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Sen. David Rochefort
Republican New Hampshire Senate · District 1 · New Hampshire
+0.483Left–right score (within Senate)−1 = most liberal, +1 = most conservative in this chamber. Only compare with others in the same chamber.
#12 of 24Chamber rank, liberal→conservative#1 is the most liberal ranked member of this chamber.
96.6%Party unityHow often they vote the same way as most of their own party.
208Roll calls (0 missed/absent)Recorded votes we have for this session; “missed” means they didn’t vote.
In office since 2024-12-04 · david.rochefort@gc.nh.gov · gc.nh.gov/…/district01.aspx · gencourt.state.nh.us/…/district01.aspx · gencourt.state.nh.us/…/member.aspx?pid=10614 · Open States ID e849b9fb-0e1d-4ed5-b684-2a6b3520be6a
Capitol: Room 107, State House 107 N. Main St., Concord, NH 03301 603-271-8631
Where they sit in the New Hampshire Senate
Each gray bar counts how many ranked members of the New Hampshire Senate have a score in that range, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). The colored line is David Rochefort. Scores are relative to this chamber only.
Chamber, by party
Each tick is one ranked member, placed by their score (blue D, red R, purple I/other). The tall tick is David Rochefort.
Committees
- Election Law and Municipal Affairs
- Health and Human Services (chair)
Recent votes (latest 60 of 208 in the current session data)
| Date | Bill / motion | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | SB 552 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-08-19 | SB 268 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. | Nay | Fail 0–24 |
| 2026-08-19 | HB 1184 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property. | Yea | Pass 24–0 |
| 2026-08-19 | SB 481 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to the sale of the Sununu youth services center property. | Nay | Fail 0–24 |
| 2026-08-19 | HB 1267 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required prohibiting school district attorneys and non-school personnel from questioning students without their parent or guardian present. | Yea | Pass 24–0 |
| 2026-08-19 | HB 2026 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan; and | Yea | Pass 24–0 |
| 2026-08-19 | HB 1369 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to the manner of posting the warrant for town meetings. | Yea | Pass 24–0 |
| 2026-08-19 | HB 1766 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to cruelty to livestock. | Yea | Fail 11–13 |
| 2026-08-19 | SB 535 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels. | Nay | Fail 5–19 |
| 2026-08-19 | SB 475 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock. | Yea | Fail 8–16 |
| 2026-08-19 | HB 1422 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to the time to petition for a new trial. | Nay | Pass 18–6 |
| 2026-08-19 | SB 468 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-08-19 | HB 1102 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required increasing the research and development tax credit cap and relative to state park fees for state residents. | Yea | Pass 24–0 |
| 2026-08-19 | SB 661 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to pooled risk management programs. | Yea | Pass 23–1 |
| 2026-08-19 | SB 627 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to toll rate adjustments for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan | Nay | Fail 0–24 |
| 2026-08-19 | SB 434 VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required relative to regulation of public school materials. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-06-04 | HB 1735 Ought To Pass w/ Amendment - Remainder relative to the practice of pharmacy, the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists, and permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act. | Yea | Pass 14–9 |
| 2026-06-04 | HB 1300 Conference Committee Report establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central office administrative expenses in school districts. | Yea | Pass 15–8 |
| 2026-06-04 | HB 609 Conference Committee Report 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 dev | Yea | Pass 15–8 |
| 2026-05-21 | SB 430 Concur relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians. | Yea | Pass 14–8 |
| 2026-05-21 | SB 434 Concur relative to regulation of public school materials. | Yea | Pass 14–8 |
| 2026-05-21 | SB 223 Concur relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. | Yea | Pass 14–8 |
| 2026-05-21 | SB 574 Concur establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. | Yea | Pass 13–9 |
| 2026-05-14 | HB 1793 Ought to Pass w/Amendment 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 institutio | Yea | Pass 14–8 |
| 2026-05-14 | HB 1792 Floor Amendment relative to the prohibition on teaching discrimination. | Yea | Pass 15–8 |
| 2026-05-14 | HB 1336 Committee Amendment relative to regulated conditional deposits. | Yea | Pass 14–9 |
| 2026-05-14 | HB 1336 Ought to Pass w/Amendment relative to regulated conditional deposits. | Yea | Pass 14–9 |
| 2026-05-14 | HB 1010 Floor Amendment relative to multi-family residential development on commercially zoned land. | Nay | Fail 8–15 |
