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State Representative
Kelley Potenza
(R) - New Hampshire
New Hampshire House Strafford 19 - Floterial District
In Office - Started: 12/07/2022

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75 S. Main St.
Unit 7-229
Concord, NH 03301-4868
Phone: 603-456-1741

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

Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
HB560 Relative to parental access to a minor child's medical records. This bill: I. Provides parents of minor children full access to their minor children's medical record except under certain circumstances. II. Defines pre-sequestration timber tax revenue and allows for payment in lieu of taxes on such revenue. III. Establishes a moratorium on carbon sequestration contracts. IV. Establishes a commission to study carbon sequestration programs. Crossed Over
HB361 Prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools. This bill prohibits school boards and other public education agencies from adopting, enforcing, or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering. Crossed Over
HB566 Requiring permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management. This bill requires permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management. Crossed Over
HB80 Allowing a public body member's presence at a meeting by electronic or other means of communication only if physical presence is unavoidable. This bill requires a public body's member to be physically present at a meeting unless physical presence is unavoidable and provides that physical presence is required for voting. Dead
HB369 Relative to misdemeanor sexual assault prosecutions and relative to the duty to report for sexual offenders and offenders against children. This bill: 1. Requires a defendant charged with a misdemeanor sexual assault of a minor under the age of 18 to elect whether to proceed in circuit court and waive his or her right to a jury trial or to immediately appeal to superior court for a jury trial. 2. Clarifies a sexual offender or offender against children's duty to report to local law enforcement. Crossed Over
HB171 Establishing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills. This bill establishes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills. Crossed Over
HB156 Relative to the duties of the advisory committee on state procurement. This bill creates an advisory committee on state procurement of agricultural products to review state procurement policies and make recommendations to encourage local food production and conservation. Crossed Over
HB233 Requiring meetings of the New Hampshire vaccine association to be audio and video recorded and published on its website within 48 hours. This bill requires meetings of the New Hampshire vaccine association to be audio and video recorded and published on its website within 48 hours, and requires that questions put to it in writing or at a meeting be answered and posted on its website within 14 days. 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
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
HB707 Requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills. This bill establishes a formula for determining the distance for which a new landfill shall be located from a perennial river, lake, or coastal water. Crossed Over
HB270 Requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device external storage devices. This bill requires preservation of electronic ballot counting device external storage devices with other election material until the contest is settled and all appeals have expired or at least 22 months after elections, whichever is longer. Crossed Over
HB78 Requiring a person to have a domicile in the district from which they serve as county commissioner. This bill requires a person to have a domicile in the county where they seek to hold the office of county commissioner. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB184 Recognizing the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day. This bill establishes the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day. Crossed Over
HB679 Relative to immunization requirements. This bill provides that no childhood immunization requirement shall require a vaccine that has not been shown in clinical trials to prevent transmission of any disease. Dead
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
HB94 Relative to coverage of circumcision under the state Medicaid plan. This bill provides that the state Medicaid plan shall not include circumcision unless the child has a specific diagnosis for which the procedure is determined to be medically necessary. Dead
HB215 Requiring a landfill permit applicant to submit a report listing potential harms and benefits of the project. This bill requires a landfill permit applicant to submit a report listing potential harms and benefits of the project and requires the department of environmental services to make a determination that the landfill is a net public benefit. In Committee
HB133 Modifying the new resident drivers' license transfer requirements, specifying when the division of motor vehicles shall send violation notices, and appropriating funds to the division for technological upgrades required for legal compliance. This bill would require nonresident drivers who establish residency in New Hampshire to notify the department of safety if they then cease to become residents within 60 days, or if their out of state driver's license expires or is relinquished. This bill also specifies when the division of motor vehicles shall send violation notices, and appropriates funds to the division for technological upgrades required for legal compliance In Committee
SB246 Providing maternal depression screening for new mothers; increasing access to health care services for new mothers; enabling new parents to attend infant pediatric medical appointments; and developing a plan for perinatal peer support certification. This bill provides maternal depression screening for new mothers; makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services for a perinatal psychiatric provider consult line and to the department of safety for rural maternal health EMS services; directs the department of health and human services to study barriers to independent birth centers; requires insurance coverage for perinatal home visiting services; expands employee protection to attend medical appointments for postpartum care and an infants medical appointments; and directs the department of health and human services to develop a plan for a perinatal peer support certification program. In Committee
