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Republican
· Representative
Melissa Litchfield
Represents District Rockingham 32 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
94%
on 272 party-line votes · House Republicans median 97%
Cast a vote
96%
Yea or Nay on 300 of 313 roll calls · House median 94%
Their bills that became law
4 of 20
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 0
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 Melissa Litchfield 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 Melissa Litchfield 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. Melissa Litchfield is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
15 of 272 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
SB661 · Relative to pooled risk management programs.
Veto Override · 2026-08-19 · Failed 84–216 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1337 · Repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders.
Veto Override · 2026-08-19 · Failed 148–172 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1726 · Relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study the sale of state-owned property.
Veto Override · 2026-08-19 · Failed 101–206 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1358 · Establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools.
Veto Override · 2026-08-19 · Failed 150–166 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB557 · Making synthetic and semisynthetic kratom illegal to prepare, distribute, manufacture, sell, possess, or advertise, with exceptions made for scientific research, and relative to the official ballot referendum form of town meetings.
Adopt Floor Amendment · 2026-05-14 · Passed 171–162 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB349 · Relative to the practice of optometry and authorization to perform ophthalmic laser procedures.
Veto Override · 2026-04-09 · Failed 145–206 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1458 · Relative to the licensing of massage establishments and massage, reflexology, structural integration, and Asian bodywork facilities.
Table · 2026-03-26 · Failed 158–193 · most Republicans voted the other way
HCR13 · Requesting Congress to call a constitutional convention relative to implementing term limits for elected members of both houses of Congress.
Remove From Table · 2026-03-12 · Failed 139–193 · most Republicans voted the other way
HCR13 · Requesting Congress to call a constitutional convention relative to implementing term limits for elected members of both houses of Congress.
Table · 2026-03-12 · Passed 189–159 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1709 · Prohibiting certain unlawfully present felons from occupying or renting real property, relative to pet vendor foster home and defining pet vendor foster facility, and providing procedures for the potential confiscation of livestock involved in cruelty to animal cases.
Table · 2026-03-11 · Failed 153–181 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB1072 · Relative to employer notice of department of labor investigations.
Veto Override · 2026-08-19 · Passed 160–159
HB675 · Limiting total central office administrative expenses by school districts and requiring reporting of central office administrative expenses to the department of education.
Adopt Floor Amendment · 2026-01-08 · Passed 177–176
SB669 · Relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.
Interim Study · 2026-05-07 · Passed 173–171
HB1704 · Permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.
Special Order · 2026-03-11 · Passed 167–164
HB1336 · Relative to regulated conditional deposits.
Veto Override · 2026-08-19 · Passed 159–155
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 · 232 shared contested votes
54%
Jonah WheelerDemocrat · District Hillsborough 33 · 257 shared contested votes
28%
Jennifer MandelbaumDemocrat · District Rockingham 21 · 226 shared contested votes
27%
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 (13 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Melissa Litchfield was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced20
Out of committee7
Passed one chamber7
Passed both chambers4
Became law4
Never left committee13
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 0 bills that became law this session.
Relative to an age-appropriate design code.
Not out of committeeExecutive Session: 03/03/2026 01:00 pm GP 229 · 2026-08-11
Relative to immunization requirements in foster family homes and relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program.
Became lawLaw Without Signature 07/07/2026; Chapter 279; eff. 9/5/2026 · 2026-07-10
Prohibiting the sale of a child's personal data.
Became lawSigned by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 168; eff.01/01/2027 · 2026-06-24
Relative to parental access to a minor child's electronic medical records.
Passed one chamberInexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 05/14/2026; Senate Journal 12 · 2026-05-08
Modifying the requirements of suicide prevention education policies in schools.
Passed one chamberInexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 04/16/2026; Senate Journal 9 · 2026-04-10
Relative to the reporting date for the annual complaint data.
Became lawSigned by Governor Ayotte 04/03/2026; Chapter 24; eff: 06/02/2026 · 2026-04-06
Relative to background check disqualifications for applicants seeking educator credentials.
Became lawSigned by Governor Ayotte 04/03/2026; Chapter 23; eff: 04/03/2026 · 2026-04-06
Repealing the public school identification and accommodation of gifted and talented students reporting requirement.
