districts.
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 1–159, Republicans 181–10
Jun 4, 2026Official record ↗
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.
Against 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 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 ↗
relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings.
Against 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.
Against 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 ↗
Against 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 ↗
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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