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Legislator > Jodi Newell
State Representative
Jodi Newell
(D) - New Hampshire
New Hampshire House Cheshire 04
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022
contact info
Home Address
32 Leverette St.
Keene, NH 03431-2417
Keene, NH 03431-2417
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB210 | Establishing a study committee to study the issue of school bullying. | This bill creates a study committee to study the issue of school bullying. | Crossed Over |
| HB301 | Relative to cultivation locations for alternative treatment centers. | This bill allows additional cultivation centers to be considered for alternative treatment centers. | Crossed Over |
| HB140 | Establishing a voluntary "blue envelope" program for drivers with autism spectrum disorders and trauma and stressor-related disorders. | This bill establishes a program, named the blue envelope program, where a motor vehicle driver with an autism spectrum disorder or trauma and stressor-related disorder may carry and present to law enforcement a blue envelope containing written information and guidance on effective communication with the driver. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB606 | Relative to a patient's right to appropriate reproductive care for medical conditions. | This bill affirms a patient's right to receive appropriate reproductive care for a medical condition when such care may include a procedure or medication that leaves the patient sterile or unable to have children. | Crossed Over |
| HB380 | Relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis. | This bill amends the penalty for the unauthorized sale of cannabis by a qualifying patient or designated caregiver. | Crossed Over |
| HB190 | Relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits. | This bill increases qualifying patients' limit on possession of therapeutic cannabis from 2 to 4 ounces, and increases the amount they may obtain in a 10-day period from 2 to 4 ounces. | Crossed Over |
| HB631 | Permitting residential building in commercial zoning. | This bill allows multifamily or mixed-use developments as a permitted use by right in certain urban municipalities, outlines specific zoning regulations that cannot be imposed on such developments, and provides definitions for key terms. | Crossed Over |
| HB250 | Enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs and increasing the fee to license certain dogs. | This bill enables local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs. | Crossed Over |
| HB226 | Relative to the use of drug checking equipment. | This bill amends and adds definitions to the Controlled Drug Act to exclude drug checking equipment from being considered drug paraphernalia and authorizes the use of drug checking equipment. | Crossed Over |
| HB697 | Relative to witness fees in criminal cases. | This bill allows witness fees in criminal proceedings for civilian witnesses who appear in court at the place and time designated but are required to return another day to testify in the same proceeding. | Crossed Over |
| HB751 | Requiring licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities and relative to complaint investigation of treatment facilities by the department of health and human services office of the ombudsman and making an appropriation therefor. | This bill provides for certification of substance use treatment programs by the department of health and human services. The bill also directs the department to establish within the office of the ombudsman, a behavioral health specialist dedicated to complaint investigations regarding substance use and mental health treatment programs. | In Committee |
| HB311 | Relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions. | This bill requires business organizations and labor unions to make political contributions through segregated funds. | In Committee |
| HB587 | Allowing admission of one-party audio and video recordings in certain circumstances. | This bill allows a person to record or possess a recording of what he or she reasonably believes to be a crime and to provide it to law enforcement for use in court. | In Committee |
| HB641 | Establishing a private right of action for civil rights violations. | This bill allows a person who is the subject of a civil rights violation to bring suit and receive punitive damages. | In Committee |
| HB442 | Relative to prohibiting payment of subminimum wages. | This bill prohibits payment of a base wage different than standard minimum wage for tipped workers earning more than $30 per month. | In Committee |
| HB558 | Creating a public county registry of the monthly rent charged by landlords for each owned unit and prohibiting landlords from using algorithms or software to determine rental rates. | This bill creates a public registry of rents and prohibits landlords from using any algorithms or software to determine rental rates, and requires an affidavit attesting to compliance. | In Committee |
| HB490 | Relative to indemnification for municipalities adopting policies to address homelessness. | This bill allows public property to be used to aid and shelter the homeless and indemnifies the governmental unit from claims for injury related to such aid and shelter absent intentional misconduct or a conscious disregard for safety. | In Committee |
| HB703 | Relative to prohibiting school districts from denying meals to students with unpaid meal balances, and making an appropriation therefor. | This bill requires school districts with meal programs approved to operate through the United States Department of Agriculture to adopt school meal policies that do not deny or stigmatize students with unpaid meal balances. It also requires the department of education to pay for school meal debts accrued by students participating in the USDA National School Lunch program, and makes an appropriation therefor. | In Committee |
| SB114 | Making appropriations to the department of health and human services to support community and transitional housing through community mental health centers. | This bill makes appropriations to the department of health and human services for the purpose of increasing community housing options for individuals suffering from mental illness. | In Committee |
| HB756 | Relative to establishing a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering daycare and public schools. | This bill establishes a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering day care and public schools. | In Committee |
| HB593 | Relative to loss of consortium involving pets. | This bill expands the relationships eligible for potential loss of consortium damages to include pets and defines "loss of consortium," and authorizes lawsuits against governmental officials, including law enforcement officers, that intentionally or recklessly and without legal justification cause the death of a pet. | In Committee |
| HB648 | Relative to insurance coverage for glucose monitoring. | This bill requires health insurance providers to cover glucose monitoring devices and supplies for individuals with diabetes. | In Committee |
| HB352 | Prohibiting possession of a firearm at a polling place. | This bill prohibits possessing a firearm at a polling place and includes certain exceptions. This bill further allows individuals who are unwilling or unable to comply with this prohibition to vote by absentee ballot. | In Committee |
