# Jay Markell

Jay Markell is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 18
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f96a83f9-c085-451a-9b6b-4f79e2472e90

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f96a83f9-c085-451a-9b6b-4f79e2472e90 (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

Markell voted against the majority of New Hampshire House Republicans 41 times; party unity 91.5%, in the bottom tenth of the New Hampshire House (average 95.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.06 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 236 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.1% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 81% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 91.5% (95.3%). 41 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 nay · 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 nay · 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, 7 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 8. 63.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 36 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1714: authorizing the state to issue bonds to fund public school expenses. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1714/
- HB 1710: relative to procedures relating to child abduction. (passed one chamber, 2026-10-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1710/
- HB 1522: relative to amending and adding definitions related to the protection of persons from domestic violence and relative to the domestic violence fatality review… (passed both chambers, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1522/
- HB 1385: prohibiting the use of negative property tax rates in certain municipalities. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1385/
- HB 1454: relative to the possession of firearms following a court order requiring surrender of firearms and ammunition. (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1454/
- HB 1248: relative to the penalties for intoxication or under the influence of drug offenses. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1248/
- HB 1229: relative to waivers of alimony. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1229/
- HB 1225: relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1225/
- HB 1185: relative to the offense of endangering the welfare of a child or incompetent. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1185/
- HB 1228: relative to the enforcement of alimony orders and relative to waivers of alimony. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1228/

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?pid=11413
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jay.markell1

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f96a83f9-c085-451a-9b6b-4f79e2472e90