# J.D. Bernardy J.D. Bernardy is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 36. - Party: Republican - Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 36 - Serving since: 2022-12-07 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/9bae2e1c-4557-48a0-8adb-531347472614 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9bae2e1c-4557-48a0-8adb-531347472614 (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 Bernardy sits at +0.18 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 77% of State House Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.02), from 6 donors and 868 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 557 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.0% (95.3%). 23 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 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 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 81. 36.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 84 of 128). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1775: relative to utility ownership of natural gas and nuclear power generation facilities. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1775/ - HB 1163: requiring the secretary of state to create and maintain a uniform election records management system. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1163/ - HB 711: relative to voting machine contractors. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB711/ - HCR 3: applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HCR3/ - HB 652: abolishing the family division, creating the office of family mediation, and reassigning the jurisdiction of the family division. (in committee, 2025-11-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB652/ - HCR 9: urging the United States to reject compliance with the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HCR9/ - HB 427: relative to amending the uniform commercial code. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB427/ - HB 427: relative to amending the uniform commercial code. (in committee, 2025-11-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB427/ - HB 448: establishing a committee to study violations found by the April 25, 2023 ballot law commission. (in committee, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB448/ - HB 370: reestablishing the commission to study the delivery of behavioral crisis services to individuals with mental illness with an impairment primarily due to… (became law, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB370/ ## Campaign money (2022 cycle) Itemized receipts $792 (State House Republicans median $1,620). 100% 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=409041 - Campaign site: https://bernardyca.wixsite.com/mysite - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/JD-Bernardy-100067392464311/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jdavid.bernardy.3 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9bae2e1c-4557-48a0-8adb-531347472614