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Representative James Thibault (R - Merr 25)

  • Represents: Franklin Ward 1, Franklin Ward 2, Franklin Ward 3, Northfield
  • Committees: Executive Departments and Administration
  • Recorded roll call votes: Nay 133, Yea 429, Not Voting/Not Excused 10, Not Voting/Excused 19
  • Bills sponsored: 58, 5 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

  • SB 574 (2026): establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units.
  • SB 494-FN (2026): relative to the state fire code, fire incident reporting and investigations, and the duties of the state fire marshal.
  • SB 487 (2026): allowing credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member.
  • SB 448-FN (2026): (New Title) modifying the definition of veteran.
  • SB 445 (2026): relative to adjudicative proceedings where there is a council or board with jurisdiction.
  • HR 28 (2026): requesting the opinion of the justices clarifying the scope of the state's constitutional obligations concerning education.
  • HR 19 (2026): encouraging state colleges and universities to invite more conservative speakers to campus for the purpose of increasing diversity of viewpoints.
  • HCR 15 (2026): urging Congress to pass federal legislation promoting greater media accountability as a way to honor the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
  • HCR 14 (2026): condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk and reaffirming the state's commitment to freedom of speech and civil discourse.
  • HB 68 (2026): making best interest placements within the same school district mandatory in the absence of a valid reason to deny the placement.
  • HB 510-FN (2026): (New Title) establishing a commission to study due process in higher education disciplinary proceedings.
  • HB 293-FN (2026): preventing minors from accessing obscenity on certain electronic devices with internet access.
  • HB 1817-FN (2026): (New Title) relative to access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs within school districts.
  • HB 1793-FN (2026): (New Title) prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to study the feasibility of allowing guns on campuses of public institutions of higher education.
  • HB 1778-FN (2026): relative to prohibiting the use of personal identity ideology in public school instruction and policies.
  • HB 1769-FN (2026): relative to certain prohibitions on abortion referrals by publicly funded medical facilities.
  • HB 1702-FN (2026): relative to notice requirements and enforcement for pharmacies dispensing medications intended to induce chemical abortions.
  • HB 1700 (2026): adding a non-voting student member to the state board of education.
  • HB 1692 (2026): relative to the legislative youth advisory council. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1658-FN (2026): relative to parental consent and age verification for digital application platforms.
  • HB 1650-FN (2026): relative to an age-appropriate design code.
  • HB 1623-FN (2026): requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.
  • HB 1589-FN (2026): establishing the digital choice act.
  • HB 1573 (2026): (New Title) permitting excused absences for student participation in certain activities and mandating the state board of education to grant school reassignment requests for students demonstrating a manifest educational hardship (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1571-FN-A (2026): (New Title) requiring the department of education to review statewide academic standards and curricula.
  • HB 1521 (2026): clarifying the definition of home education.
  • HB 1508-FN (2026): permitting one-party consent for audio and video recordings in certain instances.
  • HB 1490 (2026): requiring scholarship organizations to provide written notice to parents explaining the parents' requirement to provide written notice upon termination of a home education program.
  • HB 1453 (2026): relative to student school board members. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1423-FN (2026): (New Title) relative to the offense of improper influence and making synthetic and semisynthetic kratom illegal to prepare, distribute, manufacture, sell, possess, or advertise, with exceptions made for scientific research.
  • HB 1416 (2026): (New Title) establishing a committee to study what legal protections currently exist for the freedom of expression of pregnancy resource centers and whether further First Amendment protections are needed.
  • HB 1376 (2026): (New Title) 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.
  • HB 1373 (2026): relative to background check disqualifications for applicants seeking educator credentials.
  • HB 1370 (2026): (New Title) repealing the public school identification and accommodation of gifted and talented students reporting requirement.
  • HB 1365 (2026): (Second New Title) relative to applications for licenses to carry a loaded pistol or revolver and relative to the composition of the board of dental examiners.
  • HB 1345 (2026): requiring schools to establish rules related to the display of flags and designate students at each school to serve as the school's color guard. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1314-FN (2026): enabling minors to apply for a freshwater fishing application without paying a fee.
  • HB 1313-FN (2026): repealing buffer zones for reproductive health care facilities.
  • HB 1279 (2026): (Second New Title) relative to the use of physical force in defense of a person.
  • HB 1222 (2026): relative to prohibiting all obstructions to public crosswalks.
  • HB 1217 (2026): permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.
  • HB 1203-FN (2026): relative to the return of firearms following a not guilty verdict or dismissal of the proceeding.
  • HB 1191 (2026): relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.
  • HB 1184-FN (2026): relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property.
  • HB 1178 (2026): relative to permissible window tinting on motor vehicles.
  • HB 1132 (2026): (New Title) prohibiting the display of certain flags and banners in public schools and public charter schools and establishing penalties for the display of prohibited flags and banners.
  • HB 1094 (2026): repealing the prohibition on collecting seaweed between sunset and sunrise.
  • CACR 24 (2026): relating to the right to educate children.Providing that parents and guardians have a right to direct the education of their children.
  • SB 300-FN (2025): criminalizing the creation of child intimate visual representations.
  • SB 24 (2025): allowing students under age 21 to taste wine in educational settings.
  • HB 749-FN (2025): (New Title) requiring instruction on communism in public high schools.
  • HB 71-FN (2025): (Third New Title) prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts; and requiring the use of public notices before reassessment of property values for tax purposes.
  • HB 620-FN (2025): relative to the exercise of the freedom of religion.
  • HB 571 (2025): including Constitution Day in patriotic exercises required of public schools.
  • HB 520 (2025): relative to authorizing hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas.
  • HB 361 (2025): prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.
  • HB 252 (2025): creating a state holiday to honor Daniel Webster's birthday. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 143 (2025): (Second New Title) criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child.

