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Legislator > J.D. Bernardy
State Representative
J.D. Bernardy
(R) - New Hampshire
New Hampshire House Rockingham 36 - Floterial District
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022
contact info
Home Address
255 Main Ave.
South Hampton, NH 03827-3527
South Hampton, NH 03827-3527
Phone: 603-969-5796
General Capitol Building Address
State House
107 N. Main St.
Concord, NH 03301
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |