Representative Joe Alexander (R - Hills 29)

• Represents: Goffstown
• Committees: Judiciary, Housing
• Recorded roll call votes: Nay 846, Yea 1,109, Not Voting/Excused 14, Not Voting/Not Excused 53
• Bills sponsored: 164, 31 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 84-FN (2026): relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing.
• SB 639 (2026): establishing a committee to study the health and safety impacts of Red Dye 40 and other food additives in food and beverages sold in New Hampshire.
• SB 619-FN (2026): establishing procedures for expedited court hearings and disposition of confiscated animals.
• SB 564 (2026): prohibiting certain municipal development restrictions.
• SB 431 (2026): relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
• SB 270 (2026): relative to allowing owners to gather items necessary for work from impounded vehicles.
• SB 231 (2026): relative to road frontage requirements and setbacks for wetlands.
• SB 193-FN (2026): requiring the head of each state agency to submit a strategic plan for program activities.
• HR 45 (2026): urging Congress to find that the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor lie within the state of New Hampshire.
• HR 34 (2026): declaring that Sharia law and political Islam represent an existential threat to the state and country and that any deference to Sharia law by a government institution is prohibited.
• HCR 14 (2026): condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk and reaffirming the state's commitment to freedom of speech and civil discourse.
• HCR 13 (2026): requesting Congress to call a constitutional convention relative to implementing term limits for elected members of both houses of Congress. (prime sponsor)
• HB 639-FN (2026): relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies.
• HB 610-FN (2026): (New Title) relative to the residential ratepayers advisory board.
• HB 529 (2026): relative to the liquor commission.
• HB 459-FN (2026): relative to acreage requirements and zoning regarding sewer infrastructure and single-family residential uses. (prime sponsor)
• HB 392-FN (2026): (New Title) directing the dissolution of the department of health and human services' office ofhealth access and the department of environmental services' functions for environmental justice.
• HB 340-FN (2026): relative to electioneering by public employees.
• HB 313 (2026): relative to non-public sessions at public meetings where discussion in public would likely affect a person's reputation. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1776-FN (2026): requiring higher educational institutions to report the reception of foreign grants, donations, and contracts to the department of education and the general court.
• HB 1748-FN (2026): establishing the New Hampshire energy efficiency and resource development authority.
• HB 1730-FN (2026): (New Title) enhancing the level of offense for certain sexual offenses.
• HB 1713 (2026): relative to zoning conformity and redevelopment standards.
• HB 1709-FN (2026): (Second New Title) 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. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1706-FN (2026): repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.
• HB 1700 (2026): adding a non-voting student member to the state board of education. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1667-FN (2026): establishing the first-in-the-nation security task force to coordinate planning for presidential campaign events.
• HB 164-FN (2026): relative to local records retention. (prime sponsor)
• HB 155-FN (2026): (New Title) relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities.
• HB 1523-FN (2026): (New Title) relative to disclosure requirements for homeowners' associations. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1499-FN (2026): (New Title) relative to additional grounds for eviction under the landlord and tenant statute, relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, and reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1404 (2026): establishing a study committee to study the equitable division of property in divorce proceedings.
• HB 1372 (2026): establishing a commission to study the feasibility of reestablishing a state psychiatric hospital for adults with severe mental illness.
• HB 1357 (2026): permitting in all residentially zoned areas by right the placement of newly constructed manufactured homes.
• HB 1336-FN (2026): (New Title) relative to regulated conditional deposits. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1299 (2026): permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances and establishing that certain biological sex distinctions do not qualify as discrimination.
• HB 1251 (2026): relative to restricting municipal downzoning inconsistent with existing neighborhood density.
• HB 1224 (2026): relative to the default budget for official ballot town meetings.
• HB 1214 (2026): relative to public libraries.
• HB 1211 (2026): relative to the scope of review of state agency interpretations.
• HB 1176-FN (2026): relative to the display of license plates on vehicles.
• HB 1175-FN (2026): relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1167 (2026): enabling the use of ferrets for hunting.
• HB 1158-FN (2026): relative to the definition of intimate partner. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1149 (2026): relative to abolishing daylight saving time.
