New Hampshire Senate · District 4

David Watters's New Hampshire Senate voting record

Democratic

David Watters (Democratic) is a member of the New Hampshire Senate for District 4. This page covers the 209 floor roll calls held while David Watters was in office, from Jan. 30, 2025 to Aug. 19, 2026. Votes with the Senate President on 5% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 98% of party-line votes. 30th percentile in the New Hampshire Senate from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 4% of roll calls. David Watters sponsored 44 statewide bills this term; 23 passed. Below are the contested votes where David Watters split from the Senate President or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills David Watters sponsored and contact details.

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

David Watters's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

New Hampshire Senate30th percentile
More liberal than 69% of the New Hampshire Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
8th most liberal of 24

On the November 3 ballot

Running for New Hampshire Senate, District 4.

Also on the ballot: Shawn Mickelonis (Republican)

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Votes with the Senate President
5%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is David Watters.

On 175 contested votes where both voted16% on all 198 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
98%
Democrats Republicans 85%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is David Watters.

On 170 party-line votesPartisan rank: 16 of 24 in the Senate (tied with 3 others)15 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills David Watters sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: David Watters
Bills
Sponsored44
Passed both chambers23
Became law22
Vetoed by the Governor1

Rank by bills passed: Rank 2 of 24 in the Senate · 1 of 8 Democrats

A bill counts for its prime sponsor, the legislator the General Court lists first on it; co-sponsors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: David Watters
BillResultFinal action
SB 592 (2026 Session)
Enabling regional, conservation, and energy resource planning for habitat strongholds and wildlife corridors and creating a commission to study transferring…
Became law July 15, 2026
SB 538 (2026 Session)
Extending net metering eligibility terms for municipal energy projects
Became law July 10, 2026
SB 627 (2026 Session)
Relative to toll rate adjustments for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan
Vetoed July 2, 2026
SB 540 (2026 Session)
Relative to plug-in solar generation systems
Became law July 2, 2026
SB 531 (2026 Session)
Establishing a task force to study the feasibility of the creation of cosmetology related programming in Coos County and requiring the reporting of student…
Became law July 2, 2026
SB 492 (2026 Session)
Authorizing the department of military affairs and veterans services to license and lease property in which the department holds a property interest
Became law July 2, 2026
SB 491 (2026 Session)
Enabling students to utilize education freedom account funds to pay for certain career and technical education funding and removing references to "curriculum…
Became law July 2, 2026
SB 490 (2026 Session)
Establishing a task force to assess the development of housing at Great Bay community college and authorizing the college the right to use vacant property for…
Became law July 2, 2026
SB 589 (2026 Session)
Relative to port electrification, microgrid development, and cybersecurity standards for energy and water systems
Became law June 19, 2026
SB 565 (2026 Session)
Requiring the commissioner of the insurance department to prepare and publish a report regarding fortified home and commercial standards, and other mitigation…
Became law June 19, 2026
SB 633 (2026 Session)
Relative to donations received by the granite patron of the arts fund
Became law June 12, 2026
SB 608 (2026 Session)
Relative to family caregiver support in certain programs and child care support for kinship caregivers
Became law May 28, 2026
SB 497 (2026 Session)
Removing a reference to procurement through the department of administrative services for certain capital appropriations to the community college system of…
Became law April 21, 2026
SB 87 (2025 Session)
Relative to one day liquor license requirements and making salons and barber shops eligible for on-premise licenses
Became law Aug. 1, 2025
SB 195 (2025 Session)
Relative to the composition and duties of the New Hampshire advisory council on career and technical education
Became law Aug. 1, 2025
SB 99 (2025 Session)
Relative to regional career and technical education agreements
Became law July 15, 2025
SB 98 (2025 Session)
Extending the donations to regional career and technical education center programs
Became law July 15, 2025
SB 12 (2025 Session)
Relative to adding eligibility for a disability placard for certain veterans
Became law July 15, 2025
SB 235 (2025 Session)
Enabling funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire and allowing…
Became law June 24, 2025
SB 233 (2025 Session)
Relative to the grid modernization advisory group
Became law June 17, 2025
SB 196 (2025 Session)
Relative to the exemption from competitive bidding requirements for certain state agency projects
Became law June 17, 2025
SB 51 (2025 Session)
Relative to decal fees and the statewide public boat access program
Became law June 10, 2025
SB 194 (2025 Session)
Relative to qualifications for cosmetologists
Became law June 10, 2025

