Tom Buco

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 Democrats voted. How topics are assigned

• ›Education & families23 with · 0 against23 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    increasing the total revenue raised under the statewide education property tax, requiring municipalities to remit excess statewide education property tax payments to the department of revenue administration, limiting the authority of school districts to m

    Mar 13, 2025 · Passed 190–185 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.

    Limits the state ban on teaching certain discriminatory concepts to teaching that targets racial groups, protects historical and objective scientific discussion, and limits lawsuits, human rights complaints and educator misconduct findings to intentional or knowing violations.

    Mar 26, 2025 · Passed 183–157 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    (New Title) relative to education freedom accounts.

    On the version voted Jun 5, 2025: Removes the household income limit for education freedom accounts, caps enrollment at 10,000 students for 2025-2026, raising the cap 25 percent when prior-year enrollment exceeds 90 percent of it, and exempts current students, siblings, children with disabilities, and lower-income families from the cap.

    May 8, 2025 · Passed 188–176 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All education & families votes
• ›Rights & public safety16 with · 2 against18 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    authorizing online voter registration.

    Requires the secretary of state to set up online voter registration for applicants with a New Hampshire motor vehicle ID, verified against motor vehicle records; online registrants must submit an original signature before voting in their first election.

    Mar 13, 2025 · Passed 202–169 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    establishing redistricting criteria.

    Mar 27, 2025 · Passed 203–167 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to the verification of voter rolls annually.

    Requires local election officials to verify voter checklists every year starting in 2026 instead of every 10 years, removing voters who have not voted in five years and do not reregister after notice.

    Mar 27, 2025 · Passed 200–174 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All rights & public safety votes
• ›Health & care13 with · 1 against14 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    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 DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.

    As introduced, limits required childhood vaccines to the diseases listed in state law and removes the health commissioner's power to require others by rule, letting existing rule-based requirements for chickenpox, hepatitis B and Hib expire June 30, 2026.

    Mar 27, 2025 · Passed 195–174 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief.

    On the version voted Dec 17, 2025: 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.

    Mar 27, 2025 · Passed 206–169 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All health & care votes
• ›Jobs & cost of living10 with · 0 against10 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    increasing the total revenue raised under the statewide education property tax, requiring municipalities to remit excess statewide education property tax payments to the department of revenue administration, limiting the authority of school districts to m

    Mar 13, 2025 · Passed 190–185 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to the comprehensive state development plan.

    Feb 13, 2025 · Passed 199–171 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to the award of attorneys' fees and costs in workers' compensation claims.

    As introduced, entitles injured workers who win workers' compensation disputes at the labor department level to reimbursement of reasonable attorney fees and costs, including when insurers are ordered to pay, or pay just before a hearing on, disputed medical bills.

    Feb 20, 2025 · Passed 193–177 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All jobs & cost of living votes
• ›Climate & energy7 with · 0 against7 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    increasing penalties for violations of the shoreland and water quality protection act.

    As introduced, raises the maximum court penalty and administrative fine for violating the state's shoreland water quality protection law from $5,000 to $15,000 for violators who don't restore a site within a year of notice; existing doubling of fines for repeat violations still applies.

    Feb 13, 2025 · Passed 196–175 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to the state energy policy.

    Rewrites the state energy policy to promote affordable, reliable, diverse, and secure energy, favoring market-based approaches, limiting government support for one technology over another, and calling for removal of regulatory barriers.

    Feb 20, 2025 · Passed 204–165 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    allowing for the establishment of a village district to protect and remediate surface waters.

    Adds protecting and cleaning up surface water quality to the purposes for which a village district may be formed, letting towns that share a body of water adopt consistent environmental policies.

    Feb 13, 2025 · Passed 196–171 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All climate & energy votes
• ›Transportation3 with · 0 against3 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    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 DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    relative to coast guard approved personal flotation devices while on New Hampshire state waters.

    As introduced, requires people in canoes, kayaks or rowing sculls on state waters to wear a Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device at all times from November 15 through May 15, except during official competitions.

    Feb 13, 2025 · Passed 215–162 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    establishing the speed enforcement and awareness fund and providing for grants to municipal law enforcement for speed enforcement and speed awareness traffic equipment.

    Mar 6, 2025 · Passed 225–147 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All transportation votes
• ›Housing & rent2 with · 0 against2 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    relative to the homestead right.

    Raises the homestead protection from creditors to $1,000,000, from $120,000 for a single person or $240,000 for a married couple, covers mobile homes, housing cooperatives and condominiums, and requires the home to have been a primary residence for the prior 12 months.

    Mar 6, 2025 · Passed 216–146 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    relative to the required maximum number of residential parking spaces.

    Bars cities and towns from requiring more than one residential parking space per unit, replacing current 1.5-space limits that apply only to small workforce housing units and multifamily developments of 10 or more units.

    May 1, 2025 · Passed 197–144 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All housing & rent votes
• ›Foreign affairs & defense1 with · 0 against1 vote

  Most contested

  • No

    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 DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All foreign affairs & defense votes

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 2 of 76 party-divided votes on file.

• enabling ranked-choice voting for municipal elections.

  What it does: As introduced, lets cities and towns adopt ranked-choice voting for some or all local offices by voter approval, sets ballot design and round-by-round counting rules, requires public release of tabulation data, and le…

  Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 8–142, Republicans 185–3

  Mar 26, 2025Official record ↗

• relative to the assault of a firefighter, emergency medical care provider, or law enforcement officer.

  What it does: Makes knowingly injuring a police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical provider on duty, or an officer targeted because of the job, first-degree assault if the injury is serious and second-degree assault otherwise.

  Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 31–138, Republicans 165–39

  Mar 13, 2025Official 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

  increasing the total revenue raised under the statewide education property tax, requiring municipalities to remit excess statewide education property tax payments to the department of revenue administration, limiting the authority of school districts to m

  With most of their party · Passed 190–185 · Yes 190–No 185 · Democrats 0–169, Republicans 189–15

  Mar 13, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  authorizing online voter registration.

  With most of their party · Passed 202–169 · Yes 202–No 169 · Democrats 0–168, Republicans 201–0

  Mar 13, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.

  With most of their party · Passed 183–157 · Yes 183–No 157 · Democrats 0–154, Republicans 182–3

  Mar 26, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  repealing the New Hampshire vaccine association.

  With most of their party · Passed 189–181 · Yes 188–No 181 · Democrats 0–166, Republicans 187–15

  Mar 6, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  increasing penalties for violations of the shoreland and water quality protection act.

  With most of their party · Passed 196–175 · Yes 195–No 175 · Democrats 1–168, Republicans 193–7

  Feb 13, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  (New Title) relative to education freedom accounts.

  With most of their party · Passed 188–176 · Yes 188–No 176 · Democrats 0–163, Republicans 187–13

  May 8, 2025Official record ↗

• Yes

  relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.

  With most of their party · Failed 170–205 · Yes 170–No 205 · Democrats 169–0, Republicans 1–203

  Mar 13, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  relative to the comprehensive state development plan.

  With most of their party · Passed 199–171 · Yes 198–No 171 · Democrats 2–168, Republicans 195–3

  Feb 13, 2025Official record ↗