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RState Representative · District Sullivan 3
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: New Hampshire House Sullivan 3
Steven Smith is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives representing Sullivan 3 who is running for re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1][2] He is a business owner and former chair of the House Transportation Committee.[1]
Steven Smith graduated from Centereach High School in 1982 and earned an A.S. in business administration and management from Granite State College in 2019.[1] His career experience includes co-owning Smith Scale Speedway, owning Boss Bodies, and working as a realtor with Hinch Crowley Realty Associates.[1]
Ballotpedia lists Smith's tenure in the House as beginning in 2010, and his current term began on December 7, 2022.[1] He chaired the House Transportation Committee in the 2015 and 2017 legislative sessions and served on it in the 2023-2024 session, alongside the Rules Committee.[1] Smith has been affiliated with the Council of State Governments Transportation Committee, the National Conference of State Legislatures Natural Resources & Infrastructure Committee, and the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Infrastructure Commission.[1] He advanced from the Republican primary on September 8, 2026.[1]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Steven Smith is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for New Hampshire House Sullivan 3 as R. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
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Terry SpilsburyState Representative · District Sullivan 3RAlso on the 2026 ballot: New Hampshire House Sullivan 3New HampshireTimothy FitzpatrickCandidateDNew Hampshire House Sullivan 3New HampshireTheir 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 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 ↗
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 ↗
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 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.
Dec 17, 2025 · Failed 181–170 · with 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 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Aug 19, 2026: 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, including funding less reliant on local property taxes, with a report due November 1, 2026.
May 21, 2026 · Passed 184–164 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
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 ↗
Proposes a state constitutional amendment, for the November 2026 ballot, giving the right to vote to every "legal resident" 18 or older instead of every "inhabitant," and requiring voters to actually live where they claim domicile; needs two-thirds voter approval.
Jan 7, 2026 · Failed 184–157 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections.
Lets school district voters decide by majority ballot vote to elect school district officers in partisan elections run under town partisan election rules, and to return to nonpartisan elections by the same kind of vote.
Dec 17, 2025 · Failed 177–174 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
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 ↗
relative to religious exemption from immunization requirements.
Sets the wording of the form parents or guardians sign to claim a religious exemption from childhood vaccination requirements, including a statement that they hold sincere religious beliefs requiring refusal of the vaccines.
Mar 11, 2026 · Passed 179–150 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals.
On the version voted Aug 19, 2026: 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.
Jan 8, 2026 · Passed 184–164 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
relative to the phasing out of the minimum electric renewable portfolio standard.
Mar 13, 2025 · Passed 189–173 · 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 ↗
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 ↗
Most contested
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.
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.
Aug 19, 2026 · Failed 159–155 · 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 ↗
Voted against most of their party on 6 of 245 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Health & care (2), Transportation (1), Jobs & cost of living (1)
relative to parent-taught driver education as an alternative to traditional driver education programs.
What it does: As introduced, lets the safety commissioner waive the driver education course for license applicants under 18 if a licensed parent or guardian, or another responsible adult when there is none, provides equivalent clas…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 148–6, Republicans 30–148
Feb 5, 2026Official record ↗
making appropriations for capital improvements.
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 11–151, Republicans 123–81
Apr 10, 2025Official record ↗
relative to excess funds paid to municipalities for the use of school districts.
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 156–13, Republicans 88–115
Mar 13, 2025Official record ↗
relative to certification of alcohol and other substance misuse treatment facilities.
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 161–0, Republicans 53–152
Mar 6, 2025Official record ↗
prohibiting the addition of fluoridation chemicals to public water systems.
What it does: As introduced, bans adding fluoride or fluoride-containing chemicals to public water systems and repeals the laws letting communities vote on fluoridation.
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 142–10, Republicans 48–145
Mar 6, 2025Official 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.
With most of their party · Failed 181–170 · Yes 181–No 170 · Democrats 0–163, Republicans 180–7
Dec 17, 2025Official record ↗
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 ↗
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 ↗
repealing the state housing champion designation and grant program.
With most of their party · Passed 185–166 · Yes 185–No 166 · Democrats 0–162, Republicans 184–4
Feb 5, 2026Official record ↗
relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief.
With most of their party · Failed 176–175 · Yes 176–No 175 · Democrats 1–162, Republicans 174–13
Dec 17, 2025Official record ↗
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 ↗
With most of their party · Passed 184–164 · Yes 184–No 164 · Democrats 0–159, Republicans 183–4
May 21, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 188–165 · Yes 188–No 165 · Democrats 0–162, Republicans 187–3
Feb 5, 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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