Budget projects

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Contested votes where they split

166 against the Senate President; 4 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: David Watters
DateBill and motion Their voteSenate PresidentMost of their party
Aug. 19, 2026 HB 1422: Relative to the time to petition for a new trial
Veto Override
Yea Nay (split) Yea
Aug. 19, 2026 SB 468: Relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location
Veto Override
Yea Nay (split) Yea
Aug. 19, 2026 SB 434: Relative to regulation of public school materials
Veto Override
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Aug. 19, 2026 SB 552: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Veto Override
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 4, 2026 HB 1300: (Third New Title) establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central…
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 4, 2026 HB 609: Relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other…
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 4, 2026 HB 1735: Relative to the practice of pharmacy, the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists, and permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 21, 2026 SB 574: Establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units
Concurrence
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 21, 2026 SB 434: Relative to regulation of public school materials
Concurrence
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 21, 2026 SB 430: Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians
Concurrence
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 21, 2026 SB 223: Relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education
Concurrence
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 14, 2026 HB 1817: Relative to access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs within school districts
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 14, 2026 HB 1336: Relative to regulated conditional deposits
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 14, 2026 HB 1336: Relative to regulated conditional deposits
Committee Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 14, 2026 HB 1792: Relative to the prohibition on teaching discrimination
Floor Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 14, 2026 HB 1010: Relative to multi-family residential development on commercially zoned land
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 14, 2026 HB 1793: Prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to study the…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 7, 2026 HB 1252: Requiring the department of safety to only administer tests for commercial driver's licenses in English and prohibiting the assistance of an interpreter…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 7, 2026 HB 1478: Requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills
Refer for Interim Study
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 7, 2026 HB 1816: Relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency and requiring the state school board…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 7, 2026 HB 1573: Permitting excused absences for student participation in certain activities and mandating the state board of education to grant school reassignment requests…
Committee Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 7, 2026 HB 1448: Prohibiting the use of the World Economic Forum materials within state curriculum
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 7, 2026 HB 1374: Modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 7, 2026 HB 1268: Modifying the structure and administration of home education programs and relative to pharmacy benefits managers, managed care laws, notice of drug pricing…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
April 16, 2026 HB 1442: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 26, 2026 SB 459: Exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 26, 2026 SB 459: Exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances
Motion to Reconsider
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 26, 2026 SB 476: Relative to consumer health care cost transparency
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 26, 2026 SB 441: Relative to the financial responsibility for local assistance and enabling municipalities to request a hearing regarding the residency of an assisted person
Floor Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 26, 2026 HB 1815: Relative to education financing
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 12, 2026 SB 431: Relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 5, 2026 HB 186: Relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 5, 2026 SB 623: Relative to requirements for law enforcement officers assisting in immigration enforcement
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 5, 2026 SB 554: Repealing the limitation of liability for certain design features of firearms
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 5, 2026 SB 552: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 5, 2026 SB 551: Relative to legal protections for legal reproductive health care services
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 5, 2026 SB 643: Requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 5, 2026 HB 323: Requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 467: Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses and establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug…
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 604: Making an appropriation to the university system of New Hampshire
Refer for Interim Study
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 601: Relative to the allocation and disbursement of state contributions for non-state employer pension costs under the New Hampshire retirement system
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 484: Prohibiting Medicaid premiums and limiting Medicaid expansion cost sharing
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 419: Relative to the housing champion designation and program and the affordable housing fund, and making appropriations therefor
Refer for Interim Study
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 CACR 12: The adoption of tax laws
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 513: Relative to the hiring of an owner's project manager (OPM) for construction or renovation projects which utilize school building aid
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 576: Adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 533: Requiring the state to seek bids for contracts to oversee and operate the state's education freedom account program every three years
