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@misc{legislator-paul-berch-ches-6, title = {Rep. Paul Berch (D - Ches 6)}, howpublished = {Granite Record}, url = {https://graniterecord.org/legislator/paul-berch-ches-6}, note = {Accessed 24 Oct. 2026} }

Representative Paul Berch (D - Ches 6)

  • Represents: Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Westmoreland
  • Committees: Judiciary
  • Recorded roll call votes: Not Voting/Excused 366, Nay 1,090, Yea 1,300, Not Voting/Not Excused 47
  • Bills sponsored: 123, 10 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

  • SB 139-FN (2026): creating a private right of action in civil rights cases.
  • HB 611-FN (2026): (New Title) relative to repayment regarding appointed counsel for indigent criminal defendants.
  • HB 580-FN (2026): relative to retaliatory defamation in domestic violence and sexual violence cases.
  • HB 164-FN (2026): relative to local records retention.
  • HB 1570-FN-LOCAL (2026): relative to governmental budget authority for agreements for law enforcement agencies to participate in federal immigration enforcement.
  • HB 1489 (2026): relative to interstate depositions and discovery.
  • HB 1468 (2026): (New Title) relative to a flood resilience section in municipal master plans.
  • HB 1422 (2026): relative to the time to petition for a new trial.
  • HB 1127 (2026): relative to the uniform voidable transactions act.
  • HB 1100-FN (2026): establishing an exception to the prohibition against interception and disclosure of telecommunication or oral communications.
  • HB 1067-FN (2026): relative to the mental health courts.
  • HB 1064-FN (2026): relative to liability of governmental units.
  • HB 1013-FN (2026): relative to games wherein the object is to capture a pig.
  • SB 30 (2025): (New Title) proclaiming the Virginia opossum the state marsupial of New Hampshire and relative to the penalty for incorrect application of fertilizers.
  • HB 673-FN (2025): relative to school bullying and discrimination plans.
  • HB 615-FN (2025): relative to drug forfeiture proceedings.
  • HB 328-FN (2025): establishing a charitable gaming oversight commission.
  • HB 82 (2022): relative to amending a conservation easement between the state and a landowner. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 632 (2022): banning a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a juvenile convicted of homicide. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 540 (2022): relative to supported decision-making as an alternative to guardianship.
  • HB 427 (2022): prohibiting corporal punishment of children in state agency programs.
  • HB 1666-FN (2022): relative to the application process for driver's licenses and the privacy of motor vehicle records.
  • HB 1578-FN (2022): relative to including certain children and pregnant people in Medicaid and the children's health insurance program.
  • HB 1516 (2022): relative to the source of funds for education freedom accounts.
  • HB 1463 (2022): relative to drivers' licenses issued in accordance with the Real ID Act of 2005.
  • HB 1422-FN (2022): requiring warning labels on consumer products containing perfluorinated chemicals.
  • HB 1203-FN (2022): (Second New Title) relative to voter registration and verification of voter identity.
  • HB 1200 (2022): relative to notice of rent increases in residential rental property.
  • HB 1163 (2022): relative to over voted ballots.
  • HB 1151-FN (2022): prohibiting the display of a deadly weapon at a parade, funeral procession, picket line, march, rally, vigil, or demonstration.
  • HB 1096-FN (2022): prohibiting open carrying or display of a deadly weapon within 100 feet of a polling place.
  • HB 1007 (2022): relative to qualifications for office.
  • HB 83 (2021): prohibiting non-disparagement clauses in settlement agreements involving a governmental unit. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 578-FN (2021): relative to standards for mental health courts.
  • HB 538 (2021): relative to domicile residency, voter registration, and investigation of voter verification letters, and relative to the terms "resident," "inhabitant," "residence," and "residency."
  • HB 499 (2021): (New Title) relative to the use of face recognition technology.
  • HB 188 (2021): relative to appointment of counsel in juvenile court proceedings. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 121-FN-A (2021): establishing an independent redistricting commission.
  • HB 111 (2021): establishing a cause of action against the state to protect individual rights. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1693 (2020): extending the committee to study whether non-attorney legal professionals could be licensed to engage in the limited practice of law.
