# Jennifer Rhodes

Jennifer Rhodes is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Cheshire 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Cheshire 17
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/50eaea14-c7e4-4aac-890e-bda69eb86978

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/50eaea14-c7e4-4aac-890e-bda69eb86978 (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

Rhodes sits at +0.07 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 91% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.07 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 853 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.8% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 86% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 93.8% (95.3%). 36 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 32. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 32 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1696: relative to the issuance of a summons instead of arrest. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1696/
- HB 1651: establishing sexual assault orders of protection and relative to sexual assault survivors' rights. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1651/
- HB 1119: relative to the regulation of funeral directors. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1119/
- HB 1026: relative to the definition of manufactured housing. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1026/
- HB 559: relative to staffing requirements in emergency medical transport vehicles. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB559/
- HB 348: relative to eligibility for local assistance. (in committee, 2025-11-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB348/
- HB 1260: relative to the criminal penalty for violations of privacy involving minors. (became law, 2024-06-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1260/
- HB 260: prohibiting the operation of motor vehicles by drivers with animals on their laps. (passed one chamber, 2023-02-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB260/
- HB 97: establishing an additional penalty for a violation of privacy. (became law, 2023-08-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB97/
- HB 1359: relative to the election-day duties of incumbent election officials who also appear on the ballot. (in committee, 2022-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1359/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408979
- Campaign site: https://www.jenniferrhodes.us/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-rhodes-11b1971b3/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/50eaea14-c7e4-4aac-890e-bda69eb86978