Representative Karen Ebel (D - Merr 7)

• Represents: New London, Newbury
• Committees: Rules, Finance, Finance - Division I
• Recorded roll call votes: Not Voting/Excused 213, Nay 1,403, Yea 1,605, Not Voting/Not Excused 55, Presiding 17
• Bills sponsored: 155, 28 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 650 (2026): relative to use of cannabis products for therapeutic purposes by alternative treatment centers.
• SB 558 (2026): relative to the appointment of the youth development center claims administrator.
• SB 479-FN (2026): allowing alternative treatment centers to operate for profit.
• SB 468 (2026): relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location.
• HR 42 (2026): honoring the life and legacy of Melissa Hortman.
• HB 619-FN-A (2026): making an appropriation to the solid waste management fund. (prime sponsor)
• HB 451-FN (2026): establishing the paint product stewardship program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 246-FN-A (2026): directing the state conservation committee to implement the conservation district climate resilience grant program and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 1824-FN (2026): relative to school district financial distress.
• HB 1614-FN (2026): restricting the use of coal tar-based sealant products containing levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
• HB 1607-FN (2026): relative to the use and storage of road salt.
• HB 1602-FN (2026): creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1540 (2026): (Second New Title) relative to municipal health ordinances and accessory dwelling units and relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.
• HB 1500 (2026): establishing a commission to study and propose procedures in the event of a state government shutdown.
• HB 1487-FN (2026): creating an independent commission to propose redistricting maps for the legislature to consider.
• HB 1477-FN (2026): relative to the permitting and regulation of anchored seasonal floating platforms on public waters.
• HB 1403 (2026): relative to credentials for the position of school business administrator.
• HB 1389 (2026): relative to PFAS facility liability.
• HB 1301-FN (2026): increasing certain mooring fees and directing such funds to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund.
• HB 1198-FN (2026): establishing the paint product stewardship program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1138 (2026): limiting the placement of out-of-state waste going into New Hampshire landfills.
• HB 1096 (2026): establishing a committee to study ways to manage disposal of vapes and e-cigarettes.
• HB 1086-FN (2026): (New Title) creating a committee to study neonicotinoid seed treatments.
• HB 1056 (2026): establishing a commission to study the impacts of reinsurance on the cost and availability of property insurance in New Hampshire.
• SB 257 (2025): establishing a committee to study state guidelines for Medicaid eligibility determinations.
• SB 184 (2025): recognizing the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day.
• HR 10 (2025): (New Title) recognizing the importance of clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment with regard to our fundamental rights.
• HCR 7 (2025): recognizing abortion as a critical component of comprehensive reproductive health care.
• HB 663 (2025): allowing the division of historic resources to expend moose plate funds to administer and fund grants. (prime sponsor)
• HB 576-FN (2025): relative to tracking the number of ALS diagnoses in the state.
• HB 566-FN (2025): requiring permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management.
• HB 521-FN (2025): authorizing online voter registration.
• HB 422-FN (2025): increasing penalties for violations of the shoreland and water quality protection act.
• HB 416-FN (2025): prohibiting the intentional disposal of yard waste into the surface waters of the state.
• HB 355 (2025): relative to the membership of the solid waste working group. (prime sponsor)
• HB 332 (2025): allowing for the establishment of a village district to protect and remediate surface waters.
• HB 199 (2025): extending the statute of limitation on civil actions relative to damage caused by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
• SB 82 (2024): relative to prompt payments for managed care.
• SB 547 (2024): relative to certain requirements relative to the LCHIP programs.
• SB 546 (2024): removing the requirement that an executory interest be conveyed to the state of New Hampshire in all easements acquired through the use of LCHIP program funds.
• SB 461 (2024): (New Title) requiring health care providers to report certain information about abortions performed to their medical facility, and requiring those medical facilities to report the information to the department of health and human services.
• SB 444 (2024): relative to the public posting of board of education agenda items and meeting materials.
• SB 329-FN (2024): relative to background checks of certain persons associated with solid waste management.
• SB 227-FN-A (2024): relative to an assessment of solid waste facility setback requirements and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 221 (2024): (New Title) establishing a study committee to examine day care access and affordability.
• SB 131-FN (2024): relative to health care provider contract standards.
• HB 620-FN (2024): (New Title) establishing a division of early learning in the department of education and relative to a pre-kindergarten pilot program.
• HB 465-FN (2024): restricting use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in certain consumer products. (prime sponsor)
• HB 462-FN-A (2024): making an appropriation to the solid waste management fund and targeting food waste reduction and diversion. (prime sponsor)
• HB 300-FN (2024): prohibiting the disposal of certain food waste. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1649-FN (2024): (Second New Title) relative to prohibiting certain products with intentionally added PFAS and relative to civil actions for PFAS contamination, and relative to settlement of lawsuits against manufacturers of PFAS for impacts to public drinking water systems. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1631 (2024): (New Title) establishing the commission to study revenue alternatives to the road toll, road toll registration charges, and revenue alternatives to vehicle registration fees to fund highway and bridge improvements.
