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State Representative
J.D. Bernardy
(R) - New Hampshire
New Hampshire House Rockingham 36 - Floterial District
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022

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255 Main Ave.
South Hampton, NH 03827-3527
Phone: 603-969-5796

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State House
107 N. Main St.
Concord, NH 03301

Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
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. This bill adds mandatory minimum sentences for certain fentanyl-related offenses. Crossed Over
HB710 Enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators. This bill: I. Defines "advanced nuclear resource" (ANR) and includes ANR options alongside renewable energy sources for utility services. II. Sets limitations and guidelines for investments in distributed electric generation. III. Clarifies the coordinator's duties in nuclear development and regulatory activities. IV. Allows the department of energy or the electric distribution utilities, or both, to issue requests for proposals (RFPs) for multi-year agreements for energy, in conjunction with or independent of any attendant environmental attributes from electric energy sources, and coordinate with one or more New England states in issuing this RFP. V. Modifies the scope and capacity limits of community solar projects, including expanding the annual cap for low-moderate income community solar projects from 6 MW to 18 MW. VI. Allows group net metering members to sign agreements with multiple group hosts, as long as their combined allocated load does not exceed their total load. VII. Expands the definition of "political subdivision" to include public housing authorities and explains eligibility for participation in group net metering. Crossed Over
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. This bill directs the department of energy to investigate the state's withdrawal from ISO-New England and other strategic decisions affecting ratepayers in relation to New England's environmental policy. Crossed Over
SB62 Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. This bill provides that neither the state nor any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state shall prohibit or impede any state, county, or local law enforcement agency from applying for entry or entering into an agreement with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to participate in a federal 287(g) program pursuant to 8 U.S.C. section 1357(g). Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB148 Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances. This bill permits classification of individuals based on biological sex in lavatory facilities and locker rooms, sporting competitions, and detention facilities. Crossed Over
HB370 Reestablishing the commission to study the delivery of behavioral crisis services to individuals with mental illness with an impairment primarily due to intellectual disability. This bill reestablishes the commission to study the delivery of behavioral crisis services to individuals with mental illness with an impairment primarily due to intellectual disability. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB517 Repealing certain outreach and marketing requirements under the Granite State paid family leave plan. This bill repeals the requirement that the state engage in certain outreach and marketing activities to increase awareness of the Granite State paid family leave plan. Passed
HB324 Relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools. This bill prohibits material that is obscene or harmful to minors in schools and creates a procedure for removal and cause of action. Crossed Over
HB320 Relative to enforcement of marital property settlements. This bill enacts standards governing a motion or petition for contempt or for the enforcement of a property settlement or decree of divorce, including allowing a respondent to argue that the term is invalid. Crossed Over
HB221 Relative to assessment of cost effectiveness of the systems benefit charge. This bill modifies the assessment of system benefit charges cost effectiveness. Crossed Over
HB280 Relative to wage payments. This bill repeals the weekly or biweekly payment of wage methods and authorizes employers to choose the payment method of their employees. Dead
SB15 Relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting. This bill sets a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting. Crossed Over
SB34 Relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program. This bill requires schools to obtain parental consent for each new service that is provided to a student under the Medicaid to schools program. The bill also requires certain legislative policy committees to receive reports regarding the Medicaid to schools program. Crossed Over
HB672 To allow for off-grid electricity providers in New Hampshire. This bill defines "off-grid electricity providers" and establishes a specific category for off-grid electricity providers, exempting them from certain regulations as long as they remain independent from the regulated electric grid. Crossed Over
HB682 Relative to the office of offshore wind industry, the offshore and port development commission, and the office of energy innovation. This bill: I. Removes the office of offshore wind industry development from the office of energy innovation. II. Repeals the offshore wind industry workforce training center committee and the offshore and port development commission. III. Moves the grid modernization advisory council and the hydrogen advisory council to the office of energy innovation. Crossed Over
HB284 Requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles. This bill requires that municipalities require tax impact statements on budgets and warrant articles and a total tax summary statement. Dead
HB504 Relative to the state energy policy. This bill revises the state energy policy to promote affordable, reliable, diverse, and secure energy resources for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens. Crossed Over
HB723 Repealing the multi-use energy data platform. This bill repeals the multi-use energy data platform. Crossed Over
HB219 Relative to changes to the minimum electric renewable portfolio standards. This bill requires the department of energy to implement a phase out of the minimum electric renewable portfolio standard over a 5-year period. In Committee
HB420 Relative to the chain of custody for ballots. This bill further defines security measures for the storage and transfer of ballots. In Committee
HR7 Instructing the house of representatives to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach Judge David Ruoff. Instructing the house of representatives to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach Judge David Ruoff. In Committee
HCR3 Applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States. Applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States. In Committee
HB711 Relative to voting machine contractors. This bill requires contractors who repair electronic ballot counting devices to register with the secretary of state and the attorney general. It also requires designated municipal officials to record a contractor's information prior to any repairs. In Committee
