# Kevin Avard

Kevin Avard is a Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2020-12-02
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b99b0bbb-4710-43c7-a6b5-0e04524eedf0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b99b0bbb-4710-43c7-a6b5-0e04524eedf0 (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

Avard missed 14% of 208 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 24 in the New Hampshire Senate (average 98.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.03), from 42 donors and 631 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

208 roll calls. Attendance 86% (New Hampshire Senate 98.4%). Party unity 98.6% (98.4%). 4 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 535 defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB535/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 475 relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB475/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1422 relative to the time to petition for a new trial. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1422/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Conference Committee Report · HB 1300 establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central office… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1300/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 430 relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB430/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 223 relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB223/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 574 establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB574/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Ought to Pass w/Amendment · HB 1793 prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1793/

## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 189. 78.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire Senate 78.9%; rank 15 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 643: requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB643/
- SB 593: enabling the use of solid waste management funds by solid waste management districts. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB593/
- SB 591: allowing utility companies to own or build generation facilities. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB591/
- SB 611: relative to rate setting parity for Medicaid state plan case management services. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB611/
- SB 612: relative to clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB612/
- SB 552: permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. (passed both chambers, 2026-08-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB552/
- SB 537: repealing the authorization for the public utilities commission to approve alternative forms of regulation. (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB537/
- SB 534: relative to compliance with certain political expenditures and contribution statutes. (became law, 2026-07-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB534/
- SB 518: relative to asset condition projects. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB518/
- SB 454: requiring the department of health and human services to update existing relevant public health outreach programs by incorporating information to aid public… (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB454/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $72.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 62% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district12.aspx
- Campaign site: http://www.senatoravard.com/
- X: https://x.com/SaxSinger63
- X: https://x.com/avard_kevin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kavard/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kevinavard/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bkavard/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aardvark603/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saxsinger63/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KevinAvard
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-avard-94624797/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-avard-b4612047/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b99b0bbb-4710-43c7-a6b5-0e04524eedf0