Jim Qualey

Republican · NH · New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire District 18

Jim Qualey is a state representative and former Rindge selectman with a doctorate in physics. He supports parental choice in education and opposes new state income or sales taxes.

Supports

Limit Foreign Influence (1 record), Personal Income Tax Reduction (5 records)

Opposes

Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record), Immigration (16 records)

Mixed record

AI Regulation (1 support · 1 oppose), Healthcare Affordability (14 support · 22 oppose), Environment and Public Health (13 support · 75 oppose),

Track record

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AI Regulation · 1 support · 1 oppose

On June 5, 2025, Qualey voted for amended SB 263, imposing criminal and civil liability on operators who knowingly use responsive AI communications to encourage children toward sexual conduct, illegal drug use, self-harm, or violence. It also added lease expiration as an eviction ground after 60 days’ notice for tenancies of at least six months. The House passed it 202–168.
June 5, 2025Supports AI Regulation
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 20, 2025, Qualey voted to kill HB 630, which extended the election-period restriction on deceptive deepfakes of candidates, election officials, or parties from AI-generated media to other digitally created synthetic media. The House killed it 201–169.
March 20, 2025Opposes AI Regulation
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Healthcare Affordability · 14 support · 22 oppose

Qualey voted to override HB1565’s veto. The bill penalized knowingly false child-abuse reports, changed school-building project-manager requirements, and funded provisional Medicaid nursing-facility eligibility after 90 days. It appropriated $1 and authorized additional funding with fiscal committee and governor-and-council approval. The House sustained the veto, 168–140.
August 19, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to adopt the HB 155 conference report raising the business enterprise tax filing threshold to $400,000, funding nursing facility rates, and conditionally cutting the tax rate; it passed 195–157.
June 4, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to pass amended SB 504, expanding pharmacy practice, allowing supervised pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines, removing the federal advisory-recommendation condition for pharmacy vaccinations, and authorizing experimental-treatment centers and expanded right-to-try treatment. The House passed it 197–145.
May 14, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for a floor amendment and then for amended SB567. Along with reserving one dental-examiner board seat for a general dentist, the House version barred routine dental X-rays before a clinical exam and let dentists treat patients who declined an X-ray after a liability waiver, without license discipline for doing so. The House passed the bill 167–133; the Senate later rejected the House amendments.
May 14, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to reject SB 545, which removed the Medicare Savings Program resource limit and sought wider prescription-drug assistance; the House rejected it 182–153.
April 23, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject SB 543, which established provisional Medicaid eligibility for nursing-facility applicants and funded implementation; the House rejected it 182–154.
April 23, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted in January to pass HB349 and in April to override its veto. It authorized board-certified optometrists, after specified training and supervised procedures, to perform laser capsulotomy, laser trabeculoplasty, and laser peripheral iridotomy. The House passed the bill 193–143 but failed to override the veto 145–206, so it did not become law.
April 9, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to reject HCR 12, a resolution urging New Hampshire's congressional delegation to support Medicare for All; the House rejected it 180–151.
March 12, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to reject HB 1760, which repealed state directives to seek higher Medicaid drug copayments and program premiums; the House rejected it 184–153.
March 12, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1449, barring school vaccination clinics during school hours and requiring a parent or guardian to be present when a child is vaccinated at a school clinic. The House passed it 172–154.
March 11, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1735, expanding access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with severe illness under the state's right-to-try law. The House passed it 181–151.
March 11, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-02-12 to kill HB 1596, which raised tobacco taxes, funded the state university system, and ended certain health-program premiums. The House adopted the kill motion, 200–157.
February 12, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 for SB 134, establishing work requirements for New Hampshire's expanded Medicaid program. The House passed the amended bill, 204–150.
January 8, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On June 26, 2025, Qualey voted to adopt the HB 2 budget-policy conference report, 184–183. It revised school aid and Education Freedom Account rules and directed requests for Medicaid copays, premiums and work requirements. It ended municipal revenue sharing and passenger-vehicle inspections; expanded video lottery and keno; and raised environmental and vehicle fees. It also barred public-sector diversity programs and restricted certain foreign real-estate purchases. It funded child care, housing, drinking water and youth-center settlements.
June 26, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-26, Qualey voted to adopt the HB 377 conference report, restricting medical procedures and medication intended to alter a minor’s gender, including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The House adopted the report, 202–161; the measure became law.
June 26, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for HB223. The proposal exempts ambulatory surgical centers, emergency medical care centers, birthing centers, drop-in or walk-in care centers, dialysis centers, and special health care services from the notice and consent requirements for establishment within 15 miles of a critical access hospital. The House passed the bill, 213–158.
March 6, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against SB403 after opposing its House amendment. It certified community health workers, sought Medicaid reimbursement, and expanded nursing-assistant medication certificates. The House passed the measure, 241–122.
May 23, 2024Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-28, Qualey voted for HB1280. The proposal defines informed consent and patient rights in the context of a doctor-patient relationship. The House passed the bill, 189–181.
March 28, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB1660 and for its passage. The bill excluded gender-reassignment surgery for minors from state Medicaid coverage. The House passed it 193–169.
March 7, 2024Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-04, Qualey voted against HB368. The proposal provides protections for persons receiving gender-affirming health care and gender-affirming mental health care. The House rejected the bill, 186–188.
January 4, 2024Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for a House amendment and passage of HB619, barring physicians from performing genital gender-reassignment surgery on minors while exempting reconstructive procedures, disorders of sex development, and circumcision. The House passed it 199–175.
January 4, 2024Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On January 4, 2024, Qualey voted to kill the carried SB 263, extending Granite Advantage Medicaid through 2030 and restoring its evaluation commission; the House approved the kill motion 191–183. He previously opposed the May 18, 2023 version making the program permanent, which passed the House 193–166.
January 4, 2024Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for HB69, exempting membership-based and direct-payment health facilities from serving patients regardless of payment source. The House advanced it, 190–189.
March 22, 2023Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted for HR7. The resolution calls on the federal government to preserve and protect Medicare and social security without cuts to benefits. The House passed the resolution, 333–12.
February 23, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted to kill HB338. The proposal expands the New Hampshire Rx advantage program to include insulin prescription assistance for individuals with diabetes. The House approved the kill motion, 283–61.
February 23, 2023Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-22, Qualey voted against amended HB 565, extending Medicaid coverage after childbirth from 60 days to 12 months and funding the expanded coverage. The House passed the amended bill, 184–179.
February 22, 2023Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against the HB103 conference report. The bill proposed to add a dental benefit to New Hampshire Medicaid through managed care. The House adopted it 246–105.
May 26, 2022Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against the HB1661 conference report. The conference package coordinated career-technical school schedules and credits, funded opioid-treatment oversight and disability services, and removed some Medicaid premiums. It also allowed Medicaid payment to family caregivers, funded hospital staffing and birthing services, and created housing incentives. The House adopted it 244–99.
May 26, 2022Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB397 as amended. The bill proposed to join the interstate mental-health counseling compact and exempt certain child placements from the placement-of-children compact. The House advanced it 202–132.
May 4, 2022Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB407 as amended. The bill proposed to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months with an appropriation and add exemptions from vaccine mandates. The House advanced it 295–28.
May 4, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB450. The bill created a fee-funded budget for the prescription drug affordability board, clarified its fee powers, and penalized confidentiality breaches. The House advanced it 173–161.
May 4, 2022Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB430 as amended. The health-services package funded opioid-treatment oversight, a disability-services pilot, hospital birthing care, and paid family Medicaid caregivers. It also removed some Medicaid premiums, changed kinship foster licensing, and funded child behavioral-health staffing. The House advanced it 233–90.
April 21, 2022Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to allocate $4,065,420 in state ProShare funds to nursing-home equipment and capital work, county reserves, and a $182,712 reduction in 2021 county taxes that held the tax increase to zero; the allocation passed 16–0.
August 9, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: co.cheshire.nh.us
Voted to apply $862,424 in state testing and deferred federal CARES Act funds to COVID-19 expenses at Maplewood Nursing Home; the motion passed 16–0.
August 9, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: co.cheshire.nh.us
Voted to place the county's first $16,906 opioid settlement payment, and later payments, in a dedicated fund for spending on opioid and substance-use addiction; the motion passed 16–0.
August 9, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: co.cheshire.nh.us
Qualey voted against rejecting HB420. The bill proposed to permit drug-forfeiture funds to support addiction treatment and recovery centers. The House rejected it 181–173.
February 26, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Environment and Public Health · 13 support · 75 oppose

On August 19, 2026, Qualey voted to override the veto of rewritten HB 221, expanding net-metering eligibility from 100 to 250 kilowatts, establishing 20-year tariffs for qualifying community solar projects, and expanding long-term power contracts; the override failed 152–167. He previously opposed tabling and supported the March 20, 2025 version requiring cost-effectiveness assessments of programs funded by the electric systems benefit charge; that version passed 195–151.
August 19, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to override HB396’s veto. The bill exempted limited on-farm livestock-meat processing and sales from state inspection, with animal-number limits and food-handling safeguards. After reconsideration, the House sustained the veto, 202–107.
August 19, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of amended SB 625, which combined a homicide-family information study with ending state refugee-resettlement support and removing the childhood hepatitis B immunization requirement; it passed 156–139.
May 14, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On April 23, 2026, Qualey voted to kill SB 449, which extended net-metering eligibility to certain industrial generators above one megawatt and allowed associated energy storage and alternative tariffs. The House killed it 181–158.
April 23, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against overriding the governor's veto of HB 451, a paint-product stewardship program; the override failed 186–169 and the veto stood.
April 9, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-26, Qualey voted against HB 1602, establishing producer-funded collection and recycling of covered batteries. The House passed it 244–112.
March 26, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against House-amended HB1469, which required licenses for multi-practitioner massage and bodywork establishments, licensed supervision, public display of licenses, and health, safety, and inspection rules. The proposal exempted specified health facilities and some sole proprietors and independent contractors. The House passed it 323–28; a later version became Chapter 305.
March 26, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1449, barring school vaccination clinics during school hours and requiring a parent or guardian to be present when a child is vaccinated at a school clinic. The House passed it 172–154.
March 11, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1773, directing New Hampshire to seek federal permission to bar purchases of candy and sweetened drinks with SNAP benefits. The House rejected the bill 161–173, then voted to kill it.
March 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1219, limiting vaccination requirements for adults living in foster homes to the requirements and exemptions in the state's general immunization law. The House passed it 180–145.
March 11, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HR35 and then for the House resolution urging a ban on intentional atmospheric pollutant releases for weather modification, cloud seeding, and similar activities. The resolution also asked the state environmental department to notify federal agencies. The House adopted it 169–152; the resolution itself did not enact a legal ban.
March 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1635, requiring school personnel to receive suicide-prevention training within 30 days of hiring and every two years afterward. The House passed it 183–167.
March 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-02-19, Qualey voted for HB 1811, which proposed to repeal statutory childhood immunization requirements. The House rejected passage of the bill, 155–192, then killed the bill. A proposed amendment reducing required immunizations instead of repealing them had failed.
February 19, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On February 12, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1719, removing hepatitis B from New Hampshire’s required childhood immunizations. The House passed it 186–168; the Senate later referred it to interim study.
February 12, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-02-12 to kill HB 1810, which imposed a bulk road-salt fee for a salt-mitigation fund. The House adopted the kill motion, 177–156.
February 12, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 to kill HB 624, creating grants for local river-management advisory committees. The House adopted the kill motion, 187–164.
January 8, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted on 2026-01-07 for HB 219, cutting renewable-electricity requirements, including the Class II requirement. The House passed the amended bill, 175–152.
January 7, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill HB 97, appropriating $5 million for wastewater-infrastructure projects. The House adopted the kill motion, 175–156.
January 7, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On June 26, 2025, Qualey voted to adopt the HB 2 budget-policy conference report, 184–183. It revised school aid and Education Freedom Account rules and directed requests for Medicaid copays, premiums and work requirements. It ended municipal revenue sharing and passenger-vehicle inspections; expanded video lottery and keno; and raised environmental and vehicle fees. It also barred public-sector diversity programs and restricted certain foreign real-estate purchases. It funded child care, housing, drinking water and youth-center settlements.
June 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted for a floor amendment to SB 180 removing the health commissioner’s authority to add childhood immunizations by rule beyond those listed in statute. The bill’s base text designated Coos County a distressed economy and had just gained landfill-siting rules. The House rejected the immunization amendment, 163–166.
June 5, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On May 1, 2025, Qualey voted to kill SB 228, which expanded community solar and group net metering, including raising the annual low- and moderate-income community-solar project capacity limit from 6 to 18 megawatts and allowing members to join multiple group hosts. The House killed it 190–151.
May 1, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-05-01, Qualey voted for a floor amendment to SB 60 that removed the health commissioner’s authority to add childhood immunizations by rule beyond diseases named in statute; existing varicella, hepatitis B, and Hib rules remained through June 2026. The underlying bill also addressed horse-racing advance-deposit wagering. The House adopted the amendment, 176–165; the Senate later rejected the House change.
May 1, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for HB 357, limiting the health department’s rulemaking authority over immunization requirements. The House passed the bill, 195–174.
March 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for HB679. The proposal provides that no childhood immunization requirement shall require a vaccine that has not been shown in clinical trials to prevent transmission of any disease. The House passed the bill, 204–165.
March 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for HB 361, prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools. The House passed the bill, 203–164.
March 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted to kill HB 226, which proposed to authorize use of drug-checking equipment. The House rejected the motion to kill the bill, 140–196.
March 26, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 6, 2025, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB 724; the motion passed 202–167. It lowered the childhood blood-lead action level from 5 to 3.5 micrograms per deciliter. It also required renovation-license information on building permits and inspections of other units after one unit showed lead hazards. It presumed pre-1978 housing contained lead hazards unless that presumption was rebutted.
March 6, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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On March 6, 2025, Qualey voted to kill HB 756, requiring blood-lead results on school-entry health forms for children six and under and day-care forms for ages one to six, with parent notification and state lead-poisoning information when a test was missing. The kill motion passed 202–169. He also opposed the materially same 2023 HB 342 veto override and 2024 HB 1068 passage.
March 6, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted to kill HB 691, a proposal to ban adding fluoridation chemicals to public drinking-water systems. The House approved the kill motion, 212–143.
March 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for HB 649, which proposed to end periodic vehicle safety inspections and on-board diagnostic checks for passenger vehicles. The House passed the bill, 212–143.
March 6, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-20, Qualey voted to kill HB 368, which proposed to ban smoking or vaping in a vehicle carrying a child under 16. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 213–157.
February 20, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-13, Qualey voted to kill HB 332, which allowed adjoining towns sharing a lake or other surface water to establish a village district for water protection and remediation. The House approved the kill motion, 196–171.
February 13, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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On 2025-02-13, Qualey voted to kill HB334. The proposal adds provisions to the comprehensive state development plan concerning protecting natural resources and identifying environmental threats. The House approved the kill motion, 199–171.
February 13, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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On 2025-02-13, Qualey voted to kill HB 422, which proposed to increase penalties for violations of shoreland and water-quality protection laws. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 196–175.
February 13, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-06, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB 83, which raised the minimum age for sports betting from 18 to 21. The House adopted the postponement motion, 215–140.
February 6, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-06, Qualey voted to kill HB 106, which proposed to create a commission to assess the monetary cost of climate damage to New Hampshire and ways to recover it. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 207–149.
February 6, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against overriding the governor’s veto of HB1293, which limited lawn fertilizer nutrients and banned application near water or during heavy rain. The House reached the two-thirds override threshold, 232–99.
October 10, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against overriding the governor’s veto of HB1415, which applied federal closure rules to PFAS facilities after water contamination reached 100 parts per trillion. The House reached the two-thirds override threshold, 289–38.
October 10, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for SB505, which kept the ban on sales of hemp products above specified THC levels from expiring. The House passed the measure, 242–124.
May 23, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for an unsuccessful SB559 amendment requiring public vaccine safety reviews and video recordings of New Hampshire Vaccine Association meetings. The House rejected the amendment, 176–185.
May 23, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-05-02, Qualey voted to kill SB496. The proposal directs the department of health and human services to establish a climate and health protection program in response to health threats associated with a changing environment. The House approved the kill motion, 186–182.
May 2, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Supported two failed amendments narrowing covered food packaging and PFAS chemicals, then opposed HB1649’s broader product restrictions and enforcement funding. The House passed the measure, 233–140.
April 11, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against a floor amendment to HB1059 that updated several building codes to 2021 editions while keeping the 2018 residential energy code and applying the 2021 energy code to commercial buildings. The House rejected the amendment 179–192 and later passed a different building-code update by voice vote.
March 28, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table and then against passing amended HB1145, which barred permits for new privately owned solid-waste landfills while allowing public ownership. The table motion failed 180–193 and the House passed the bill 208–162.
March 28, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey opposed letting village districts protect and remediate surface-water quality across towns sharing a waterbody. After a tie on advancing the bill, he supported killing it; the House did so 184–180.
March 7, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-07, Qualey voted to kill CACR 14, a proposed constitutional requirement for the state to maintain a clean and healthful environment and protect New Hampshire’s natural resources. The House approved the kill motion, 197–168.
March 7, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-07, Qualey voted for amended HB1213. The proposal removes the immunization requirements for child care agencies. The House passed the amended bill, 189–173.
March 7, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1472 and against passage of its $3 million point-of-sale electric-vehicle rebate pilot funded from the energy-efficiency fund. The postponement vote failed 188–189; the House rejected the bill 187–192.
February 22, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-03, Qualey voted against amended HB470. The proposal amends the definition of drug paraphernalia to exclude drug checking equipment and authorizes the use of drug checking equipment. The House passed the amended bill, 212–161.
January 3, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-03, Qualey voted against amended HB369. The proposal establishes the farm energy systems and infrastructure design advisory program and makes an appropriation therefor. The House rejected the amended bill, 186–187.
January 3, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted against HB 35, requiring middle and high school student ID cards to list the National Eating Disorders Helpline. The House passed the amended bill, 238–105. On 2023-10-26, he voted against overriding the governor’s veto; the override failed 0–350.
October 26, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-06-08, Qualey voted against a floor amendment to SB 61 that added environmental-experience requirements for a landfill-rule consultant and kept new landfill applications on hold until updated siting rules were adopted. The House rejected the amendment, 152–226.
June 8, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against SB79, expanding net-metering eligibility to industrial hosts with generation above one and below five megawatts. The House advanced it, 194–179.
May 4, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-05-04, Qualey voted against SB69. The proposal allows nonprofit entities of the community and technical colleges, colleges and universities, not-for-profit hospitals, housing authorities, bona fide religious organizations, and the Pease development authority, to participate as customer-generator group hosts under net energy metering. The House rejected the bill, 186–186.
May 4, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-04-06, Qualey voted to kill HB534. The proposal creates a water assistance fund to be used to repair and replace drinking water treatment sources damaged by natural disasters. The House rejected the kill motion, 191–196.
April 6, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-23, Qualey voted for HB557. The proposal removes the rulemaking authority of the commissioner of health and human services on immunization requirements beyond those diseases identified in statute. The House rejected the bill, 184–193.
March 23, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-23, Qualey voted against HB 139, which removed the requirement that a municipal host for net-metered electricity generation be in the same town as every member of its group. The House approved the bill, 188–186.
March 23, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-22, Qualey voted for an amendment to HB 442 requiring commercial lobster trap-location records and retrieval of lost traps, and then for the amended bill. The House adopted the amendment 271–105 and passed the bill 276–100.
March 22, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted against HB 524, which raised from $1 to $3 per allowance the share of regional greenhouse-gas auction proceeds kept in the state energy-efficiency fund before the balance was rebated to electric customers. The House rejected the bill, 181–186.
March 16, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted against HB208. The proposal establishes greenhouse gas emission reduction goals for the state and authorizes the department of environmental services to inventory greenhouse gas emissions on an annual basis and to develop and report on a 5-year action plan. The House rejected the bill, 183–187.
March 16, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted against HB523. The proposal increases the electric generating capacity of customer generators who may participate in net energy metering and modifies the transition of tariffs applicable to certain customer-generators. The House rejected the bill, 182–189.
March 16, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey opposed replacing HB92’s California vehicle-emissions requirements with a study commission; the amendment failed, 171–194. He then voted against the original bill, which funded implementation staff and raised inspection-sticker fees. The House rejected it, 40–331.
March 9, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted to kill HCR5. The resolution urges the taking of appropriate legal action against multinational fossil fuel companies for harms incurred from disinformation campaigns about the effects of fossil fuel combustion. The House approved the kill motion, 189–158.
March 9, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted to kill HB226. The proposal allows towns and municipalities to regulate the distribution and disposal of certain solid waste within landfills. The House approved the kill motion, 257–90.
February 23, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against HB234, repealing renewable-electricity compliance credit for net-metered customer generation without renewable-energy certificates. The House advanced it, 177–167.
February 23, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB630 as amended. The bill created a state-administered green bank to finance clean-energy and emissions-reduction projects with federal, public and private funds. The House rejected it, 187–182.
February 14, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On February 14, 2023, Qualey voted for amended HB 246, redirecting renewable-energy-certificate money in the renewable energy fund to reducing ratepayer costs for two years and requiring a Public Utilities Commission docket to determine distribution. The House rejected the amended bill 179–186.
February 14, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-14, Qualey voted against HB418. The proposal eliminates the rebate amount distributed to retail electricity ratepayers and allocates all auction proceeds to support current or future energy efficiency resource standards programs. The House rejected the bill, 183–185.
February 14, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against overriding the veto of HB1454. The bill proposed to restrict permits for new landfills near surface waters. The House override vote cleared the two-thirds threshold, 256–65.
September 15, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB407 as amended. The bill proposed to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months with an appropriation and add exemptions from vaccine mandates. The House advanced it 295–28.
May 4, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HR17. The resolution proposed to formally oppose federal and state carbon taxes on transportation and electricity fuels. The House advanced it 178–159.
March 31, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1210 as amended. The bill proposed to require public-funded employers and postsecondary institutions to grant medical, religious, and conscience exemptions from vaccine mandates. The House advanced it 181–155.
March 17, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1490. The bill proposed to protect access to public accommodations regardless of vaccination status or use of medical devices. The advancement motion failed 161–170.
March 16, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1495 as amended. The bill proposed to bar the state from requiring businesses to impose vaccine or documentation mandates, with a Medicare or Medicaid facility exception. The House advanced it 179–153.
March 16, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1455. The bill proposed to bar state enforcement of federal COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandates. The House advanced it 174–159.
March 16, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1379 as amended. The bill proposed to restrict the Department of Health and Human Services immunization rules to statutory diseases unless legislative oversight approves an added requirement. The House advanced it 169–164.
March 16, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1126. The bill proposed to let minors aged 16 or older consent to vaccination without parental permission. The House rejected it 184–151.
March 10, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1604 as amended. The bill proposed to require state and county medical facilities to grant requested medical, religious, and conscience vaccine exemptions despite Medicare or Medicaid participation conditions. The House advanced it 176–174.
February 17, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB1642 as amended. The bill proposed to require blood-lead testing for children entering day care or public schools. The House advanced it 213–131.
February 17, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB549 as amended. The bill proposed to tie annual electric system-benefits charge increases to inflation and direct at least 20 percent of energy-efficiency funds to low-income programs. The House advanced it 343–0.
January 6, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB478. The bill made a company responsible for PFAS chemical pollution pay for specified Merrimack Village Water District cleanup. The rejection motion failed 139–212.
January 6, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to apply $862,424 in state testing and deferred federal CARES Act funds to COVID-19 expenses at Maplewood Nursing Home; the motion passed 16–0.
August 9, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: co.cheshire.nh.us
Qualey voted to concur with the Senate amendment to HB220. The bill proposed to grant medical, religious, and conscience exemptions from immunization mandates. The House concurred 198–162.
June 10, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB103 as amended. The bill proposed to waive registration, licensing, and tax requirements for out-of-state emergency-response businesses and bar new landfills near state parks. The House advanced it 333–33.
June 4, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB177 as amended. The bill proposed to bar new landfills near state parks. The House advanced it 197–159.
April 9, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB131. The bill proposed to clarify which health care-associated infection data hospitals report. The House advanced it 230–130.
April 8, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB163 as amended. The bill proposed to require therapeutic-cannabis centers and the Department of Health and Human Services to warn about cannabis use in pregnancy and breastfeeding. The House advanced it 255–101.
April 8, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB614 as amended. The bill proposed to exempt state and local governments from renewable-portfolio-standard compliance costs. The House advanced it 198–150.
February 26, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 oppose