• HB 1140 (2026): enabling certain disabled persons to hunt from a motor vehicle. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1137 (2026): relative to municipal budget committee membership.
• HB 1094 (2026): repealing the prohibition on collecting seaweed between sunset and sunrise.
• HB 1069 (2026): enabling municipalities and school districts to hold such elections on the day of the state primary.
• HB 1050 (2026): establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1023 (2026): establishing accessory commercial units by right.
• CACR 18 (2026): relating to tax rates. Providing that the rate of taxes in the state shall not exceed certain annual percentages.
• SB 91-FN (2025): allowing one-time special appraisals of residences located in commercial zones.
• SB 78 (2025): relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.
• SB 69-LOCAL (2025): (Second New Title) relative to acceptance of or rejection of charitable contributions, gifts, or donations by local school boards, establishing a virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program, and specifying that library user information exempted from disclosure in the right-to-know law includes information regarding library cards and library membership status.
• SB 55 (2025): providing temporary exemptions from the land use change tax for qualifying housing projects.
• SB 283 (2025): relative to the calculation of floor-area-ratios under local building ordinances.
• SB 282 (2025): relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings.
• SB 281 (2025): prohibiting municipalities from denying building or occupancy permits for property adjacent to class VI roads under certain circumstances.
• SB 279-FN (2025): establishing the housing champion business loan program and making appropriations to the department of business and economic affairs and the business finance authority.
• SB 188-FN (2025): (New Title) relative to the state building code.
• SB 174 (2025): prohibiting planning boards from considering the number of bedrooms a given unit or development has during the hearing and approval process.
• SB 173 (2025): relative to residential property subject to housing covenants under the low income housing tax credit program.
• SB 166 (2025): relative to notice required prior to sale of a manufactured housing unit located in a resident-owned community.
• SB 163 (2025): (New Title) repealing the temporary moratoria and limitation on building permits and the approval of subdivisions and site plans.
• SB 153-FN (2025): (Second New Title) relative to expedited driveway permitting of major entrances for residential use of 20 units or greater and the time frame for approval or denial of permit applications.
• HB 93 (2025): enabling school districts to appoint a school district treasurer. (prime sponsor)
• HB 92 (2025): (New Title) requiring recusal of members of zoning boards of adjustment and planning boards in certain circumstances. (prime sponsor)
• HB 89 (2025): designating "Within the Crystal Hills" as the official animated film of New Hampshire. (prime sponsor)
• HB 701-FN (2025): (New Title) relative to the terminal patients' right to try act.
• HB 685 (2025): permitting in all residentially zoned areas by right the construction of manufactured housing. (prime sponsor)
• HB 666-FN (2025): relative to adding restitution payment for violations of the confidentiality of the library use records and adding library cards and membership status to the list of confidential matters.
• HB 591-FN (2025): (New Title) relative to hours for keno gaming.
• HB 577 (2025): relative to modifying the definition of ADUs. (prime sponsor)
• HB 562 (2025): relative to the filling of vacant positions on elected municipal boards and school boards. (prime sponsor)
• HB 557 (2025): relative to the information that appears on the school budget ballot.
• HB 514-FN (2025): allowing private persons to sue for violations of election laws.
• HB 495-FN (2025): requiring cities and towns to provide a breakdown of tax changes and information on bills sent to residents.
• HB 475-LOCAL (2025): relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings.
• HB 457 (2025): (Second New Title) relative to zoning restrictions on dwelling units.
• HB 428-LOCAL (2025): (New Title) relative to the state building code. (prime sponsor)
• HB 413 (2025): relative to subdivision regulations on the completion of improvements and the regulation of building permits.
• HB 407 (2025): setting a minimum threshold for the adoption of town and school budget and spending items for towns using a ballot to select such methods during town meeting.
• HB 399 (2025): (New Title) establishing a commission to study the New Hampshire zoning enabling act and relative to the effective date of the C-PACER program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 382 (2025): (Second New Title) repealing the requirement that vehicle funding loan contracts have successive periodic payments that are substantially equal in amount.
• HB 376 (2025): specifying that library user information exempted from disclosure in the right-to-know law includes information regarding library cards and library membership status.
• HB 310 (2025): (New Title) establishing a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens, tokenized real-world assets, and blockchain-based trusts in New Hampshire.
