# Peter Bixby

Peter Bixby is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Strafford 13.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Strafford 13
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2c42e95c-0192-4910-9fc6-8a43b58c6467

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2c42e95c-0192-4910-9fc6-8a43b58c6467 (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

Bixby sits at −0.40 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 81% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.40 (standard error 0.02), from 42 donors and 1,185 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.0% (95.3%). 10 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 45. 72.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 23 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1153: establishing a committee to study New Hampshire statutes relative to cats and dogs. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1153/
- HB 1189: establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1189/
- HB 1157: relative to licensure as a pet vendor. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1157/
- HB 1054: establishing a committee to study the decline of insect populations in New Hampshire. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1054/
- HB 1053: establishing a study committee to determine if and how the department of agriculture could receive electronically-submitted pesticide use reports. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1053/
- HB 339: relative to municipal master plans. (in committee, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB339/
- HB 304: relative to labeling requirements for food produced in homestead kitchens. (became law, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB304/
- HB 307: relative to the food production area for homestead food. (became law, 2025-05-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB307/
- HB 279: establishing a committee to study recipe and process approval for homestead foods. (became law, 2025-05-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB279/
- HB 277: relative to the use of the term "foal" and "colt." (became law, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB277/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,801 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 74% 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=377070
- Campaign site: https://www.peterbixbynhhouse.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-bixby-7196a458/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2c42e95c-0192-4910-9fc6-8a43b58c6467