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State Representative
Diane Pauer
(R) - New Hampshire
New Hampshire House Hillsborough 36
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022

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Concord, NH 03301
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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
HB104 Relative to requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard in a foreign state. This bill limits the activation of the New Hampshire national guard to only those times where the United States Congress has passed an official action pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. In Committee
HB173 Relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article. This bill prevents warrant articles from being amended to change their purpose. In Committee
SB103 Relative to the number of polling stations that are available for certain towns. This bill: I. Requires towns and cities to have at least one polling place per every 15,000 registered voters unless the town or city has received approval from the secretary of state and attorney general for fewer locations. II. Allows the secretary of state and attorney general to create conditions for towns and cities to follow if they seek to utilize one polling place for more than 15,000 voters. Crossed Over
HB143 Relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property, the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, and reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost, and relative to expanding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. This bill provides that an order to leave or not enter any municipal or school district property shall not be issued to any person unless approved by a unanimous vote of the governing body in a duly noticed public meeting, unless a court order restraining the person from entering the property has been issued. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB71 Prohibiting the school facilities to be used to provide shelter for aliens, relative to department of health and human services contracts, requiring the use of public notices before re-assessment of property values for tax purposes, and relative to construction of a public pier on Hampton Beach and making an appropriation therefor. This bill: I. Prohibits the use of public schools or institutions of higher learning from providing shelter for specified aliens who have not been admitted to the United States, absent a specified disaster. II. Requires the department of health and human services to include references to the patients' bill of rights in contracts and contract addenda. III. Establishes and makes an appropriation to the Hampton Beach State Park pier fund, a dedicated fund to be administered by the division of parks and recreation for the purpose of siting, permitting, designing, and constructing a public pier at Hampton Beach. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB613 Relative to use of accessible voting systems. This bill requires city or town clerks to make specific notices to the public or secretary of state regarding the use of accessible voting machines. Vetoed
HB631 Permitting residential building in commercial zoning. This bill requires municipalities to permit multi-family residential development on commercially zoned land, with stipulations for infrastructure and exemptions for adaptive reuse. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB374 Relative to local tax cap and budget laws. This bill clarifies references to the procedure for adopting a local tax and budget cap and clarifies warrant language for adopting such a cap and budget. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB367 Changing the method for adopting partisan town elections to be the same as rescinding partisan town elections. This bill changes the method for adopting partisan town elections to be the same as rescinding partisan town elections. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB413 Relative to subdivision regulations on the completion of improvements and the regulation of building permits. This bill: I. Extends the existing 5-year exemption for subdivision plats to 7 years and increases the preliminary step from 2 years to 3 years. II. Changes the building code and fire code appeals process, limiting the jurisdiction of the local building code board of appeals to hearing decisions made under local amendments to those codes. III. Provides that decisions of the building code review board regarding decisions of the fire marshal and local building code board of appeals may be appealed to superior court or the housing appeals board. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB457 Relative to zoning restrictions on dwelling units. This bill prohibits the legislative body of a city, town, village district, or county in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places from adopting or enforcing any ordinance that restricts the number of occupants of any dwelling unit to less than 2 occupants per bedroom or is based on the familial or non-familial relationships or marital status, occupation, employment status, or the educational status, including but not limited to scholastic enrollment or academic achievement at any level among the occupants of the dwelling unit, including but not limited to college students. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB225 Relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member. This bill provides employment protections to the spouses of military service members who are involuntarily mobilized in support of war, national emergency, or contingency operations. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB228 Relative to petitioned articles at annual or special town meetings. This bill authorizes written applications for a petitioned article at an annual or special town or school board meeting to identify a primary petitioner who shall be given a minimum of 10 minutes to introduce their warrant articles. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB200 Relative to the procedure for overriding a local tax cap. This bill requires a supermajority vote of the legislative body to override a local tax cap. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB218 Relative to providing victims of crime with a free police report of the investigation. This bill provides victims of crime with a right to request a free initial police report and, following the conclusion of the investigation or case, a free copy of the complete case file. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB475 Relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings. This bill alters the definition of default budget to include salary and benefit reductions which occur as a result of position turnover. Vetoed
HB356 Enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections. This bill enables school districts to choose whether or not to adopt partisan school district elections. Vetoed
HB138 Relative to tax impact notation on warrant articles with multi-year tax impacts. This bill requires a notation stating the estimated tax impact for any special warrant article with a multi-year tax impact in towns that have voted to require a notation stating the estimated tax impact of the annual budget and all special warrant articles. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB373 Relative to the management and regulation of town real property. This bill: I. Requires selectmen to obtain an approval vote to rent or lease a specified real property owned by the town for a period of more than one year and up to 99 years. II. Provides that selectmen can enter into leases of any real property owned by the town for up to one year without action by the legislative body, and that selectmen may be granted universal authority by an approval vote of the legislative body to enter into leases of any real property owned by the town for up to 5 years. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB105 Enabling towns to adopt budget caps. This bill enables towns to adopt budget caps. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB78 Relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period. This bill removes the zoning board of adjustment's discretion for determining when to take an appeal and replaces it with a non-discretionary 30-day period. Crossed Over