On 2024-02-22, Qualey voted against HB1322. The proposal increases the minimum hourly rate, increases the base rate for tipped employees, and adjusts both rates annually based on the most recent 12-month average of the Consumer Price Index. The House rejected the bill, 187–192.
February 22, 2024Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Labor Rights · 5 support · 18 oppose

Qualey voted to override HB1072’s veto. The bill required 30 days’ notice for Labor Department inspections and document or interview demands, with safety and enforcement exceptions. The House sustained the veto, 160–159.
August 19, 2026Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1245, allowing voluntary portable benefit plans for independent contractors without changing worker classification; it passed 188–151.
March 12, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1043, allowing written employer policies to replace the two-hour minimum reporting pay rule; it passed 189–155.
March 12, 2026Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1704, which gave public employees a right to bargain individually with their employers without union intervention. The House postponed it indefinitely 177–159.
March 11, 2026Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted against HB 1705, which funded access to an employee assistance program for volunteer and small-town first responders. The House passed it 194–154 and referred it to Finance.
February 19, 2026Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On June 26, 2025, Qualey voted to accept Senate changes to HB 282, which revised state education grants and Group II retirement benefits and raised the statewide biennial cap on first-responder critical-injury benefits from $500,000 to $1 million. The House concurred 322–41.
June 26, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted to kill HB 487, which proposed to require hospitality employers to give hourly workers advance notice of their schedules. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 196–155.
March 26, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted against tabling HB 280, then voted for its amended wage-payment rules. The bill let employers and employees determine the payment method, required written notice of that method at hiring and 90 days’ notice before a change, and revised existing weekly or biweekly pay provisions. The House rejected the table motion, 172–192, and passed the amended bill, 191–176.
March 20, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted to reject HB 378, which required employers with at least 15 workers to pay unused vacation and other paid time when employment ended without a reasonable chance of return; the motion passed 193–169.
March 6, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-20, Qualey voted to reject HB 299, which paid reasonable attorney fees to workers' compensation claimants who prevailed before the department or won disputed medical-bill claims; the motion passed 193–177.
February 20, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-13, Qualey voted against indefinitely postponing HB 238, a proposal to bar union contracts from requiring employees to join or financially support a union. The House adopted the postponement motion, 200–180. He also opposed indefinite postponement of the refiled 2021 SB 61 and 2024 HB 1377 proposals.
February 13, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against a February floor amendment and later for interim study instead of advancing HB1178. He then voted against the House version requiring employers with 15 or more workers to pay up to 30 days of unused vacation, holiday or personal leave after closure, ownership change or layoffs without reasonable return; sick leave was excluded. The study motion failed 188–193 and the House passed the amended bill 198–183.
April 11, 2024Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-22, Qualey voted against HB1322. The proposal increases the minimum hourly rate, increases the base rate for tipped employees, and adjusts both rates annually based on the most recent 12-month average of the Consumer Price Index. The House rejected the bill, 187–192.
February 22, 2024Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against HB74, requiring payment of unused vacation or earned leave when employees left in good standing or were laid off. Sick leave was excluded. The House advanced it, 205–181.
April 6, 2023Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against HB125, limiting enrolled 16- and 17-year-olds to 35 work hours during school weeks and restricting minors’ late-night work. The House rejected it, 175–195.
March 16, 2023Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB345 as amended. The bill proposed to set weekly and nighttime work limits for 16- and 17-year-old employees. The House advanced it 185–152.
May 5, 2022Supports Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB459 as amended. The bill proposed to require hospitals and other covered health facilities to operate workplace-violence prevention programs. The House advanced it 220–87.
May 4, 2022Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against rejecting SB274. The bill proposed to remove labor agreements from competitive-bid and award requirements for state-assisted construction contracts. The House rejected it 177–154.
May 4, 2022Supports Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1514. The bill proposed to require employers with at least 15 workers to pay out unused earned time on separation. The House rejected it 172–164.
March 17, 2022Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1165. The bill proposed to repeal the Granite State paid family leave plan. The House advanced it 172–164.
March 17, 2022Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject CACR14. The constitutional amendment proposed to protect workers' right to join a union. The House rejected it 182–159.
March 10, 2022Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1207. The bill proposed to give employees paid time off to vote. The House rejected it 195–158.
February 17, 2022Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB590. The bill proposed to require employers to provide paid sick time. The House rejected it 202–148.
February 26, 2021Opposes Labor Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Anti-Corruption · 19 support · 10 oppose

Voted for House passage of SB 643, requiring documentation of municipal tax-cap compliance and public hearings and recorded votes for certain cap overrides; it passed 164–150.
May 14, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Publicly backed higher campaign-donation disclosure thresholds in SB405, arguing that naming small donors discouraged political participation.
May 6, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: wmur.com
Voted against an SB 586 floor amendment expanding public-school financial reporting and specifying detailed independent-audit disclosures; the amendment failed 162–193.
April 23, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-12, Qualey voted against tabling amended HB 1066. The House version treated general municipal lease agreements as debt and required a public hearing and supermajority vote for leases above $500,000. The table motion failed, 167–175; the House later passed the amended bill by a division vote, and the Senate sent it to interim study.
March 12, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1807, changing the financial report required from school districts before budget hearings, including cost-per-pupil and administrator salary information. The House passed it 185–150.
March 11, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1083, which required disclosure of original funding sources behind certain large independent campaign expenditures. The House killed it 188–161.
February 19, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-07 for HB 656, requiring school districts to disclose state and federal grants in reports or meeting records. The House passed the amended bill, 186–155.
January 7, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On April 10, 2025, Qualey voted for amended HB 66, allowing any person to inspect public records, requiring disclosure of drafts circulated to a public-body quorum, providing remote delivery for eligible requesters, and changing appeals of right-to-know ombudsman rulings. The House passed it 207–164.
April 10, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for HB 284, requiring tax-impact statements on municipal ballot articles. The House adopted the amended bill, 198–160.
March 27, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-20, Qualey voted against killing HB80. The proposal requires a public body's member to be physically present at a meeting unless physical presence is unavoidable. The House rejected the kill motion, 179–190.
February 20, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to override the governor’s veto of HB274, which required rulemaking notices and allowed attorney-fee awards after invalid agency rules. The House reached the two-thirds override threshold, 324–5.
October 10, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for a conference report on HB1265 requiring school spending reports with civil enforcement, changing tuitioning-district aid, and ending some academy reporting. The House adopted the conference report, 183–172.
June 13, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against killing SB219, which required school districts to publish spending, teacher pay, and administrator pay data with a civil enforcement remedy. The House approved the kill motion, 178–172.
May 2, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1074. The proposal requires that a political contribution by a limited liability company be allocated to members for purposes of determining whether a member has exceeded the contribution limits. The House adopted the postponement motion, 191–185.
March 21, 2024Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted against indefinitely postponing HB1414. The proposal modifies the Gunstock Area Commission distribution of revenues, requires that public meetings of the commission be recorded, and establishes a schedule for forensic audits of the commission. The House adopted the postponement motion, 230–143.
March 21, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1479 and, after tabling failed, against indefinitely postponing it. The bill restricted use of public funds for lobbying and added enforcement provisions. The House postponed it 211–129.
March 21, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted against a floor rewrite of HB 1002 allowing agencies to charge up to $1 per requested electronic communication after the first 250, with hardship and public-interest waivers. The House adopted the rewrite, 345–24, and passed the amended records-fee bill, 268–106; Qualey voted against both.
March 21, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HR26. This house resolution urges Congress to adopt a constitutional amendment to regulate political contributions. The House adopted the postponement motion, 194–179.
March 14, 2024Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-07, Qualey voted to kill HB1120. The proposal repeals the provision that requires the notation of the municipal body votes on warrant articles. The House approved the kill motion, 264–95.
March 7, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-08, Qualey voted against killing HB1662. The proposal prohibits simultaneous employment with the division for children, youth, and families and child placing agencies. The House approved the kill motion, 190–187.
February 8, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On January 3, 2024, Qualey prime-sponsored a constitutional amendment requiring affected civic, veterans, fraternal and nonprofit property owners' approval, a public financial impact statement, and a three-fifths local vote for zoning or land-use waivers and variances. The House rejected it on March 21.
January 3, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: bills.nhliberty.org
Qualey voted to override HB337’s veto. The bill required advance licensing-board meeting notices, public access to materials and comment opportunities, and funded an additional attorney. The House overrode the veto, 251–104; the Senate sustained it, 12–11.
October 26, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted against killing HB51. The proposal requires towns and school districts, when using local funds to lobby for legislation, to use warrant articles for each lobbying agency. The House approved the kill motion, 224–148.
March 9, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for the HB1567 conference report. The bill proposed to authorize attorney-general investigations of election-official misconduct, loss of voting rights after conviction, and civil fines for negligent misconduct. The House adopted it 184–161.
May 26, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1394. The bill proposed to require additional campaign-contribution disclosure and allocate limited-liability-company contributions among members for contribution limits. The House rejected it 187–163.
March 16, 2022Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for the HB566 conference report. The bill proposed to permit closed-session discussion of disclosing sealed public-meeting minutes while requiring the disclosure vote to be public. The House adopted it 219–158.
June 24, 2021Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB391. The bill proposed to raise political committees' campaign-finance reporting threshold. The House advanced it 202–167.
April 8, 2021Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB232. The bill proposed to allow closed-session discussion of the amount offered or paid for public property sales and leases while keeping the decision to proceed public. The House advanced it 183–164.
April 8, 2021Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against rejecting HB206. The bill proposed to allow collective-bargaining strategy meetings to be held in nonpublic session under the right-to-know law. The House rejected it 189–163.
April 8, 2021Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Government Efficiency · 8 support · 2 oppose

