Lorie Ball

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 & families110 with · 6 against116 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 safety97 with · 3 against100 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    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 · with 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

    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 living76 with · 11 against87 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 ↗

  • No

    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 ↗

  • No

    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 ↗

  All jobs & cost of living votes
• ›Health & care54 with · 10 against64 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

    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 ↗

  • 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 ↗

  All health & care votes
• ›Climate & energy33 with · 0 against33 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
• ›Transportation15 with · 2 against17 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

    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
• ›Housing & rent14 with · 2 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
• ›Foreign affairs & defense3 with · 0 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 ↗

  • Yes

    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 · 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
• ›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

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 32 of 448 party-divided votes on file.

Most often on: Health & care (12), Jobs & cost of living (9), Education & families (5)

• (New Title) relative to regulated conditional deposits.

  What it does: 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…

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–142, Republicans 158–13

  Aug 19, 2026Official record ↗

• 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 ↗

• relative to pooled risk management programs.

  What it does: Creates a state regulatory system for risk pools formed by local governments, requiring insurance commissioner approval, minimum deposits, rate review, financial and capital reports, investment limits, and regular exa…

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 1–136, Republicans 158–12

  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 health insurance coverage for prosthetics.

  What it does: Requires group health insurers and the state employee health plan to cover prosthetic devices for adults, including activity-specific devices, which insurers may limit to one every five years, starting January 1, 2028…

  Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–155, Republicans 158–22

  May 14, 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

• Yes

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

  With 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 ↗

• No

  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 ↗

• 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) 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 ↗