HB230 Relative to the adoption of public health ordinances by municipalities. This bill changes when town public health officials may make regulations relating to public health. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB168 Relative to including municipal public works facilities as eligible capital facilities for the assessment of impact fees. This bill enables municipalities to enact impact fees on developments to help meet the need occasioned by that development for construction or improvement of public works facilities. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB371 Relative to the definition of occasional food service establishment. This bill expands the definition of occasional food service establishment. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB33 Relative to the regulation of public school materials. This bill requires local school districts to adopt and publicly post policies describing materials authorized for use by students in the district and outlining procedures to address complaints alleging that material is harmful or age-inappropriate for use in the district's schools. Crossed Over
SB211 Relative to biological sex in student athletics. This bill requires school sports teams to be expressly designated as male, female, or coed, prohibits biologically male students from participating in female designated sports or entering female locker rooms, and creates a cause of action for athletes harmed as a result of violations of these requirements. Crossed Over
SB36 Relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities. This bill requires the collection and reporting of certain abortion statistics by health care providers, medical facilities, and the department of health and human services. The reporting requirement replaces a provision in the fetal life protection act stating that nothing in the subdivision shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion. Crossed Over
HB568 Allowing subdivision regulations concerning water supply. This bill allows the adoption of subdivision regulations that require water supply studies, determination of adequate water quantity for reasonably anticipated future water uses, and minimum on-lot private well testing requirements. This bill also clarifies the applicant's duty to pay associated costs. In Committee
HB372 Relative to lease agreements of equipment for building or facility improvements. This bill specifies that building or facility improvements that become fixtures shall not be financed under the section for leased agreements of equipment. In Committee
SB38 Relative to state recognition of biological sex. This bill provides a definition for "biological sex" and provides that certain designations by biological sex do not constitute unlawful discrimination. In Committee
HB229 Repealing the alternative procedure for adoption of zoning ordinances. This bill repeals the authority for non-charter towns, village districts, or counties with unincorporated places to adopt zoning ordinances through alternative procedures. In Committee
HB257 Establishing the crime of criminal neglect of a child. This bill establishes the crime of criminal neglect of a child and provides penalties for committing the offense. In Committee
HB149 Relative to warrant article approvals at ballot referenda form of town meeting. This bill allows both the original and amended warrant article to be voted on by voters at ballot referenda forms of town meeting. In Committee
HB656 Relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants. This bill requires that all funds disbursed from a federal government unit to a school district be deemed unanticipated money for the purposes of appropriation of unanticipated funds made available during the year. It also requires that the notice of a hearing for action on unanticipated funds, or minutes of the school board meeting that takes action on unanticipated funds, include a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the funds. In Committee
HB564 Relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets. This bill revises the annual budget adoption procedure for school administrative units and repeals the alternative procedure In Committee
HB170 Relative to the division of military pensions during divorce proceedings. This bill removes military retirement benefits from property settlement agreements as a result of the dissolution of marriage in the state of New Hampshire. In Committee
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. Adopt CofC Report 06/26/2025 Nay
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. Reconsider 06/26/2025 Nay
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. Adopt CofC Report 06/26/2025 Nay
HB115 Making temporary appropriations for the expenses and encumbrances of the state of New Hampshire. Concur 06/26/2025 Yea
HB282 Increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty, relative to the determination of education adequacy grants and calculation of certain group II benefits within the retirement system. Concur 06/26/2025 Yea
HB273 Relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records. Adopt CofC Report 06/26/2025 Yea
HB377 Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers and relative to recognizing the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day. Adopt CofC Report 06/26/2025 Yea
HB712 Limiting breast surgeries for minors, relative to residential care and health facility licensing, and relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities. Adopt CofC Report 06/26/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt CofC Report 06/26/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Limit Debate 06/26/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Remover From Table 06/26/2025 Yea
HB1 Making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027. Adopt CofC Report 06/26/2025 Yea
HB1 Making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027. Reconsider 06/26/2025 Yea
HB1 Making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027. Adopt CofC Report 06/26/2025 Yea
HB342 Relative to the approval process for new construction and to the adoption of energy efficient and clean energy districts by municipalities. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB358 Relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB358 Relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB468 Establishing the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems and changing the reckless driving minimum penalties. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB468 Establishing the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems and changing the reckless driving minimum penalties. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB672 To allow for off-grid electricity providers in New Hampshire. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB672 To allow for off-grid electricity providers in New Hampshire. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB690 Directing the department of energy to investigate the state's withdrawal from ISO-New England and other strategy decisions that impact ratepayers in relation to New England's environmental policy. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB768 Allowing public schools to contract with any approved nonpublic school. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB768 Allowing public schools to contract with any approved nonpublic school. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB771 Relative to funding for open enrollment schools. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
HB771 Relative to funding for open enrollment schools. Concur 06/12/2025 Yea
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Nay