• HB 302 (2025): relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets.
• HB 151 (2025): relative to the term for supervisors of the checklist.
• HB 148 (2025): permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances.
• HB 115-FN (2025): (New Title) making temporary appropriations for the expenses and encumbrances of the state of New Hampshire.
• SB 539-FN-A-LOCAL (2024): (New Title) establishing a procedure for the department of environmental services to transfer ownership of dams to municipalities or other interested parties.
• SB 538-LOCAL (2024): relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing.
• SB 518-FN (2024): relative to incentivizing landlords to accept housing choice vouchers.
• SB 361-FN (2024): relative to legal services by paraprofessionals.
• HB 653-FN (2024): (New Title) relative to providing additional duties to the interbranch criminal and juvenile justice council.
• HB 645-FN (2024): relative to the establishment of decentralized autonomous organizations as legal entities within the state.
• HB 352 (2024): relative to excused absences due to a student's mental or behavioral health. (prime sponsor)
• HB 347-FN (2024): establishing a superior court land use review docket.
• HB 333-FN (2024): relative to changing the date of the state primary election and adding a run-off election if necessary.
• HB 318-FN-A (2024): (Fourth New Title) relative to magistrates, bail commissioners, the standards applicable to and the administration of bail, and making appropriations.
• HB 313 (2024): relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings.
• HB 267 (2024): relative to criminal records checks in school employment. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1708-FN (2024): relative to local records retention.
• HB 1648 (2024): relative to electronic payments to employees debit cards.
• HB 1602-FN (2024): relative to the authority of the housing appeals board. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1561-FN (2024): relative to qualifications for student eligibility in the education freedom accounts program.
• HB 1429-FN-A (2024): establishing a procedure for the department of environmental services to transfer ownership of dams to municipalities or others, including making loans.
• HB 1422-FN-A-LOCAL (2024): relative to the rates of the business profits tax, business enterprise tax, communications service tax, and meals and rooms tax.
• HB 1361 (2024): relative to municipal land use regulation for manufactured housing and subdivisions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1359 (2024): relative to appeals of certain zoning decisions by abutters.
• HB 1321 (2024): relative to repealing penalties for the sale of kegs of malt beverages without a receipt.
• HB 1305-FN (2024): relative to freedom of speech and association at public institutions of higher education.
• HB 1291 (2024): relative to accessory dwelling unit uses allowed by right.
• HB 1227 (2024): relative to extending the hours of alcoholic beverage sales for on-premises licensees.
• HB 1215 (2024): (Second New Title) relative to development approvals and appeals, and allowing the town of Hampton to discontinue a particular highway in order to lease that property.
• HB 1202-FN (2024): (New Title) relative to the issuance of permits for the alteration of driveways exiting onto public ways and relative to the definition of disability or special needs under the child care scholarship program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 116-FN (2024): (New Title) eliminating the fee to file as a candidate for the office of state representative.
• HB 115 (2024): relative to changing the date of the state primary election.
• HB 107-FN (2024): relative to employment restrictions for registered sex offenders.
• HB 1065 (2024): relative to fire sprinkler requirements in residential buildings.
• CACR 15 (2024): relating to taxation. Providing that a 2/3 vote is required to pass legislation imposing new or increased taxes or license fees, or to authorize the issuance of state bonds and providing that the general court shall appropriate funds for payment of interest and installments of principle of all state bonds.
• SB 43 (2023): relative to a needs assessment for juvenile minors who are residents of New Hampshire.
• SB 231-FN (2023): establishing a historic housing tax credit and making appropriations for workforce housing and affordable housing.
• SB 145-FN (2023): relative to New Hampshire housing champion designation for municipalities and making appropriations therefor.
• HB 516-FN (2023): relative to freedom of speech and association at public institutions of higher education.
• HB 321-FN-LOCAL (2023): relative to minutes from nonpublic sessions under the right to know law.
• SB 400-FN (2022): relative to training and procedures for zoning and planning boards and relative to financial investments and incentives for affordable housing development.
• SB 388 (2022): relative to availability of information or records relating to the enhanced 911 system.
• SB 375-FN (2022): relative to requirements for charitable organizations.
