# Steve Pearson

Steve Pearson is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 13
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2a085551-6f62-4320-a1eb-bc9a177b9a6d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2a085551-6f62-4320-a1eb-bc9a177b9a6d (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

Pearson voted against the majority of New Hampshire House Republicans 62 times; party unity 89%, in the bottom tenth of the New Hampshire House (average 95.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.04 (standard error 0.01), from 3 donors and 1,152 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 6.7% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 95.5% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 89% (95.3%). 62 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 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 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 nay · 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 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 9. 55.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 52 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1150: requiring disclosure of complaints to public employees within 5 business days. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1150/
- HB 512: relative to preventing municipal employees from being paid under multiple municipal contracts simultaneously. (in committee, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB512/
- HB 547: relative to county reimbursement of funds. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB547/
- HB 547: relative to county reimbursement of funds. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB547/
- HB 500: establishing enhanced enforcement zones for motor vehicle speed enforcement, increasing penalties for speeding in those zones by 50 percent, and establishing… (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB500/
- HB 434: requiring a policyholder's insurance company to provide a rental car for at least 7 days after determination that the vehicle is totaled or unsafe to operate… (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB434/
- HB 390: relative to adding retired fire apparatus (fire trucks) to antique vehicle exemptions. (became law, 2025-05-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB390/
- HB 260: creating a commemorative license plate celebrating the 250th anniversary of American Independence. (became law, 2025-06-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB260/
- HB 299: relative to the award of attorneys' fees and costs in workers' compensation claims. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB299/
- HB 1421: relative to investment consulting services in the New Hampshire retirement system. (in committee, 2024-02-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1421/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,750 (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=408906
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pearson.for.Derry/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephen.pearson.921

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2a085551-6f62-4320-a1eb-bc9a177b9a6d