# Mary Jane Wallner

Mary Jane Wallner is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 19.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 19
- Serving since: 1980-12-03
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0e6f806c-ba57-4dc6-b6b4-f2a926288ca3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0e6f806c-ba57-4dc6-b6b4-f2a926288ca3 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

75% of the 8 bills Wallner sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the New Hampshire House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.45 (standard error 0.03), from 0 donors and 1,176 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 96.9% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 2026 relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB2026/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · Veto Override · HB 1358 establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1358/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · Veto Override · HB 1610 allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1610/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · Veto Override · HB 1726 relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study the sale of state-owned property. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1726/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · Veto Override · HB 1102 increasing the research and development tax credit cap and relative to state park fees for state residents. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1102/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · Veto Override · HB 1097 requiring legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1097/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · Veto Override · HB 232 relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB232/

## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 28. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 21 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1569: repealing the directive that the state sell the Anna Philbrook Center for Children property in Concord. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1569/
- HB 1566: directing the department of health and human services to seek clarification from the Administration for Children and Families regarding the use of TANF… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1566/
- HB 1557: modifying the state average expenditure per pupil relative to students in special education. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1557/
- HB 704: relative to caregiver respite and senior volunteer programs and making an appropriation therefor. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB704/
- HB 661: relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments, supplemental security income payments, and veterans benefits… (passed both chambers, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB661/
- HB 661: relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments, supplemental security income payments, and veterans benefits… (passed one chamber, 2025-11-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB661/
- HB 519: making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to fund and support the Waypoint youth and young adult shelter. (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB519/
- HB 519: making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to fund and support the Waypoint youth and young adult shelter. (in committee, 2025-11-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB519/
- HB 1598: relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments and veterans benefits for children in foster care. (became law, 2024-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1598/
- HB 504: relative to the adult parole board and making an appropriation therefor. (became law, 2023-07-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB504/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=368423
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mjwallner/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0e6f806c-ba57-4dc6-b6b4-f2a926288ca3
