Rep. James Summers (R)

B

James Summers earned a B (83.8%) in NHLA's 2026 Liberty Rating, voting with liberty on 103 of 107 scored roll calls.

House · Rockingham-20 · Rockingham County · Republican
Represents: Newton, Plaistow, South Hampton

Liberty Rating by year

YearGradeScoreDistrict
2026B83.8%Rockingham-20
2025B75.5%Rockingham-20
2024B+80.7%Rockingham-20
2023B+81.3%Rockingham-20
2012B69.2%Hillsborough-26
2011C+54.9%Hillsborough-26

Scored votes, 2026

139 scored roll calls: 103 with liberty, 4 against, 32 not voting

How to read a vote: NHLA recommends Yea or Nay on each motion. Motions of Ought to Pass (OTP), Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) and adopting a Committee of Conference report pass a bill; Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), Table, Indefinitely Postpone and Interim Study (IS) kill or shelve it. So a Yea on ITL can be the pro-liberty vote. "With liberty" below means the legislator voted the way NHLA recommended on that motion. Scores rest mainly on these roll calls, with a small modifier for bill sponsorship.

DateBillMotionNHLAVotedResult
Jan 7HB609relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other matter pertaining to firearms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray devices, knives and other self-defense tools.FLAMYeaYea With liberty193-152
Jan 7HB609relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other matter pertaining to firearms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray devices, knives and other self-defense tools.OTPAYeaYea With liberty193-151
Jan 7SB15relative to incorporating hard labor as a sentencing option for capital murder and serious sexual assaults on children, defining hard labor, establishing medical exemptions and penalties for abuse thereof, providing alternative punitive measures for legitimate medical exemptions, and authorizing jury determination of hard labor in qualifying cases.OTPANayYea Against179-159
Jan 7HB295making school building aid program funds nonlapsing.ITLYeaYea With liberty191-150
Jan 7HB366modifying the priority of applications for school building aid grants.Adopt AmendYeaYea With liberty196-151
Jan 7HB366modifying the priority of applications for school building aid grants.OTPAYeaYea With liberty195-155
Jan 7HB510relative to establishing certain due process rights for students, student organizations, and faculty members facing disciplinary actions by state institutions of higher learning.OTPAYeaYea With liberty197-149
Jan 7HB651modifying the base cost and differential aid costs of an adequate education.ITLYeaYea With liberty190-155
Jan 7HB656relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.OTPAYeaYea With liberty186-155
Jan 7HB665relative to eligibility for free school meals.ITLYeaYea With liberty189-158
Jan 7SB204relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost, and making an appropriation therefor.ITLYeaYea With liberty183-161
Jan 7HB121relative to school district financial requirements and district probation processes.OTPAYeaYea With liberty187-154
Jan 7HB360prohibiting public schools from performing surgical procedures or prescribing pharmaceutical drugs.OTPAYeaYea With liberty183-155
Jan 7HB709allowing parents or guardians to admit their children into any school district where they pay any property or school district taxes.OTPAYeaYea With liberty182-159
Jan 7SB33relative to the regulation of public school materials.OTPAYeaYea With liberty181-157
Jan 7SB34relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program.OTPAYeaYea With liberty186-155
Jan 7CACR4relating to voting eligibility. Providing that only legal resident citizens who are at least 18 years of age or older who reside in the place they claim as a domicile shall be eligible voters.OTPAYeaYea With liberty184-157
Jan 7HB323requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote.OTPAYeaYea With liberty190-148
Jan 7HB197relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.ITLYeaYea With liberty172-159
Jan 8HB365relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters.OTPAYeaYea With liberty195-142
Jan 8HB675(New Title) limiting the authority of school districts to make certain appropriations.Adopt AmendYeaYea With liberty184-168
Jan 8HB675(New Title) limiting the authority of school districts to make certain appropriations.FLAMYeaYea With liberty177-176
Jan 8HB675(New Title) limiting the authority of school districts to make certain appropriations.Adopt Floor AmendmentNayNay With liberty182-173
Jan 8HB155reducing the rate of the business enterprise tax.OTPAYeaYea With liberty189-165
Jan 8HB392directing the dissolution of the department of health and human services' office of health equity, department of environmental services' functions for civil rights and environmental justice, and the governor's council on diversity and inclusion.FLAMYeaNot Excused Did not vote186-159
Jan 8HB392directing the dissolution of the department of health and human services' office of health equity, department of environmental services' functions for civil rights and environmental justice, and the governor's council on diversity and inclusion.OTPAYeaNot Excused Did not vote192-159