  • HB 1667-FN (2020): (New Title) relative to the suspension of drivers' licenses and creating a committee to study the creation of a restricted driving license for participants in drug court.
  • HB 1665-FN-A (2020): (New Title) establishing an independent advisory commission on redistricting.
  • HB 1660-FN (2020): establishing a protective order for vulnerable adults.
  • HB 1657-FN-A (2020): relative to reimbursement of court-ordered services for juveniles.
  • HB 1653-FN (2020): relative to domicile, residency, voter registration, and investigation of voter verification letters.
  • HB 1631-FN-LOCAL (2020): relative to taxation of certain hydro-electric generation facilities.
  • HB 1597-FN (2020): relative to dispositional hearings under RSA 169-B.
  • HB 155 (2020): relative to procedures for determining and disclosing exculpatory evidence in a police officer's personnel file. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 153 (2020): relative to circumstances under which police officer disciplinary records shall be public documents. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1379-FN (2020): requiring a background check for commercial firearms sales.
  • HB 1322 (2020): prohibiting university system funds from being spent to oppose the formation of unions and collective bargaining units.
  • HB 1285 (2020): relative to possession of firearms on school property.
  • HB 1279 (2020): relative to the terms resident, inhabitant, residence, and residency.
  • HB 1272 (2020): prohibiting prison privatization.
  • HB 1250 (2020): prohibiting corporal punishment of children in state agency programs.
  • HB 1176 (2020): establishing a committee to study the attorney general's authority over certain municipal and county employees.
  • HB 1101-FN (2020): imposing a waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm.
  • CACR 20 (2020): relating to the retirement of judges. Providing that the retirement age of judges be increased.
  • HB 734-FN-LOCAL (2019): relative to the annual percentage reduction in stabilization grants to school districts.
  • HB 706-FN-A (2019): establishing an independent redistricting commission.
  • HB 628-FN (2019): relative to universal changing stations in certain places of public accommodation.
  • HB 608 (2019): expanding the law against discrimination based on gender identity to other areas of the law prohibiting discrimination.
  • HB 455-FN (2019): relative to the penalty for capital murder.
  • HB 349 (2019): relative to a second opinion on health care matters for state and county prisoners.
  • HB 334-LOCAL (2019): relative to disposition of certain municipal records.
  • HB 293 (2019): relative to employee credit privacy.
  • HB 154 (2019): (New Title) prohibiting non-disparagement clauses in settlement agreements involving a governmental unit. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 109-FN (2019): requiring background checks for commercial firearms sales.
  • HB 106 (2019): relative to the terms "resident," "inhabitant," "residence," and "residency."
  • HB 105-FN (2019): relative to domicile residency, voter registration, and investigation of voter verification letters.
  • SB 556-FN (2018): relative to changes in bail procedures and procedures for annulment of a criminal record.
  • SB 536-FN (2018): relative to eligibility for death benefits for court security officers.
  • SB 492-FN (2018): prohibiting bump stocks in New Hampshire.
  • HB 486 (2018): relative to the protection of wetlands.
  • HB 252 (2018): relative to pro se litigants under the right-to-know law.
  • HB 1703 (2018): relative to the requirements for directors of licensed practical nurse education programs.
  • HB 1537 (2018): relative to a second opinion on health care matters for state or county prisoners.
  • HB 1481 (2018): relative to intervention in administrative law cases and matters before the public utilities commission by members of the general court.
  • HB 1415-FN-A (2018): (New Title) establishing a death benefit for a school employee killed in the line of duty and making an appropriation to the public school infrastructure fund.
  • CACR 20 (2018): relating to the retirement age of judges. Providing that the retirement age of judges be increased.
  • CACR 15 (2018): relating to legal actions. Providing that taxpayers have standing to bring actions against the government.
  • SB 200-FN (2017): relative to incarceration for nonpayment of an assessment or nonperformance of community service.
  • SB 143 (2017): (New Title) relative to court requests for documents in conjunction with petitions for guardianship of a minor and guardianship of an incapacitated person.