Recent Votes

  • August 19, 2026: HB2026, Veto Override — Nay
  • August 19, 2026: HB221, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB232, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB396, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1072, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1097, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1102, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1184, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1267, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1336, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1337, Veto Override — Nay
  • August 19, 2026: HB1358, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1369, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1422, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1442, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB396, Reconsider — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB396, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1491, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1565, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1610, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1643, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: HB1726, Veto Override — Nay
  • August 19, 2026: HB1766, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: SB434, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: SB468, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: SB552, Veto Override — Yea
  • August 19, 2026: SB661, Veto Override — Nay
  • August 19, 2026: Affirm The Report — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • June 4, 2026: SB481, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
  • June 4, 2026: HB1588, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
  • June 4, 2026: HB317, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
  • June 4, 2026: HB1062, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
  • June 4, 2026: HB1279, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
  • June 4, 2026: HB155, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
  • June 4, 2026: HB1300, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
  • June 4, 2026: HB609, Table — Nay
  • June 4, 2026: HB1374, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
  • June 4, 2026: HB1376, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
  • May 21, 2026: HB1610, Concur — Yea
  • May 21, 2026: HB1358, Concur — Yea
  • May 21, 2026: HB1792, Concur — Nay
  • May 21, 2026: HB1336, Concur — Yea
  • May 21, 2026: HB1681, Concur — Yea
  • May 21, 2026: HB232, Concur — Yea
  • May 21, 2026: HB1442, Concur — Yea
  • May 21, 2026: Affirm The Report — Yea
  • May 21, 2026: Remove From Table — Nay
  • May 14, 2026: SB409, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
  • May 14, 2026: SB430, OTPA — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB434, OTPA — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB498, Reconsider — Nay
  • May 14, 2026: SB574, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB574, OTPA — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: CACR12, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: CACR12, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
  • May 14, 2026: CACR12, OTPA — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB223, OTPA — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB504, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB504, OTPA — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB552, OTP — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB408, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB557, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB88, OTPA — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB508, OTP — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: Table — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB643, OTPA — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB653, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB653, OTPA — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB627, Interim Study — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB567, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB567, Table — Nay
  • May 14, 2026: SB567, OTPA — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB625, ITL — Nay
  • May 14, 2026: SB625, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB625, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
  • May 14, 2026: SB625, OTPA — Yea
  • May 7, 2026: HB564, Concur — Yea
  • May 7, 2026: SB669, Interim Study — Yea
  • May 7, 2026: SB481, OTPA — Yea
  • May 7, 2026: SB603, ITL — Yea
  • May 7, 2026: SB501, Table — Yea
  • May 7, 2026: SB520, Table — Yea
  • April 23, 2026: SB482, OTP — Nay
  • April 23, 2026: CACR11, OTP — Yea
  • April 23, 2026: SB460, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • April 23, 2026: SB460, Table — Nay
  • April 23, 2026: SB586, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
  • April 23, 2026: SB101, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • April 23, 2026: SB101, Adopt Amendment — Nay
  • April 23, 2026: SB101, OTPA — Yea
  • April 23, 2026: SB543, ITL — Yea
  • April 23, 2026: SB545, ITL — Yea
  • April 23, 2026: SB449, ITL — Yea
  • April 23, 2026: SB559, ITL — Yea
  • April 9, 2026: HB349, Veto Override — Yea
  • April 9, 2026: HB451, Veto Override — Nay
  • April 9, 2026: HB1689, Concur — Nay
  • April 9, 2026: SB620, OTPA — Nay
  • April 9, 2026: Shall Member Continue — Nay
  • April 9, 2026: Shall Member Continue — Nay

And 491 earlier votes.

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