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Legislator > James Thibault
State Representative
James Thibault
(R) - New Hampshire
New Hampshire House Merrimack 25 - Floterial District
In Office - Started: 12/04/2024
contact info
Home Address
57 Freedom Drive
Franklin, NH 03235-1245
Franklin, NH 03235-1245
Phone: 603-800-6180
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB571 | Including Constitution Day in patriotic exercises required of public schools. | This bill requires public schools to dedicate one session during the week of Constitution Day to exercises of a patriotic nature. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| SB24 | Allowing students under age 21 to taste wine in educational settings. | This bill allows students under age 21 to taste wine in certain educational settings. | Crossed Over |
| 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. | This bill: I. Prohibits the use of public schools or institutions of higher learning from providing shelter for specified aliens who have not been admitted to the United States, absent a specified disaster. II. Requires the department of health and human services to include references to the patients' bill of rights in contracts and contract addenda. III. Establishes and makes an appropriation to the Hampton Beach State Park pier fund, a dedicated fund to be administered by the division of parks and recreation for the purpose of siting, permitting, designing, and constructing a public pier at Hampton Beach. | Crossed Over |
| HB143 | Relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property. | This bill provides that an order to leave or not enter any municipal or school district property shall not be issued to any person unless approved by a unanimous vote of the governing body in a duly noticed public meeting, unless a court order restraining the person from entering the property has been issued. | Crossed Over |
| SB300 | Criminalizing the creation of child intimate visual representations. | This bill makes it a class B felony and a tier II registrable offense for a person to knowingly create, produce, manufacture, or direct an intimate visual representation of a child without the parent or guardian's consent. | Crossed Over |
| HB520 | Relative to authorizing hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas. | This bill authorizes hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas. | Crossed Over |
| HB68 | Making best interest placements within the same school district mandatory in the absence of a valid reason to deny the placement. | This bill requires superintendents to approve student requests for reassignment within the same school district, and requires superintendents to provide written reasons to parents for denials of requests. | Crossed Over |
| HB749 | Requiring instruction on communism in public high schools. | This bill requires school boards and governing boards of private schools to include at least one hour of instruction on the nature and history of communism for high school graduation. | Dead |
| HB620 | Relative to the exercise of the freedom of religion. | This bill enacts a religious freedom restoration act, prohibiting the government from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion unless it is in furtherance of a compelling government interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering such interest. The bill further provides for remedies for violations of the act's provisions. | In Committee |
| HB252 | Creating a state holiday to honor Daniel Webster's birthday. | This bill creates a state holiday to honor Daniel Webster's birthday. | In Committee |
| HB293 | Preventing minors from accessing obscenity on certain electronic devices with internet access. | This bill requires manufacturers of electronic tablets and smartphones to install filters on those devices that prevent minors from accessing obscene material and creates civil liability against a manufacturer that does not install filters in devices. The bill also creates civil and criminal liability against a manufacturer or person who disables a filter with the intent to allow a minor to access obscene material. | In Committee |
| HB510 | Relative to establishing certain due process rights for students, student organizations, and faculty members facing disciplinary actions by state institutions of higher learning. | This bill establishes for students, student organizations, and faculty members of publicly funded New Hampshire colleges and universities the right to certain due process protections when disciplinary proceedings are brought against them by such institutions, and addresses the provisions' applicability to collective bargaining agreements. | 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 | Abstain |
| SB23 | Expanding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. | OTP | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| SB228 | Relative to the limitations on community customer generators. | ITL | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| SB171 | Relative to required pay for remote work. | Remove From Table | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| SB284 | Relative to authority for municipalities to regulate mandatory on-site parking requirements. | OTPA | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 Executive Departments and Administration Committee | 9 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NH | New Hampshire House Merrimack 25 - Floterial District | House | Republican | In Office | 12/04/2024 |