Passed one chamberInexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 04/09/2026; Senate Journal 8 · 2026-04-03
Establishing a teacher bill of rights.
Not out of committeeRefer for Interim Study: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/11/2026 House Journal 7 P. 20 · 2026-03-11
Enabling the use of telehealth to deliver veterinary care.
Not out of committeeInexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/11/2026 House Journal 7 P. 33 · 2026-03-11
Modifying the definition of persistently dangerous schools.
Not out of committeeInexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/05/2026 House Journal 6 P. 13 · 2026-03-05
Requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.
Not out of committeeInexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/05/2026 House Journal 6 P. 10 · 2026-03-05
Relative to speed regulation on Route 125 in Brentwood.
Not out of committeeInexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/05/2026 House Journal 6 P. 39 · 2026-03-05
Relative to public hearing notice requirements for zoning board of adjustment appeals.
Not out of committeeInexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/05/2026 House Journal 6 P. 27 · 2026-03-05
Amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.
Not out of committeeMinority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate · 2026-03-04
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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HB1097 · 2026-08-19
Requiring legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers. (Veto Override)
HB1184 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property. (Veto Override)
HB1358 · 2026-08-19
Establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools. (Veto Override)
HB1336 · 2026-08-19
Relative to regulated conditional deposits. (Veto Override)
HB1267 · 2026-08-19
Prohibiting school district attorneys and non-school personnel from questioning students without their parent or guardian present. (Veto Override)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB232 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. (Veto Override)
HB1643 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the report of a guardian ad litem. (Veto Override)
SB434 · 2026-08-19
Relative to regulation of public school materials. (Veto Override)
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)
HB1610 · 2026-08-19
Allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. (Veto Override)
HB1442 · 2026-08-19
Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. (Veto Override)
HB1072 · 2026-08-19
Relative to employer notice of department of labor investigations. (Veto Override)
HB1102 · 2026-08-19
Increasing the research and development tax credit cap and relative to state park fees for state residents. (Veto Override)
HB1337 · 2026-08-19
Repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders. (Veto Override)
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)
HB1369 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the manner of posting the warrant for town meetings. (Veto Override)
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)
HB1491 · 2026-08-19
Relative to pooled risk management programs. (Veto Override)
SB661 · 2026-08-19
Relative to pooled risk management programs. (Veto Override)
HB1766 · 2026-08-19
Relative to cruelty to livestock. (Veto Override)
HB1422 · 2026-08-19
Relative to the time to petition for a new trial. (Veto Override)
SB552 · 2026-08-19
Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. (Veto Override)
SB468 · 2026-08-19
Relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. (Veto Override)
SB481 · 2026-06-04
Relative to the sale of the Sununu youth services center property. (Adopt CofC Report)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1062 · 2026-06-04
Authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters. (Adopt CofC Report)
HB1279 · 2026-06-04
Relative to the use of physical force in defense of a person. (Adopt CofC Report)
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)
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)
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)
HB1358 · 2026-05-21
Establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools. (Concur)
HB1610 · 2026-05-21
Allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. (Concur)
HB1792 · 2026-05-21
Relative to the prohibition on teaching discrimination. (Concur)
HB232 · 2026-05-21
Relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. (Concur)
HB1336 · 2026-05-21
Relative to regulated conditional deposits. (Concur)
HB1442 · 2026-05-21
Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. (Concur)
HB1681 · 2026-05-21
Relative to the definition, inspection, and local approval of tiny houses and yurts as innovative housing structures. (Concur)
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)
SB574 · 2026-05-14
Establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. (Adopt Amendment)
SB574 · 2026-05-14
Establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. (OTPA)
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)
SB552 · 2026-05-14
Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. (OTP)
SB434 · 2026-05-14
Relative to regulation of public school materials. (OTPA)
SB508 · 2026-05-14
Relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period. (OTP)
SB430 · 2026-05-14
Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians. (OTPA)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
SB498 · 2026-05-14
Relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger. (Reconsider)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 313 total roll-call votes this session).
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