Jan 8SB134relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program.OTPAYeaNot Excused Did not vote204-150
Jan 8SB268permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.OTPYeaNot Excused Did not vote185-159
Jan 8HB314prohibiting the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities.OTPAYeaNot Excused Did not vote152-198
Jan 8HB104relative to requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard in a foreign state.ITLNayNot Excused Did not vote159-182
Feb 12HB1460prohibiting the sale of location and other sensitive data regarding children.OTPYeaYea With liberty214-145
Feb 12HB1570relative to governmental budget authority for agreements for law enforcement agencies to participate in federal immigration enforcement.ITLYeaYea With liberty198-161
Feb 12HB1642relative to extreme risk protection orders.ITLYeaYea With liberty206-153
Feb 12HB1716relative to the academic accountability of education freedom accounts.ITLYeaYea With liberty194-166
Feb 12HB1584directing the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and relative to the form of such exemption.OTPAYeaYea With liberty197-163
Feb 12HB1596relative to the collection of certain health care program premiums; funding for the university system of New Hampshire; and raising the tobacco tax.ITLYeaYea With liberty200-157
Feb 12HB1719removing Hepatitis B from the list of diseases for which immunization is required under state law.OTPYeaYea With liberty186-168
Feb 12HB1798relative to the coverage of diapers under the state Medicaid plan.TableYeaYea With liberty197-158
Feb 12HB1655establishing a funding source for maintaining state owned dams.OTPANayNay With liberty208-146
Feb 12HB1002repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.TableNayNay With liberty187-157
Feb 12HB1542relative to renewable energy fund compliance payments.TableNayNay With liberty160-188
Feb 12HB1542relative to renewable energy fund compliance payments.OTPAYeaYea With liberty189-157
Feb 12HB1176relative to the display of license plates on vehicles.TableYeaYea With liberty321-27
Feb 12HB1580relative to the taxation of non-primary residences.ITLYeaYea With liberty284-55
Feb 12HB1810relative to a road salt fee to support certified winter road maintenance practices.ITLYeaYea With liberty177-156
Feb 19HB1557modifying the state average expenditure per pupil relative to students in special education.ITLYeaYea With liberty184-157
Feb 19HB1791directing the department of education to establish a grant program at the post-secondary educational level for individuals with developmental disabilities, and making an appropriation therefor.ITLYeaYea With liberty187-157
Feb 19HB1799relative to required state funding for providing an opportunity for an adequate education.ITLYeaYea With liberty185-159
Feb 19HB1803rendering a recipient of an education tax credit scholarship ineligible to receive education freedom account funds in the same program year.ITLYeaYea With liberty191-157
Feb 19HB1826relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education.ITLYeaYea With liberty192-157
Feb 19HB1831repealing the education trust fund targeted aid cap.TableYeaYea With liberty187-158
Feb 19HB1792prohibiting school districts and personnel from the instruction of critical race theory and LGBTQ+ ideologies in schools as well as establishing a private right of action for violations.OTPYeaYea With liberty184-164
Feb 19HB1083requiring the disclosure of the source of certain political donations in state elections.ITLYeaYea With liberty188-161
Feb 19HB1811repealing statutory immunization requirements for children.OTPYeaYea With liberty155-192
Feb 19HB1499relative to additional grounds for eviction under the landlord and tenant statute.OTPAYeaYea With liberty193-154
Feb 19HB1786relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to fund statewide housing development programs and address housing shortages and making appropriations therefor.TableYeaYea With liberty189-158
Feb 19HB1130relative to judicial performance evaluations.OTPAYeaYea With liberty192-151
Mar 5HB1225relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.OTPAYeaNot Excused Did not vote185-152
Mar 5HB1048relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors.OTPYeaNot Excused Did not vote192-154
Mar 5HB1387repealing limiting liability for certain design features of firearms.TableYeaNot Excused Did not vote189-159
Mar 5HB1495allowing a reimbursement anticipation note to be used as collateral in certain circumstances.OTPYeaNot Excused Did not vote185-162
Mar 5HB1578adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts.TableYeaNot Excused Did not vote182-162
Mar 5HB1610allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds.OTPAYeaNot Excused Did not vote182-167
Mar 5HB1815relative to education financing.OTPYeaNot Excused Did not vote188-162
Mar 5HB1264increasing the requirements of the education freedom savings account oversight committee and modifying the purpose of the committee.TableYeaNot Excused Did not vote186-165
Mar 5CACR10relating to the adoption of tax laws. Providing that no law shall establish or increase a state imposed tax unless adopted by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.FLAMYeaNot Excused Did not vote193-158
