New Hampshire · Current officeholder
Joe Sweeney
Republican New Hampshire House, District Rockingham 25
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Sponsored legislation
73 bills in the current data (25 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1271 | relative to third-party code review and inspection services for building permits. | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 23, 2026 |
| HB 1372 | establishing a commission to study the feasibility of reestablishing a state psychiatric hospital for adults with severe mental illness. | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 22, 2026 |
| HB 1776 | requiring higher educational institutions to report the reception of foreign grants, donations, and contracts to the department of education and the general court. | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 19, 2026 |
| HB 459 | relative to acreage requirements and zoning regarding sewer infrastructure and single-family residential uses. | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 5, 2026 |
| HB 1652 | relative to expedited permitting and third-party inspections for residential and minor home improvements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 5, 2026 |
| HB 1646 | creating an off-site infrastructure improvement tax credit for the value of qualified off-site infrastructure improvements constructed or funded by business organizations that directly benefit the public. | Primary sponsor | In committee | September 14, 2026 |
| HB 1748 | establishing the New Hampshire energy efficiency and resource development authority. | Primary sponsor | In committee | September 2, 2026 |
| HCR 11 | declaring the directives of the judicial branch in the Claremont cases that the legislative and executive branches define an "adequate education," adopt "standards of accountability," and "guarantee adequate funding" of a public education are not binding on the legislative and executive branches. | Co-sponsor | Did not advance | August 19, 2026 |
| HB 1396 | relative to vacancies in state offices. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | August 19, 2026 |
| HB 610 | relative to the residential ratepayers advisory board. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 21, 2026 |
| HB 1588 | relative to the regulation of accessory parking for vehicles by local legislative bodies and multifamily housing within commercial districts by municipalities; establishing special assessment districts; and relative to expanding the housing infrastructure municipal grant program and making an appropriation therefor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 20, 2026 |
| HB 1042 | relative to the cap on outstanding obligations for which the housing finance authority is allowed. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 20, 2026 |
| HB 639 | relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 16, 2026 |
| HB 158 | requiring the secretary of state to review absentee ballot data biennially, forward certain requests to the election law unit for review, and make a report to the general court. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 16, 2026 |
| HB 155 | relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 16, 2026 |
| HB 1469 | relative to the licensing requirements for massage therapy establishments. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 16, 2026 |
| HB 1774 | relative to qualifying scholarship granting organizations and federal workforce Pell grants. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 10, 2026 |
| SB 541 | relative to capital appropriations for regional drinking water infrastructure. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 24, 2026 |
| HB 1499 | relative to additional grounds for eviction under the landlord and tenant statute, relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, and reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost and making an appropriation therefor. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 2, 2026 |
| HB 1730 | enhancing the level of offense for certain sexual offenses. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 1, 2026 |
| HB 348 | relative to eligibility for local assistance. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2026 |
| HB 1793 | prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to study the feasibility of allowing guns on campuses of public institutions of higher education. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 21, 2026 |
| HB 1419 | establishing a committee to study whether a court with specialized jurisdiction over corporate, commercial, and equitable matters should be established. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 21, 2026 |
| HB 1696 | relative to the issuance of a summons instead of arrest. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2026 |
| SB 513 | relative to the hiring of an owner's project manager (OPM) for construction or renovation projects which utilize school building aid. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 14, 2026 |
| HB 1788 | holding state contracts with DEI provisions to be void as a matter of law and establishing a right of action for citizens where public entities or state agencies engage with contracts with DEI provisions. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 16, 2026 |
| HB 1516 | allowing municipalities to vote to require that pie charts, bar charts, and QR codes be placed on property tax bills depicting where and how tax dollars are being allocated. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 16, 2026 |
| HB 1505 | 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 16, 2026 |
| HB 1667 | establishing the first-in-the-nation security task force to coordinate planning for presidential campaign events. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | April 9, 2026 |
| HB 323 | requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 6, 2026 |
| HR 41 | instructing the house of representatives to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 1023 | establishing accessory commercial units by right. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 1736 | repealing the authority of the public utilities commission to approve alternative forms of regulation for utilities. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | March 5, 2026 |