• HB 1629-FN (2024): relative to attorney general's duties concerning legislators residing in different districts than they represent.
• HB 1618-FN (2024): mandating a cooperative agreement with USDA for "organic" certification.
• HB 1550 (2024): authorizing municipalities to reduce speed limits seasonally. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1490 (2024): relative to the solid waste management act. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1461-FN (2024): relative to live-streaming all properly noticed meetings and hearings of elected and appointed municipal bodies.
• HB 1426-FN-A (2024): relative to establishing an advisory redistricting commission.
• HB 1386-FN (2024): relative to prohibiting the disposal of lithium-ion batteries in solid waste landfill facilities, composting facilities, or incinerators. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1371 (2024): relative to allowing the land use master plan to include a section on waste reduction. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1360 (2024): relative to emergency authority on the public or coastal waters of the state.
• HB 1314-FN (2024): relative to the comprehensive state development plan.
• HB 1171 (2024): extending the commission to study environmentally-triggered chronic illness.
• HB 1143 (2024): including control of cyanobacteria blooms under the New Hampshire clean lakes program.
• HB 1114 (2024): (New Title) extending the commission to investigate and analyze the environmental and public health impacts relating to releases of perfluorinated chemicals in the air, soil, and groundwater in Merrimack, Bedford, Londonderry, Hudson and Litchfield.
• HB 1113 (2024): relative to shoreland septic systems.
• HB 1103-FN (2024): relative to revising the penalties of the shoreland protection act.
• CACR 23 (2024): relating to the right to abortion. Providing that all persons shall have the right to abortion prior to 24 weeks.
• SB 72-FN (2023): relative to provider credentialing procedures.
• SB 181-FN (2023): relative to access to abortion care.
• HCR 7 (2023): recognizing the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation.
• HB 93 (2023): authorizing municipalities to reduce speed limits seasonally. (prime sponsor)
• HB 88 (2023): relative to reproductive rights.
• HB 574-FN-A (2023): re-establishing the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers Market Nutrition Program.
• HB 50-FN-LOCAL (2023): (New Title) relative to an appropriation for the unfunded accrued liability of the New Hampshire retirement system.
• HB 412 (2023): re-establishing a commission to study revenue alternatives to the road toll for the funding of improvements to the state's highways and bridges and their resulting improvements.
• HB 390 (2023): revising the membership and structure of the New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs.
• HB 384-FN-A (2023): (New Title) relative to building a new legislative parking garage and making an appropriation therefor, renaming the capital project overview committee, and establishing the joint legislative parking garage oversight commission.
• HB 377-FN (2023): (New Title) relative to screening and intervention in public schools and public charter schools for dyslexia and related disorders, and establishing an addition to adequate education grants for certain pupils screened for dyslexia and related disorders.
• HB 253 (2023): establishing a committee to study extended producer responsibility.
• SB 436-FN (2022): relative to access to abortion care.
• SB 379-FN (2022): (New Title) establishing the solid waste management fund and grant program.
• HB 1674 (2022): relative to reproductive rights.
• HB 1309 (2022): establishing a committee to study revising house rules to assure that all sections of the budget trailer bill receive an adequate public hearing.
• HB 1274 (2022): establishing a committee to study the solid waste practices of state agencies. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1269 (2022): relative to certain legislative study committees. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1095 (2022): relative to the sale of fresh condiments on pushcarts selling frankfurters and pre-cooked sausages.
• HB 1071 (2022): relative to wake surfing.
• HB 1014 (2022): allowing public meetings to be conducted virtually.
• HB 428 (2021): relative to the procedures for apportioning electoral districts.
• HB 413 (2021): (New Title) establishing a solid waste working group on solid waste management planning, relative to compost, and establishing a statewide solid waste disposal reduction goal. (prime sponsor)
• HB 229 (2021): defining "wake boat."
• HB 186 (2021): (New Title) relative to certain legislative study commissions and committees. (prime sponsor)
• HB 180 (2021): increasing the penalty for buyers under the law regarding trafficking in persons.
• SB 694-FN-A (2020): (New Title) relative to recommended minimum cybersecurity standards for municipalities and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 680-FN (2020): (New Title) relative to materials used in the construction or repair of state roads and establishing a committee to study issues relating to paving New Hampshire Route 111 in Hampstead and Atkinson.
• SB 629-FN (2020): establishing the solid waste reduction management fund and establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge.
• SB 591 (2020): establishing a statewide solid waste disposal reduction goal.
• SB 590 (2020): establishing a committee to develop science-based emissions reduction goals for the state of New Hampshire.
• SB 507 (2020): relative to prescription medication for treatment or prevention of communicable disease.
• SB 486-FN (2020): relative to insurance plans that cover maternity benefits.
• HB 727-FN-A (2020): relative to boat ramp and parking improvements at Mount Sunapee state park beach and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 644-FN (2020): establishing a registry for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• HB 201-FN (2020): increasing penalties for buyers under the law regarding trafficking in persons.
