# Bob Lynn

Bob Lynn is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 17
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ce46c52e-8598-4888-8a1f-d16b283a7238

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce46c52e-8598-4888-8a1f-d16b283a7238 (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

87% of the 15 bills Lynn sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the New Hampshire House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.07 (standard error 0.01), from 3 donors and 877 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 9.7% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 93.9% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 94.1% (95.3%). 32 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 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 yea · 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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 45. 86.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 7 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1815: relative to education financing. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1815/
- HB 1489: relative to interstate depositions and discovery. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1489/
- HB 1130: establishing a committee to study the procedure for judicial performance evaluations. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1130/
- HB 1127: relative to the uniform voidable transactions act. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1127/
- HB 1062: authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1062/
- HB 1001: allowing for appointment by county attorneys of investigators with law enforcement powers. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1001/
- CACR 9: relating to the retirement age for judges. Providing that the mandatory judicial retirement age shall be increased from 70 to 75. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/CACR9/
- HB 510: establishing a commission to study due process in higher education disciplinary proceedings. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB510/
- HB 510: relative to establishing certain due process rights for students, student organizations, and faculty members facing disciplinary actions by state institutions… (in committee, 2025-11-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB510/
- HB 520: relative to authorizing hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB520/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,275 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 87% 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=409037
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Bob-Lynn-for-State-Representative-100064167639550/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce46c52e-8598-4888-8a1f-d16b283a7238