| HB 1583 | permitting municipalities to establish special assessment districts for infrastructure improvements. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | March 5, 2026 |
| HB 1394 | enabling the municipal officers to place a proposed charter amendment on the ballot that changes the form of government of the municipality. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | March 5, 2026 |
| HB 1351 | relative to uniform municipal standards for regulation of home-based businesses. | Co-sponsor | Did not advance | March 5, 2026 |
| HB 1069 | enabling municipalities and school districts to hold such elections on the day of the state primary. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | March 5, 2026 |
| HR 34 | declaring that Sharia law and political Islam represent an existential threat to the state and country and that any deference to Sharia law by a government institution is prohibited. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2026 |
| HB 1668 | relative to the application of the Internal Revenue Code to provisions of the business profits tax. | Co-sponsor | Did not advance | February 19, 2026 |
| HB 1417 | enabling municipalities, cities, and towns to adopt a land value tax system and making an appropriation therefor. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 19, 2026 |
| HB 1344 | relative to intermunicipal compacts. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 5, 2026 |
| HB 675 | limiting total central office administrative expenses by school districts and requiring reporting of central office administrative expenses to the department of education. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 8, 2026 |
| SB 66 | relative to third-party veterans' claims assistance and protection. | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 7, 2026 |
| SB 301 | creating a joint legislative oversight committee. | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 7, 2026 |
| HB 452 | relative to the issuance of drivers' licenses for aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 7, 2026 |
| SB 301 | creating a joint legislative oversight committee. | Co-sponsor | In committee | December 4, 2025 |
| SB 66 | relative to third-party veterans' claims assistance and protection. | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 19, 2025 |
| HCR 11 | declaring the directives of the judicial branch in the Claremont cases that the legislative and executive branches define an "adequate education," adopt "standards of accountability," and "guarantee adequate funding" of a public education are not binding on the legislative and executive branches. | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 19, 2025 |
| HB 323 | requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote. | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 17, 2025 |
| HB 158 | relative to public inspection of absentee ballot lists. | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 14, 2025 |
| HB 348 | relative to eligibility for local assistance. | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 13, 2025 |
| HB 675 | limiting the authority of school districts to make certain appropriations. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 10, 2025 |
| HB 610 | relative to repealing the office of the consumer advocate. | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 5, 2025 |
| HB 639 | relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 3, 2025 |
| HB 459 | relative to acreage requirements and zoning regarding sewer infrastructure and single-family residential uses. | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 31, 2025 |
| HB 452 | relative to the issuance of drivers' licenses for aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 29, 2025 |
| HB 155 | reducing the rate of the business enterprise tax. | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 20, 2025 |
| HB 71 | prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts; and requiring the use of public notices before reassessment of property values for tax purposes. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 11, 2025 |
| HB 557 | relative to the information that appears on the school budget ballot. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 11, 2025 |
| HB 428 | relative to the state building code. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 11, 2025 |
| HB 631 | permitting residential building in commercial zoning. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 22, 2025 |
| HB 577 | relative to modifying the definition of ADUs. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 22, 2025 |
| HB 382 | repealing the requirement that vehicle funding loan contracts have successive periodic payments that are substantially equal in amount. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 22, 2025 |
| HB 148 | permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | July 17, 2025 |
| HB 115 | making temporary appropriations for the expenses and encumbrances of the state of New Hampshire. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | July 17, 2025 |
| HB 685 | permitting in all residentially zoned areas by right the construction of manufactured housing. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 8, 2025 |
| HB 633 | creating a legislative study committee to investigate the implementation of housing investment trusts in New Hampshire. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 25, 2025 |
| HB 511 | relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 22, 2025 |
| SB 217 | relative to public notice of historic tax rates and tax impacts of proposed projects. | Co-sponsor | Did not advance | May 8, 2025 |
| HB 302 | relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 495 | requiring cities and towns to provide a breakdown of tax changes and information on bills sent to residents. | Co-sponsor | Did not advance | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 399 | establishing a commission to study the New Hampshire zoning enabling act and relative to the effective date of the C-PACER program. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 14, 2025 |
| HB 407 | setting a minimum threshold for the adoption of town and school budget and spending items for towns using a ballot to select such methods during town meeting. | Co-sponsor | Did not advance | February 20, 2025 |