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Representative Kelley Potenza (R - Straf 19)

Represents: Rochester Ward 1, Rochester Ward 2, Rochester Ward 3, Rochester Ward 4, Rochester Ward 6
Committees: Environment and Agriculture
Recorded roll call votes: Yea 708, Nay 324, Not Voting/Not Excused 49
Bills sponsored: 107, 32 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

HR 47 (2026): urging the release of all federal documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein.
HR 38 (2026): authorizing and directing the house judiciary committee to investigate whether cause exists for the impeachment of any justice of the New Hampshire supreme court.
HR 35 (2026): urging the prohibition of the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding and weather modification, to preserve the atmosphere of New Hampshire. (prime sponsor)
HB 709-FN (2026): allowing parents or guardians to admit their children into any school district where they pay any property or school district taxes.
HB 707-FN (2026): (Second New Title) establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee. (prime sponsor)
HB 697-FN (2026): relative to witness fees in criminal cases. (prime sponsor)
HB 686-FN (2026): (New Title) prohibiting certain public entities from conducting or sponsoring political surveys, polls, or questionnaires in their official capacities. (prime sponsor)
HB 317 (2026): (New Title) allowing a supervisor of the checklist to verify a person's identity, with identification, if they personally know that person.
HB 314-FN (2026): prohibiting the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities. (prime sponsor)
HB 233 (2026): (New Title) requiring meetings of the New Hampshire vaccine association to be audio and video recorded and published on its website within 48 hours.
HB 215-FN (2026): requiring a landfill permit applicant to submit a report listing potential harms and benefits of the project.
HB 1821-FN (2026): exempting certain information collected from electronic ballot counting devices from right-to-know law restrictions.
HB 1756-FN (2026): allowing organizations to file for property tax exemptions once and receive those exemptions unless and until a town assessor finds the organization ineligible for an exemption.
HB 1743-FN (2026): requiring disclosure of radiation levels emitted by smart meters.
HB 1719-FN (2026): removing Hepatitis B from the list of diseases for which immunization is required under state law. (prime sponsor)
HB 1717-FN (2026): relative to the jurisdiction of the circuit court, family division.
HB 171 (2026): establishing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills.
HB 1683-FN (2026): relative to the modification of administrative rules by the joint legislative committee on administrative rules. (prime sponsor)
HB 1639-FN (2026): establishing investigatory grand juries housed under the county sheriffs' offices.
HB 1622-FN (2026): requiring the state to develop additional solid waste disposal capacity.
HB 1616-FN (2026): prohibiting state agencies and political subdivisions from advertising or expending funds to advertise vaccines in the state of New Hampshire.
HB 1591-FN (2026): relative to the release of escrowed funds by the judicial branch. (prime sponsor)
HB 1590-FN (2026): harmonizing the age of personhood under the criminal code and the fetal life protection act.
HB 1584-FN (2026): (Second New Title) directing the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and relative to notice of drug pricing options. (prime sponsor)
HB 1580-FN-LOCAL (2026): relative to the taxation of non-primary residences.
HB 1564-FN (2026): removing all references of gender identity in New Hampshire statutes.
HB 1547-FN (2026): relative to appeals from convictions in circuit court for certain offenses.
HB 1501-FN (2026): limiting judicial immunity.
HB 1478-FN (2026): requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills. (prime sponsor)
HB 1465-FN (2026): establishing mandatory reporting of civil rights violations committed by members of the judiciary.
HB 1462 (2026): relative to election law complaints.
HB 1445-FN (2026): requiring the issuance of enhanced drivers licenses and Real ID compliant cards for border crossing and proof of citizenship.
HB 1392 (2026): removing the ability of the governing body or budget committee to give a written recommendation about a warrant article on the ballot.
HB 1380-LOCAL (2026): requiring the assessment of real property and land be based on replacement or cost-based value. (prime sponsor)
HB 1356-FN (2026): (New Title) relative to the statute of limitations for bringing a private right of action for violation of the statute prohibiting medical procedures and treatments intended to alter a minor's gender, authorizing the application of sunscreen in schools and camps without a licensed health care provider's note or prescription, and establishing a skin cancer prevention education program.
HB 133-FN (2026): modifying the new resident drivers' license transfer requirements, specifying when the division of motor vehicles shall send violation notices, and appropriating funds to the division for technological upgrades required for legal compliance.
HB 1322-FN (2026): reestablishing the judicial conduct commission.
HB 1309 (2026): relative to town meeting warrants. (prime sponsor)
HB 1304 (2026): requiring guide examinations to be administered by conservation officers.
HB 1243-FN (2026): relative to contracting and investment decisions by executive branch agencies.
HB 1226 (2026): relative to restricting the issuance of identification documents by unauthorized individuals.
HB 1189-FN (2026): establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee.
HB 1138 (2026): limiting the placement of out-of-state waste going into New Hampshire landfills.
HB 1128 (2026): restricting the use of weather modification technologies to declared emergencies. (prime sponsor)
HB 1096 (2026): establishing a committee to study ways to manage disposal of vapes and e-cigarettes.
HB 1094 (2026): repealing the prohibition on collecting seaweed between sunset and sunrise.
HB 1076 (2026): relative to authorizing or rescinding the use of electronic ballot counting devices.
HB 1044 (2026): relative to the filling of vacancies in the office of a county commissioner.
CACR 28 (2026): relating to morality and piety. Providing that town, parishes, bodies corporate, or religious societies may elect and contract with teachers.
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.
CACR 23 (2026): relative to legislative oversight of the judicial branch.establishing legislative oversight of the judicial branch.
