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Representative Samuel Farrington (R - Straf 8)

Represents: Rochester Ward 4
Committees: Finance, Finance - Division III
Recorded roll call votes: Nay 142, Yea 446, Not Voting/Not Excused 3
Bills sponsored: 40, 9 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

SB 615-FN (2026): (New Title) establishing a commission to study the use and regulation of SNAP in New Hampshire.
HR 20 (2026): reaffirming the right for persons of all persuasions to keep and bear arms, and urging Congress and the President to cease infringement upon Second Amendment rights and to restore them where infringed.
HB 609-FN (2026): relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other matter pertaining to firearms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray devices, knives and other self-defense tools. (prime sponsor)
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. (prime sponsor)
HB 1769-FN (2026): relative to certain prohibitions on abortion referrals by publicly funded medical facilities. (prime sponsor)
HB 1704-FN (2026): permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.
HB 1702-FN (2026): relative to notice requirements and enforcement for pharmacies dispensing medications intended to induce chemical abortions. (prime sponsor)
HB 1699-FN (2026): enabling the carriage of certain firearms on slow-moving boats.
HB 1692 (2026): relative to the legislative youth advisory council.
HB 1615-FN (2026): permitting consenting adults to enter into contract-based marriage agreements as an alternative to the requirement of a marriage license.
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
HB 1493-FN (2026): relative to health education and requiring pupils to view certain videos demonstrating gestational development of the heart, brain, and other vital organs.
HB 1473-FN (2026): relative to the use of agricultural fairground property.
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. (prime sponsor)
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 1351 (2026): relative to uniform municipal standards for regulation of home-based businesses.
HB 1350-FN (2026): relative to antique motor vehicles. (prime sponsor)
HB 1245-FN (2026): relative to voluntary portable benefits plans for independent contractors. (prime sponsor)
HB 1244-FN (2026): relative to exceptions to the charge of criminal threatening. (prime sponsor)
HB 1241 (2026): relative to the calculation of income for purposes of support orders in divorce proceedings.
HB 1222 (2026): relative to prohibiting all obstructions to public crosswalks.
HB 1178 (2026): relative to permissible window tinting on motor vehicles.
HB 1087-FN (2026): relative to citizen's arrests by private persons.
HB 1076 (2026): relative to authorizing or rescinding the use of electronic ballot counting devices.
HB 1058 (2026): enabling the carrying of a firearm on an OHRV when such OHRV is being operated on private property.
HB 1050 (2026): establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.
HB 1046-FN (2026): enabling a person to carry a firearm on a snowmobile being operated on private property.
HB 1045 (2026): relative to hunting with lights at night.
HB 1044 (2026): relative to the filling of vacancies in the office of a county commissioner.
HB 1043 (2026): relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.
HB 1041 (2026): relative to permitting motor vehicle manufacturers to operate dealerships in market areas also served by franchise dealers. (prime sponsor)
HB 1029-FN (2026): relative to the definition of excavation under underground utility damage prevention laws.
CACR 10 (2026): (New Title) the adoption of tax laws.
SB 248 (2025): establishing a committee to study palliative and hospice care in New Hampshire.
HR 14 (2025): relative to litigation concerning healthcare monopolies.
HB 557 (2025): relative to the information that appears on the school budget ballot.
HB 541 (2025): establishing a committee to study energy and telecommunications infrastructure survivability and resiliency.
HB 495-FN (2025): requiring cities and towns to provide a breakdown of tax changes and information on bills sent to residents.
HB 457 (2025): (Second New Title) relative to zoning restrictions on dwelling units.
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.

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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — Nay
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.

Representative Samuel Farrington (R - Straf 8)

Bills Sponsored

Recent Votes

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