On August 19, 2026, Qualey voted to override the veto of rewritten HB 221, expanding net-metering eligibility from 100 to 250 kilowatts, establishing 20-year tariffs for qualifying community solar projects, and expanding long-term power contracts; the override failed 152–167. He previously opposed tabling and supported the March 20, 2025 version requiring cost-effectiveness assessments of programs funded by the electric systems benefit charge; that version passed 195–151.
August 19, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-05-14, Qualey voted for SB 508, requiring zoning appeals to state every ground in the initial notice and municipalities to stamp and accept revised development plans within 10 business days when they addressed requested changes, while limiting repeated revision demands. The House rejected the bill, 151–161.
May 14, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of SB 481, directing sale of the former Sununu Youth Services Center property and deposit of sale proceeds in the general fund; it passed 186–157.
May 7, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for HB1555, giving the state fire marshal fresh review of local fire chiefs' decisions, with a hearing within 40 days and a written decision within 30 days after the hearing. It also gave the marshal statewide authority over alternative building materials, designs, construction methods, and building-code modifications. The House passed it 192–162; it later became Chapter 231.
March 26, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-13, Qualey voted to kill HB 521, which proposed to authorize online voter registration. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 202–169.
March 13, 2025Opposes Government Efficiency
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-06, Qualey voted for HB 133, changing when the motor vehicle division sends license-compliance notices to new residents, requiring notice in specified cases involving a surrendered or expired out-of-state license, and funding DMV technology upgrades. The House passed the bill, 206–147.
February 6, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey opposed sending HB 1271 to interim study. The bill shifted authority from several professional licensing boards to advisory bodies, merged related boards and eliminated the medical-technician registration board. The House sent it to interim study, 195–181.
March 28, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-07, Qualey voted for amended HB 1036, changing how the Public Utilities Commission judged utility energy-efficiency programs paid for by the electric systems benefits charge. The House version required recent avoided-cost and program-evaluation data, including free-rider effects, while retaining the Granite State Test as the primary cost-effectiveness test through 2026. The House passed the amended bill, 184–169.
March 7, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject SB344. The bill proposed to let local public bodies meet with fewer than a quorum physically present while preserving live public access and participation conditions. The House rejected it 176–155.
May 5, 2022Opposes Government Efficiency
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB103 as amended. The bill proposed to waive registration, licensing, and tax requirements for out-of-state emergency-response businesses and bar new landfills near state parks. The House advanced it 333–33.
June 4, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Immigration · 16 oppose

Voted for House passage of amended SB 625, which combined a homicide-family information study with ending state refugee-resettlement support and removing the childhood hepatitis B immunization requirement; it passed 156–139.
May 14, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to reject HB 1609, which restricted public funds and property used for immigrant-detention facilities; the House rejected it 185–154.
March 12, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-11, Qualey voted for HB 1706, which proposed to repeal the state refugee resettlement program and bar state spending on refugee resettlement. The House passed the bill, 170–164.
March 11, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1709, making it an offense for certain people unlawfully in the United States with prior felony convictions to rent or occupy property and authorizing sheriffs to arrest them while serving a writ of possession. The House passed it 181–154.
March 11, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1561, barring non-U.S.-citizen nationals of the People’s Republic of China from graduate degree programs, research, and full-time jobs at public colleges, and barring those colleges from partnerships with PRC-affiliated entities. The House rejected passage 157–173, then voted to kill it.
March 11, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-02-12 to kill HB 1570, which required local budget approval before police entered federal immigration-enforcement agreements. The House adopted the kill motion, 198–161.
February 12, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-05-22, Qualey voted for House passage of SB 13, invalidating out-of-state licenses issued only to undocumented immigrants and restricting licenses for people with pending asylum claims or asylee status; it passed 192–164.
May 22, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-05-08, Qualey voted for SB 62, requiring New Hampshire law-enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal immigration authorities under specified programs. The House adopted the amended bill, 200–162.
May 8, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-04-10, Qualey voted for HB 511, requiring cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The House passed the bill, 211–161.
April 10, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-04-10, Qualey voted for HB 71, restricting public schools and higher-education facilities from sheltering specified people who had not been admitted to the United States, with a disaster exception, and adding patient-rights references to state health contracts. The House adopted the amended bill, 209–162.
April 10, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted for amended HB461. The proposal requires all printed and digitally available driver's license examination-related materials, including the examination itself, be available and administered in the English language only. The House passed the amended bill, 187–159.
March 26, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 13, 2025, Qualey voted for HB 452, barring license renewal for noncitizens without lawful permanent residency, delaying licenses for asylees until they gained that status, and marking temporary nonresident-alien licenses. The House passed it 198–162.
March 13, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against killing SB358, which invalidated out-of-state driver’s licenses issued specifically to undocumented immigrants. The House approved the kill motion, 176–174.
May 23, 2024Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against SB501, which authorized driver’s licenses for noncitizens lawfully present in the United States. The House passed the measure, 181–169.
May 23, 2024Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for an amendment and House passage of HB1118, requiring extra documentation for temporary nonresident alien driver's licenses, barring their use as voter-registration identification, and withholding licenses from refugees and asylees until lawful-permanent-resident adjustment. The House passed it 179–166.
March 7, 2024Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1666. The bill proposed to shield driver-license type and Department of Motor Vehicles records from federal civil immigration investigations. The House rejected it 189–160.
March 31, 2022Opposes Immigration
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Government Spending Reduction · 94 support · 29 oppose

Qualey voted to override HB1565’s veto. The bill penalized knowingly false child-abuse reports, changed school-building project-manager requirements, and funded provisional Medicaid nursing-facility eligibility after 90 days. It appropriated $1 and authorized additional funding with fiscal committee and governor-and-council approval. The House sustained the veto, 168–140.
August 19, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to adopt the HB 155 conference report raising the business enterprise tax filing threshold to $400,000, funding nursing facility rates, and conditionally cutting the tax rate; it passed 195–157.
June 4, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-06-04, Qualey voted to adopt the HB 1300 conference report, which put a local school-district tax-cap question before voters and limited central-office administrative spending. The House adopted the report, 183–170; the governor later signed the bill.
June 4, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against the HB 1588 conference report on multifamily housing in commercial districts, special assessment districts, and housing infrastructure grants; the House adopted it 185–171.
June 4, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of amended SB 625, which combined a homicide-family information study with ending state refugee-resettlement support and removing the childhood hepatitis B immunization requirement; it passed 156–139.
May 14, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against HB564 in January, then voted in May to accept the Senate's changes to it. The bill put school administrative unit budgets before voters in constituent districts, set a prior-year adjusted budget if voters rejected one, and required year-end unassigned SAU funds to be returned to the districts by their funding shares. The House concurred 184–140; the bill became Chapter 153.
May 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to reject SB 603, which directed state funding to offset federal SNAP funding losses; the House rejected it 186–158.
May 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On April 23, 2026, Qualey voted for the House-amended SB 101, requiring statewide public-school open enrollment with capacity notices, lotteries when applications exceeded available places, and state funding for transfers. The House rejected passage 168–184, then tabled it.
April 23, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to reject SB 543, which established provisional Medicaid eligibility for nursing-facility applicants and funded implementation; the House rejected it 182–154.
April 23, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-12, Qualey voted for amended HB 1224, which reduced official-ballot towns’ default budgets by salary and benefit costs for long-vacant positions, while letting them retain restricted funding for public-safety vacancies under active recruitment. The House passed the amended bill, 186–160.
March 12, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2026-03-12, Qualey voted against tabling amended HB 1066. The House version treated general municipal lease agreements as debt and required a public hearing and supermajority vote for leases above $500,000. The table motion failed, 167–175; the House later passed the amended bill by a division vote, and the Senate sent it to interim study.
March 12, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2026-03-11, Qualey voted for HB 1706, which proposed to repeal the state refugee resettlement program and bar state spending on refugee resettlement. The House passed the bill, 170–164.
March 11, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1227; the House approved the motion 176–151. It added newly approved annual bond debt service to the local tax-cap base once repayment began.
March 5, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted for HB1495, allowing school districts and cities with dependent school districts, after notice and a hearing, to borrow against expected state reimbursements and count the loan proceeds as revenue when setting property tax rates. The borrowing was exempt from ordinary debt limits and proceeds had to serve the same purpose as the reimbursement. The House passed it 185–162; it later became Chapter 133.
March 5, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted against killing HB 1427, which restricted local governments' authority to issue bonds except for emergencies, essential infrastructure, matching funds, or voter approval. The House killed it 234–112.
February 19, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1826, which raised the state's calculated per-pupil cost of an adequate public education. The House killed it 192–157.
February 19, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1799, which expanded the resources and state funding specified for an adequate public education and created a study of alternatives to property-tax funding. The House killed it 185–159.
February 19, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1791, which proposed grants and funding for higher-education programs serving students with developmental disabilities. The House killed it 187–157.
February 19, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1803, which barred students from receiving both an education tax-credit scholarship and education freedom account funds in the same program year. The House killed it 191–157.
February 19, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted against HB 1705, which funded access to an employee assistance program for volunteer and small-town first responders. The House passed it 194–154 and referred it to Finance.
February 19, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-02-12 to kill HB 1596, which raised tobacco taxes, funded the state university system, and ended certain health-program premiums. The House adopted the kill motion, 200–157.
February 12, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-02-12 to kill HB 1810, which imposed a bulk road-salt fee for a salt-mitigation fund. The House adopted the kill motion, 177–156.
February 12, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-02-05 to kill HB 1405, creating loan guarantees for affordable housing. The House adopted the kill motion, 186–162.
February 5, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-02-05 for HB 1196, repealing the Housing Champion designation and grants. The House passed the bill, 185–166.
February 5, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-01-08 to kill HB 624, creating grants for local river-management advisory committees. The House adopted the kill motion, 187–164.
January 8, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-01-08 for HB 314, restricting the use of public money for lobbying. The House rejected the amended bill, 152–198.
January 8, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-01-08 to kill HB 572, funding a Partners in Housing workforce-housing program. The House adopted the kill motion, 191–156.
January 8, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill HB 665, extending free school meals to families earning up to 300 percent of poverty guidelines. The House adopted the kill motion, 189–158.
January 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill HB 97, appropriating $5 million for wastewater-infrastructure projects. The House adopted the kill motion, 175–156.
January 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On January 7, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 197; the House approved the motion 172–159. It required the state to pay 7.5 percent of local teachers', police officers' and firefighters' retirement contributions. He also opposed passage of the refiled 2022 HB 1417 and supported killing 2024 HB 1279.
January 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill HB 651, increasing base and differential aid for public education. The House adopted the kill motion, 190–155.
January 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill SB 204, expanding free school meals and reimbursing districts. The House adopted the kill motion, 183–161.
January 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On June 26, 2025, Qualey voted to adopt the HB 2 budget-policy conference report, 184–183. It revised school aid and Education Freedom Account rules and directed requests for Medicaid copays, premiums and work requirements. It ended municipal revenue sharing and passenger-vehicle inspections; expanded video lottery and keno; and raised environmental and vehicle fees. It also barred public-sector diversity programs and restricted certain foreign real-estate purchases. It funded child care, housing, drinking water and youth-center settlements.
June 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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On June 26, 2025, Qualey voted to accept Senate changes to HB 282, which revised state education grants and Group II retirement benefits and raised the statewide biennial cap on first-responder critical-injury benefits from $500,000 to $1 million. The House concurred 322–41.
June 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-06-26, Qualey voted to adopt the conference report for HB 1, the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. The House adopted the report, 185–180.
June 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted for SB 295, expanding eligibility for Education Freedom Accounts by removing household income limits. The House adopted the amended bill, 190–178; it became law. He previously voted to table the income-cap repeal in 2023 HB 331, then supported its refiled 2024 HB 1634 version, which failed in the House.
June 5, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-05-08, Qualey voted for SB 105, allowing towns to adopt limits on annual budget increases. The House adopted the amended bill, 193–168.
May 8, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-04-10, Qualey voted for a floor amendment to the capital budget removing $450,000 from a Transportation Department appropriation for a private freight-rail project and restricting state funds to state-owned active freight lines. The House rejected the amendment to HB 25, 136–232.
April 10, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for House passage of HB 475, reducing official-ballot default budgets for eliminated or long-vacant positions, one-time spending, and actual payroll changes; it passed 195–159.
March 27, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for House passage of HB 374, counting tax-impact warrant articles in local tax caps and adjusting cap calculations for prior surplus, inflation, and population or school enrollment; it passed 195–159.
March 27, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On March 27, 2025, Qualey voted for HB 613, letting official-ballot towns, districts, and other local subdivisions adopt a reduced default budget as a fallback if voters rejected both the proposed operating budget and the ordinary default budget. The House passed the amended bill 197–158.
March 27, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-03-13, Qualey voted to kill HB 703, which proposed to prevent schools from denying meals to students with unpaid meal balances and provide funding for those meals. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 202–173.
March 13, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for HB 94, which proposed to limit Medicaid coverage of circumcision for children to cases a clinician finds medically necessary. The House passed the bill, 184–183. He also supported final passage of the refiled 2024 HB 1683 proposal after initially supporting tabling it and later voting to resume consideration; its final passage failed 184–191.
March 6, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted against amended HB 751, requiring state licensure of outpatient substance-use treatment facilities, adding a behavioral-health complaints specialist to the health department ombudsman’s office, and appropriating $211,000 for a compliance officer. The House passed the amended bill, 216–152.
March 6, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted to kill HB245. The proposal establishes the speed enforcement and awareness fund and provides financial assistance, through a grant program, to municipalities for the purchase of speed enforcement and speed awareness traffic equipment related to the enforcement of traffic laws. The House approved the kill motion, 225–147.
March 6, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2025-02-06, Qualey voted for HB 133, changing when the motor vehicle division sends license-compliance notices to new residents, requiring notice in specified cases involving a surrendered or expired out-of-state license, and funding DMV technology upgrades. The House passed the bill, 206–147.
February 6, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to override the governor’s veto of HB1187, which restricted municipal lease financing for fixture improvements, with a temporary energy-contract exception. The House fell short of the two-thirds override threshold, 161–170.
October 10, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for a conference report on HB1665 raising the education-freedom-account income cap to 425 percent of poverty, cutting administrator fees, and extending phase-out grants. The House rejected the conference report, 168–185.
June 13, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted for HB1616's conference report, requiring parental consent for each new school Medicaid service and creating state health-agency hiring incentives. Its fiscal note estimated $860,000–$910,000 in first-year agency-budget spending; no new appropriation was included. The House rejected the report 173–179.
June 13, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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After opposing an earlier version, voted for amended SB417, which prioritized sibling placements, strengthened uncharged parents’ custody rights, and funded implementation. The House passed the measure, 360–3.
May 23, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against SB403 after opposing its House amendment. It certified community health workers, sought Medicaid reimbursement, and expanded nursing-assistant medication certificates. The House passed the measure, 241–122.
May 23, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against an amendment to SB499 requiring summer food benefits for eligible children and simplified food-assistance applications for elderly residents, with appropriations. The House adopted the amendment, 192–178.
May 23, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey opposed an amendment requiring the state to pay 7.5 percent of local employers' retirement contributions for teachers, firefighters and police, reducing those costs for municipalities. The House rejected the amendment to SB311, 177–183.
May 23, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against amended SB476, which financed prison replacement planning and added mental-health reporting, firearm surrender, and relief procedures. The House passed the measure, 212–155.
May 23, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2024-05-23, Qualey voted to kill SB217. The proposal establishes the rural and underserved area educator incentive program and makes an appropriation therefor. The House approved the kill motion, 184–174.
May 23, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey opposed an amendment making school meals free for children in households at or below 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, with the added costs paid from the education trust fund. The House rejected the amendment to SB396, 177–185.
May 23, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House passage of SB383, which adjusted local tax caps for inflation and population and let school districts adopt per-pupil budget caps. The House passed the measure, 184–177.
May 9, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported two failed amendments narrowing covered food packaging and PFAS chemicals, then opposed HB1649’s broader product restrictions and enforcement funding. The House passed the measure, 233–140.
April 11, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against House passage of HB1633, which proposed legal adult cannabis sales through licensed businesses, a 10 percent sales fee, and program funding. The House passed the measure, 239–136.
April 11, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to kill HB1199, which directed the child advocate to coordinate services for homeless and at-risk youth and appropriated $150,000 for a staff position. The House rejected both initial kill and passage motions by one vote, then indefinitely postponed the bill 192–190 with his support.
April 11, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to kill HB1678, a pilot offering incentives for schools to buy food from New Hampshire farms. The House rejected the kill motion, 179–193.
April 11, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to kill HB546 and to table it in January, then against its passage in March. The proposal required at least $50 million a year for school-building aid grants, on top of existing debt payments. After removal from the table, the House passed it 182–178.
March 28, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against HB1512, which limited Education Freedom Account spending to sums budgeted from the education trust fund. The House rejected passage 186–187 and then indefinitely postponed the bill 187–185 with his support.
March 14, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted for CACR15, requiring two-thirds votes in both legislative chambers for new or increased state taxes and license fees or state bond issuance. The House rejected the proposed constitutional amendment 183–185, well below the required three-fifths threshold.
March 14, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against tabling HB1660 and for its passage. The bill excluded gender-reassignment surgery for minors from state Medicaid coverage. The House passed it 193–169.
March 7, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1472 and against passage of its $3 million point-of-sale electric-vehicle rebate pilot funded from the energy-efficiency fund. The postponement vote failed 188–189; the House rejected the bill 187–192.
February 22, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On February 15, 2024, Qualey voted to kill HB 1652; the House approved the motion 194–179. It allowed districts to create local Education Freedom Accounts providing grants for eligible students' approved education expenses. Eligible settings included public, charter and private schools.
February 15, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against HB1212's expansion of free school meals to children in households at or below 350% of the federal poverty level, paid from the education trust fund. After several close votes, the House passed it 193–175; Qualey later voted to table it, and the House tabled it 192–191.
February 15, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2024-02-15, Qualey voted for HB1677. The proposal extends eligibility for the education freedom account program to students who participated in the program in the preceeding year, students whose enrollment transfer requests were denied, and to students in school districts which performed at 49 percent or below in statewide assessments. The House rejected the bill, 174–192.
February 15, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted for HB1561, expanding Education Freedom Account eligibility to families up to 350% of the federal poverty level and to students in several non-income categories, including persistent bullying, LGBTQ identity, low test scores, diagnosed health conditions, and PFAS-affected districts. The House rejected it 185–197; his later vote to reconsider also failed.
February 8, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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On January 4, 2024, Qualey voted to kill the carried SB 263, extending Granite Advantage Medicaid through 2030 and restoring its evaluation commission; the House approved the kill motion 191–183. He previously opposed the May 18, 2023 version making the program permanent, which passed the House 193–166.
January 4, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2024-01-03, Qualey voted against amended HB369. The proposal establishes the farm energy systems and infrastructure design advisory program and makes an appropriation therefor. The House rejected the amended bill, 186–187.
January 3, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On January 3, 2024, Qualey voted to kill the carried HB 620, establishing an early-learning division and a three-year community prekindergarten pilot; the House approved the kill motion 188–185. He previously voted against its amended passage on February 14, 2023, when it passed 183–174.
January 3, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted for House-amended HB354, making chartered public schools eligible for the state school-building-aid process and grants. The House passed it 190–177.
January 3, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to override HB337’s veto. The bill required advance licensing-board meeting notices, public access to materials and comment opportunities, and funded an additional attorney. The House overrode the veto, 251–104; the Senate sustained it, 12–11.
October 26, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to cut $330,000 from a proposed $638,000 county allocation for rehabilitation of the Westmoreland Red Barn museum and educational project; the Delegation approved the reduction unanimously.
August 7, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey supported deleting SB152’s workforce innovation fund and offshore-wind training committee; the amendment failed, 122–251. He then opposed the bill, which retained those provisions and established a marine-trades education pathway. The House advanced it, 250–123.
May 4, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to reject HB430. The bill restricted new Education Freedom Account applications to children with a year in public school or entering kindergarten or first grade. The House rejected it, 194–192.
April 6, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-04-06, Qualey voted against amended HB639. The proposal establishes procedures for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis; the licensing and regulation of cannabis establishments; and makes appropriations therefor. The House passed the amended bill, 272–109.
April 6, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-04-06, Qualey voted against amended HB 250, expanding accidental-death benefits payable through the state retirement system to survivors of members who died in the line of duty. The House passed the amended bill, 328–53.
April 6, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-04-06, Qualey voted to kill HB534. The proposal creates a water assistance fund to be used to repair and replace drinking water treatment sources damaged by natural disasters. The House rejected the kill motion, 191–196.
April 6, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-03-23, Qualey voted to kill CACR4. This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution increases the biennial compensation for legislators and increases additional compensation for attendance at special sessions, emergency sessions, and veto sessions. The House approved the kill motion, 239–145.
March 23, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted against HB 524, which raised from $1 to $3 per allowance the share of regional greenhouse-gas auction proceeds kept in the state energy-efficiency fund before the balance was rebated to electric customers. The House rejected the bill, 181–186.
March 16, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey opposed replacing HB92’s California vehicle-emissions requirements with a study commission; the amendment failed, 171–194. He then voted against the original bill, which funded implementation staff and raised inspection-sticker fees. The House rejected it, 40–331.
March 9, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted for HB 440, adding Education Freedom Account scholarship organizations and several other education programs to the permitted uses of the education trust fund and allowing the Education Department to retain up to one percent for administration. The House passed the bill, 191–185; the Senate later revised it.
March 9, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted to kill HB338. The proposal expands the New Hampshire Rx advantage program to include insulin prescription assistance for individuals with diabetes. The House approved the kill motion, 283–61.
February 23, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-02-22, Qualey voted against amended HB 565, extending Medicaid coverage after childbirth from 60 days to 12 months and funding the expanded coverage. The House passed the amended bill, 184–179.
February 22, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-02-22, Qualey voted to kill HB489. The proposal establishes a county tourism development fund administered by the department of business and economic affairs and makes an appropriation therefor. The House approved the kill motion, 190–171.
February 22, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-02-22, Qualey voted against amended HB574. The proposal re-establishes the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers Market Nutrition Program. The House rejected the amended bill, 180–184.
February 22, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-02-22, Qualey voted against amended HB 436, extending retirement transition benefits for Group II police and firefighters affected by earlier pension changes. The House passed the amended bill, 282–80.
February 22, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-02-14, Qualey voted against HB324. The proposal establishes a fund to provide campaign financing for eligible candidates for governor and executive councilor and makes an appropriation to the fund. The House rejected the bill, 163–200.
February 14, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to reject HB630 as amended. The bill created a state-administered green bank to finance clean-energy and emissions-reduction projects with federal, public and private funds. The House rejected it, 187–182.
February 14, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On February 14, 2023, Qualey voted for amended HB 246, redirecting renewable-energy-certificate money in the renewable energy fund to reducing ratepayer costs for two years and requiring a Public Utilities Commission docket to determine distribution. The House rejected the amended bill 179–186.
February 14, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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On 2023-02-14, Qualey voted against HB418. The proposal eliminates the rebate amount distributed to retail electricity ratepayers and allocates all auction proceeds to support current or future energy efficiency resource standards programs. The House rejected the bill, 183–185.
February 14, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against the HB103 conference report. The bill proposed to add a dental benefit to New Hampshire Medicaid through managed care. The House adopted it 246–105.
May 26, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against the HB1661 conference report. The conference package coordinated career-technical school schedules and credits, funded opioid-treatment oversight and disability services, and removed some Medicaid premiums. It also allowed Medicaid payment to family caregivers, funded hospital staffing and birthing services, and created housing incentives. The House adopted it 244–99.
May 26, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to advance SB407 as amended. The bill proposed to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months with an appropriation and add exemptions from vaccine mandates. The House advanced it 295–28.
May 4, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against advancing SB450. The bill created a fee-funded budget for the prescription drug affordability board, clarified its fee powers, and penalized confidentiality breaches. The House advanced it 173–161.
May 4, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against advancing SB404 as amended. The bill proposed to create a federally matched Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program outreach plan. The House advanced it 226–76.
May 4, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against advancing SB376 as amended. The bill created a board to review police encounters involving mental illness and appropriated $1.2 million for crisis-intervention training. The House advanced it 206–107.
April 21, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against advancing SB401. The bill proposed to appropriate funding for local highway and bridge aid and police body and dashboard cameras. The House advanced it 241–93.
April 21, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against advancing SB430 as amended. The health-services package funded opioid-treatment oversight, a disability-services pilot, hospital birthing care, and paid family Medicaid caregivers. It also removed some Medicaid premiums, changed kinship foster licensing, and funded child behavioral-health staffing. The House advanced it 233–90.
April 21, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against advancing HB1627 as amended. The bill proposed to fund an Education Freedom Account administrator and use Medicaid enrollment data to certify school-meal eligibility. The House advanced it 204–131.
March 31, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against Cheshire County’s $69,487,730 budget for 2022, later citing the county’s new ambulance service competing with a private provider; the budget passed 16–3.
March 21, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to advance HB1432. The bill proposed to bar state funds for planning, building, or operating new passenger rail service. The House advanced it 187–144.
March 17, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to advance HB1070. The bill proposed to allow cuts in a proposed school budget to reduce the default budget in official-ballot districts. The House advanced it 172–162.
March 17, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to advance HB1337 as amended. The bill proposed to vary unemployment-benefit duration from 16 to 26 weeks according to the state unemployment rate. The House advanced it 179–153.
March 17, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to advance HB1165. The bill proposed to repeal the Granite State paid family leave plan. The House advanced it 172–164.
March 17, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to reject HB1683. The bill proposed to repeal the Education Freedom Account program. The House rejected it 189–166.
March 16, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against advancing HB1587. The bill proposed to revise extra-pay calculations in retirement benefits for post-2011 hires and fund the actuarial cost from the general fund. The House advanced it 231–113.
February 17, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to reject HB1657. The bill proposed to create and fund a farm-to-school reimbursement program. The House rejected it 186–164.
February 16, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to reject HB1684. The bill proposed to cap Education Freedom Account spending at amounts included in the state budget. The House rejected it 182–171.
February 16, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against advancing HB237. The bill proposed to legalize, regulate, and tax adult cannabis sales and fund the regulatory program. The advancement motion failed 163–170.
January 5, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to allocate $4,065,420 in state ProShare funds to nursing-home equipment and capital work, county reserves, and a $182,712 reduction in 2021 county taxes that held the tax increase to zero; the allocation passed 16–0.
August 9, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to apply $862,424 in state testing and deferred federal CARES Act funds to COVID-19 expenses at Maplewood Nursing Home; the motion passed 16–0.
August 9, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted for the HB2 conference report. The budget created Education Freedom Accounts and cut business and interest-and-dividends taxes. It also restricted abortion after 24 weeks and banned public instruction that people are inherently racist or inferior because of their identity. The House adopted it 198–181.
June 24, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against advancing SB162 as amended. The health-services package created a fee-funded public-health oversight fund and required a plan for developmental-disability service coverage. It removed patients’ required designation of one medical-cannabis center and allowed qualifying cards to last up to three years. It authorized trained recreation-camp staff to use emergency allergy medication. The House advanced it 240–136.
June 3, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to advance SB147 as amended. The omnibus bill required schools to report how many graduates received in-person federal student-aid application help. It gave education officials access to founded child-abuse reports and allowed contract buses for school activities. It added special-education aid for small towns. The House advanced it 203–172.
June 3, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against advancing SB134 as amended. The justice package allowed some long-sentence prisoners to seek suspension earlier, funded police mental-health intervention training, and authorized industrial-hemp research. It also changed school-worker background checks and restrictions on aiming laser pointers. The House advanced it 264–113.
June 3, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to reject SB107. The bill proposed to offer federal COVID-19 relief funds to certain newly established businesses. The House rejected it 194–176.
June 3, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted to reject HB274. The bill proposed to require the state to pay 5 percent of local government employers' retirement contributions. The House rejected it 189–168.
February 26, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Qualey voted against rejecting HB420. The bill proposed to permit drug-forfeiture funds to support addiction treatment and recovery centers. The House rejected it 181–173.
February 26, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Advocated adding $100,000 to Rindge’s reserve fund for library facilities, citing increased use and a need for more program space. Voters later rejected the request 262–656.
February 2, 2013Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Public Safety and Crime Control · 7 support · 22 oppose

