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John Suiter
Republican · Representative

John Suiter

Represents District Hillsborough 36 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Republicans
96%
on 154 party-line votes · House Republicans median 97%
Cast a vote
53%
Yea or Nay on 167 of 313 roll calls · House median 94%
Their bills that became law
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No bills as a primary sponsor this session.
Roll calls on record
313
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.

How John Suiter votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where John Suiter sits in the House

Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. John Suiter is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

6 of 154 party-line votes.

SB669 · Relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.
Nay
Interim Study · 2026-05-07 · Passed 173–171 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB349 · Relative to the practice of optometry and authorization to perform ophthalmic laser procedures.
Nay
Veto Override · 2026-04-09 · Failed 145–206 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1066 · Relative to warrant articles authorizing lease agreements.
Yea
Table · 2026-03-12 · Failed 167–175 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB104 · Relative to requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard in a foreign state.
Yea
ITL · 2026-01-08 · Failed 159–182 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB349 · Relative to the practice of optometry and authorization to perform ophthalmic laser procedures.
Nay
OTPA · 2026-01-07 · Passed 193–143 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB349 · Relative to the practice of optometry and authorization to perform ophthalmic laser procedures.
Yea
Indefinitely Postpone · 2026-01-07 · Failed 133–205 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

HB675 · Limiting total central office administrative expenses by school districts and requiring reporting of central office administrative expenses to the department of education.
Yea
Adopt Floor Amendment · 2026-01-08 · Passed 177–176
SB669 · Relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.
Nay
Interim Study · 2026-05-07 · Passed 173–171
HB1704 · Permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.
Nay
Special Order · 2026-03-11 · Passed 167–164
HB1706 · Repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.
Yea
OTP · 2026-03-11 · Passed 170–164
HB1358 · Establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools.
Yea
OTPA · 2026-03-11 · Passed 169–163
Democrats they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Dale GirardDemocrat · District Sullivan 6 · 111 shared contested votes
53%
Bobbi BoudmanDemocrat · District Carroll 7 · 45 shared contested votes
29%
Jennifer MandelbaumDemocrat · District Rockingham 21 · 133 shared contested votes
28%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (146 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2026-01: 48 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 48 roll calls, 29 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 123 roll calls, 58 without a Yea or Nay2026-04: 16 roll calls, 1 without a Yea or Nay2026-05: 41 roll calls, 28 without a Yea or Nay2026-06: 10 roll calls, 3 without a Yea or Nay2026-08: 27 roll calls, 27 without a Yea or NayJan 2026Aug 2026
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HB1097 · 2026-08-19
Requiring legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers. (Veto Override)
Passed · 193-125
NV
HB1184 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property. (Veto Override)
Passed · 290-29
NV
HB1358 · 2026-08-19
Establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools. (Veto Override)
Failed · 150-166
NV
HB1336 · 2026-08-19
Relative to regulated conditional deposits. (Veto Override)
Passed · 159-155
NV
HB1267 · 2026-08-19
Prohibiting school district attorneys and non-school personnel from questioning students without their parent or guardian present. (Veto Override)
Passed · 311-6
NV
HB2026 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan; and relative to reconstruction of the Gregg Mill Road Bridge in the town of New Boston. (Veto Override)
Passed · 292-25
NV
HB396 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the processing of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture. (Veto Override)
Passed · 204-116
NV
HB396 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the processing of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture. (Reconsider)
Passed · 187-120
NV
HB396 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the processing of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture. (Veto Override)
Passed · 202-107
NV
HB232 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. (Veto Override)
Passed · 166-154
NV
HB1643 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the report of a guardian ad litem. (Veto Override)
Passed · 157-152
NV
SB434 · 2026-08-19
Relative to regulation of public school materials. (Veto Override)
Passed · 165-140
NV
HB1726 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study the sale of state-owned property. (Veto Override)
Failed · 101-206
NV
HB1610 · 2026-08-19
Allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. (Veto Override)
Passed · 162-148
NV
HB1442 · 2026-08-19
Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. (Veto Override)
Passed · 165-149
NV
HB1072 · 2026-08-19
Relative to employer notice of department of labor investigations. (Veto Override)
Passed · 160-159
NV
HB1102 · 2026-08-19
Increasing the research and development tax credit cap and relative to state park fees for state residents. (Veto Override)
Passed · 231-88
NV
HB1337 · 2026-08-19
Repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders. (Veto Override)
Failed · 148-172
NV
HB221 · 2026-08-19
Enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators. (Veto Override)
Failed · 152-167
NV
HB1369 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the manner of posting the warrant for town meetings. (Veto Override)
Passed · 305-12
NV
HB1565 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the penalty for false reports of suspected abuse and neglect made to the division for children, youth, and families, relative to owner's project manager services for school building aid projects, and relative to long-term care eligibility and making an appropriation therefor. (Veto Override)