| HB604 | Relative to a loan forgiveness program for low-income homeowners to build new accessory dwelling units or renovate existing structures into accessory dwelling units. | This bill establishes a conditional loan forgiveness program to encourage lower-income homeowners to construct or renovate accessory dwelling units. | In Committee |
| HB623 | Relative to prohibiting corporations from purchasing single-family homes for a certain amount of time. | This bill restricts the acquisition of single-family and multi-family housing to natural persons with certain exceptions. It requires any non-natural person acquiring such housing under these exceptions to register and file reports with the secretary of state. | In Committee |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Nay |
| HB551 | Repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms. | Concur | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| SB119 | Relative to Medicaid pharmaceutical services and relative to standing orders for Ivermectin. | Adopt Amendment | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| SB97 | Relative to intra-district public school transfers. | OTPA | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| SB272 | Relative to electric-vehicle charging station funding. | ITL | 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. | 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 | Yea |
| SB62 | Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. | OTPA | 05/08/2025 | Nay |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| SB262 | Relative to the penalty for trafficking in persons under 18 years of age. | OTP | 05/08/2025 | Nay |
| SB295 | Relative to education freedom accounts. | OTPA | 05/08/2025 | Nay |
| SB295 | Relative to education freedom accounts. | Adopt Floor Amendment | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| SB295 | Relative to education freedom accounts. | Previous Question | 05/08/2025 | Nay |
| SB23 | Expanding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. | ITL | 05/01/2025 | Nay |
| SB23 | Expanding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. | OTP | 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 | Nay |
| SB228 | Relative to the limitations on community customer generators. | ITL | 05/01/2025 | Nay |
| SB171 | Relative to required pay for remote work. | Remove From Table | 05/01/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| HB66 | Relative to material subject to disclosure under the right to know law. | Table | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| HB115 | Relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program. | OTP | 04/10/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | 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 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 Floor Amendment | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| HB2 | Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. | Previous Queston | 04/10/2025 | Nay |
| HB2 | Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. | Remove From Table | 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 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 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 | 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 Amendment | 04/10/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| HB25 | Making appropriations for capital improvements. | Adopt Floor Amendment | 04/10/2025 | Nay |
| HB274 | Relative to the verification of voter rolls annually. | OTP | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB274 | Relative to the verification of voter rolls annually. | OTP | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| HB284 | Requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB363 | Establishing redistricting criteria. | ITL | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB363 | Establishing redistricting criteria. | ITL | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB361 | Prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools. | OTP | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB361 | Prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools. | OTP | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB377 | Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB377 | Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers. | Previous Question | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB377 | Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers. | Adopt Floor Amendment | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB377 | Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB377 | Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers. | Previous Question | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB377 | Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers. | Adopt Floor Amendment | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB358 | Relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief. | OTP | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB358 | Relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief. | OTP | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB374 | Relative to local tax cap and budget laws. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB374 | Relative to local tax cap and budget laws. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB357 | Relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements. | OTP | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB357 | Relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements. | OTP | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB475 | Relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB475 | Relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB517 | Repealing certain outreach and marketing requirements under the Granite State paid family leave plan. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB517 | Repealing certain outreach and marketing requirements under the Granite State paid family leave plan. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB548 | Relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB548 | Relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB613 | Relative to enabling local political subdivisions to vote and set a reduced default budget option. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB613 | Relative to enabling local political subdivisions to vote and set a reduced default budget option. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB584 | Relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB584 | Relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB614 | Relative to litigation alleging constitutional rights violations. | Remove from Table | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB614 | Relative to litigation alleging constitutional rights violations. | Remove from Table | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB741 | Allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB741 | Allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB712 | Limiting breast surgeries for minors. | OTPA | 03/27/2025 | Nay |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | New Hampshire House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee | 6 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NH | New Hampshire House Cheshire 04 | House | Democrat | In Office | 12/07/2022 |