On 2026-04-23, Qualey voted to kill SB559. The proposal reduces the minimum speed limits that local authorities may set in certain districts from 25 miles per hour to 20 miles per hour, based on engineering or traffic investigations. The House approved the kill motion, 218–110.
April 23, 2026Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted for House passage of SB 620, extending first alcohol-test-refusal license suspensions to nine months and repeats to three years. It allowed courts to suspend up to 180 days in a DWI plea and changed aggravated-DWI penalties. The House passed it 259–94.
April 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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On 2026-02-12, Qualey voted to kill HB 1642, which proposed to let courts issue extreme-risk orders for temporary firearm surrender when a person poses a danger. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 206–153.
February 12, 2026Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted on 2026-02-12 for HB 1710, adopting the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act. The House passed the bill, 198–161.
February 12, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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On June 5, 2025, Qualey voted for amended SB 263, imposing criminal and civil liability on operators who knowingly use responsive AI communications to encourage children toward sexual conduct, illegal drug use, self-harm, or violence. It also added lease expiration as an eviction ground after 60 days’ notice for tenancies of at least six months. The House passed it 202–168.
June 5, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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On May 8, 2025, Qualey voted for SB 262; the House passed it 290–71. It raised sentences for knowingly trafficking minors into commercial sex acts or explicit performances from seven-to-30 years to 18-years-to-life.
May 8, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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On 2025-03-13, Qualey voted for amended HB 59, making serious injury to a police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical worker performing official duties a first- or second-degree felony assault, with a protection for targeted off-duty police officers. The House passed the amended bill, 196–179.
March 13, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for HB 649, which proposed to end periodic vehicle safety inspections and on-board diagnostic checks for passenger vehicles. The House passed the bill, 212–143.
March 6, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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On 2025-02-13, Qualey voted to kill HB203. The proposal requires occupants of canoes, kayaks, or rowing sculls on state waters who are not part of an official competition to wear a personal floatation device of a type approved by the United States Coast Guard. The House approved the kill motion, 215–162.
February 13, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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On 2024-05-23, Qualey voted for SB 418, raising the driver-license suspension for a first refusal of an alcohol test from 180 days to one year and for a subsequent refusal from two to three years. The House rejected the bill, 101–253.
May 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against passing HB628 and for killing it. The bill required criminal-history checks for employees and volunteers at nonpublic schools and education service providers receiving public education funds. The House killed it 195–178.
January 3, 2024Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted against amended SB256, requiring safety-training certificates for many off-road recreational-vehicle operators and establishing training, testing and enforcement rules. The House advanced it, 186–179.
June 8, 2023Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted against HB351, requiring safety devices with firearm transfers and increasing penalties for negligent firearm storage. The House rejected it, 182–203.
March 22, 2023Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted to kill HB222. The proposal requires the use of seat belt restraints for all occupants when operating motor vehicles. The House approved the kill motion, 206–162.
March 16, 2023Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted to kill HB32. The proposal adds a criminal offense for the possession or discharge of a firearm in a safe school zone. The House approved the kill motion, 199–174.
March 9, 2023Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted against advancing SB459 as amended. The bill proposed to require hospitals and other covered health facilities to operate workplace-violence prevention programs. The House advanced it 220–87.
May 4, 2022Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted against advancing SB376 as amended. The bill created a board to review police encounters involving mental illness and appropriated $1.2 million for crisis-intervention training. The House advanced it 206–107.
April 21, 2022Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted against advancing SB306. The bill proposed to increase penalties for driving offenses involving prohibited mobile-device use. The House advanced it 201–132.
April 21, 2022Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted against advancing SB401. The bill proposed to appropriate funding for local highway and bridge aid and police body and dashboard cameras. The House advanced it 241–93.
April 21, 2022Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted to advance HB1476 as amended. The bill proposed to allow detention pending a hearing for people arrested for another offense while released on bail. The House advanced it 199–134.
March 15, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted to reject HB1120. The bill proposed to require Education Freedom Account providers to meet specified accountability rules, including criminal-background checks for staff. The House rejected it 165–155.
March 15, 2022Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted against advancing HB1540 as amended. The bill proposed to require audiovisual recording of custodial interrogations for specified crimes. The House advanced it 233–122.
February 16, 2022Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against rejecting HB414. The bill proposed to make emergency evacuation advisory rather than mandatory and limit emergency services for those declining evacuation. The House rejected it 198–156.
January 6, 2022Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against overriding the veto of HB239. The bill proposed to extend the prosecution deadlines for first- and second-degree assaults against minors. The House override vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold, 35–312.
January 5, 2022Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted against advancing SB134 as amended. The justice package allowed some long-sentence prisoners to seek suspension earlier, funded police mental-health intervention training, and authorized industrial-hemp research. It also changed school-worker background checks and restrictions on aiming laser pointers. The House advanced it 264–113.
June 3, 2021Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB34. The bill proposed to revise controlled-drug-analog definitions and prohibit synthetic urine and urine additives. The House advanced it 240–134.
June 3, 2021Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB251 as amended. The bill proposed to require rear-facing motor-vehicle restraints for children younger than two. The House advanced it 198–176.
April 9, 2021Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted against advancing HB140. The bill proposed to create a private lawsuit for violations of school bullying and pupil-safety requirements. The House advanced it 207–169.
April 8, 2021Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Qualey voted to postpone HB246 indefinitely. The bill proposed to create protective orders for vulnerable adults. The House postponed it indefinitely 195–158.
February 26, 2021Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 33 support · 27 oppose