• HB 1707-FN (2020): expanding the family-centered early supports and services (FCESS) program to children under the age of 3 who are born substance-exposed.
• HB 1706 (2020): establishing a committee to study the solid waste practices of state agencies. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1704 (2020): relative to compost. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1703 (2020): (New Title) establishing a working group on food recovery. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1702 (2020): establishing a solid waste working group on solid waste management planning. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1701-FN (2020): (New Title) relative to the recycling of film plastics. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1638-FN-A (2020): relative to the administration of the SNAP incentive programs.
• HB 1280-FN (2020): (New Title) relative to copayments for insulin, establishing a wholesale prescription drug importation program, establishing a New Hampshire prescription drug affordability board, establishing the prescription drug competitive marketplace, relative to the pricing of generic prescription drugs, relative to prior authorization for prescription drug coverage, and requiring insurance coverage for epinephrine auto-injectors.
• HB 1267 (2020): relative to the liability of directors and officers of New Hampshire nonprofit corporations. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1245 (2020): (Second New Title) adopting omnibus legislation concerning state agencies. (prime sponsor)
• SB 230-FN (2019): requiring the attorney general to hire staff to supervise election law, campaign finance law, and lobbying matters.
• HB 706-FN-A (2019): establishing an independent redistricting commission.
• HB 617 (2019): (New Title) establishing a committee to study recycling streams and solid waste management in New Hampshire. (prime sponsor)
• HB 531 (2019): relative to the delivery of absentee ballots cast by elderly or disabled citizens. (prime sponsor)
• HB 228 (2019): (New Title) extending the commission to study the current statutes related to management of non-tidal public waterways and the construction or placement of structures within them and relative to the New Hampshire rivers management and protection program.
• HB 189-FN (2019): establishing an exemption from criminal penalties for child sex trafficking victims.
• HB 1700 (2018): (New Title) relative to the procedure for placing a security freeze on a consumer credit report.
• HB 1683-FN (2018): relative to the definition of child abuse.
• HB 1681-FN (2018): establishing an early childhood development tax credit against business taxes administered by the community development finance authority.
• HB 1624 (2018): relative to state procurement practices and criteria for acceptance of bids.
• HB 1541-FN (2018): relative to registration and road toll fees for hybrid and electric vehicles.
• HB 1456 (2018): relative to state acceptance of the lowest reasonable bid contract and relative to the sale, lease, or transfer of state property.
• HB 1340 (2018): relative to absences among officers required to be present at school district elections.
• HB 1300 (2018): relative to probable cause supported by a sealed affidavit.
• HB 1218-FN (2018): increasing penalties for buyers under the law regarding trafficking in persons.
• HB 98-FN (2017): relative to brewpub licenses.
• HB 94-FN (2017): (New Title) prohibiting certain defenses in prostitution and human trafficking cases and relative to fines assessed for certain offenses involving domestic violence.
• HB 528-FN (2017): establishing a municipal opioid reversal agent bulk purchase fund
• HB 380-FN (2017): relative to the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund.
• HB 262 (2017): (New Title) declaring the common blackberry to be the berry of the biennium.
• HB 203-FN-A (2017): establishing an independent redistricting commission.
• HB 119-FN-A-LOCAL (2017): making appropriations to the department of environmental services for the purpose of funding eligible drinking water and wastewater projects under the state aid grant program.
• HB 645-FN (2016): relative to the licensure and regulation of child day care agencies.
• HB 376-FN-A (2016): appropriating funds to the department of environmental services for the purpose of funding eligible and completed drinking water, wastewater, and landfill closure projects under the state aid grant program.
• HB 1644-FN (2016): (New Title) relative to screening and intervention for dyslexia and related disorders, establishing a reading specialist position in the department of education, and making a technical correction.
• HB 1601 (2016): relative to certain continuing care communities.
• HB 1589-FN (2016): (New Title) prohibiting the transport of aquatic plants and aquatic weeds.
• HB 1479 (2016): establishing a broadband study committee.
• HB 1415 (2016): relative to escape from official custody.
• HB 1171 (2016): relative to appeals heard by the waste management council.
• HB 664-FN (2015): consolidating existing oil pollution funds.
• HB 519 (2015): (New Title) establishing a committee to study policies which it determines are necessary for dyslexic students.
• HB 473 (2015): (New Title) requiring the board of managers of the veterans’ home to adopt a policy relative to therapeutic use of cannabis by residents of the home.
• HB 460 (2015): (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to study revenue alternatives to the road toll for electric-powered and hybrid vehicles for the funding of improvements to the state’s highways and bridges.
• HB 292 (2015): expanding the good Samaritan law to engineers and architects.
• HB 176-FN-A-LOCAL (2015): relative to towns affected by the Merrimack River flood control compact and the Connecticut River flood control compact and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 1467 (2014): relative to large groundwater withdrawal permits.
• HB 1224-FN (2014): (New Title) relative to pipeline operation safety.
• HB 1220 (2014): relative to limitations on ethanol in gasoline.
• HB 1142-FN-A (2014): relative to the road toll for alternative fuels.
• HB 428 (2013): relative to funds for dam maintenance, removal and improvement.

Recent Votes

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

And 3,193 earlier votes.

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