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. Adopt Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. Table 06/05/2025 Nay
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Nay
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. Adopt Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older. Table 06/05/2025 Nay
HB10 Establishing a parental bill of rights. Concur 06/05/2025 Yea
HB10 Establishing a parental bill of rights. Concur 06/05/2025 Yea
SB25 Allowing credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member and relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB72 Establishing a parental bill of rights. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB72 Establishing a parental bill of rights. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Nay
SB72 Establishing a parental bill of rights. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB72 Establishing a parental bill of rights. Table 06/05/2025 Nay
SB99 Relative to regional career and technical education agreements. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB99 Relative to regional career and technical education agreements. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB99 Relative to regional career and technical education agreements. Adopt Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB100 Relative to the prohibition on teaching discrimination. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB96 Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and relative to enforcement of parental rights against school districts and school employees. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB96 Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and relative to enforcement of parental rights against school districts and school employees. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB180 Designating Coos county as a distressed place-based economy and requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB180 Designating Coos county as a distressed place-based economy and requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB210 Relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention and relative to allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB210 Relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention and relative to allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB210 Relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention and relative to allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB210 Relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention and relative to allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB218 Relative to absentee ballots. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB222 Relative to moving the state primary date. Remove From Table 06/05/2025 Yea
SB206 Requiring school districts and chartered public schools to adopt policies establishing a cell phone-free education. Adopt Amendment 06/05/2025 Nay
SB221 Relative to the verification of voter rolls annually. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB263 Criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child, and relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB263 Criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child, and relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term. Table 06/05/2025 Nay
SB287 Requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB287 Requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application. Adopt Amendment 06/05/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Reconsider 06/05/2025 Nay
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Nay
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Reconsider 06/05/2025 Nay
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. OTPA 06/05/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Adopt Floor Amendment 06/05/2025 Nay
SB13 Invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants and prohibiting driver's license issuance and renewal to individuals with pending asylum claims, regardless of a grant of temporary work authorization. OTPA 05/22/2025 Yea
SB13 Invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants and prohibiting driver's license issuance and renewal to individuals with pending asylum claims, regardless of a grant of temporary work authorization. OTPA 05/22/2025 Yea
HB551 Repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms. Concur 05/22/2025 Yea
HB551 Repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms. Concur 05/22/2025 Yea
HB551 Repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms. Concur 05/22/2025 Yea
SB119 Relative to Medicaid pharmaceutical services and relative to standing orders for Ivermectin. Adopt Amendment 05/22/2025 Yea
SB119 Relative to Medicaid pharmaceutical services and relative to standing orders for Ivermectin. Adopt Amendment 05/22/2025 Yea
SB97 Relative to intra-district public school transfers. OTPA 05/22/2025 Yea
SB272 Relative to electric-vehicle charging station funding. ITL 05/22/2025 Yea
SB174 Prohibiting planning boards from considering the number of bedrooms a given unit or development has during the hearing and approval process. OTPA 05/22/2025 Yea
SB174 Prohibiting planning boards from considering the number of bedrooms a given unit or development has during the hearing and approval process. Table 05/22/2025 Nay
SB267 Relative to the penalty for engaging in prostitution as a patron. OTPA 05/22/2025 Yea
SB267 Relative to the penalty for engaging in prostitution as a patron. Table 05/22/2025 Nay
SB23 Expanding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. Reconsider 05/08/2025 Nay
SB62 Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. OTPA 05/08/2025 Yea
SB62 Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Adopt Floor Amendment 05/08/2025 Yea
SB62 Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Adopt Floor Amendment 05/08/2025 Nay
SB141 Extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases and relative to adding library cards and membership status to the list of confidential library user records. Adopt Floor Amendment 05/08/2025 Yea
SB141 Extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases and relative to adding library cards and membership status to the list of confidential library user records. Adopt Floor Amendment 05/08/2025 Yea
SB153 Relative to expedited driveway permitting of major entrances for residential use of 20 units or greater and the time frame for approval or denial of permit applications. OTPA 05/08/2025 Yea
SB105 Enabling towns to adopt budget caps. OTPA 05/08/2025 Yea
SB262 Relative to the penalty for trafficking in persons under 18 years of age. OTP 05/08/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. OTPA 05/08/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Adopt Floor Amendment 05/08/2025 Nay
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Previous Question 05/08/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. OTPA 05/08/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Adopt Floor Amendment 05/08/2025 Nay
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Previous Question 05/08/2025 Yea
SB23 Expanding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. ITL 05/01/2025 Yea
SB23 Expanding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. OTP 05/01/2025 Nay
SB60 Relative to advanced deposit account wagering and the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements. Adopt Floor Amendment 05/01/2025 Yea
SB60 Relative to advanced deposit account wagering and the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements. Adopt Floor Amendment 05/01/2025 Yea
SB228 Relative to the limitations on community customer generators. ITL 05/01/2025 Yea
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Detail New Hampshire House Municipal and County Government Committee Chair 1
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
NH New Hampshire House Hillsborough 36 House Republican In Office 12/07/2022
NH New Hampshire House Hillsborough 26 House Republican Out of Office 12/02/2020 01/19/2025