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 532: Increasing the requirements of the education freedom savings account oversight committee and modifying the purpose of the committee
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 434: Relative to regulation of public school materials
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 430: Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 5, 2026 SB 651: Relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 5, 2026 SB 555: Relative to critical risk protection orders
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 5, 2026 SB 463: Relative to possession of firearms in safe school zones
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 5, 2026 SB 584: Increasing the amount of funding provided for students receiving special education services
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 5, 2026 SB 582: Modifying the base cost of an adequate education
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 5, 2026 SB 134: Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program
Concurrence
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 29, 2026 SB 439: Relative to municipal data center zoning
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 29, 2026 SB 439: Relative to municipal data center zoning
Committee Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 29, 2026 SB 636: Establishing tax credits for qualifying small businesses against documented tariff-related costs
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 29, 2026 SB 634: Enabling municipalities to adopt a municipal occupancy fee
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 29, 2026 SB 406: Making an appropriation to the city of Nashua for the purpose of purchasing the former Daniel Webster College property
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 29, 2026 HB 751: Establishing a committee to study licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities, authorizing parents to enroll their children in any…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 29, 2026 HB 751: Establishing a committee to study licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities, authorizing parents to enroll their children in any…
Floor Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 29, 2026 SB 101: Authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 29, 2026 SB 101: Authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state
Committee Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 7, 2026 HB 451: Establishing the paint product stewardship program
Ought to Pass
Yea Nay (split) Yea
Jan. 7, 2026 HB 191: Providing criminal penalties for the transporting of an unemancipated minor in order to obtain a surgical procedure or a termination of the minor's pregnancy…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 7, 2026 HB 707: Establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
Jan. 7, 2026 HB 292: Establishing a revolving loan fund for school districts
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 7, 2026 HB 292: Establishing a revolving loan fund for school districts
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
Jan. 7, 2026 HB 292: Establishing a revolving loan fund for school districts
Floor Amendment
Nay Nay Yea (split)
June 26, 2025 SB 287: Requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 26, 2025 HB 115: Making temporary appropriations for the expenses and encumbrances of the state of New Hampshire
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 26, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 26, 2025 HB 1: Making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 26, 2025 HB 712: Limiting breast surgeries for minors, relative to residential care and health facility licensing, and relative to the collection and reporting of abortion…
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 26, 2025 HB 506: Relative to background checks during motions to return firearms and ammunition and relative to invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to…
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 26, 2025 HB 377: Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers and relative to recognizing the second Thursday in October as…
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 26, 2025 HB 71: (Third New Title) prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts…
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 26, 2025 HB 60: Relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Floor Amendment
Nay Nay Yea (split)
June 5, 2025 HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Sustain the Chair's Ruling
Yea Nay (split) Yea
June 5, 2025 HB 1: Making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
June 5, 2025 HB 1: Making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027
Sustain the Chair's Ruling
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 22, 2025 HB 148: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 22, 2025 HB 57: Relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 22, 2025 HB 57: Relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters
Committee Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 22, 2025 HB 446: Relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 22, 2025 HB 446: Relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 22, 2025 HB 446: Relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools
Inexpedient to Legislate
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 15, 2025 HB 771: Relative to funding for open enrollment schools
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 15, 2025 HB 324: Relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 15, 2025 HB 324: Relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 15, 2025 HB 71: (Third New Title) prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts…
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 15, 2025 HB 282: Increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty, relative to the determination of education adequacy grants and…
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 15, 2025 HB 356: Enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections
Inexpedient to Legislate
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 15, 2025 HB 557: Relative to the information that appears on the school budget ballot
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 15, 2025 HB 768: Allowing public schools to contract with any approved nonpublic school
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 15, 2025 HB 90: Relative to the definition of part-time teachers