Passed · 168-140
NV
HB1491 · 2026-08-19
Relative to pooled risk management programs. (Veto Override)
Passed · 160-148
NV
SB661 · 2026-08-19
Relative to pooled risk management programs. (Veto Override)
Failed · 84-216
NV
HB1766 · 2026-08-19
Relative to cruelty to livestock. (Veto Override)
Passed · 249-56
NV
HB1422 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the time to petition for a new trial. (Veto Override)
Passed · 314-7
NV
SB552 · 2026-08-19
Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. (Veto Override)
Passed · 161-142
NV
SB468 · 2026-08-19
Relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. (Veto Override)
Passed · 257-44
NV
SB481 · 2026-06-04
Relative to the sale of the Sununu youth services center property. (Adopt CofC Report)
Passed · 189-158
Yea
HB317 · 2026-06-04
Allowing a supervisor of the checklist to verify a person's identity, with identification, if they personally know that person. (Adopt CofC Report)
Passed · 197-159
Yea
HB1300 · 2026-06-04
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. (Adopt CofC Report)
Passed · 183-170
Yea
HB1588 · 2026-06-04
Relative to the regulation of accessory parking for vehicles by local legislative bodies and multifamily housing within commercial districts by municipalities; establishing special assessment districts; and relative to expanding the housing infrastructure municipal grant program and making an appropriation therefor. (Adopt CofC Report)
Passed · 185-171
Yea
HB155 · 2026-06-04
Relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities. (Adopt CofC Report)
Passed · 195-157
Yea
HB1062 · 2026-06-04
Authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters. (Adopt CofC Report)
Passed · 196-156
Yea
HB1279 · 2026-06-04
Relative to the use of physical force in defense of a person. (Adopt CofC Report)
Passed · 208-140
Yea
HB1374 · 2026-06-04
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. (Adopt CofC Report)
Passed · 179-161
NV
HB609 · 2026-06-04
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. (Table)
Passed · 182-160
NV
HB1376 · 2026-06-04
Relative to a parent's ability to raise their child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex and relative to breast surgeries for minors. (Adopt CofC Report)
Passed · 183-158
NV
HB1358 · 2026-05-21
Establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools. (Concur)
Passed · 184-164
Yea
HB1610 · 2026-05-21
Allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. (Concur)
Passed · 186-163
Yea
HB1792 · 2026-05-21
Relative to the prohibition on teaching discrimination. (Concur)
Failed · 127-222
Yea
HB232 · 2026-05-21
Relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. (Concur)
Passed · 179-154
Yea
HB1336 · 2026-05-21
Relative to regulated conditional deposits. (Concur)
Passed · 180-162
Yea
HB1442 · 2026-05-21
Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. (Concur)
Passed · 184-155
Yea
HB1681 · 2026-05-21
Relative to the definition, inspection, and local approval of tiny houses and yurts as innovative housing structures. (Concur)
Passed · 242-102
Yea
SB223 · 2026-05-14
Relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. (OTPA)
Passed · 187-157
Absent
SB574 · 2026-05-14
Establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. (Adopt Amendment)
Passed · 191-157
Absent
SB574 · 2026-05-14
Establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. (OTPA)
Passed · 197-151
Absent
SB409 · 2026-05-14
Relative to the penalties for the offense of disobeying an officer and relative to liability of governmental units. (Adopt Floor Amendment)
Failed · 172-184
Absent
SB552 · 2026-05-14
Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. (OTP)
Passed · 179-159
Absent
SB434 · 2026-05-14
Relative to regulation of public school materials. (OTPA)
Passed · 188-161
Absent
SB508 · 2026-05-14
Relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period. (OTP)
Failed · 151-161
Absent
SB430 · 2026-05-14
Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians. (OTPA)
Passed · 193-163
Absent
SB643 · 2026-05-14
Requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps and requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap. (OTPA)
Passed · 164-150
Absent
SB625 · 2026-05-14
Establishing a committee to study options for family members of intentional homicide victims where the department of justice does not file charges in a case, repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services, and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement. (ITL)
Failed · 146-150
Absent
SB625 · 2026-05-14
Establishing a committee to study options for family members of intentional homicide victims where the department of justice does not file charges in a case, repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services, and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement. (Adopt Floor Amendment)
Passed · 157-138
Absent
SB625 · 2026-05-14
Establishing a committee to study options for family members of intentional homicide victims where the department of justice does not file charges in a case, repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services, and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement. (Adopt Floor Amendment)
Passed · 155-140
Absent
SB625 · 2026-05-14
Establishing a committee to study options for family members of intentional homicide victims where the department of justice does not file charges in a case, repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services, and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement. (OTPA)
Passed · 156-139
Absent
SB504 · 2026-05-14
Relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists, authorizing the establishment of experimental treatment centers, and permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act. (Adopt Floor Amendment)
Passed · 188-153
Absent
SB504 · 2026-05-14
Relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists, authorizing the establishment of experimental treatment centers, and permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act. (OTPA)
Passed · 197-145
Absent
SB498 · 2026-05-14
Relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger. (Reconsider)
Failed · 162-183
Absent
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 313 total roll-call votes this session).
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