# Brian Sullivan

Brian Sullivan is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Sullivan 1.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Sullivan 1
- Serving since: 2017-11-22
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4c78e7fc-43a2-467b-abe3-6ba04ad8853e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4c78e7fc-43a2-467b-abe3-6ba04ad8853e (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

Sullivan sits at −0.44 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 76% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.44 (standard error 0.02), from 15 donors and 1,178 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 94.7% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.3% (95.3%). 5 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 7.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 303: relative to requiring the department of labor review and adopt workers' occupational safety requirements that are similar to OSHA standards. (in committee, 2025-11-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB303/
- HB 329: relative to school district policies governing air quality and temperature issues in schools. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB329/
- HB 232: adopting section 1910 OSHA standards for public sector employees in New Hampshire. (in committee, 2023-11-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB232/
- HB 232: adopting section 1910 OSHA standards for public sector employees in New Hampshire. (passed one chamber, 2024-10-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB232/
- HB 1433: relative to penalties for poisoning dogs. (in committee, 2022-03-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1433/
- HB 448: establishing a committee to study and compare federal Occupational Safety and Health Act standards with the safety and health standards the New Hampshire… (became law, 2021-08-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB448/
- HB 339: establishing a committee to study air quality in school buildings. (in committee, 2022-01-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB339/
- HB 338: relative to penalties for dog theft and tampering with a dog's radio collar. (became law, 2021-07-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB338/
- HB 339: establishing a committee to study air quality in school buildings. (in committee, 2021-11-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB339/
- HB 1561: allowing a county to exempt its chief administrative officer from compulsory participation in the retirement system. (passed one chamber, 2020-06-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2020/HB1561/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.0K (State House Democrats median $5,075). 76% 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=408813
- X: https://x.com/bsullivan_NH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brian.sullivan.nh/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briansullivannh

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4c78e7fc-43a2-467b-abe3-6ba04ad8853e