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Ruth Ward

RState Senator · District 8

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

Where they stood out

Voted with most of their party on all 177 party-divided votes on file.

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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

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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.

SB 552 · NH SENATE

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

YesVOTED

Motion: VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required

Provides that classifying people by biological sex, defined as male and female, is not unlawful discrimination in multi-user restrooms and locker rooms, sports where strength, speed or endurance favors biological males, and prisons and involuntary-commitment facilities. Does not require entities to separate by sex.

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Passed 16–8·Substantive·Aug 19, 2026Roll call ↗
SB 434 · NH SENATE

relative to regulation of public school materials.

YesVOTED

Motion: VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required

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 investigation, decision, written response and appeal to the school board.

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Passed 16–8·Substantive·Aug 19, 2026Roll call ↗
SB 468 · NH SENATE

relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location.

NoVOTED

Motion: VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required

Lets registered alternative treatment centers request state authorization to run a greenhouse cultivation location, with department rules on location and security, a plan to cut energy costs and patient prices, local zoning compliance, and local input.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 16–8·Substantive·Aug 19, 2026Roll call ↗
SB 475 · NH SENATE

(New Title) relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock.

NoVOTED

Motion: VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required

Failed 8–16·Substantive·Aug 19, 2026Roll call ↗
SB 535 · NH SENATE

(New Title) defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels.

YesVOTED

Motion: VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required

Failed 5–19·Substantive·Aug 19, 2026Roll call ↗
SB 661 · NH SENATE

relative to pooled risk management programs.

YesVOTED

Motion: VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required

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 for deficiencies, sets contingency reserve standards, and requires public disclosures.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 23–1·Substantive·Aug 19, 2026Roll call ↗
HB 1422 · NH SENATE

relative to the time to petition for a new trial.

YesVOTED

Motion: VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required

Removes the 3-year deadline for new-trial petitions by people with felony or class A misdemeanor convictions who are serving or affected by the sentence and allege innocence from newly discovered evidence; adds prima facie review and victim services. Effective January 1, 2027.

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Passed 18–6·Substantive·Aug 19, 2026Roll call ↗
HB 1766 · NH SENATE

relative to cruelty to livestock.

YesVOTED

Motion: VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required

Sets separate rules for animal cruelty cases involving livestock: officers may confiscate livestock only when someone is charged, or its life is in imminent danger, and the investigating officer must be accompanied by the state veterinarian, a designee, or a licensed veterinarian.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Failed 11–13·Substantive·Aug 19, 2026Roll call ↗
HB 1735 · NH SENATE

(New Title) relative to the practice of pharmacy, the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists, and permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act.

YesVOTED

Motion: Ought To Pass w/ Amendment - Remainder

Passed 14–9·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
HB 609 · NH SENATE

relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other matter pertaining to firearms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray devices, knives and other self-defense tools.

YesVOTED

Motion: Conference Committee Report

As amended by conference committee, extends the local-rule bar to stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray and other self-defense tools, allows damages suits (actual or $1,000, if greater) by aggrieved people, and limits state agency rules to expressly authorized ones, lapsing July 1, 2029 unless renewed.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 15–8·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗

Showing 10 of 188 votes in this collection. Coverage may be incomplete; each entry links to the official record.