CACR 22 (2026): relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished.
CACR 21 (2026): (New Title) voting eligibility.
SB 296 (2025): increasing the percentage of nonpublic school scholarships awarded to students who qualify for the federal free and reduced-price meal program.
SB 246-FN (2025): (New Title) providing maternal depression screening for new mothers; increasing access to health care services for new mothers; enabling new parents to attend infant pediatric medical appointments; and developing a plan for perinatal peer support certification.
SB 227-FN (2025): relative to site setbacks for landfills.
SB 184 (2025): recognizing the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day.
HR 13 (2025): opposing the permitting of a landfill next to Forest Lake State Park in Dalton, New Hampshire.
HB 94-FN (2025): relative to coverage of circumcision under the state Medicaid plan.
HB 80 (2025): (New Title) allowing a public body member's presence at a meeting by electronic or other means of communication only if physical presence is unavoidable.
HB 78 (2025): requiring a person to have a domicile in the district from which they serve as county commissioner.
HB 764-FN (2025): prohibiting the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding, weather modification, excessive electromagnetic radio frequency, and microwave radiation and making penalties for violation of such prohibition. (prime sponsor)
HB 700-FN (2025): relative to orders of protection. (prime sponsor)
HB 684 (2025): preventing the use of student identification cards as a means to obtain a ballot. (prime sponsor)
HB 682 (2025): relative to the office of offshore wind industry, the offshore and port development commission, and the office of energy innovation.
HB 679 (2025): relative to immunization requirements. (prime sponsor)
HB 579 (2025): requiring applicants for a fish and game guide license to take and pass a standardized test provided by the fish and game department before receiving their license.
HB 575-FN (2025): prohibiting offshore wind energy infrastructure. (prime sponsor)
HB 566-FN (2025): requiring permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management.
HB 560 (2025): (New Title) relative to parental access to a minor child's medical records, relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated, defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry.
HB 498-FN (2025): relative to when a person may receive an absentee ballot. (prime sponsor)
HB 492 (2025): allowing political parties to request recounts when no candidate is named on the ballot.
HB 472 (2025): requiring voters to prove domicile. (prime sponsor)
HB 456 (2025): (New Title) prohibiting the use of certain local funds for lobbying. (prime sponsor)
HB 448 (2025): establishing a committee to study violations found by the April 25, 2023 ballot law commission.
HB 418 (2025): relative to eligibility for absentee voting.
HB 369-FN (2025): (New Title) relative to misdemeanor sexual assault prosecutions and relative to the duty to report for sexual offenders and offenders against children. (prime sponsor)
HB 361 (2025): prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.
HB 324-FN (2025): relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools.
HB 315 (2025): prohibiting employees of state agencies from knowingly providing false information to a legislative committee. (prime sponsor)
HB 308-FN (2025): requiring the election checklist to have a column to annotate if a non-New Hampshire issued form of identification is provided to vote. (prime sponsor)
HB 270-FN (2025): (New Title) requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device external storage devices.
HB 156 (2025): (New Title) relative to the duties of the advisory committee on state procurement.
CACR 7 (2025): relating to the presumption of innocence. Providing that in all cases and suits of the state against one of the people, the defendant shall be innocent unless proven guilty. (prime sponsor)
HR 25 (2024): resolving to return to the historical intent of the express trust indenture, the New Hampshire Constitution, specifically Part 1, Article 11 and Part 2, Article 32.
HB 1706-FN (2024): relative to notice required prior to circumcision procedure.
HB 1700-FN (2024): prohibiting the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding, weather modification, excessive electromagnetic radio frequency, and microwave radiation and making penalties for violation of such prohibition.
HB 1699-FN (2024): allowing caucus identification on ballots.
HB 1683-FN (2024): relative to coverage of circumcision under the state Medicaid plan.
HB 1677-FN (2024): relative to participation in education freedom accounts based on school or school district proficiency scores.
HB 1674-FN (2024): relative to establishing the New Hampshire legal tender act and establishing a state bullion depository.
HB 1666-FN (2024): relative to income reporting requirements for lobbyists. (prime sponsor)
HB 1664-FN (2024): relative to legal remedies for individuals who receive medical detransitioning.
HB 1658-FN (2024): relative to developing a notification database for those individuals with orders of commitment or revocations of conditional discharges. (prime sponsor)
HB 1638-FN (2024): relative to requiring case reviews and remedial measures for any department of health and human services employee who improperly performs their job. (prime sponsor)
HB 1521 (2024): (New Title) relative to recovery houses. (prime sponsor)
HB 1518 (2024): relative to the legislative ethics committee. (prime sponsor)
HB 1477-FN (2024): relative to environmental surety bonds for businesses that pose a significant risk to the state's natural resources. (prime sponsor)
HB 1444-FN (2024): relative to local regulation of digital mining. (prime sponsor)
HB 1228 (2024): relative to establishing a fish and game guides committee to determine qualifications for licensure of fish and game guides.
HB 1213-FN (2024): (New Title) relative to immunization requirements for child care agencies.
HB 1194 (2024): relative to the definition of noncommunicable disease.
HB 1145-FN (2024): prohibiting the private ownership of landfills.
HB 1093 (2024): prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.
HB 1017 (2024): relative to duties of county sheriffs and the appointment of special deputy sheriffs.
CACR 25 (2024): relating to the rights of children and parents. Providing that parents and children have the right to control their health, education, and welfare.
HCR 1 (2023): a resolution applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.