Qualey voted to override HB1184’s veto. The bill added notice, hearing and appeal rights for people barred from municipal or school property. The House overrode the veto, 290–29; the bill became law.
August 19, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted against overriding HB1422’s veto. The bill removed the three-year new-trial deadline for certain criminal defendants claiming innocence with newly discovered evidence. The House overrode the veto, 314–7; the bill became law.
August 19, 2026Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted to override HB1267’s veto. The bill required parental permission before lawyers, police or other nonemployees questioned minor students at school, while preserving child-welfare investigation exceptions. The House overrode the veto, 311–6; the bill became law.
August 19, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to adopt the HB 1279 conference report expanding the deadly-force defense for a threatened felony in a home or its surrounding property to include defense of a third person. The House adopted it 208–140.
June 4, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted against a floor amendment to SB409 that expanded written notice of existing rights for sexual assault survivors, including evidence-kit collection and preservation information, and required the attorney general, health providers, and police to make or provide that information. The House rejected the amendment 172–184.
May 14, 2026Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House passage of HB 1633, expanding notices of legal rights given to sexual-assault survivors; it passed 340–1.
March 26, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted against killing HB 1313, which repealed restrictions on entering or remaining on sidewalks near reproductive-health facilities. The House killed it 171–163.
March 11, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2026-03-11, Qualey voted against HB 1464, which proposed protections and penalties against discrimination, harassment, or economic interference based on political affiliation or opinion. The House rejected it 136–199, then voted to kill it.
March 11, 2026Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1108, shielding a person from a criminal-threatening charge for displaying a firearm or other lawful self-defense means to deter a reasonably perceived threat of injury, theft, or unlawful intrusion. The House passed it 193–144.
March 11, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1709, making it an offense for certain people unlawfully in the United States with prior felony convictions to rent or occupy property and authorizing sheriffs to arrest them while serving a writ of possession. The House passed it 181–154.
March 11, 2026Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted for HR 19, a House resolution encouraging state colleges and universities to invite more conservative speakers and condemning political violence. The House adopted it 191–155.
March 5, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1048, ending the ban on adult possession and sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles while retaining restrictions for minors. The House passed it 192–154.
March 5, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted on 2026-01-07 for HB 510, adding notice, evidence access, and impartial hearings in serious public-college disciplinary cases. The House passed the amended bill, 197–149.
January 7, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted for SB 15, adding hard labor as a sentencing option for capital murder and serious child sexual assault; the House passed the amended bill 179–159.
January 7, 2026Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted against HB 198, a bill to legalize possession of limited quantities of cannabis while penalizing smoking or vaping in public. The House passed the bill, 208–125.
March 26, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted to kill HB 638, which proposed to let certain older prisoners serving life without parole seek parole. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 214–127.
March 26, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to accept Senate changes to HB1305, which protected speech and student-group association at public colleges. The House concurred in the Senate changes, 201–160. He previously supported tabling the refiled 2023 HB 516 proposal.
May 30, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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After opposing an earlier version, voted for amended SB417, which prioritized sibling placements, strengthened uncharged parents’ custody rights, and funded implementation. The House passed the measure, 360–3.
May 23, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to amend SB503 by restricting blackjacks, slungshots, and metallic knuckles for minors rather than banning their possession or sale for adults. The House adopted the amendment, 183–181.
May 23, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against House passage of SB459, which studied child protection, expanded family-court evidence rights, limited income assignments, and authorized parenting coordinators. The House passed the measure, 270–94.
May 9, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted against an amendment to SB508 requiring county-jail behavioral health screening and reentry access while adding an antisemitism definition to discrimination enforcement. The House adopted the amendment, 189–160.
May 9, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted for HB1288's disciplinary due-process protections for students, student organizations and faculty at public colleges, then against tabling it. The House rejected tabling 180–186 and passed the bill 196–184; the Senate later sent it to interim study.
April 11, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-28, Qualey voted against HB1539. The proposal allows for additional annulments, resentencings, or discontinuations of prosecutions for certain cannabis offenses. The House passed the bill, 283–80.
March 28, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted for a failed floor amendment narrowing the mental-health adjudications eligible for entry into the federal firearm background-check database and adding a separate danger hearing and a study of New Hampshire Hospital security. He then voted against amended HB 1711, which authorized specified mental-health records in the database and firearm recovery procedures. The amendment failed, 101–252; the House passed the broader bill, 204–149.
March 28, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1311 and then against passing it. The bill required school-library collection and reconsideration policies, including safeguards against removing material based on an author's or subject's protected traits or viewpoint. The postponement failed 185–190 and the House passed it 194–180; his later reconsideration vote also failed.
March 14, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted for amended HB 1204, barring government agents from entering fenced or posted secured premises without a warrant unless an occupant consented or an emergency justified entry. The proposal excluded evidence from an unlawful entry and exempted Fish and Game conservation officers working outside buildings. The House passed the amended bill, 228–139.
March 14, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-07, Qualey voted for HB1266. The proposal authorizes parties to make their own audio and/or visual recording of proceedings in the family division of the circuit court under certain circumstances. The House passed the bill, 191–173.
March 7, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On February 1, 2024, Qualey voted to kill HB 1372; the House approved the motion 319–58. It criminalized intentional torture by people exercising government authority over someone in their custody or control. Pain incidental to lawful penalties was excluded.
February 1, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-05-18, Qualey voted against SB 128, paying court-appointed legal counsel for people facing involuntary mental-health admission from the indigent-defense fund. The House passed it, 207–177.
May 18, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2023-04-06, Qualey voted against amended HB639. The proposal establishes procedures for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis; the licensing and regulation of cannabis establishments; and makes appropriations therefor. The House passed the amended bill, 272–109.
April 6, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-23, Qualey voted for a floor amendment to HB 49 setting terms for a state-run replacement of the Sununu Youth Services Center, including an 18-bed maximum and treatment and education services for detained youth. The House adopted the amendment, 276–104.
March 23, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2023-03-22, Qualey voted for an amendment to HB 135 limiting no-knock search warrants to cases of imminent violence or exceptional risk of evidence destruction, with added approvals and reporting, and then for the amended bill. The House adopted the amendment, 299–84, and passed the bill, 374–9.
March 22, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted to kill HB328. The proposal legalizes the possession and use of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), mescaline, psilocybin, and peyote for persons 21 years of age and older. The House approved the kill motion, 290–76.
March 16, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted against HB 596, prohibiting law enforcement from using racial profiling and barring discriminatory treatment in sentencing. The House passed the bill, 186–185.
March 16, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted for HB31. The proposal repeals the prohibition, penalty, and exceptions relating to the carrying and possessing with intent to sell a black jack, slung shot, or metallic knuckles. The House passed the bill, 196–176.
March 9, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against rejecting HB498. The bill required warrants and probable cause for specified conservation-officer wildlife searches and boat boardings. The House rejected it, 233–113.
February 23, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2023-02-22, Qualey voted to kill HB581. The proposal repeals the controlled drug act effective July 1, 2025, and establishes a committee to recommend legislation to make the necessary policy and statutory changes to accompany the repeal. The House approved the kill motion, 286–70.
February 22, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for overriding the veto of HB1625. The bill proposed to repeal the reproductive-health-clinic sidewalk buffer-zone restriction. The House override vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold, 145–175.
September 15, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB376 as amended. The bill created a board to review police encounters involving mental illness and appropriated $1.2 million for crisis-intervention training. The House advanced it 206–107.
April 21, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB401. The bill proposed to appropriate funding for local highway and bridge aid and police body and dashboard cameras. The House advanced it 241–93.
April 21, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1666. The bill proposed to shield driver-license type and Department of Motor Vehicles records from federal civil immigration investigations. The House rejected it 189–160.
March 31, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted against advancing HB1598 as amended. The bill proposed to legalize adult cannabis possession and use. The House advanced it 169–156.
March 31, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted to advance HB1210 as amended. The bill proposed to require public-funded employers and postsecondary institutions to grant medical, religious, and conscience exemptions from vaccine mandates. The House advanced it 181–155.
March 17, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted to advance HB1495 as amended. The bill proposed to bar the state from requiring businesses to impose vaccine or documentation mandates, with a Medicare or Medicaid facility exception. The House advanced it 179–153.
March 16, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1455. The bill proposed to bar state enforcement of federal COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandates. The House advanced it 174–159.
March 16, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1425. The bill proposed to limit emergency eminent domain and revise compensation for takings. The House advanced it 179–150.
March 16, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1476 as amended. The bill proposed to allow detention pending a hearing for people arrested for another offense while released on bail. The House advanced it 199–134.
March 15, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1604 as amended. The bill proposed to require state and county medical facilities to grant requested medical, religious, and conscience vaccine exemptions despite Medicare or Medicaid participation conditions. The House advanced it 176–174.
February 17, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB1540 as amended. The bill proposed to require audiovisual recording of custodial interrogations for specified crimes. The House advanced it 233–122.
February 16, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB254 as amended. The bill proposed to restrict secure juvenile detention to qualifying delinquency charges and require clear evidence before commitment to the Department of Health and Human Services. The House advanced it 264–87.
January 6, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against rejecting HB414. The bill proposed to make emergency evacuation advisory rather than mandatory and limit emergency services for those declining evacuation. The House rejected it 198–156.
January 6, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB237. The bill proposed to legalize, regulate, and tax adult cannabis sales and fund the regulatory program. The advancement motion failed 163–170.
January 5, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to concur with the Senate amendment to HB220. The bill proposed to grant medical, religious, and conscience exemptions from immunization mandates. The House concurred 198–162.
June 10, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted to concur with the Senate amendment to HB195. The bill proposed to exclude the display of a firearm from the crime of reckless conduct in specified circumstances. The House concurred 206–155.
June 10, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB134 as amended. The justice package allowed some long-sentence prisoners to seek suspension earlier, funded police mental-health intervention training, and authorized industrial-hemp research. It also changed school-worker background checks and restrictions on aiming laser pointers. The House advanced it 264–113.
June 3, 2021Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB111. The bill proposed to allow lawsuits against the state for violations of individual rights. The advancement motion failed 178–184.
April 9, 2021Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Qualey voted to advance HB440 as amended. The bill proposed to prohibit suspension of civil liberties during a state of emergency. The House advanced it 192–178.
April 9, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB402. The bill proposed to require a two-thirds legislative vote to take property during a declared emergency. The advancement motion failed 166–171.
April 8, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB196 as amended. The bill proposed to exclude certain trespass-related conduct from criminal-threatening charges. The House advanced it 208–159.
April 7, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB63 as amended. The bill proposed to reverse COVID-19 emergency-order violations and annul resulting arrests or convictions. The House advanced it 188–169.
February 26, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Housing Affordability · 3 support · 21 oppose

Qualey voted to override HB1336’s veto. The bill allowed landlords to collect an extra month’s rent as a conditional deposit from applicants failing specified credit, income or rental-history standards. It exempted advance rent from escrow requirements. The House sustained the veto, 159–155.
August 19, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
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Voted against the HB 1588 conference report on multifamily housing in commercial districts, special assessment districts, and housing infrastructure grants; the House adopted it 185–171.
June 4, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2026-05-21, Qualey voted against concurring with the Senate amendment to HB 1681, setting rules for tiny houses and yurts as residences, including construction, inspection, and local approval. The House concurred 242–102.
May 21, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
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Voted on 2026-02-05 to kill HB 1405, creating loan guarantees for affordable housing. The House adopted the kill motion, 186–162.
February 5, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
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Voted on 2026-02-05 for HB 1196, repealing the Housing Champion designation and grants. The House passed the bill, 185–166.
February 5, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
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Voted on 2026-02-05 to kill HB 1661, establishing a Community Heroes housing program. The House adopted the kill motion, 179–166.
February 5, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 to kill HB 572, funding a Partners in Housing workforce-housing program. The House adopted the kill motion, 191–156.
January 8, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
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On June 26, 2025, Qualey voted to adopt the HB 2 budget-policy conference report, 184–183. It revised school aid and Education Freedom Account rules and directed requests for Medicaid copays, premiums and work requirements. It ended municipal revenue sharing and passenger-vehicle inspections; expanded video lottery and keno; and raised environmental and vehicle fees. It also barred public-sector diversity programs and restricted certain foreign real-estate purchases. It funded child care, housing, drinking water and youth-center settlements.
June 26, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
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On June 12, 2025, Qualey voted against accepting Senate changes to HB 342, which allowed building at neighborhood density without certain zoning variances and changed how municipalities create energy-efficiency and clean-energy districts. The House rejected concurrence 154–195.
June 12, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2025-05-22, Qualey voted for SB 174, which proposed to bar planning boards from using the number of bedrooms in a proposed development as an approval criterion. The House rejected passage of the amended bill, 176–183.
May 22, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
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On 2025-05-08, Qualey voted against amended SB 153, which created an expedited driveway-access permit for residential developments of at least 20 units and required a Transportation Department decision within 60 days of a completed application for other residential driveways. The House passed the amended bill, 293–61.
May 8, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2025-05-01, Qualey voted against SB 284, which proposed to limit municipal minimum parking requirements for residential units. The House passed the amended bill, 197–144.
May 1, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB 631, which proposed to require municipalities to permit multifamily housing on commercially zoned land under specified conditions. The House rejected the postponement motion, 128–211.
March 20, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
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Voted against a conference report on HB1400 limiting residential parking mandates, revising unauthorized-occupant eviction rules, and offering office-to-housing tax relief. The House adopted the conference report, 205–149.
June 13, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2024-05-02, Qualey voted to kill SB538. The proposal establishes a tax relief program for office conversion to residences; enables municipalities to allow its governing body to adopt certain zoning ordinance changes; and adds additional authority in zoning powers for parking requirements and lot size requirements related to sewer infrastructure. The House approved the kill motion, 188–173.
May 2, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
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Qualey voted to table and then against passing HB1291, allowing two accessory dwelling units by right instead of one, increasing permitted unit size, and allowing towns to apply workforce-housing requirements. The table motion failed 87–277 and the House passed the amended bill 220–143.
March 28, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2024-03-28, Qualey voted to table HB1545. The proposal permits the disposal of state surplus property at less than fair market value if the property is transfered to a nonprofit for the purpose of constructing affordable housing. The House tabled the bill, 190–185.
March 28, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2024-03-28, Qualey voted against amended HB1399. The proposal allows the expansion of a single family residence within a residential zone in an urban area to no more than 2 residential units without discretionary review or a hearing, if the proposed development meets certain requirements. The House passed the amended bill, 220–140.
March 28, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted against HB469. The proposal prohibits discrimination against tenants holding certain vouchers for purposes of renting dwellings. The House rejected the bill, 165–206.
March 9, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted against HB401. The proposal establishes certain criteria for evictions based on the landlord's intent to renovate or remove the property from the residential housing market. The House rejected the bill, 154–213.
March 9, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted against amended HB44. The proposal requires that local legislative bodies permit by right certain single-family lots in residential districts to be used for up to 4 residential units. The House rejected the amended bill, 117–232.
February 23, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB95. The bill allowed towns to regulate residential rent increases and notice periods and protected tenants contesting unlawful increases. The House rejected it, 301–63.
February 2, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
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Qualey voted to advance SB86 as amended. The planning bill let local boards charge developers for third-party inspections and created a housing and conservation planning program. It also protected existing buildings from later local restrictions on their heating or energy sources. The House advanced it 208–167.
June 4, 2021Supports Housing Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB102. The bill proposed to create residential revitalization property-tax relief and permit local property-tax exemptions for certain renewable energy and storage systems. The House advanced it 208–165.
June 4, 2021Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Social Programs and Welfare · 8 support · 30 oppose