HB700 Relative to orders of protection. This bill requires certain individuals seeking certain orders of protection to be informed and to attest that they understand that material false statements made in the petition would be subject to prosecution for perjury. The bill also allows for individuals seeking certain orders of protection in non-domestic violence situations, to elect not to seek removal of firearms or deadly weapons from the possession of the restrained party. In Committee
HCR2 Declaring the development of advanced nuclear energy technology to be in the best interest of the state of New Hampshire and the United States. Declaring the development of advanced nuclear energy technology to be in the best interest of the state of New Hampshire and the United States. In Committee
CACR7 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. 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. In Committee
HCR4 Relative to rejecting all offshore wind energy projects in the waters off the coast of New Hampshire and the Gulf of Maine. Relative to rejecting all offshore wind energy projects in the waters off the coast of New Hampshire and the Gulf of Maine. In Committee
SB21 Relative to establishing a New Hampshire state trooper recruitment loan debt relief program and making an appropriation therefor. This bill establishes the New Hampshire state trooper school loan debt relief program. In Committee
HB427 Relative to amending the uniform commercial code. This bill: I. Specifies New Hampshire state law will govern certain UCC transactions. II. Changes the priority of claims among security interests and entitlement holders. In Committee
HB693 Relative to ballot counting procedures and permitting the hand counting of ballots. This bill provides that a voter may request to have their ballot counted by hand rather than by an electronic ballot counting device. The bill also provides that the selectmen and town clerk are permitted to hand count ballots cast in an election. In Committee
HB158 Relative to public inspection of absentee ballot lists. This bill requires that town and city clerks shall make absentee ballot voter lists available for public inspection, and requires the secretary of state to report on absentee ballots information. In Committee
HB541 Establishing a committee to study energy and telecommunications infrastructure survivability and resiliency. This bill establishes a committee to study energy and telecommunications infrastructure survivability and resiliency. In Committee
SB289 Relative to use and preservation of body-worn camera recordings in certain matters. This bill adds procedures to govern the preservation of body-worn camera footage and its use in certain proceedings. In Committee
HB652 Abolishing the family division, creating the office of family mediation, and reassigning the jurisdiction of the family division. This bill abolishes the family division, creates the office of family mediation, and reassigns the jurisdiction of the family division. In Committee
HB232 Relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. This bill provides that health care providers have a right to conscientiously object to participating in providing abortion, sterilization, or artificial contraception services. The bill requires health care institutions to prominently post a notice to this effect and establishes civil remedies, including fines, for its violation. In Committee
HB314 Prohibiting the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities. This bill regulates the use of public funds for lobbying activities and establishes certain additional enforcement mechanisms. In Committee
HB448 Establishing a committee to study violations found by the April 25, 2023 ballot law commission. This bill establishes a committee to study violations found by the April 25, 2023 ballot law commission. In Committee
HCR9 Urging the United States to reject compliance with the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Urging the United States to reject compliance with the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. In Committee
HB239 Defining and enabling lane filtering. This bill defines the term lane filtering, enables lane filtering in certain circumstances, and establishes the offense of impeding a motorcycle. In Committee
HB238 Prohibiting collective bargaining agreements from requiring employees join or contribute to a labor union. This bill prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union. 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. 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
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
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
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
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 Nay
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 Yea
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 Yea
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
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 Nay
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
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
SB228 Relative to the limitations on community customer generators. ITL 05/01/2025 Yea
SB171 Relative to required pay for remote work. Remove From Table 05/01/2025 Yea
SB284 Relative to authority for municipalities to regulate mandatory on-site parking requirements. OTPA 05/01/2025 Yea
HB66 Relative to material subject to disclosure under the right to know law. OTPA 04/10/2025 Yea
HB66 Relative to material subject to disclosure under the right to know law. Table 04/10/2025 Nay
HB71 Prohibiting the use of the facilities of a public elementary school, a public secondary school, or an institution of higher education to provide shelter for aliens who have not been admitted into the United States and relative to department of health and human services contracts. OTPA 04/10/2025 Yea
HB115 Relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program. OTP 04/10/2025 Yea
HB282 Increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty. OTP 04/10/2025 Yea
HB511 Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. OTP 04/10/2025 Yea
HB511 Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Adopt Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. OTPA 04/10/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Previous Queston 04/10/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Remove From Table 04/10/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Nay
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Yea
HB2 Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Adopt Amendment 04/10/2025 Yea
HB1 Making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027. OTPA 04/10/2025 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 Amendment 04/10/2025 Yea
HB25 Making appropriations for capital improvements. Adopt Floor Amendment 04/10/2025 Yea
HB274 Relative to the verification of voter rolls annually. OTP 03/27/2025 Yea
HB274 Relative to the verification of voter rolls annually. OTP 03/27/2025 Yea
HB251 Allowing the ownership of certain squirrels and raccoons. Table 03/27/2025 Yea
HB251 Allowing the ownership of certain squirrels and raccoons. Table 03/27/2025 Yea
HB284 Requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles. OTPA 03/27/2025 Yea
HB284 Requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles. OTPA 03/27/2025 Yea
HB363 Establishing redistricting criteria. ITL 03/27/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail New Hampshire House Science, Technology and Energy Committee Clerk 3
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
NH District Rockingham 36 House Republican In Office 12/07/2022
NH New Hampshire House Rockingham 16 House Republican Out of Office 12/02/2020 08/10/2024