Mar 5CACR10relating to the adoption of tax laws. Providing that no law shall establish or increase a state imposed tax unless adopted by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.OTPAYeaNot Excused Did not vote194-158
Mar 5HB1820requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account program.TableYeaNot Excused Did not vote179-157
Mar 5HB1834relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.TableYeaNot Excused Did not vote180-157
Mar 5HB1484establishing a state minimum wage and providing for incremental increases.TableYeaNot Excused Did not vote180-153
Mar 5CACR22relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished.TableYeaNot Excused Did not vote175-153
Mar 5HB1227relative to the calculation of the local tax cap.ITLYeaNot Excused Did not vote176-151
Mar 11HB1376relative to a parent's ability to raise their child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex.OTPAYeaYea With liberty171-143
Mar 11HB1378relative to parental access to a minor child's electronic medical records.OTPYeaYea With liberty175-149
Mar 11HB1121defining the cost of an adequate education.Adopt AmendNayNay With liberty149-187
Mar 11HB1121defining the cost of an adequate education.OTPAYeaYea With liberty187-152
Mar 11HB1561prohibiting nationals of the People's Republic of China from attending state institutions of higher education.OTPANayYea Against157-173
Mar 11CACR24relating to the right to educate children. Providing that parents and guardians have a right to direct the education of their children.OTPAYeaYea With liberty181-156
Mar 11HB1268modifying definitions and requirements relative to home education programs.Adopt AmendYeaYea With liberty178-160
Mar 11HB1268modifying definitions and requirements relative to home education programs.FLAMYeaYea With liberty181-158
Mar 11HB1268modifying definitions and requirements relative to home education programs.OTPAYeaYea With liberty174-166
Mar 11HB1817permitting all students the choice to attend the school district in which they reside.OTPAYeaYea With liberty179-156
Mar 11HB1300(new title) establishing a biennial school district local tax cap question and related limitations on central office administrative expenses in school districts.TableNayNay With liberty158-179
Mar 11HB1300(new title) establishing a biennial school district local tax cap question and related limitations on central office administrative expenses in school districts.FLAMYeaYea With liberty182-155
Mar 11HB1300(new title) establishing a biennial school district local tax cap question and related limitations on central office administrative expenses in school districts.OTPAYeaYea With liberty177-160
Mar 11HB1022relative to religious exemption from immunization requirements.OTPAYeaYea With liberty179-150
Mar 11HB1219relative to immunization requirements in foster family homes.OTPAYeaYea With liberty180-145
Mar 11HB1706repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.Indef PostNayNay With liberty158-169
Mar 11HB1706repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.TableNayNay With liberty161-170
Mar 11HB1706repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.OTPYeaYea With liberty170-164
Mar 11HB1735permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act.OTPAYeaYea With liberty181-151
Mar 11HB1797relative to eligibility for public assistance, including the New Hampshire employment program, family assistance program, and SNAP.OTPAYeaYea With liberty172-161
Mar 11HB1336allowing exceptions to the cap on residential security deposits for applicants not meeting standard approval criteria.TableNayNay With liberty157-177
Mar 11HB1299permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances and establishing that certain biological sex distinctions do not qualify as discrimination.Indef PostNayNay With liberty156-171
Mar 11HB1299permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances and establishing that certain biological sex distinctions do not qualify as discrimination.Adopt AmendYeaYea With liberty176-156
Mar 11HB1299permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances and establishing that certain biological sex distinctions do not qualify as discrimination.OTPAYeaYea With liberty176-155
Mar 11HB1313repealing buffer zones for reproductive health care facilities.ITLNayNay With liberty171-163
Mar 11HB1704permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.Special OrderNayNay With liberty167-164
Mar 11HB1704permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.FLAMYeaYea With liberty165-171
Mar 11HB1704permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.Indef PostNayNay With liberty177-159
Mar 12HB1447restricting the use of certain public and private facilities on the basis of sex and establishing that such restriction does not qualify as discrimination.OTPYeaYea With liberty184-154
Mar 12HB1043relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.OTPAYeaYea With liberty189-155
Mar 12HB1245relative to voluntary portable benefits plans for independent contractors.OTPAYeaYea With liberty188-151
Mar 12HB1066relative to warrant articles authorizing lease agreements.TableNayNay With liberty167-175
Mar 12HB1708relative to statewide education property taxes and other tax revenues.Special OrderNayNay With liberty156-195
