# John Cloutier

John Cloutier is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Sullivan 6.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Sullivan 6
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d3dab509-1268-4b4f-b363-98932002bf2e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d3dab509-1268-4b4f-b363-98932002bf2e (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

Cloutier sits at −0.34 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 88% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.34 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,198 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.8% (95.3%). 14 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 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 nay · 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 33.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1456: repealing the legislature's declaration of authority over public education. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1456/
- HR 40: urging the legislature to adequately fund public education. (in committee, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HR40/
- HB 1687: relative to disposal of construction and demolition debris from state construction projects. (passed one chamber, 2024-05-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1687/
- HB 1545: relative to the disposal of state surplus property for affordable housing. (passed one chamber, 2024-10-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1545/
- HB 1237: relative to the definition of cigar bar. (passed one chamber, 2022-04-28) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1237/
- HB 2020: relative to the 10-year transportation improvement plan. (passed one chamber, 2020-06-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2020/HB2020/
- HB 25: making appropriations for capital improvements. (became law, 2019-07-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2019/HB25/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=375829
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.cloutier.505/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-cloutier-49525a14/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d3dab509-1268-4b4f-b363-98932002bf2e