| 2026-05-14 | HB 1817 Ought to Pass relative to access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs within school districts. | Yea | Pass 15–8 |
| 2026-05-07 | HB 1573 Committee Amendment 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 | Yea | Pass 14–8 |
| 2026-05-07 | HB 1268 Ought to Pass with Amendment- Sections 1-10 and the effective date modifying the structure and administration of home education programs and relative to pharmacy benefits managers, managed care laws, notice of drug pricing options and pharmacy benefit manager business practices. | Yea | Pass 14–8 |
| 2026-05-07 | HB 1448 Ought to Pass prohibiting the use of the World Economic Forum materials within state curriculum. | Yea | Pass 14–8 |
| 2026-05-07 | HB 1252 Ought to Pass w/Amendment requiring the department of safety to only administer tests for commercial driver's licenses in English and prohibiting the assistance of an interpreter during such tests. | Yea | Pass 14–8 |
| 2026-05-07 | HB 1374 Ought to Pass w/Amendment modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of school district operating documents by school boards. | Yea | Pass 14–8 |
| 2026-05-07 | HB 1816 Ought to Pass w/Amendment relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency and requiring the state school board to establish rules governing the vetting of school district b | Yea | Pass 14–8 |
| 2026-05-07 | HB 1478 Refer to Interim Study requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills. | Nay | Pass 13–9 |
| 2026-04-16 | HB 1442 Ought to Pass w/Amendment permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. | Yea | Pass 15–8 |
| 2026-03-26 | SB 441 Floor Amendment relative to the financial responsibility for local assistance and enabling municipalities to request a hearing regarding the residency of an assisted person. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-03-26 | CACR 13 Ought to Pass relating to registers of probate. Providing that the office of register of probate and all references to such office be eliminated. | Yea | Pass 23–1 |
| 2026-03-26 | SB 459 Reconsideration exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances. | Yea | Pass 15–9 |
| 2026-03-26 | HB 1815 Ought to Pass relative to education financing. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-03-26 | SB 459 Ought to Pass w/Amendment exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances. | Yea | Pass 15–9 |
| 2026-03-26 | SB 665 Ought to Pass w/Amendment relative to pharmacy benefits managers, managed care laws, notice of drug pricing options and pharmacy benefit manager business practices. | Yea | Pass 24–0 |
| 2026-03-26 | CACR 11 Ought to Pass w/Amendment relating to sheriffs. Providing that there shall be no age limitation for a person to hold the office of county sheriff. | Yea | Pass 23–1 |
| 2026-03-26 | SB 476 Ought to Pass w/Amendment relative to consumer health care cost transparency. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-03-12 | SB 431 Ought to Pass relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-03-12 | SB 566 Ought to Pass relative to recruiting incentive programs for the national guard. | Yea | Pass 24–0 |
| 2026-03-05 | SB 551 Inexpedient to Legislate relative to legal protections for legal reproductive health care services. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-03-05 | SB 643 Ought to Pass w/Amendment requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps and requiring municipalities to hold a public | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-03-05 | SB 623 Inexpedient to Legislate relative to requirements for law enforcement officers assisting in immigration enforcement. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-03-05 | HB 186 Laid on Table relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor. | Yea | Pass 15–9 |
| 2026-03-05 | SB 554 Inexpedient to Legislate repealing the limitation of liability for certain design features of firearms. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-03-05 | HB 323 Ought to Pass requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-03-05 | SB 552 Ought to Pass permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-02-19 | SB 467 Ought to Pass relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses and establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-02-19 | SB 513 Ought to Pass relative to the hiring of an owner's project manager (OPM) for construction or renovation projects which utilize school building aid. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-02-19 | SB 576 Inexpedient to Legislate adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-02-19 | SB 601 Inexpedient to Legislate relative to the allocation and disbursement of state contributions for non-state employer pension costs under the New Hampshire retirement system. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-02-19 | SB 484 Inexpedient to Legislate prohibiting Medicaid premiums and limiting Medicaid expansion cost sharing. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |
| 2026-02-19 | SB 532 Inexpedient to Legislate increasing the requirements of the education freedom savings account oversight committee and modifying the purpose of the committee. | Yea | Pass 16–8 |