• SB 297 (2022): relative to obtaining out-of-state discovery and testimony.
• SB 277-FN (2022): relative to emergency or temporary health care licenses.
• SB 234 (2022): requiring student identification cards to include the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
• HB 558 (2022): establishing a committee to study the use of information technology in the legislative process.
• HB 498-FN (2022): (New Title) relative to the payment of bail commissioners. (prime sponsor)
• HB 389 (2022): relative to the establishment of a joint legislative emergency executive order oversight committee during a declared state of emergency.
• HB 238 (2022): prohibiting provocations based on a victim’s actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation from being used as a defense in manslaughter cases.
• HB 234 (2022): relative to freedom of speech and association on college campuses. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1504-FN (2022): relative to special purpose depository institutions.
• HB 1503-FN (2022): (Third New Title) adopting the Uniform Commercial Code relative to controllable electronic records, relative to exempting the developer, seller, or facilitator of the exchange of an open blockchain token from certain securities laws and establishing state procurement policies intended to promote the use of American materials.
• HB 1502-FN (2022): relative to digital assets and digital securities.
• HB 1491-FN-LOCAL (2022): relative to natural gas transmission pipeline safety. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1485-FN (2022): relative to direct recall elections.
• HB 1476-FN (2022): (New Title) relative to release of a defendant pending trial.
• HB 1406 (2022): authorizing municipalities to collect compost.
• HB 1122 (2022): authorizing municipalities to collect and resell construction and demolition debris.
• HB 1044 (2022): (New Title) relative to direct payment and membership-based health care facilities.
• HB 98 (2021): relative to the date of the state primary election.
• HB 586-FN-A-LOCAL (2021): relative to training and procedures for zoning and planning boards and relative to financial investments and incentives for affordable housing development. (prime sponsor)
• HB 528-FN (2021): relative to electronic filing of state tax returns.
• HB 363 (2021): creating a committee to study appointing an inspector general for nursing homes in New Hampshire.
• HB 263 (2021): (New Title) relative to campaign finance reform and increasing the threshold for reporting by political committees.
• HB 223 (2021): relative to political party access to a list of absentee ballot requests.
• SB 722 (2020): relative to the payment and education of bail commissioners, relative to criteria for determining an offender's indigence, and establishing a committee to study providing remote access to a bail commissioner's services.
• SB 679-FN (2020): (New Title) requiring institutions of higher education to adopt policies on sexual misconduct.
• HB 1632-FN-A-LOCAL (2020): relative to financial investments and incentives for affordable housing development. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1629-FN (2020): relative to training and procedures for zoning and planning boards.
• HB 1487 (2020): relative to freedom of speech and association on college campuses.
• HB 1223 (2020): relative to schedule I and unscheduled drug take-back programs.
• HB 694-FN (2019): establishing a take-back program for illegal controlled drugs.
• HB 650 (2019): establishing a committee to study the economic challenges of employed persons serving in the New Hampshire legislature.
• HB 215 (2019): requiring the legislative body to approve the appointment of town managers and prohibiting town managers from hiring contractors to perform the duties of town managers.
• HB 170 (2019): requiring a civics examination as a high school requirement.
• CACR 5 (2019): relating to the right to vote. Providing that 17 year olds who will be eligible to vote in the general election be permitted to vote on that election's primary election.

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 — Nay
• 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 — Nay
• 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 — Nay
• August 19, 2026: HB1565, Veto Override — Yea
• August 19, 2026: HB1610, Veto Override — Yea
• August 19, 2026: HB1643, Veto Override — Nay
• August 19, 2026: HB1726, Veto Override — Nay
• August 19, 2026: HB1766, Veto Override — Nay
• 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 — Nay
• 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 — Yea
• 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 — Nay
• 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 — Not Voting/Excused
• April 23, 2026: SB559, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• April 9, 2026: HB349, Veto Override — Yea
• April 9, 2026: HB451, Veto Override — Nay
• April 9, 2026: HB1689, Concur — Yea
• April 9, 2026: SB620, OTPA — Nay
• April 9, 2026: Shall Member Continue — Nay
• April 9, 2026: Shall Member Continue — Nay

And 1,922 earlier votes.

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