# Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Smith is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Carroll 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Carroll 5
- Serving since: 2020-12-02
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/214b10b8-1ed6-4964-8aab-32c6609965f6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/214b10b8-1ed6-4964-8aab-32c6609965f6 (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 20% of 557 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the New Hampshire House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 817 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 80% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 96.7% (95.3%). 23 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 9.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1400: creating a property tax exemption and credit opt-out mechanism. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1400/
- HB 393: prohibiting mooring of boats without a permit. (became law, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB393/
- HB 1532: relative to land owner rights and responsibility pertaining to game cameras and tree stands. (in committee, 2024-10-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1532/
- HB 1468: directing the department of transportation to develop a Conway Branch rail line master plan. (became law, 2024-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1468/
- HB 403: relative to the authority of selectmen or assessors to abate taxes. (passed one chamber, 2023-02-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB403/
- HB 169: relative to termination of guardianship. (in committee, 2023-02-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB169/
- HB 1631: relative to hunting and fishing licenses for disabled persons. (in committee, 2022-02-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1631/
- HB 1081: relative to the dissolution of a village district. (passed one chamber, 2022-04-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1081/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408971

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/214b10b8-1ed6-4964-8aab-32c6609965f6