Mar 12HB1178relative to permissible window tinting on motor vehicles.ITLNayNay With liberty204-143
Mar 12HB1171relative to eviction safeguards for tenants whose Social Security payments are disrupted.ITLYeaYea With liberty186-155
Mar 12HB1609limiting the use of state, county, and municipal funds and property for construction and operation of certain immigrant detention facilities.ITLNayYea Against185-154
Mar 26HB1477relative to the permitting and regulation of anchored seasonal floating platforms on public waters.ITLYeaExcused Did not vote172-180
Mar 26HB1542(New Title) allowing alternative compliance payments to the renewable energy fund to be refunded to ratepayers on a per kilowatt hour basis.OTPAYeaExcused Did not vote189-162
Mar 26HB1655establishing a funding source for maintaining state owned dams.TableYeaExcused Did not vote187-161
Apr 9SB620Relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated.OTPANayYea Against259-94
Apr 23SB482establishing consumer protections for digital access transaction kiosks.OTPNayNay With liberty214-140
Apr 23SB101(New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.Adopt AmendYeaYea With liberty182-172
Apr 23SB101(New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.Adopt AmendNayNay With liberty169-184
Apr 23SB101(New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.OTPAYeaYea With liberty168-184
Apr 23SB545relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program.ITLYeaYea With liberty182-153
Apr 23SB559reducing the minimum allowable speed limit on locally controlled roads.ITLYeaYea With liberty218-110
May 7SB501relative to authorization of seclusion or restraint during a personal safety emergency by a physician, physician associate, or advanced practice registered nurse.TableYeaNot Excused Did not vote188-154
May 7SB520relative to breast surgeries for minors.TableYeaNot Excused Did not vote193-150
May 14SB409relative to the penalties for the offense of disobeying an officer.FLAMNayNay With liberty172-184
May 14SB430(New Title) relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians.OTPAYeaYea With liberty193-163
May 14SB434relative to regulation of public school materials.OTPAYeaYea With liberty188-161
May 14SB498relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger.ReconsiderNayNay With liberty162-183
May 14CACR12relating to voting on broad-based taxes. Providing that a supermajority vote of the general court shall be required to enact any broad-bases taxes.Adopt AmendYeaYea With liberty192-148
May 14CACR12relating to voting on broad-based taxes. Providing that a supermajority vote of the general court shall be required to enact any broad-bases taxes.FLAMNayNay With liberty17-322
May 14CACR12relating to voting on broad-based taxes. Providing that a supermajority vote of the general court shall be required to enact any broad-bases taxes.OTPAYeaYea With liberty193-148
May 14SB223(New Title) prohibiting student identification cards from being used as photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot.OTPAYeaYea With liberty187-157
May 14SB552permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.OTPYeaYea With liberty179-159
May 14SB88prohibiting state government entities from including specified terms related to labor organization agreements in construction related contracts and grants.OTPAYeaYea With liberty162-167
May 14SB508relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.OTPYeaYea With liberty151-161
May 14SB643(New Title) requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps and requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.OTPAYeaYea With liberty164-150
May 14SB627(New Title) relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic inflation-based toll reviews for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan.ISYeaYea With liberty151-157
Jun 4HB317(New Title) allowing a supervisor of the checklist to verify a person's identity, with identification, if they personally know that person.Adopt CofCYeaNot Excused Did not vote197-159
Jun 4HB155(New Title) relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities.Adopt CofCYeaNot Excused Did not vote195-157
Jun 4HB1300(Second New Title) establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general election of 2026 and related limitations on central office administrative expenses in school districts.Adopt CofCYeaNot Excused Did not vote183-170
Jun 4HB609relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other matter pertaining to firearms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray devices, knives and other self-defense tools.TableNayNot Excused Did not vote182-160
Jun 4HB1374(New Title) modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of school district operating documents by school boards.Adopt CofCYeaNot Excused Did not vote179-161
Jun 4HB1376(New Title) relative to a parent's ability to raise their child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex and relative to breast surgeries for minors.Adopt CofCYeaNot Excused Did not vote183-158

Grades and votes are from the NHLA Liberty Rating; the votes themselves are the New Hampshire General Court’s public record. See every legislator.