Qualey voted to override HB1565’s veto. The bill penalized knowingly false child-abuse reports, changed school-building project-manager requirements, and funded provisional Medicaid nursing-facility eligibility after 90 days. It appropriated $1 and authorized additional funding with fiscal committee and governor-and-council approval. The House sustained the veto, 168–140.
August 19, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House passage of amended SB 625, which combined a homicide-family information study with ending state refugee-resettlement support and removing the childhood hepatitis B immunization requirement; it passed 156–139.
May 14, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to reject SB 603, which directed state funding to offset federal SNAP funding losses; the House rejected it 186–158.
May 7, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to reject SB 545, which removed the Medicare Savings Program resource limit and sought wider prescription-drug assistance; the House rejected it 182–153.
April 23, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to reject SB 543, which established provisional Medicaid eligibility for nursing-facility applicants and funded implementation; the House rejected it 182–154.
April 23, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to reject HB 1760, which repealed state directives to seek higher Medicaid drug copayments and program premiums; the House rejected it 184–153.
March 12, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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On 2026-03-11, Qualey voted for HB 1706, which proposed to repeal the state refugee resettlement program and bar state spending on refugee resettlement. The House passed the bill, 170–164.
March 11, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1797, tightening SNAP work and eligibility standards and requiring data checks to verify benefits. The House passed it 172–161.
March 11, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1791, which proposed grants and funding for higher-education programs serving students with developmental disabilities. The House killed it 187–157.
February 19, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted on 2026-01-08 for HB 348, allowing towns to require up to 90 days of residency for local assistance. The House passed the amended bill, 190–157.
January 8, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted on 2026-01-08 for SB 134, establishing work requirements for New Hampshire's expanded Medicaid program. The House passed the amended bill, 204–150.
January 8, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill HB 665, extending free school meals to families earning up to 300 percent of poverty guidelines. The House adopted the kill motion, 189–158.
January 7, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill SB 204, expanding free school meals and reimbursing districts. The House adopted the kill motion, 183–161.
January 7, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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On 2025-03-13, Qualey voted to kill HB 703, which proposed to prevent schools from denying meals to students with unpaid meal balances and provide funding for those meals. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 202–173.
March 13, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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On 2025-03-13, Qualey voted to kill HB646. The proposal directs the department of education to adopt rules to require school districts to offer online and physical free or reduced price school meals applications. The House approved the kill motion, 209–165.
March 13, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to accept Senate changes to HB1607, which allowed parents to surrender infants up to 61 days old through approved safe-haven devices. The House concurred in the Senate changes, 185–174.
May 30, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
After opposing an earlier version, voted for amended SB417, which prioritized sibling placements, strengthened uncharged parents’ custody rights, and funded implementation. The House passed the measure, 360–3.
May 23, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against an amendment to SB499 requiring summer food benefits for eligible children and simplified food-assistance applications for elderly residents, with appropriations. The House adopted the amendment, 192–178.
May 23, 2024Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Qualey opposed an amendment making school meals free for children in households at or below 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, with the added costs paid from the education trust fund. The House rejected the amendment to SB396, 177–185.
May 23, 2024Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to kill HB1199, which directed the child advocate to coordinate services for homeless and at-risk youth and appropriated $150,000 for a staff position. The House rejected both initial kill and passage motions by one vote, then indefinitely postponed the bill 192–190 with his support.
April 11, 2024Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against HB1212's expansion of free school meals to children in households at or below 350% of the federal poverty level, paid from the education trust fund. After several close votes, the House passed it 193–175; Qualey later voted to table it, and the House tabled it 192–191.
February 15, 2024Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On January 4, 2024, Qualey voted to kill the carried SB 263, extending Granite Advantage Medicaid through 2030 and restoring its evaluation commission; the House approved the kill motion 191–183. He previously opposed the May 18, 2023 version making the program permanent, which passed the House 193–166.
January 4, 2024Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against SB42, prohibiting interest on unemployment-benefit overpayments except in fraud or deliberate nondisclosure cases. The House advanced it, 196–178.
June 8, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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On 2023-04-06, Qualey voted against amended HB 250, expanding accidental-death benefits payable through the state retirement system to survivors of members who died in the line of duty. The House passed the amended bill, 328–53.
April 6, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted for HR7. The resolution calls on the federal government to preserve and protect Medicare and social security without cuts to benefits. The House passed the resolution, 333–12.
February 23, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted to kill HB338. The proposal expands the New Hampshire Rx advantage program to include insulin prescription assistance for individuals with diabetes. The House approved the kill motion, 283–61.
February 23, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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On 2023-02-22, Qualey voted against amended HB 565, extending Medicaid coverage after childbirth from 60 days to 12 months and funding the expanded coverage. The House passed the amended bill, 184–179.
February 22, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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On 2023-02-22, Qualey voted against amended HB574. The proposal re-establishes the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers Market Nutrition Program. The House rejected the amended bill, 180–184.
February 22, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against the HB103 conference report. The bill proposed to add a dental benefit to New Hampshire Medicaid through managed care. The House adopted it 246–105.
May 26, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against the HB1661 conference report. The conference package coordinated career-technical school schedules and credits, funded opioid-treatment oversight and disability services, and removed some Medicaid premiums. It also allowed Medicaid payment to family caregivers, funded hospital staffing and birthing services, and created housing incentives. The House adopted it 244–99.
May 26, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB407 as amended. The bill proposed to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months with an appropriation and add exemptions from vaccine mandates. The House advanced it 295–28.
May 4, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB404 as amended. The bill proposed to create a federally matched Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program outreach plan. The House advanced it 226–76.
May 4, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Qualey voted against advancing SB430 as amended. The health-services package funded opioid-treatment oversight, a disability-services pilot, hospital birthing care, and paid family Medicaid caregivers. It also removed some Medicaid premiums, changed kinship foster licensing, and funded child behavioral-health staffing. The House advanced it 233–90.
April 21, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Qualey voted against advancing HB1627 as amended. The bill proposed to fund an Education Freedom Account administrator and use Medicaid enrollment data to certify school-meal eligibility. The House advanced it 204–131.
March 31, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Qualey voted to advance HB1337 as amended. The bill proposed to vary unemployment-benefit duration from 16 to 26 weeks according to the state unemployment rate. The House advanced it 179–153.
March 17, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB549 as amended. The bill proposed to tie annual electric system-benefits charge increases to inflation and direct at least 20 percent of energy-efficiency funds to low-income programs. The House advanced it 343–0.
January 6, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to place the county's first $16,906 opioid settlement payment, and later payments, in a dedicated fund for spending on opioid and substance-use addiction; the motion passed 16–0.
August 9, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Qualey voted against rejecting HB420. The bill proposed to permit drug-forfeiture funds to support addiction treatment and recovery centers. The House rejected it 181–173.
February 26, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Public Education Quality · 21 support · 18 oppose

On May 14, 2026, Qualey voted for SB 430, requiring credentialed educators to answer parents’ written questions about their children honestly and completely within ten business days, with a safety exception for imminent abuse or neglect. The House passed it 193–163; it became Chapter 248.
May 14, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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On April 23, 2026, Qualey voted for the House-amended SB 101, requiring statewide public-school open enrollment with capacity notices, lotteries when applications exceeded available places, and state funding for transfers. The House rejected passage 168–184, then tabled it.
April 23, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted for House passage of HB 112, requiring public college students to meet a civics requirement through a test or approved course; it passed 191–157.
March 26, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1817, extending access to resident public school courses and extracurricular activities to education freedom account students. The House passed it 179–156.
March 11, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1121, defining staffing, supplies, technology, facilities, and transportation elements used to calculate the cost of an adequate public education. The House passed it 187–152.
March 11, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1826, which raised the state's calculated per-pupil cost of an adequate public education. The House killed it 192–157.
February 19, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1799, which expanded the resources and state funding specified for an adequate public education and created a study of alternatives to property-tax funding. The House killed it 185–159.
February 19, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1791, which proposed grants and funding for higher-education programs serving students with developmental disabilities. The House killed it 187–157.
February 19, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
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On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1557, which changed state special-education aid calculations and removed annual proration of that aid. The House killed it 184–157.
February 19, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted on 2026-02-12 to kill HB 1596, which raised tobacco taxes, funded the state university system, and ended certain health-program premiums. The House adopted the kill motion, 200–157.
February 12, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted on 2026-02-12 to kill HB 1716, which required reporting of educational attainment for education freedom account students. The House adopted the kill motion, 194–166.
February 12, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted on 2026-01-07 for HB 121, allowing state probation and outside administration of financially troubled school districts. The House passed the amended bill, 187–154.
January 7, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-07 for HB 131, changing school bullying rules and requiring written notice of victims' protections. The House passed the amended bill, 190–149.
January 7, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill HB 295, allowing school-building-aid funds to carry forward. The House adopted the kill motion, 191–150.
January 7, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill HB 651, increasing base and differential aid for public education. The House adopted the kill motion, 190–155.
January 7, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted for House passage of SB 210, revising bullying investigations and parent notices, reporting notification waivers, giving alleged victims written rights information, and allowing attendance outside the home district; it passed 193–159.
June 5, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-05, Qualey supported amendments and final passage of SB 99, giving students in regional career and technical education programs access to full-time or part-time academic courses at receiving schools. The House amendment required sending districts to pay receiving districts at least 80 percent of the sending district’s average per-pupil cost, prorated for part-time students. Qualey also supported a floor amendment deleting a separate section of the bill. The House adopted both amendments, 208–159 and 203–169, and passed the combined version, 206–167; it became law.
June 5, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-05-23, Qualey voted to kill SB217. The proposal establishes the rural and underserved area educator incentive program and makes an appropriation therefor. The House approved the kill motion, 184–174.
May 23, 2024Opposes Public Education Quality
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Qualey voted to kill HB546 and to table it in January, then against its passage in March. The proposal required at least $50 million a year for school-building aid grants, on top of existing debt payments. After removal from the table, the House passed it 182–178.
March 28, 2024Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-03, Qualey voted against SB 151, adding mental-health education to New Hampshire’s adequate-education standards and giving the Education Department rulemaking authority. The House rejected the bill, 183–186.
January 3, 2024Opposes Public Education Quality
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On January 3, 2024, Qualey voted to kill the carried HB 620, establishing an early-learning division and a three-year community prekindergarten pilot; the House approved the kill motion 188–185. He previously voted against its amended passage on February 14, 2023, when it passed 183–174.
January 3, 2024Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for House-amended HB354, making chartered public schools eligible for the state school-building-aid process and grants. The House passed it 190–177.
January 3, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey supported deleting SB152’s workforce innovation fund and offshore-wind training committee; the amendment failed, 122–251. He then opposed the bill, which retained those provisions and established a marine-trades education pathway. The House advanced it, 250–123.
May 4, 2023Opposes Public Education Quality
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Qualey voted for SB77, allowing school boards to assign students facing educational hardship to approved private schools. The House advanced it, 187–183.
May 4, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for overriding the veto of HB319. The bill proposed to require public university and community-college students to pass the federal naturalization civics test before graduation. The House override vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold, 143–181.
September 15, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against the HB1661 conference report. The conference package coordinated career-technical school schedules and credits, funded opioid-treatment oversight and disability services, and removed some Medicaid premiums. It also allowed Medicaid payment to family caregivers, funded hospital staffing and birthing services, and created housing incentives. The House adopted it 244–99.
May 26, 2022Opposes Public Education Quality
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Qualey voted for the HB1431 conference report. The bill proposed to create parental rights to school records, curriculum information, and notification about minors, with discipline for officials who encourage concealment from parents. The House rejected it 171–176.
May 26, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB381 as amended. The bill proposed to create an office of the advocate for special education. The House advanced it 170–155.
May 4, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB420 as amended. The bill based extra state education grants on poverty and local property values, revised special-education funding, and repealed a supplemental 2023 municipal aid payment. The House advanced it 261–71.
April 21, 2022Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1434 as amended. The bill proposed to require school districts and charter schools to make curriculum materials available to parents and residents on request. The House advanced it 185–152.
March 16, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
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Qualey voted to reject HB1120. The bill proposed to require Education Freedom Account providers to meet specified accountability rules, including criminal-background checks for staff. The House rejected it 165–155.
March 15, 2022Opposes Public Education Quality
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Qualey voted against overriding the veto of HB242. The bill proposed to specify adequate-education content including environmental science, civics, personal finance, and digital literacy. The House override vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold, 165–182.
January 5, 2022Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB147 as amended. The omnibus bill required schools to report how many graduates received in-person federal student-aid application help. It gave education officials access to founded child-abuse reports and allowed contract buses for school activities. It added special-education aid for small towns. The House advanced it 203–172.
June 3, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
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Qualey voted to advance HB278. The bill proposed to make unused public-school district facilities available to charter schools. The House advanced it 190–185.
April 8, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
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Qualey voted to advance HB388 as amended. The bill proposed to let parents request transfers to other public or approved private schools based on a pupil's best interests. The House advanced it 199–175.
April 8, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB140. The bill proposed to create a private lawsuit for violations of school bullying and pupil-safety requirements. The House advanced it 207–169.
April 8, 2021Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB182 as amended. The bill proposed to require high schools to credit courses completed at other approved schools. The House advanced it 208–169.
April 8, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB609. The bill proposed to authorize innovation schools under a state approval process. The House advanced it 192–156.
February 26, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB320 as amended. The bill proposed to require high-school students to pass a civics assessment for graduation. The House advanced it 208–141.
February 26, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Gun Control · 1 support · 27 oppose

Voted for an SB 408 floor amendment proposing to bar public colleges from restricting lawful firearm and nonlethal-weapon possession on campus. The amendment failed 159–177.
May 14, 2026Opposes Gun Control
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On 2026-02-12, Qualey voted to kill HB 1642, which proposed to let courts issue extreme-risk orders for temporary firearm surrender when a person poses a danger. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 206–153.
February 12, 2026Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-02-05 for HB 1697, exempting firearms made and kept in New Hampshire from federal regulation. The House passed the bill, 188–164.
February 5, 2026Opposes Gun Control
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Voted on 2026-02-05 for HB 1793, preventing public colleges from regulating firearms carried on campus. The House passed the bill, 188–165.
February 5, 2026Opposes Gun Control
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Voted for House passage of HB 609, giving the legislature exclusive authority over firearm and other self-defense-tool regulation and limiting local rules; it passed 193–151.
January 7, 2026Opposes Gun Control
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On 2025-05-22, Qualey voted to concur with Senate changes to HB 551, which repealed the license requirement for selling pistols and revolvers and limited some firearm-design liability. The House concurred, 200–161.
May 22, 2025Opposes Gun Control
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On 2025-02-20, Qualey voted to kill HB 56, which proposed to require background checks and a 72-hour waiting period for certain firearm transfers. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 216–154.
February 20, 2025Opposes Gun Control
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On 2025-02-20, Qualey voted to kill HB 352, which proposed to ban possession of firearms at polling places. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 211–161.
February 20, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-20, Qualey voted for HB 381, which proposed to exempt firearms and firearm accessories manufactured for in-state use from the federal National Firearms Act. The House passed the bill, 205–168.
February 20, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for a failed floor amendment narrowing the mental-health adjudications eligible for entry into the federal firearm background-check database and adding a separate danger hearing and a study of New Hampshire Hospital security. He then voted against amended HB 1711, which authorized specified mental-health records in the database and firearm recovery procedures. The amendment failed, 101–252; the House passed the broader bill, 204–149.
March 28, 2024Opposes Gun Control
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Qualey voted for a floor amendment to HB1336 protecting employees at publicly funded employers who keep lawful firearms or ammunition concealed in locked vehicles; it also barred employer firearm inquiries or warrantless vehicle searches and limited employer liability. The House adopted the amendment 201–172 and later passed the amended bill by division.
March 21, 2024Opposes Gun Control
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Qualey opposed HB 1050, allowing people to enroll voluntarily on a firearm do-not-sell list and barring dealers from selling to enrollees. The House rejected passage, 179–200, then approved a kill motion, 205–175; he voted against passage and for killing it.
February 22, 2024Opposes Gun Control
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Qualey supported a House bill allowing rifles chambered for straight-walled pistol cartridges of at least .357 caliber in handgun-restricted hunting areas. The House passed it 221–157, and it became law.
February 8, 2024Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-04, Qualey voted against killing HB144. The proposal provides that a non-violent felon who has completed the term of incarceration, and all other conditions of the sentence, shall have the right to possess and use a firearm. The House approved the kill motion, 297–63.
January 4, 2024Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-04, Qualey voted to kill HB512. The proposal exempts firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition manufactured in New Hampshire from interstate commerce and from regulation by the federal government. The House approved the kill motion, 286–69.
January 4, 2024Supports Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against HB351, requiring safety devices with firearm transfers and increasing penalties for negligent firearm storage. The House rejected it, 182–203.
March 22, 2023Opposes Gun Control
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On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted against HB76. The proposal establishes a waiting period for the delivery of a firearm. The House rejected the bill, 168–193.
March 16, 2023Opposes Gun Control
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On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted to kill HB78. The proposal repeals the prohibition on the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms. The House approved the kill motion, 200–173.
March 9, 2023Opposes Gun Control
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On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted to kill HB32. The proposal adds a criminal offense for the possession or discharge of a firearm in a safe school zone. The House approved the kill motion, 199–174.
March 9, 2023Opposes Gun Control
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On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted to kill HB59. The proposal requires commercial firearms sales or transfers in this state to be subject to a criminal background check and provides a criminal penalty for a violation. The House approved the kill motion, 197–175.
March 9, 2023Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted to kill HR8. The resolution urges Congress to enact legislation regulating and banning certain semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices. The House approved the kill motion, 181–162.
February 23, 2023Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to concur with the Senate amendment to HB1178. The bill proposed to bar state enforcement of federal laws and orders restricting firearms. The House concurred 163–143.
May 12, 2022Opposes Gun Control
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Qualey voted to reject HB1096. The bill proposed to ban open carrying or displaying deadly weapons within 100 feet of a polling place. The House rejected it 190–153.
March 15, 2022Opposes Gun Control
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Qualey voted to advance HB1636. The bill proposed to allow otherwise eligible people to carry loaded pistols on off-road recreational vehicles and snowmobiles. The House advanced it 204–134.
March 10, 2022Opposes Gun Control
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Qualey voted to reject HB1151. The bill proposed to ban displaying deadly weapons at parades, rallies, protests, vigils, and similar gatherings. The House rejected it 191–141.
March 10, 2022Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for overriding the veto of HB334. The bill allowed loaded firearms on off-road recreational vehicles and snowmobiles and moved dealer background checks to the Federal Bureau of Investigation system. The House override vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold, 138–212.
January 5, 2022Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance CACR8 as amended. The constitutional amendment proposed to bar legislative restrictions on owning, carrying, or using firearms and firearm accessories. The House voted 201–174; the proposal fell short of the required three-fifths majority.
April 7, 2021Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB307 as amended. The bill proposed to preempt local regulation of firearms, ammunition, components, accessories, and knives. The House advanced it 191–162.
April 7, 2021Opposes Gun Control
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support · 11 oppose

On 2024-02-15, Qualey voted against HCR11. The resolution condemns medically unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion. The House passed the resolution, 196–151.
February 15, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-01, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1248. The proposal prohibits abortion, other than for a medical emergency, if the gestational age of the fetus is more than 15 days. The House adopted the postponement motion, 363–11.
February 1, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against CACR23, which proposed a constitutional abortion right before 24 weeks and protection after 24 weeks when a physician deemed abortion necessary. It received 193 yeas to 184 nays but failed the required three-fifths House threshold.
February 1, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against CACR2, establishing a constitutional right to personal reproductive autonomy. The House vote, 193–191, fell short of the required three-fifths majority.
March 23, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-23, Qualey voted against HB224. The proposal repeals the criminal and civil penalties for violation of the fetal life protection act, which restricts access to abortion procedures after 24 weeks. The House passed the bill, 205–178.
March 23, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-23, Qualey voted against HB271. The proposal repeals the "fetal life protection act", which restricts access to abortion after 24 weeks. The House rejected the bill, 192–192.
March 23, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-23, Qualey voted against killing HB591. The proposal prohibits abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat. The House approved the kill motion, 271–110.
March 23, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against the HB1661 conference report. The conference package coordinated career-technical school schedules and credits, funded opioid-treatment oversight and disability services, and removed some Medicaid premiums. It also allowed Medicaid payment to family caregivers, funded hospital staffing and birthing services, and created housing incentives. The House adopted it 244–99.
May 26, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB407 as amended. The bill proposed to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months with an appropriation and add exemptions from vaccine mandates. The House advanced it 295–28.
May 4, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB430 as amended. The health-services package funded opioid-treatment oversight, a disability-services pilot, hospital birthing care, and paid family Medicaid caregivers. It also removed some Medicaid premiums, changed kinship foster licensing, and funded child behavioral-health staffing. The House advanced it 233–90.
April 21, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB1609 as amended. The bill proposed to add a fatal-fetal-abnormality exception to the 24-week abortion ban and revise the pre-abortion ultrasound requirement. The House advanced it 231–114.
March 31, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for the HB2 conference report. The budget created Education Freedom Accounts and cut business and interest-and-dividends taxes. It also restricted abortion after 24 weeks and banned public instruction that people are inherently racist or inferior because of their identity. The House adopted it 198–181.
June 24, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB625. The bill proposed to ban abortions at or after 24 weeks except for medical emergencies. The House advanced it 191–160.
February 26, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Election Integrity · 26 support · 6 oppose