Committee Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 15, 2025 SB 62: Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Concurrence
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 15, 2025 SB 138: Relative to record requests by health care providers
Concurrence
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 15, 2025 SB 105: Enabling towns to adopt budget caps
Concurrence
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 15, 2025 HB 511: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 8, 2025 HB 551: Repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 8, 2025 HB 551: Repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms
Floor Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 8, 2025 HB 381: Limiting liability for certain design features of firearms
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 8, 2025 HB 381: Limiting liability for certain design features of firearms
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 8, 2025 HB 381: Limiting liability for certain design features of firearms
Committee Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 8, 2025 HB 380: Relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 8, 2025 HB 190: Relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 1, 2025 HB 226: Relative to the use of drug checking equipment
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 1, 2025 HB 198: Relative to legalizing certain quantities of cannabis and establishing penalties for the smoking or vaping of cannabis in public
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
April 17, 2025 HB 75: Legalizing cannabis for persons 21 years of age or older
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
April 17, 2025 HB 53: Permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
April 17, 2025 HB 53: Permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 27, 2025 SB 275: Providing property tax relief for some child care agencies
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 27, 2025 SB 260: Relative to access to abortion care
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 27, 2025 SB 295: Relative to education freedom accounts
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 27, 2025 SB 83: Relative to licenses for primary and secondary game operators
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 27, 2025 SB 83: Relative to licenses for primary and secondary game operators
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 27, 2025 SB 304: Directing the commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs to assemble a report on the effects of tariffs on Canada and New Hampshire…
Motion to Lay on the Table
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 27, 2025 SB 287: Requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 27, 2025 SB 96: Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and relative to enforcement of parental rights against school districts and school…
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 27, 2025 SB 211: Relative to biological sex in student athletics
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 27, 2025 SB 268: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 20, 2025 SB 134: Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 20, 2025 SB 72: Establishing a parental bill of rights
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 13, 2025 SB 33: Relative to the regulation of public school materials
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 13, 2025 SB 33: Relative to the regulation of public school materials
Motion to Refer
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 13, 2025 CACR 8: Relating to sheriffs
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 13, 2025 SB 144: Authorizing the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and providing for processes for confiscation of firearms following…
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 13, 2025 SB 214: Enabling no-excuse absentee registration and voting
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 13, 2025 SB 295: Relative to education freedom accounts
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 13, 2025 SB 295: Relative to education freedom accounts
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 13, 2025 SB 295: Relative to education freedom accounts
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 13, 2025 SB 295: Relative to education freedom accounts
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 13, 2025 SB 207: Requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account program
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 13, 2025 SB 203: Relative to administration of the education freedom accounts program
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 13, 2025 SB 176: Relative to the state minimum hourly rate
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 119: Relative to Medicaid pharmaceutical services and relative to standing orders for Ivermectin
Sustain the Chair's Ruling
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 227: Relative to site setbacks for landfills
Motion to Lay on the Table
Yea Yea Nay (split)
March 6, 2025 SB 134: Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 71: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 71: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 6, 2025 SB 219: Requiring the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 100: Relative to the prohibition on teaching discrimination
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 34: Relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 72: Establishing a parental bill of rights
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 72: Establishing a parental bill of rights
Floor Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
Feb. 13, 2025 SB 159: Establishing a marine habitat fee
Inexpedient to Legislate
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 30, 2025 SB 71: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 30, 2025 SB 62: Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 30, 2025 SB 15: Relative to incorporating hard labor as a sentencing option for capital murder and serious sexual assaults on children, defining hard labor, establishing…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 30, 2025 SB 14: Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 30, 2025 SB 13: Invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants and prohibiting driver's license issuance and renewal to individuals with…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Jan. 30, 2025 SB 71: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Adoption of the Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay

