# Laurel Stavis

Laurel Stavis is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Grafton 13.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Grafton 13
- Serving since: 2018-12-05
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/90ca1969-94b3-4c8d-b712-e00e48a7a671

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/90ca1969-94b3-4c8d-b712-e00e48a7a671 (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

Stavis sits at −0.36 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 86% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.36 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,095 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 89% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.1% (95.3%). 20 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 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 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 3 bills: 3 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 16.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1068: taxing certain occupants who have established permanent residences under the meals and rooms tax. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1068/
- HB 1027: subjecting appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1027/
- HB 572: establishing the "partners in housing" program, an initiative under the housing champions fund to assist municipalities, counties, and developers in building… (passed one chamber, 2025-11-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB572/
- HB 186: relative to waivers for alternative sewage disposal systems. (in committee, 2023-11-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB186/
- HB 186: relative to waivers for alternative sewage disposal systems. (in committee, 2024-01-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB186/
- HB 90: relative to the municipal planning master plan. (passed one chamber, 2023-03-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB90/
- HB 42: relative to the operation of certain homeowners' associations. (became law, 2023-07-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB42/
- HB 1017: establishing criminal penalties for harming or threatening to harm an essential worker. (in committee, 2022-03-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1017/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408840
- X: https://x.com/LStavis
- X: https://x.com/LaurelStavis
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurel-stavis-b574894/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurel-stavis-2a2b503/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/90ca1969-94b3-4c8d-b712-e00e48a7a671