Qualey voted against overriding HB1369’s veto. The bill added website posting for regular town-meeting warrants and required two notice methods for special meetings. The House overrode the veto, 305–12; the bill became law.
August 19, 2026Opposes Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to adopt the HB 1062 conference report authorizing random audits of registered voters' citizenship qualifications; it passed 196–156.
June 4, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey co-sponsored HB 1131, introduced January 7, 2026, to put town votes on adopting or rescinding the official-ballot town-meeting form on annual official ballots under ordinary absentee and polling rules; rescission still required three-fifths approval. The House passed HB 1131 on March 12 but rejected a Senate rewrite on May 21. Qualey also co-sponsored a May 13 floor amendment adding the same policy to SB 557 and voted for its adoption on May 14, 171-162. The Senate rejected the House-amended SB 557.
May 14, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On May 14, 2026, Qualey voted for SB 223, limiting acceptable voter photo IDs to the forms listed in state election law and repealing an education department duty to give the secretary of state a list of certain higher-education schools. The House passed it 187–157; it became Chapter 243.
May 14, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey co-sponsored CACR 21, introduced January 7, 2026, to add U.S. citizenship to the state constitution's voter eligibility rule. He voted for the House-amended proposal on March 11. It received 184-146 but failed to reach the required three-fifths House vote.
March 11, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-02-05 to kill HB 1487, creating an independent commission to propose redistricting maps. The House adopted the kill motion, 189–164.
February 5, 2026Opposes Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 for HB 365, providing citizenship-check procedures and birth-certificate vouchers for indigent voters. The House passed the amended bill, 195–142.
January 8, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-07 for CACR 4, requiring adult voters to legally reside where they claim domicile. The proposal received 184–157 but failed the required three-fifths vote.
January 7, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On January 7, 2026, Qualey co-sponsored a bill requiring suitable town, city and school buildings to be available as polling places when local election officials requested them, with municipalities covering reasonable costs. The House passed it, and the Senate sent it to interim study on May 7.
January 7, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: bills.nhliberty.org
Voted on 2026-01-07 for HB 323, requiring government-issued photo identification to vote. The House passed the amended bill, 190–148.
January 7, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey co-sponsored House amendment 2025-2407h to SB 218 on May 23, 2025. It required absentee voter-registration affidavits to include documents establishing citizenship, age, domicile and identity, and changed how clerks verify absentee voters returning ballots in person. The House adopted the amendment and Qualey voted for amended passage on June 5, 192-149. A later conference version became law as Chapter 298 on August 1.
June 5, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted for SB 221, requiring annual verification of voter rolls. The House adopted the amended bill, 184–153.
June 5, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted for SB 287, requiring absentee-ballot applicants to provide a copy of photo identification or a notarized application. The House adopted the amended bill, 187–149.
June 5, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted to kill HB 363, a proposal for statutory criteria to guide redistricting. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 203–167.
March 27, 2025Opposes Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for HB274. The proposal provides for the annual verification of voter rolls. The House passed the bill, 200–174.
March 27, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 20, 2025, Qualey voted to kill HB 630, which extended the election-period restriction on deceptive deepfakes of candidates, election officials, or parties from AI-generated media to other digitally created synthetic media. The House killed it 201–169.
March 20, 2025Opposes Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for SB576, which required estate executors to notify local clerks when a registered voter died. The House passed the measure, 182–180.
May 9, 2024Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1149. The proposal modifies the definition of domicile for voting purposes, modifies forms and procedures used for voter registration, and removes the requirement that the secretary of state conduct post-election voter registration inquiries. The House adopted the postponement motion, 190–184.
March 21, 2024Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted for HB1369. The proposal increases the verification of voter rolls by the supervisors of the checklist to every 4 years. The House passed the bill, 191–181.
March 14, 2024Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1557. The proposal requires the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center. The House adopted the postponement motion, 189–185.
March 14, 2024Opposes Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB1348 and for the amendment allowing recount applications when a race's margin was under 20% or cast ballots exceeded registered voters, with a Friday-after-election filing deadline. The House rejected tabling 184–190 and adopted the amendment 191–183; it then passed the amended bill.
March 14, 2024Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1364. The proposal makes it a crime to intimidate election officers, officials, and workers, to improperly influence the electoral process, and to tamper with electronic ballot counting devices, voter lists or rosters, voter registration systems, and voting system components or passwords. The House adopted the postponement motion, 189–184.
March 14, 2024Opposes Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for HB1577's process for viewing digital images of election ballots. The House passed the amended bill 193–182. He later voted against tabling it, but the House tabled it 193–188.
February 22, 2024Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for the HB1567 conference report. The bill proposed to authorize attorney-general investigations of election-official misconduct, loss of voting rights after conviction, and civil fines for negligent misconduct. The House adopted it 184–161.
May 26, 2022Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB418 as amended. The bill proposed to require post-election verification of voter-affidavit ballots. The House advanced it 164–155.
May 4, 2022Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1153. The bill proposed to mail absentee ballots only after an absentee application has been approved. The House advanced it 185–158.
March 16, 2022Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance CACR15 as amended. The constitutional amendment proposed to limit voting in New Hampshire elections to state residents. The House voted 190–165; the proposal fell short of the required three-fifths majority.
March 16, 2022Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance CACR19. The constitutional amendment proposed to require paper ballots in all elections. The House voted 195–160; the proposal fell short of the required three-fifths majority.
March 16, 2022Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against rejecting HB1247. The bill proposed to require hand counting of folded ballots in jurisdictions using electronic ballot counters. The House rejected it 203–145.
March 16, 2022Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB523. The bill proposed to photograph election-day registrants who use an affidavit instead of approved identification. The House advanced it 197–172.
April 8, 2021Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB285. The bill proposed to cross-check voter rolls against death records and motor-vehicle address changes. The House advanced it 199–172.
April 8, 2021Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB292. The bill proposed to verify mail-in absentee applications requesting delivery to an address different from the voter checklist. The House advanced it 198–174.
April 8, 2021Supports Election Integrity
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Limit Foreign Influence · 1 support

On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1561, barring non-U.S.-citizen nationals of the People’s Republic of China from graduate degree programs, research, and full-time jobs at public colleges, and barring those colleges from partnerships with PRC-affiliated entities. The House rejected passage 157–173, then voted to kill it.
March 11, 2026Supports Limit Foreign Influence
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 5 support

Voted for CACR 12, a proposed constitutional ban on House adoption of taxes measured by personal income; it fell short of the required three-fifths vote, 193–148.
May 14, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-05, Qualey voted for CACR 10, a proposed constitutional amendment to bar new state taxes on personal income. The House vote was 194–158 in favor but the proposal failed because it did not reach the required three-fifths majority.
March 5, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1097 as amended. The bill proposed to assert New Hampshire's position against out-of-state taxation of residents' income earned while working remotely in New Hampshire. The House advanced it 251–72.
March 17, 2022Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for the HB2 conference report. The budget created Education Freedom Accounts and cut business and interest-and-dividends taxes. It also restricted abortion after 24 weeks and banned public instruction that people are inherently racist or inferior because of their identity. The House adopted it 198–181.
June 24, 2021Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance CACR1. The constitutional amendment proposed to prohibit a tax on earned personal income. The House voted 202–171; the proposal fell short of the required three-fifths majority.
April 9, 2021Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Data Privacy · 12 support · 9 oppose

Publicly backed higher campaign-donation disclosure thresholds in SB405, arguing that naming small donors discouraged political participation.
May 6, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: wmur.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1268, rewriting home-education rules, protecting families' home-education information, and creating liability for knowingly making abuse reports based chiefly on home education. The House passed it 174–166.
March 11, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1378, giving parents access to minor children's electronic medical records with specified exceptions. The House passed it 175–149.
March 11, 2026Opposes Data Privacy
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Voted on 2026-02-12 for HB 1460, barring sale of children's location and other sensitive data. The House passed the bill, 214–145.
February 12, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-12-17, Qualey voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 446, requiring schools to email parents copies of nonacademic surveys and get written parental consent for children to take the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The House voted 181–170 for override, short of two-thirds, so the veto was sustained.
December 17, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-26, Qualey voted to adopt the HB 273 conference report giving parents or guardians access to records of a minor's current borrowed books, DVDs, and CDs; it passed 201–165.
June 26, 2025Opposes Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On May 8, 2025, Qualey voted for a floor amendment to SB 141 adding library cards and membership status to confidential library records while allowing schools to notify parents about their children’s educational materials. The House adopted that amendment 192–170.
May 8, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted against amended HB 666, making library cards and membership status confidential with a civil penalty for unlawful disclosure. The House passed it, 189–172.
March 27, 2025Opposes Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to accept Senate changes to HB1186, which barred firearm-specific merchant codes for payment cards and provided enforcement. The House concurred in the Senate changes, 190–179.
May 30, 2024Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-07, Qualey voted against killing HB1308. The proposal provides a parent or legal guardian with access to their minor child's library records. The House approved the kill motion, 194–170.
March 7, 2024Opposes Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-07, Qualey voted for amended HB1695. The proposal prohibits the transfer of student's personally identifiable information to third parties without written consent of the parents and student. The House passed the amended bill, 192–173.
March 7, 2024Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey opposed SB272 amendments removing explicit parental rights to inquire about students’ gender information and protecting children’s privacy rights. Both passed, 201–184 and 198–187. He then opposed permanently shelving the amended parental-rights bill. The House shelved it, 195–190.
May 18, 2023Opposes Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted for HB497. The proposal requires court approval of certain disclosures of case records based on harm to the child that may result. The House passed the bill, 178–173.
March 16, 2023Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1401 as amended. The bill proposed to bar disclosure of driver-specific vehicle-mileage information without consent. The House advanced it 189–160.
March 31, 2022Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1666. The bill proposed to shield driver-license type and Department of Motor Vehicles records from federal civil immigration investigations. The House rejected it 189–160.
March 31, 2022Opposes Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1495 as amended. The bill proposed to bar the state from requiring businesses to impose vaccine or documentation mandates, with a Medicare or Medicaid facility exception. The House advanced it 179–153.
March 16, 2022Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1009. The bill proposed to include voter registration dates in public voter-checklist information. The House advanced it 185–167.
March 16, 2022Opposes Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1639 as amended. The bill proposed to require annual school-board approval and parental opt-in for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention youth risk behavior survey. The House advanced it 183–164.
March 16, 2022Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB147 as amended. The omnibus bill required schools to report how many graduates received in-person federal student-aid application help. It gave education officials access to founded child-abuse reports and allowed contract buses for school activities. It added special-education aid for small towns. The House advanced it 203–172.
June 3, 2021Opposes Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB523. The bill proposed to photograph election-day registrants who use an affidavit instead of approved identification. The House advanced it 197–172.
April 8, 2021Opposes Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB194 as amended. The bill proposed to let the education department collect pupil addresses for assessment reporting while requiring assessment contractors to destroy specified student data. The House advanced it 193–152.
February 26, 2021Supports Data Privacy
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Civil Rights · 16 support · 31 oppose

On 2026-08-19, Qualey voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 232, which required health-care institutions that provide abortion services to notify employees of their right to request religious or moral accommodation from direct participation in abortion. The House vote was 166–154, short of the required two-thirds majority, so the veto stood.
August 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to adopt the HB 317 conference report allowing specified election officials to attest the identity of registered voters they personally know, with written attestations; it passed 197–159.
June 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of SB 552, defining biological sex and exempting specified sex-based facility designations from unlawful-discrimination rules; it passed 179–159.
May 14, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1447, requiring sex-based rules for certain public facilities and allowing private entities to use them without discrimination liability; it passed 184–154.
March 12, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 12, 2026, Qualey voted to kill CACR 25, which proposed a constitutional right to marry and legal recognition of marriage regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or race. The House killed it 176–162.
March 12, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1022, specifying a parent-signed form for claiming a religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements. The House passed it 179–150.
March 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1561, barring non-U.S.-citizen nationals of the People’s Republic of China from graduate degree programs, research, and full-time jobs at public colleges, and barring those colleges from partnerships with PRC-affiliated entities. The House rejected passage 157–173, then voted to kill it.
March 11, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1299, allowing sex-based distinctions in bathrooms, locker rooms, sports, and detention facilities without treating them as discrimination; government facilities using such distinctions also had to offer a single-occupancy bathroom. The House passed it 176–155.
March 11, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1376, which barred adverse child-welfare and adoption findings solely for raising a child according to biological sex; it passed 171–143.
March 11, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1442, requiring sex-based use of certain public bathrooms and locker rooms and allowing similar rules in public accommodations; it passed 181–164.
March 5, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
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On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1217, allowing sex-based distinctions in multiuser bathrooms and athletic competitions without treating them as discrimination. The House passed it 187–163.
March 5, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-02-19, Qualey voted for HB 1792, which proposed to prohibit public-school instruction in specified concepts involving critical race theory, LGBTQ+ identity and Marxist analysis and to allow civil claims for violations. The House passed the bill, 184–164.
February 19, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-02-12 for HB 1584, requiring notice of immunization exemptions and accepting signed religious-objection statements. The House passed the amended bill, 197–163.
February 12, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 for SB 268, excluding certain biological-sex classifications from unlawful-discrimination rules. The House passed the bill, 185–159.
January 8, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 for HB 365, providing citizenship-check procedures and birth-certificate vouchers for indigent voters. The House passed the amended bill, 195–142.
January 8, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On January 7, 2026, Qualey co-sponsored a bill allowing state House candidates in special elections to file with town or city clerks and requiring clerks with limited hours to arrange filing appointments. It became Chapter 293 on July 10.
January 7, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: bills.nhliberty.org
On 2025-12-17, Qualey voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 148, which proposed to permit sex-based classifications in specified settings such as sports, bathrooms and correctional facilities. The 188–165 House vote fell short of the required two-thirds majority, so the veto was sustained.
December 17, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-12-17, Qualey voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 358, which proposed to change religious-exemption rules for childhood immunization. The House voted 176–175 for override, short of two-thirds, so the veto was sustained.
December 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-26, Qualey voted to adopt the HB 712 conference report, restricting breast surgery for minors, requiring abortion-statistics reporting, and making residential-care facilities maintain quality-assurance programs and publish inspection results. The House adopted the report, 191–163; the measure became law.
June 26, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-26, Qualey voted to adopt the HB 377 conference report, restricting medical procedures and medication intended to alter a minor’s gender, including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The House adopted the report, 202–161; the measure became law.
June 26, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted for the House-amended SB 100, applying the school teaching-discrimination ban to intentional or knowing violations and allowing educator discipline and civil claims. The House adopted the amended bill, 194–165.
June 5, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 26, 2025, Qualey voted for HB 50, allowing civil suits against schools for intentional or knowing violations of the ban on teaching discrimination and treating such violations by educators as breaches of their professional code of conduct. The House passed the amended bill 183–157.
March 26, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB 549, which proposed to prohibit Education Freedom Account funds at religious schools and for religious education or training. The House adopted the postponement motion, 186–156.
March 26, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-13, Qualey voted to kill HB 521, which proposed to authorize online voter registration. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 202–169.
March 13, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to override the governor’s veto of HB396, which allowed biological-sex classifications for restrooms, locker rooms, sports, and detention facilities. The House fell short of the two-thirds override threshold, 164–168.
October 10, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against an amendment to SB508 requiring county-jail behavioral health screening and reentry access while adding an antisemitism definition to discrimination enforcement. The House adopted the amendment, 189–160.
May 9, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted for amended HB1119. The proposal makes provisions for procuring an absentee ballot during a weather emergency. The House passed the amended bill, 282–92.
March 21, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for HB1205, requiring grade 5–12 school athletic teams to be designated by sex and barring students born male from girls' teams, with civil remedies for violations. The House passed it 189–182.
March 21, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1654. The proposal requires the state board of education to annually review education freedom account service providers for continued compliance with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws. The House adopted the postponement motion, 191–183.
March 21, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1650. The proposal requires all alternative learning programs for granting credit leading to graduation to comply with state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and establishes a committee to evaluate applications for alternative programs. The House adopted the postponement motion, 192–182.
March 21, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1162. The proposal provides that no education law of this state shall be construed to bar any school employee from teaching the historical or current experiences of any group that is protected from discrimination. The House adopted the postponement motion, 192–183.
March 14, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1311 and then against passing it. The bill required school-library collection and reconsideration policies, including safeguards against removing material based on an author's or subject's protected traits or viewpoint. The postponement failed 185–190 and the House passed it 194–180; his later reconsideration vote also failed.
March 14, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB1660 and for its passage. The bill excluded gender-reassignment surgery for minors from state Medicaid coverage. The House passed it 193–169.
March 7, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for an amendment and House passage of HB1118, requiring extra documentation for temporary nonresident alien driver's licenses, barring their use as voter-registration identification, and withholding licenses from refugees and asylees until lawful-permanent-resident adjustment. The House passed it 179–166.
March 7, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for a failed floor amendment to CACR13 allowing slavery or involuntary servitude as punishment after criminal conviction, then voted for the unamended proposal declaring a right to be free from both without that exception. The floor amendment failed 168–201; the original proposal passed the House 366–5.
February 1, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-04, Qualey voted against HB368. The proposal provides protections for persons receiving gender-affirming health care and gender-affirming mental health care. The House rejected the bill, 186–188.
January 4, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for a House amendment and passage of HB619, barring physicians from performing genital gender-reassignment surgery on minors while exempting reconstructive procedures, disorders of sex development, and circumcision. The House passed it 199–175.
January 4, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted against HB 596, prohibiting law enforcement from using racial profiling and barring discriminatory treatment in sentencing. The House passed the bill, 186–185.
March 16, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against HB467, requiring accessible solid-surface paths through new public playgrounds and to each piece of equipment. The House advanced it, 193–180.
March 9, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB381 as amended. The bill proposed to create an office of the advocate for special education. The House advanced it 170–155.
May 4, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1490. The bill proposed to protect access to public accommodations regardless of vaccination status or use of medical devices. The advancement motion failed 161–170.
March 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1261. The bill proposed to prohibit Native American mascots at public schools and colleges with specified exceptions. The House rejected it 170–143.
March 15, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1149. The bill proposed to lower the voter-signature threshold for nomination by petition. The House rejected it 283–43.
March 10, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1207. The bill proposed to give employees paid time off to vote. The House rejected it 195–158.
February 17, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB238. The bill proposed to bar a victim's gender, gender identity, expression, or sexual orientation from being used as provocation to reduce a homicide charge. The House advanced it 223–118.
January 6, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for the HB542 conference report. The bill proposed to require houses of worship to receive emergency-order treatment at least as favorable as essential services. The House adopted it 205–158.
June 24, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB282 as amended. The bill proposed to remove the nonsectarian requirement for private schools approved for public tuition programs. The House advanced it 198–178.
April 8, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Corporate Accountability · 3 support · 16 oppose