HB472 Requiring voters to prove domicile. This bill requires the supervisor of the checklist to review proof of a voter's domicile before the voter is allowed to vote. In Committee
HB308 Requiring the election checklist to have a column to annotate if a non-New Hampshire issued form of identification is provided to vote. This bill requires the election checklist to have a column to annotate if a non-New Hampshire issued form of identification is provided to vote. In Committee
HB315 Prohibiting employees of state agencies from knowingly providing false information to a legislative committee. This bill prohibits employees of state agencies from knowingly providing false information to a legislative committee. In Committee
HB418 Relative to eligibility for absentee voting. This bill requires voters to be either absent from the town or city in which they are domiciled or disabled and unable to vote in person in order to be eligible for an absentee ballot. In Committee
HB684 Preventing the use of student identification cards as a means to obtain a ballot. This bill: I. Prevents student identification cards from being used to obtain a ballot. II. Changes the period for which expired identification can be used to obtain a ballot. 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
HB456 Prohibiting the use of certain local funds for lobbying. This bill requires that state agency personnel and state employees shall only provide information to the committee at the committee's request and shall not take a position in support of or opposition to a matter before the committee. In Committee
HB492 Allowing political parties to request recounts when no candidate is named on the ballot. This bill allows political parties to request a recount when no candidate is named on the primary ballot. In Committee
HR13 Opposing the permitting of a landfill next to Forest Lake State Park in Dalton, New Hampshire. Opposing the permitting of a landfill next to Forest Lake State Park in Dalton, New Hampshire. 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
HB686 Requiring a voter to provide identification when requesting an absentee ballot. This bill: I. Requires anyone who requests an absentee ballot to provide a copy of government issued photo identification alongside their absentee ballot application. II. Requires that absentee ballot applications be notarized. III. Requires a person to cure any errors in their application in person and prove their domicile to their city or town clerk. In Committee
HB764 Prohibiting the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding, weather modification, excessive electromagnetic radio frequency, and microwave radiation and making penalties for violation of such prohibition. This bill prohibits geoengineering, including the intentional release of polluting emissions, makes an exception for the use of cloud seeding during a catastrophic drought, makes penalties for violation of such a prohibition, and requires the commissioner of the department of environmental services to notify federal agencies of the prohibition and penalties for violating such prohibition. In Committee
SB296 Increasing the percentage of nonpublic school scholarships awarded to students who qualify for the federal free and reduced-price meal program. This bill increases the percentage of nonpublic school scholarships awarded to students who qualify for the federal free and reduced-price meal program. The bill also removes income qualification requirements for scholarship recipients after the initial year of qualification. In Committee
HB317 Preventing a supervisor of the checklist from verifying a person's identity without identification, even if they personally know that person. This bill prevents a supervisor of the checklist from verifying a person's identity without identification, even if they personally know that person. In Committee
HB575 Prohibiting offshore wind energy infrastructure. This bill prohibits offshore wind energy infrastructure or development in New Hampshire. The bill also repeals the office of offshore wind industry development and energy innovation, the offshore wind industry workforce training center committee, the workforce development and innovation fund, the offshore wind and port development commission, and the geographic location description within the coastal program. In Committee
HB498 Relative to when a person may receive an absentee ballot. This bill requires that absentee ballots applications be distributed no sooner than 45 days prior to an election. In Committee
SB227 Relative to site setbacks for landfills. This bill requires certain tests and setbacks before the department of environmental services grants a landfill permit in New Hampshire. In Committee
HB709 Allowing parents or guardians to admit their children into any school district where they pay any property or school district taxes. This bill allows parents or guardians to admit their children into any school district where they pay any property tax or school district taxes. 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
HB579 Requiring applicants for a fish and game guide license to take and pass a standardized test provided by the fish and game department before receiving their license. This bill requires applicants for a fish and game guide license to take an exam in a standardized test format, administered by a specifically qualified fish and game officer. 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 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
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
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 Nay
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 Abstain
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 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 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 Nay
HB251 Allowing the ownership of certain squirrels and raccoons. Table 03/27/2025 Nay
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 Environment and Agriculture Committee 4
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
NH District Strafford 19 House Republican In Office 12/07/2022