Here’s how the state Democrats voted in the first quarter of 2021
EDUCATION: HOUSE DEMOCRATS VOTED:
99% AGAINST giving parents more information about students’ assessments. (HB194) 98% AGAINST expanding the choice of school options in an educational hardship to private schools and not just public schools. (HB388) 96% AGAINST requiring students in the university and community college systems of New Hampshire to pass the US civics naturalization test. (HB319) 100% AGAINST requiring schools with unused space to make it available to approved charter school students. (HB278)
GUN CONTROL: HOUSE DEMOCRATS VOTED:
96% AGAINST permitting self-defense within a vehicle. (HB197) 97% AGAINST requiring political subdivisions to obey state law regarding firearms regulation. (HB307) 85% AGAINST allowing law-abiding persons to carry a loaded firearm on an OHRV or snowmobile. (HB334) 97% AGAINST strengthening the right to keep and bear arms. (CACR8) 93% AGAINST stating that displaying a firearm to warn away a trespasser is not a crime. (HB196) 97% AGAINST clarifying that displaying a firearm does not constitute reckless conduct. (HB195)
ELECTION INTEGRITY: HOUSE DEMOCRATS VOTED:
99% AGAINST improving voter checklists to remove people who have moved or died. (HB285) 100% AGAINST requiring the same level of identity for absentee ballot requests as all other voting. (HB292)
CIVIL RIGHTS: HOUSE DEMOCRATS VOTED:
99% AGAINST requiring a two-thirds vote of the legislature for the taking of property in a declared emergency. (HB402) 97% AGAINST guaranteeing free exercise of religion even during a state of emergency. (HB542) 97% AGAINST protecting religious services as essential services that may not be unduly burdened. (HB440)
OTHER: HOUSE DEMOCRATS VOTED:
98% FOR presuming the defendant is guilty until proven innocent. (HB246) 97% AGAINST allowing school nurses to have associate (community college) degrees rather than bachelor’s degrees. (HB349) 91% AGAINST prohibiting municipalities from requiring a license for children to operate a lemonade stand. (HB183) 91% AGAINST allowing after market window tinting to the same degree as can be ordered on new vehicles. (HB224) 100% FOR spending public funds for abortions. (HB2-1068) 91% AGAINST requiring that any baby born alive shall not be killed just because it was unwanted. (HB233) 98% AGAINST prohibiting abortions after 24 weeks. (HB625)