  • HB 97-FN (2017): relative to the use of drones.
  • HB 644-FN-A-LOCAL (2017): extending the interest and dividends tax to capital gains, increasing exemptions from the tax, and providing for retirement system contributions on behalf of employers other than the state.
  • HB 597-FN-LOCAL (2017): relative to calculating the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education and providing fiscal capacity disparity aid.
  • HB 288 (2017): relative to the statutory construction of the phrase "under oath."
  • HB 203-FN-A (2017): establishing an independent redistricting commission.
  • HB 201-FN (2017): requiring background checks for commercial firearms sales.
  • HB 130 (2017): prohibiting an employer from using credit history in employment decisions.
  • HB 129-FN (2017): repealing the education tax credit.
  • HB 115-FN (2017): establishing a state minimum wage and providing for adjustments to the minimum wage.
  • HB 109 (2017): exempting certain building plans from the right-to-know law.
  • SB 464-FN-A (2016): (New Title) establishing a statewide drug offender grant program, establishing drug courts or alternative drug offender programs in certain counties, making appropriations therefor, and transferring certain revenues to the revenue stabilization reserve account.
  • HB 602-FN (2016): relative to the use of drones.
  • HB 1690-FN (2016): extending the New Hampshire health protection program.
  • HB 1657-FN (2016): prohibiting firearms in certain public places.
  • HB 1635-FN (2016): relative to the theft of a firearm during a burglary.
  • HB 1632-FN (2016): establishing a criminal penalty for providing a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing a firearm.
  • HB 1564-FN-A (2016): establishing an independent redistricting commission.
  • HB 1547-FN (2016): (New Title) prohibiting bestiality.
  • HB 1480-FN (2016): establishing a state minimum wage.
  • HB 1475-FN-A (2016): establishing a death benefit for a school employee killed in the line of duty.
  • HB 1474 (2016): requiring the collection of data relative to firearm related deaths and injuries.
  • HB 1416-FN (2016): relative to funding for state criminal background checks.
  • HB 1368-FN (2016): requiring firearms owners to have liability insurance.
  • HB 1287 (2016): repealing a provision of the harassment statute. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1192-FN (2016): repealing the education tax credit.
  • SB 124-FN (2015): relative to filing felonies first in the superior court.
  • HB 292 (2015): expanding the good Samaritan law to engineers and architects.
  • HB 255-FN (2015): relative to petitioning for annulment of a class B misdemeanor offense.
  • HB 127 (2015): relative to identification of voters. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 209 (2014): expanding the good samaritan law to engineers and architects.
  • HB 600-FN (2014): relative to voter registration.
  • HB 392-FN (2014): relative to political contributions and expenditures and relative to reporting by political committees.
  • HB 1444 (2014): recognizing the month of April as Genocide Awareness Month.
  • HB 1205-FN (2014): relative to reconstruction or rehabilitation of the Vilas Bridge between Walpole, New Hampshire and Bellows Falls, Vermont.
  • HB 595-FN (2013): relative to photo identification of voters.
  • HB 579 (2013): establishing an independent legislative redistricting commission.
  • HB 501-FN (2013): (New Title) instituting a state minimum hourly rate.
  • HB 443-FN (2013): prohibiting prison privatization.
  • HB 418 (2013): establishing a committee to study a program to address children in need.
  • HB 403 (2013): (New Title) establishing a committee to study end of life decisions.

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 — Nay
  • 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 — Yea
  • 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 — Nay
  • 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 — Yea
  • 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 — Not Voting/Excused
  • May 7, 2026: SB669, Interim Study — Not Voting/Excused
  • May 7, 2026: SB481, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
  • May 7, 2026: SB603, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
  • May 7, 2026: SB501, Table — Not Voting/Excused
  • May 7, 2026: SB520, Table — Not Voting/Excused
  • 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 — Nay
  • April 9, 2026: HB349, Veto Override — Nay
  • 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 — Yea
  • April 9, 2026: Shall Member Continue — Not Voting/Not Excused

And 2,703 earlier votes.

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