# Katy Peternel

Katy Peternel is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Carroll 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Carroll 6
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/437d084e-35d3-4a37-9ccb-61d6fcc43b1c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/437d084e-35d3-4a37-9ccb-61d6fcc43b1c (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

The policy areas Peternel talks about and legislates on agree at 0.67 on a 0–1 scale, in the top tenth of State House Republicans.

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

318 classified statements: 318 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 | Peternel | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.9% | 2.9% | 403 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 6.3% | 9.3% | 397 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 34.9% | 31.9% | 330 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 1.8% | 414 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.9% | 12.7% | 481 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 1.4% | 356 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State House Republicans 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 13% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 9.9% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Health 7.2% (State House Republicans 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.02), from 50 donors and 570 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 92.8% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.4% (95.3%). 18 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 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 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 42. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 54 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1807: relative to mandatory reports to voters. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1807/
- HB 1771: removing the prospective repeal of child care staffing ratios and the associated waiver system and requiring the department of health and human services to… (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1771/
- HB 1720: relative to notice to child day care providers of child care scholarships. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1720/
- HB 1490: requiring scholarship organizations to provide written notice to parents explaining the parents' requirement to provide written notice upon termination of a… (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1490/
- HB 1521: clarifying the definition of home education. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1521/
- HB 1155: repealing the home education advisory council. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1155/
- HB 1217: permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1217/
- HB 771: relative to funding for open enrollment schools. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB771/
- HB 656: relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants. (in committee, 2025-11-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB656/
- HB 476: relative to restrictions on elective abortion. (in committee, 2025-02-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB476/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.8K (State House Republicans median $1,620). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/KatyPeternel/status/2114761146897215801
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/KatyPeternel/status/2114770686053159016
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/KatyPeternel/status/2113600822386864481
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/KatyPeternel/status/2112863986580410727
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/KatyPeternel/status/2111986726650486873
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KatyPeternel/status/2111524394095018320
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KatyPeternel/status/2109445834379325896
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KatyPeternel/status/2109298065471316292
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KatyPeternel/status/2108519351938675149
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/KatyPeternel/status/2107929060592779397

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409151
- Campaign site: https://www.vote-katy.com/
- X: https://x.com/KatyPeternel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katypeternelnh
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Katy-Peternel/pfbid0k5yzKqShmgx2x2xmjYtNLkLASzGngYfp6s4ig61FR5PezWQYcVBg6K6WQX7qvDkTl/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@katypeternel9605
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katy-peternel-53ba28243/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/437d084e-35d3-4a37-9ccb-61d6fcc43b1c