# Steven Smith

Steven Smith is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Sullivan 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Sullivan 3
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/129a2970-07b9-4136-aae1-15c689edca40

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/129a2970-07b9-4136-aae1-15c689edca40 (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

Smith missed 53% of 557 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the New Hampshire House (average 89%).

## What Smith says (NH 2025–26 session)

42 classified statements: 42 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Smith | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 21.4% | 31.9% | 535 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 4.8% | 12.7% | 567 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 44% (State House Republicans 15%); Commerce 22% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Energy 11% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 11% (State House Republicans 0.5%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.08 (standard error 0.01), from 11 donors and 861 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 47% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.0% (95.3%). 9 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 not voting · 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 yea · 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 yea · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 25.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1111: relative to driving test accommodations and retest suspension periods. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1111/
- HB 1118: relative to the issuance of drivers' licenses for aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire. (passed one chamber, 2024-05-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1118/
- HB 2023: making appropriations to the department of energy for a state emergency fuel assistance program and a supplemental electric benefit, and relative to the… (became law, 2022-09-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB2023/
- HB 1650: relative to mileage for members of the legislature. (became law, 2022-01-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1650/
- HB 1474: relative to annual vehicle inspections. (passed both chambers, 2022-05-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1474/
- HB 1302: relative to the weighing of vehicles. (passed one chamber, 2022-04-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1302/
- HB 1000: prohibiting motorcycle profiling. (became law, 2022-05-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1000/
- HB 608: relative to the formula for determining funding for an adequate education. (in committee, 2021-11-18) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB608/
- HB 608: relative to the formula for determining funding for an adequate education. (in committee, 2022-01-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB608/
- HB 116: relative to personal delivery devices and mobile carriers. (in committee, 2021-11-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB116/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,150 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSteveSmith/status/2113103737392619856
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepSteveSmith/status/2111756115037794395
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSteveSmith/status/2110030746035294680
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSteveSmith/status/2105260181982490819
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSteveSmith/status/2104778624138146085
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSteveSmith/status/2101496297509302427
- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSteveSmith/status/2101145166018982242
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSteveSmith/status/2100053624336371771
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSteveSmith/status/2099428361311272980
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSteveSmith/status/2094586944122700034

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=377031
- Campaign site: https://steve4nh.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepSteveSmith
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steve4nh
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nhfirst/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steve4nh/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdsproperties/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/129a2970-07b9-4136-aae1-15c689edca40