# Jim Spillane

Jim Spillane is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 2
- Serving since: 2014-12-03
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2520dc46-648c-44d0-ba1f-fe09b17a9d8b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2520dc46-648c-44d0-ba1f-fe09b17a9d8b (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

Spillane reported $500 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.01), from 9 donors and 1,068 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 90.4% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.4% (95.3%). 15 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 yea · 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 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 43. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 21 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1565: relative to the penalty for false reports of suspected abuse and neglect made to the division for children, youth, and families, relative to owner's project… (passed both chambers, 2026-08-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1565/
- HB 1436: relative to the classification and protection of personal digital information and cloud-stored files. (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1436/
- HB 1199: enabling the fish and game department to create a permit and fee for the use of fish and game staff by other state agencies and departments. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1199/
- CACR 15: relating to the right to hunt, fish, and harvest game and fish. Providing that citizens of New Hampshire shall have the constitutional right to hunt, fish,… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/CACR15/
- HB 1048: relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1048/
- HB 655: relative to fish and game violations, permits, and licenses. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB655/
- HB 647: relative to the fee for a newborn lifetime hunting and fishing license. (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB647/
- HB 430: reducing the retention period for records of unfounded abuse and neglect reports by the department of health and human services. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB430/
- HB 207: relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB207/
- HB 206: relative to government agent entries into secured premises. (in committee, 2025-11-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB206/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $500 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=377264
- Campaign site: http://jamesspillane.org/js/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james.spillane/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JASpillane
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaspillane/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2520dc46-648c-44d0-ba1f-fe09b17a9d8b