Recent key votes

David Watters's most recent key votes: contested or party-line votes that gave the chamber's last word on a whole bill (passage, budgets included, the other chamber's changes or a conference report) or overrode a veto, with what each bill does where a checked explanation exists. The full record is below.

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  1. Aug. 19, 2026
    Senate
    HB 1766: Relative to cruelty to livestock
    Voted nay Veto Override · Yeas 11, nays 13

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  2. Aug. 19, 2026
    Senate
    HB 1422: Relative to the time to petition for a new trial
    Voted yeaAgainst the Senate President Veto Override · Yeas 18, nays 6

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  3. Aug. 19, 2026
    Senate
    SB 535: Defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels
    Voted nay Veto Override · Yeas 5, nays 19

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  4. Aug. 19, 2026
    Senate
    SB 475: Relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock
    Voted nay Veto Override · Yeas 8, nays 16

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  5. Aug. 19, 2026
    Senate
    SB 468: Relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location
    Voted yeaAgainst the Senate President Veto Override · Yeas 16, nays 8

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

Every roll call

How David Watters voted on each of the 209 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: David Watters
DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySenate PresidentYeas–nays
Aug. 19, 2026HB 1766: Relative to cruelty to livestock
Veto Override
NayNayNay11–13
Aug. 19, 2026HB 1422: Relative to the time to petition for a new trial
Veto Override
YeaYeaNay18–6
Aug. 19, 2026SB 535: Defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels
Veto Override
NayNayNay5–19
Aug. 19, 2026SB 475: Relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock
Veto Override
NayNayNay8–16
Aug. 19, 2026SB 468: Relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location
Veto Override
YeaYeaNay16–8
Aug. 19, 2026SB 434: Relative to regulation of public school materials
Veto Override
NayNayYea16–8
Aug. 19, 2026SB 552: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Veto Override
NayNayYea16–8
June 4, 2026HB 1300: (Third New Title) establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central…
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea15–8
June 4, 2026HB 609: Relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other…
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea15–8
June 4, 2026HB 1735: Relative to the practice of pharmacy, the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists, and permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea14–9
May 21, 2026SB 574: Establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units
Concurrence
NayNayYea13–9
May 21, 2026SB 434: Relative to regulation of public school materials
Concurrence
NayNayYea14–8
May 21, 2026SB 430: Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians
Concurrence
NayNayYea14–8
May 21, 2026SB 223: Relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education
Concurrence
NayNayYea14–8
May 14, 2026HB 1817: Relative to access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs within school districts
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea15–8
May 14, 2026HB 1336: Relative to regulated conditional deposits
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea14–9
May 14, 2026HB 1793: Prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to study the…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea14–8
May 7, 2026HB 1252: Requiring the department of safety to only administer tests for commercial driver's licenses in English and prohibiting the assistance of an interpreter…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea14–8
May 7, 2026HB 1816: Relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency and requiring the state school board…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea14–8
May 7, 2026HB 1448: Prohibiting the use of the World Economic Forum materials within state curriculum
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea14–8
May 7, 2026HB 1374: Modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea14–8
May 7, 2026HB 1268: Modifying the structure and administration of home education programs and relative to pharmacy benefits managers, managed care laws, notice of drug pricing…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea14–8
April 16, 2026HB 1442: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea15–8
March 26, 2026SB 459: Exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea15–9
March 26, 2026SB 476: Relative to consumer health care cost transparency
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
March 26, 2026HB 1815: Relative to education financing
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
March 12, 2026SB 431: Relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
March 5, 2026SB 552: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
March 5, 2026SB 643: Requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
March 5, 2026HB 323: Requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
Feb. 19, 2026SB 467: Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses and establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug…
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
Feb. 19, 2026CACR 12: The adoption of tax laws
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
Feb. 19, 2026SB 513: Relative to the hiring of an owner's project manager (OPM) for construction or renovation projects which utilize school building aid
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
Feb. 19, 2026SB 434: Relative to regulation of public school materials
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
Feb. 19, 2026SB 430: Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
Feb. 5, 2026SB 134: Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program
Concurrence
NayNayYea15–9
Jan. 29, 2026SB 439: Relative to municipal data center zoning
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
Jan. 29, 2026HB 751: Establishing a committee to study licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities, authorizing parents to enroll their children in any…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
Jan. 29, 2026SB 101: Authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea14–10
Jan. 7, 2026HB 451: Establishing the paint product stewardship program
Ought to Pass
YeaYeaNay13–11
Jan. 7, 2026HB 191: Providing criminal penalties for the transporting of an unemancipated minor in order to obtain a surgical procedure or a termination of the minor's pregnancy…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
Jan. 7, 2026HB 292: Establishing a revolving loan fund for school districts
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
