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Ruth Ward's New Hampshire Senate voting record

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Ruth Ward (Republican) is a member of the New Hampshire Senate for District 8. This page covers the 209 floor roll calls held while Ruth Ward was in office, from Jan. 30, 2025 to Aug. 19, 2026. Votes with the Senate President on 98% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 100% of party-line votes. 100th percentile in the New Hampshire Senate from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 0% of roll calls. Ruth Ward sponsored 11 statewide bills this term; 3 passed. Below are the contested votes where Ruth Ward split from the Senate President or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Ruth Ward sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the Senate President 98% On 182 contested votes where both voted · 98% on all votes Votes with own party 100% Partisan rank: 1 of 24 in the Senate (tied with 6 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0% 0 of 209 roll calls
Bills passed 3 11 sponsored · 3 became law · Rank 20 of 24 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) Bills that became law 3 of 3 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

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

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Ruth Ward'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

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The scores

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Votes with the Senate President
98%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ruth Ward.

On 182 contested votes where both voted98% on all 207 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
100%
Democrats Republicans 85%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ruth Ward.

On 177 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 24 in the Senate (tied with 6 others)No one in the Senate votes with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills
Sponsored11
Passed both chambers3
Became law3
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 20 of 24 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) · 15 of 16 Republicans

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

BillResultFinal action
SB 523 (2026 Session)
Establishing a committee to study the implementation of a residential builder registration system		 Became law July 2, 2026
SB 102 (2025 Session)
Making informational materials regarding type 1 diabetes available on the department of education website		 Became law July 15, 2025
SB 50 (2025 Session)
Establishing a committee to study the regulation of private animal boarding facilities		 Became law June 10, 2025

Budget projects

These pages don't credit budget items to New Hampshire legislators.

Contested votes where they split

4 against the Senate President; 1 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteSenate PresidentMost of their party
Aug. 19, 2026 HB 1766: Relative to cruelty to livestock
Veto Override		 Yea Nay Yea
Aug. 19, 2026 HB 1422: Relative to the time to petition for a new trial
Veto Override		 Yea Nay Yea
Aug. 19, 2026 SB 535: Defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels
Veto Override		 Yea Nay Nay
March 20, 2025 SB 84: Relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing
Ought to Pass with Amendment		 Nay Yea Nay

Recent key votes

Ruth Ward'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 yeaAgainst the Senate President 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 yeaAgainst most of their partyAgainst the Senate President 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 nay 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 Ruth Ward voted on each of the 209 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySenate PresidentYeas–nays
Aug. 19, 2026HB 1766: Relative to cruelty to livestock
Veto Override		YeaYeaNay11–13
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		YeaNayNay5–19
Aug. 19, 2026SB 475: Relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock
Veto Override		Nay—Nay8–16
Aug. 19, 2026SB 468: Relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location
Veto Override		Nay—Nay16–8
Aug. 19, 2026SB 434: Relative to regulation of public school materials
Veto Override		YeaYeaYea16–8
Aug. 19, 2026SB 552: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Veto Override		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea15–8
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		YeaYeaYea15–8
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		YeaYeaYea14–9
May 21, 2026SB 574: Establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units
Concurrence		YeaYeaYea13–9
May 21, 2026SB 434: Relative to regulation of public school materials
Concurrence		YeaYeaYea14–8
May 21, 2026SB 430: Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians
Concurrence		YeaYeaYea14–8
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		YeaYeaYea14–8
May 14, 2026HB 1817: Relative to access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs within school districts
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea15–8
May 14, 2026HB 1336: Relative to regulated conditional deposits
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea14–9
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		YeaYeaYea14–8
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		YeaYeaYea14–8
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		YeaYeaYea14–8
May 7, 2026HB 1448: Prohibiting the use of the World Economic Forum materials within state curriculum
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea14–8
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		YeaYeaYea14–8
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		YeaYeaYea14–8
April 16, 2026HB 1442: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea15–8
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		YeaYeaYea15–9
March 26, 2026SB 476: Relative to consumer health care cost transparency
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 26, 2026HB 1815: Relative to education financing
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 12, 2026SB 431: Relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 5, 2026SB 552: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 5, 2026HB 323: Requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
Feb. 19, 2026CACR 12: The adoption of tax laws
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
Feb. 19, 2026SB 434: Relative to regulation of public school materials
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
Feb. 19, 2026SB 430: Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
Feb. 5, 2026SB 134: Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program
Concurrence		YeaYeaYea15–9
Jan. 29, 2026SB 439: Relative to municipal data center zoning
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
Jan. 29, 2026SB 101: Authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea14–10
Jan. 7, 2026HB 451: Establishing the paint product stewardship program
Ought to Pass		NayNayNay13–11
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
Jan. 7, 2026HB 292: Establishing a revolving loan fund for school districts
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
June 26, 2025HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Adoption of the Conference Report		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
June 26, 2025HB 60: Relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term
Adoption of the Conference Report		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–7
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		YeaYeaYea16–7
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		YeaYeaYea16–7
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		YeaYeaYea16–7
June 5, 2025HB 361: Prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–7
June 5, 2025HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea14–10
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		YeaYeaYea15–9
May 22, 2025HB 148: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
May 22, 2025HB 57: Relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
May 22, 2025HB 446: Relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
May 15, 2025HB 771: Relative to funding for open enrollment schools
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 324: Relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea15–8
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		YeaYeaYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 557: Relative to the information that appears on the school budget ballot
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 768: Allowing public schools to contract with any approved nonpublic school
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 699: Relative to special education definitions
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaExcused14–8
May 15, 2025SB 62: Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Concurrence		YeaYeaYea15–8
May 15, 2025SB 138: Relative to record requests by health care providers
Concurrence		YeaYeaYea15–8
May 15, 2025SB 105: Enabling towns to adopt budget caps
Concurrence		YeaYeaYea15–8
May 15, 2025HB 511: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea15–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
May 8, 2025HB 381: Limiting liability for certain design features of firearms
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
May 1, 2025HB 319: Relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaExcused13–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 27, 2025SB 287: Requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
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		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 27, 2025SB 211: Relative to biological sex in student athletics
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 27, 2025SB 268: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 20, 2025SB 134: Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea15–8
March 20, 2025SB 72: Establishing a parental bill of rights
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea15–8
March 20, 2025SB 84: Relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing
Ought to Pass with Amendment		NayNayYea13–10
March 13, 2025SB 33: Relative to the regulation of public school materials
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 13, 2025CACR 8: Relating to sheriffs
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea21–3
March 13, 2025SB 295: Relative to education freedom accounts
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 6, 2025SB 134: Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 6, 2025SB 71: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 6, 2025SB 100: Relative to the prohibition on teaching discrimination
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 6, 2025SB 34: Relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea16–8
March 6, 2025SB 72: Establishing a parental bill of rights
Ought to Pass with Amendment		YeaYeaYea16–8
Jan. 30, 2025SB 71: Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Ought to Pass		YeaYeaYea15–8
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		YeaYeaYea15–8
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		YeaYeaYea14–9
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		YeaYeaYea15–8
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		YeaYeaYea15–8

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
ruth.ward@gc.nh.gov
Capitol office
Room 302, State House 107 N. Main St., Concord, NH 03301
603-271-2609

Committees

  • Education Chair
  • Education Finance
  • Rules and Enrolled Bills
  • Transportation

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