# Marjorie Smith

Marjorie Smith is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Strafford 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Strafford 10
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/86b31d04-3a4b-4199-b10e-27bd337f0a34

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86b31d04-3a4b-4199-b10e-27bd337f0a34 (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

Smith sits at −0.39 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 83% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.39 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 1,100 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 86% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.2% (95.3%). 12 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 19.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 669: relative to requiring all revenue raised under the statewide education property tax to be deposited in the education trust fund, and setting an equalized… (in committee, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB669/
- HB 265: requiring that a public body's meeting minutes include start and end times of the meeting and the printed name of the recording secretary. (became law, 2025-06-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB265/
- HB 1000: relative to classifying New Hampshire legislators' service as public service for certain federal purposes. (passed one chamber, 2024-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1000/
- HB 1686: relative to requiring excess revenues raised through the statewide education property tax to be remitted to the education trust fund and prohibiting the… (in committee, 2024-10-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1686/
- HB 1283: relative to end of life options. (passed both chambers, 2024-05-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1283/
- HB 271: repealing the fetal life protection act. (passed one chamber, 2023-10-27) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB271/
- HB 149: relative to the handling of requests made under the right-to-know law. (in committee, 2024-01-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB149/
- HB 149: relative to the handling of requests made under the right-to-know law. (in committee, 2023-11-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB149/
- HB 59: requiring a background check prior to any commercial firearm sale. (passed one chamber, 2023-03-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB59/
- HB 1673: relative to certain provisions of the fetal life protection act requiring an ultrasound examination. (became law, 2022-05-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1673/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=376166
- X: https://x.com/smith_msmithpen

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86b31d04-3a4b-4199-b10e-27bd337f0a34