June 26, 2025SB 287: Requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea16–8
June 26, 2025HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea16–8
June 26, 2025HB 1: Making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea16–8
June 26, 2025HB 712: Limiting breast surgeries for minors, relative to residential care and health facility licensing, and relative to the collection and reporting of abortion…
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea16–8
June 26, 2025HB 506: Relative to background checks during motions to return firearms and ammunition and relative to invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to…
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea16–8
June 26, 2025HB 377: Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers and relative to recognizing the second Thursday in October as…
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea16–8
June 26, 2025HB 71: (Third New Title) prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts…
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea16–8
June 26, 2025HB 60: Relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea16–8
June 5, 2025HB 506: Relative to background checks during motions to return firearms and ammunition and relative to invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
ExcusedNayYea16–7
June 5, 2025HB 712: Limiting breast surgeries for minors, relative to residential care and health facility licensing, and relative to the collection and reporting of abortion…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
ExcusedNayYea16–7
June 5, 2025HB 377: Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers and relative to recognizing the second Thursday in October as…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
ExcusedNayYea16–7
June 5, 2025HB 71: (Third New Title) prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
ExcusedNayYea16–7
June 5, 2025HB 361: Prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools
Ought to Pass
ExcusedNayYea16–7
June 5, 2025HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea14–10
June 5, 2025HB 1: Making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea15–9
May 22, 2025HB 148: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
May 22, 2025HB 57: Relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
May 22, 2025HB 446: Relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
May 15, 2025HB 771: Relative to funding for open enrollment schools
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 324: Relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 71: (Third New Title) prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts…
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 557: Relative to the information that appears on the school budget ballot
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 768: Allowing public schools to contract with any approved nonpublic school
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 699: Relative to special education definitions
Ought to Pass
NayNayExcused14–8
May 15, 2025SB 62: Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Concurrence
NayNayYea15–8
May 15, 2025SB 138: Relative to record requests by health care providers
Concurrence
NayNayYea15–8
May 15, 2025SB 105: Enabling towns to adopt budget caps
Concurrence
NayNayYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 511: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea15–8
May 8, 2025HB 551: Repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
May 8, 2025HB 381: Limiting liability for certain design features of firearms
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
May 1, 2025HB 319: Relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten
Ought to Pass
NayNayExcused13–8
April 17, 2025HB 231: Prohibiting school district personnel from transporting students to medical or mental health appointments, visits, or procedures without parental consent
Ought to Pass
YeaYeaYea21–3
March 27, 2025SB 295: Relative to education freedom accounts
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
March 27, 2025SB 287: Requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
March 27, 2025SB 96: Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and relative to enforcement of parental rights against school districts and school…
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
March 27, 2025SB 211: Relative to biological sex in student athletics
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
March 27, 2025SB 268: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
March 20, 2025SB 134: Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea15–8
March 20, 2025SB 72: Establishing a parental bill of rights
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea15–8
March 20, 2025SB 84: Relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing
Ought to Pass with Amendment
YeaYeaYea13–10
March 13, 2025SB 33: Relative to the regulation of public school materials
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
March 13, 2025CACR 8: Relating to sheriffs
Ought to Pass
NayYeaYea21–3
March 13, 2025SB 295: Relative to education freedom accounts
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
March 6, 2025SB 134: Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
March 6, 2025SB 71: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
March 6, 2025SB 100: Relative to the prohibition on teaching discrimination
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
March 6, 2025SB 34: Relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea16–8
March 6, 2025SB 72: Establishing a parental bill of rights
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea16–8
Jan. 30, 2025SB 71: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea15–8
Jan. 30, 2025SB 62: Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass
NayNayYea15–8
Jan. 30, 2025SB 15: Relative to incorporating hard labor as a sentencing option for capital murder and serious sexual assaults on children, defining hard labor, establishing…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea14–9
Jan. 30, 2025SB 14: Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea15–8
Jan. 30, 2025SB 13: Invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants and prohibiting driver's license issuance and renewal to individuals with…
Ought to Pass with Amendment
NayNayYea15–8

Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page
gc.nh.gov
Email
david.watters@gc.nh.gov
Capitol office
Room 101-A, Legislative Office Building 33 N. State St., Concord, NH 03301
603-271-2104

Committees

  • Capital Budget
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Finance

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the New Hampshire General Court, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 22, 2026.

Source: the New Hampshire General Court's roll-call records, bill dockets and Journals, Jan. 8, 2025 to Aug. 19, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections