# Douglas Trottier

Douglas Trottier is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Belknap 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Belknap 8
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/464c15d2-0b67-47e6-8c0a-fc556b336d4a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/464c15d2-0b67-47e6-8c0a-fc556b336d4a (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

Trottier missed 84% of 557 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the New Hampshire House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.03 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 391 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 6.4% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 16% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 77% (95.3%). 19 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 3. 12.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 119 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1510: relative to responsibility for the custody or control of persons ordered to a county correctional facility. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1510/
- HB 1509: relative to judicial immunity and permitting civil actions against judicial officers for certain criminal bail decisions. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1509/
- HB 1413: reinstituting the death penalty in cases of capital murder. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1413/
- HB 1170: relative to stipends for retired group II members of the state retirement system. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1170/
- HB 1105: making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years. (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1105/
- HB 622: relative to the definition of "part-time” for purposes of employment of a retired member of the New Hampshire retirement system. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB622/
- HB 533: relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections. (in committee, 2025-11-18) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB533/
- HB 282: increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty, relative to the determination of education adequacy grants and… (became law, 2025-07-08) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB282/
- HB 110: authorizing counties to establish revolving fund accounts. (became law, 2025-06-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB110/
- HB 1299: relative to group II membership in the retirement system for certain firefighter educators. (in committee, 2024-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1299/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408969

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/464c15d2-0b67-47e6-8c0a-fc556b336d4a