# Karen Ebel

Karen Ebel is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 7.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 7
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/947e2e2b-04eb-4f92-9f83-aef8760517e0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/947e2e2b-04eb-4f92-9f83-aef8760517e0 (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

Ebel sits at −0.38 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 84% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.38 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 1,089 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 92.1% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.6% (95.3%). 13 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 31. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 32 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1602: creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1602/
- HB 1198: establishing the paint product stewardship program. (in committee, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1198/
- HB 663: allowing the division of historic resources to expend moose plate funds to administer and fund grants. (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB663/
- HB 619: making an appropriation to the solid waste management fund. (in committee, 2025-11-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB619/
- HB 451: establishing the paint product stewardship program. (passed one chamber, 2025-12-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB451/
- HB 355: relative to the membership of the solid waste working group. (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB355/
- HB 1649: relative to prohibiting certain products with intentionally added PFAS and relative to civil actions for PFAS contamination, and relative to settlement of… (became law, 2024-08-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1649/
- HB 1490: relative to the solid waste management act. (became law, 2024-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1490/
- HB 1550: authorizing municipalities to reduce speed limits seasonally. (became law, 2024-07-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1550/
- HB 1386: relative to prohibiting the disposal of lithium-ion batteries in solid waste landfill facilities, composting facilities, or incinerators. (became law, 2024-08-27) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1386/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=377093
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KarenEbelForStateRep/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/947e2e2b-04eb-4f92-9f83-aef8760517e0