Recent Votes

August 19, 2026: HB2026, Veto Override — Yea
August 19, 2026: HB221, Veto Override — Nay
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 — Yea
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 — Yea
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 — Yea
August 19, 2026: Affirm The Report — Yea
June 4, 2026: SB481, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
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 — Yea
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 — Not Voting/Not Excused
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 — Yea
May 14, 2026: SB409, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
May 14, 2026: SB430, OTPA — Yea
May 14, 2026: SB434, OTPA — Yea
May 14, 2026: SB498, Reconsider — Yea
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 — Not Voting/Not Excused
May 14, 2026: SB557, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
May 14, 2026: SB88, OTPA — Yea
May 14, 2026: SB508, OTP — Yea
May 14, 2026: Table — Nay
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 — Not Voting/Not Excused
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 — Nay
May 7, 2026: SB603, ITL — Yea
May 7, 2026: SB501, Table — Yea
May 7, 2026: SB520, Table — Yea
April 23, 2026: SB482, OTP — Yea
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 — Yea
April 9, 2026: HB1689, Concur — Nay
April 9, 2026: SB620, OTPA — Yea
April 9, 2026: Shall Member Continue — Nay
April 9, 2026: Shall Member Continue — Yea

And 981 earlier votes.

Representative Kelley Potenza (R - Straf 19)

Bills Sponsored

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