Qualey voted to override HB1072’s veto. The bill required 30 days’ notice for Labor Department inspections and document or interview demands, with safety and enforcement exceptions. The House sustained the veto, 160–159.
August 19, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to override HB396’s veto. The bill exempted limited on-farm livestock-meat processing and sales from state inspection, with animal-number limits and food-handling safeguards. After reconsideration, the House sustained the veto, 202–107.
August 19, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against House passage of SB 482, which added consumer protections and transaction limits for digital-asset kiosks; the House passed it 214–140.
April 23, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against overriding the governor's veto of HB 451, a paint-product stewardship program; the override failed 186–169 and the veto stood.
April 9, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-26, Qualey voted against HB 1602, establishing producer-funded collection and recycling of covered batteries. The House passed it 244–112.
March 26, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against House-amended HB1469, which required licenses for multi-practitioner massage and bodywork establishments, licensed supervision, public display of licenses, and health, safety, and inspection rules. The proposal exempted specified health facilities and some sole proprietors and independent contractors. The House passed it 323–28; a later version became Chapter 305.
March 26, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to reject HB 1722, which set separate electric-service rates and consumer protections for large electricity users; the House rejected it 185–156.
March 12, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-26, Qualey voted to adopt the HB 712 conference report, restricting breast surgery for minors, requiring abortion-statistics reporting, and making residential-care facilities maintain quality-assurance programs and publish inspection results. The House adopted the report, 191–163; the measure became law.
June 26, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-05-22, Qualey voted to concur with Senate changes to HB 551, which repealed the license requirement for selling pistols and revolvers and limited some firearm-design liability. The House concurred, 200–161.
May 22, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted against amended HB 751, requiring state licensure of outpatient substance-use treatment facilities, adding a behavioral-health complaints specialist to the health department ombudsman’s office, and appropriating $211,000 for a compliance officer. The House passed the amended bill, 216–152.
March 6, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-13, Qualey voted for HCR9. The proposal urges the United States Congress and the President of the United States to reject any efforts to comply with the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. The House passed the resolution, 204–163.
February 13, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-07, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1037. The proposal repeals the statute that provides limited liability to manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition. The House adopted the postponement motion, 196–163.
March 7, 2024Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against overriding HB142’s veto. The bill forgave specified Burgess BioPower repayment obligations above a $100 million account cap, while retaining liability for new excess costs. The House sustained the veto, 194–159.
October 26, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against amended SB149. The bill required temporary nurse agencies to register and prohibited double-booked shifts, recruitment inside health facilities and certain outbreak-related surcharges. The House advanced it, 191–187.
June 8, 2023Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted for amended HB251. The proposal requires the department of energy to provide an estimated annual cost of compliance with electric renewable portfolio standards in customer's electric bills. The House passed the amended bill, 186–169.
March 9, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted to kill HCR5. The resolution urges the taking of appropriate legal action against multinational fossil fuel companies for harms incurred from disinformation campaigns about the effects of fossil fuel combustion. The House approved the kill motion, 189–158.
March 9, 2023Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against rejecting HB1044. The bill proposed to exempt direct-pay and membership-based health facilities from specified service-policy licensing requirements. The rejection motion failed 171–172.
March 16, 2022Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1503 as amended. The bill proposed to exempt open-blockchain-token developers and sellers from specified securities laws and adopt Uniform Commercial Code rules for controllable electronic records. The House advanced it 187–150.
March 15, 2022Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB478. The bill made a company responsible for PFAS chemical pollution pay for specified Merrimack Village Water District cleanup. The rejection motion failed 139–212.
January 6, 2022Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: action.rebuildnh.com

Public Infrastructure · 6 support · 8 oppose

On 2026-08-19, Qualey voted against overriding the governor’s veto of HB 2026, the state ten-year transportation plan with turnpike toll provisions. The House overrode the veto, 292–25, and the plan became law.
August 19, 2026Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-26, Qualey voted for HB 1775, allowing electric utilities to own or invest in small natural-gas and nuclear power generators. The House passed the bill, 198–153.
March 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On January 7, 2026, Qualey co-sponsored a bill that became a law directing the state energy department, subject to sufficient funding, to investigate electric transmission equipment's vulnerability to geomagnetic and electromagnetic disturbances and report findings and recommendations. It became Chapter 310 on July 10.
January 7, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: bills.nhliberty.org
Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill HB 97, appropriating $5 million for wastewater-infrastructure projects. The House adopted the kill motion, 175–156.
January 7, 2026Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-06-12, Qualey voted to concur with Senate changes to HB 672, allowing off-grid electricity providers to operate in New Hampshire. The House concurred, 185–151.
June 12, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2025-02-20, Qualey voted for amended HB 504, replacing New Hampshire’s short energy-policy statement with a policy stressing affordable, reliable and diverse resources, market-based planning, and removal of regulatory barriers to energy innovation. The House passed its amended version, 204–165; the bill later became law after a Senate amendment.
February 20, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for House-amended HB354, making chartered public schools eligible for the state school-building-aid process and grants. The House passed it 190–177.
January 3, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table SB52. The bill updated public electric-vehicle charging access, payment and utility-rate rules and created a committee studying infrastructure funding. The table motion failed, 183–188.
May 4, 2023Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-04-06, Qualey voted to kill HB534. The proposal creates a water assistance fund to be used to repair and replace drinking water treatment sources damaged by natural disasters. The House rejected the kill motion, 191–196.
April 6, 2023Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against HB467, requiring accessible solid-surface paths through new public playgrounds and to each piece of equipment. The House advanced it, 193–180.
March 9, 2023Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB401. The bill proposed to appropriate funding for local highway and bridge aid and police body and dashboard cameras. The House advanced it 241–93.
April 21, 2022Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1432. The bill proposed to bar state funds for planning, building, or operating new passenger rail service. The House advanced it 187–144.
March 17, 2022Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB131 as amended. The vehicle package required universal access at publicly funded electric chargers and set state-police towing rules. It limited nondriver identification cards to residents at least 12 without a driver’s license. The House advanced it 307–58.
June 4, 2021Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Advocated adding $100,000 to Rindge’s reserve fund for library facilities, citing increased use and a need for more program space. Voters later rejected the request 262–656.
February 2, 2013Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rindgenh.gov

General · 331 records

Received the NRA Political Victory Fund’s endorsement for the 2026 New Hampshire House election in Cheshire District 18.
September 30, 2026
Source: nrapvf.org
Qualey voted to override HB1643’s veto. The bill barred court-appointed child representatives from recommending custody decision-making, parenting plans or schedules, even at a court’s request. The House sustained the veto, 157–152.
August 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against overriding HB1726’s veto. The bill returned surplus state-land sale or lease proceeds to their originating funds and created a commission studying state land for housing. The House sustained the veto, 101–206.
August 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-08-19, Qualey voted against affirming a House committee report recommending censure of Representative James Spillane. The House affirmed the report, 185–93.
August 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-08-19, Qualey voted against overriding the governor’s veto of SB 468, which permits medical-cannabis treatment centers to use greenhouse cultivation sites. The House voted 257–44 to override; the veto was overridden and the bill became law.
August 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against overriding HB1766’s veto. The bill limited livestock seizure in animal-cruelty cases and required veterinarian involvement. The House overrode the veto, 249–56, but the Senate sustained it, 11–13.
August 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against overriding SB661’s veto. The bill capped public risk-pool reserves and required member towns and schools to cover shortages. It let the secretary of state seek receivership. The House sustained the veto, 84–216.
August 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to override HB1097’s veto. The bill required joint legislative historical committee approval before changing or permanently removing state historical markers. The House sustained the veto, 193–125.
August 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against overriding HB1491’s veto. The bill created an Insurance Department licensing track for public risk pools that did not assess members for losses. It required rate approval and capital reports. The House sustained the veto, 160–148.
August 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to override HB1102’s veto. The bill raised annual research-and-development tax credits from $7 million to $10 million and individual caps from $50,000 to $100,000. It capped residents’ state-park entry fees at half nonresidents’ fees. The House overrode the veto, 231–88; the bill became law.
August 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to reduce a proposed additional $20,000 county allocation to the Keene Community Kitchen to $10,000, then voted against the full $20,000 allocation; the reduction failed 7–12 and the full allocation passed 15–4.
August 17, 2026
Source: co.cheshire.nh.us
Voted against adding 12 hours a week to a county sheriff's deputy position serving the Monadnock school district and transporting prisoners, funded with $11,200 from county reserves; the Delegation approved the change 18–1.
August 17, 2026
Source: co.cheshire.nh.us
Voted to adopt the HB 1374 conference report on cooperative school district withdrawal and a municipal process for preserving schools slated for closure; it passed 179–161.
June 4, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-05-21, Qualey voted against affirming a House committee report recommending censure of Representative Travis Corcoran. The House affirmed the report, 288–54.
May 21, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for a House amendment to SB653 and for the amended bill. It revised how towns and school districts establish, select, change, or dissolve budget committees and let counties shift their two-year budget cycle through a commissioners' proposal and majority countywide vote. The House passed it 167–146, but the Senate rejected the House amendment.
May 14, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to send SB627 for interim study rather than advance its proposed 2027 turnpike toll increases for cash, nonfunded New Hampshire E-ZPass, and out-of-state account users, along with periodic inflation-based toll reviews. The House rejected interim study 151–157 and later passed the bill by voice vote.
May 14, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of amended SB 434, requiring school boards to post a process for parental complaints about obscene material harmful to minors; it passed 188–161.
May 14, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of SB 88, barring state construction contracts and grants from favoring or disfavoring contractors based on labor-union affiliation; the motion failed 162–167.
May 14, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On May 7, 2026, Qualey voted to table SB 520, creating an exception for minors to elect breast-reduction surgery after consulting a primary-care physician when pain or physical discomfort restricted activity. The House tabled it 193–150.
May 7, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to table SB 501, a proposal allowing physician associates and advanced practice registered nurses, as well as physicians, to order seclusion or restraint during safety emergencies at designated mental-health facilities. The House tabled it 188–154.
May 7, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for CACR11, a proposed constitutional amendment removing the age-70 limit for county sheriffs. It received 199 votes to 157 in the House but failed because it lacked the required three-fifths majority.
April 23, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against tabling SB 460, which created child-safety zones for tier III registered offenders with a legitimate-purpose defense; the tabling motion failed 146–207.
April 23, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-04-09, Qualey voted against concurring with Senate changes to HB1689. The proposal extends the term of office for certain elected county officers in Belknap and Merrimack counties to 4 years. The House rejected concurrence, 65–287.
April 9, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against removing HB 1446 from the table, leaving a therapeutic-cannabis and firearm-rights bill shelved; the motion failed 81–270.
March 26, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-26, Qualey voted against tabling HB1458. The proposal establishes a licensure requirement to operate massage establishments and massage, reflexology, structural integration, and Asian bodywork facilities and establishes standards for the operation of such facilities. The House rejected the table motion, 158–193.
March 26, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1542, transferring excess renewable-energy compliance payments to the general fund initially and rebating them to electric ratepayers starting in 2027; it passed 189–162.
March 26, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-26, Qualey voted to kill HB1477. The proposal restricts anchored seasonal platforms on public waters to adjacent shorefront property owners, requires permits with identification and a $50 fee, exempts certain government and conservation uses, and imposes fines for noncompliance. The House rejected the kill motion, 172–180.
March 26, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 12, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1356, extending from two to ten years after adulthood the deadline to sue over prohibited gender-transition treatments performed on minors. The House passed it 180–146.
March 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-12, Qualey voted to table HCR 13, which asked Congress to call a constitutional convention for congressional term limits. The motion passed 189–159.
March 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1416, barring specified government regulation of pregnancy resource centers and allowing lawsuits over violations; it passed 176–163.
March 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to reject HB 1171, which added an eviction defense for tenants whose federal benefits were unexpectedly interrupted; the House rejected it 186–155.
March 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1252, requiring commercial-driver-license tests in English without interpreters and retesting some current licensees; it passed 194–156.
March 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-12, Qualey voted against taking HB 1675 off the table for further consideration of its proposed investigation and funding rules for a domestic-violence coalition. The motion failed 148–186.
March 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1132, limiting flags displayed in public schools, with specified exceptions, and imposing penalties for repeated violations. The House passed it 182–156.
March 11, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted to postpone indefinitely HB 1061, which proposed a study of alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders who are primary caregivers. The House postponed it 188–149.
March 11, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1358, creating a commission to study converting public schools to public charter schools; it passed 169–163.
March 11, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1515, repealing the requirement that the health department include full funding for specified child-care workforce programs in its biennial budget request. The House passed it 170–153.
March 11, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1155, repealing the home education advisory council and its review of education rulemaking. The House passed it 180–156.
March 11, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for CACR 24, proposing a constitutional right for parents and guardians to direct their children's education. It received 181–156 but failed to reach the required three fifths House vote.
March 11, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for CACR 15, proposing a constitutional right for New Hampshire citizens to hunt and fish subject to existing legal restrictions. It received 199–128 but failed to reach the required three fifths House vote.
March 11, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 11, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1337, repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders. The House passed it 178–155.
March 11, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1317, which restricted state and local collection or disclosure of identifiable medical, disability, and mental-health information except in limited circumstances. The House tabled it 183–154.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1834, which capped education freedom account enrollment at 10,000 for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 school years. The House tabled it 180–157.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-03-05, Qualey voted to table CACR22. This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution amends the constitution to delete the legislative compensation amount per elected term for presiding officers and all other members of the general court. The House tabled the bill, 175–153.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1264, which expanded education freedom account oversight to student data, eligibility, and spending and required monthly public meetings. The House tabled it 186–165.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted for CACR 14, proposing a constitutional citizenship requirement for candidates for governor, state senator, and state representative. It received 182–157 but failed to reach the required three fifths House vote.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1822, which required twice-yearly reports on civil immigration detentions by state and local law enforcement and correctional facilities. The House tabled it 193–155.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1610, allowing school districts to seek annual voter authorization to retain year-end unassigned funds; it passed 182–167.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1225, adding certain payroll taxes and other obligations to deductions from income used in child-support calculations. The House passed it 185–152.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1578, which required quarterly reports from education freedom account program administrators. The House tabled it 182–162.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1484, which set a state minimum wage rising in steps from $12 in 2026 to $17 an hour in 2029. The House tabled it 180–153, and a later move to take it off the table failed.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for amended HB1331, which authorized the Derry town council to use a charter amendment to make the Derry Cooperative School District a town department and control the form and procedures for preparing and adopting its budget. The House passed it 193–157; it later became Chapter 165.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1820, which transferred administration of education freedom accounts from scholarship organizations to the state education department. The House tabled it 179–157.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1387, which repealed limits on liability for certain firearm design features. The House tabled it 189–159.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 5, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1815, redefining the subjects of an adequate public education and describing education as a shared responsibility of state and local government. The House passed it 188–162; it became Chapter 19.
March 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-02-19, Qualey voted for amended HB1130. The proposal establishes a committee to study the procedure for judicial performance evaluations. The House passed the amended bill, 192–151.
February 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1786, which proposed an assessment on luxury second homes to support housing development and related workforce programs. The House tabled it 189–158.
February 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1831, which removed the cap on targeted education trust fund aid used in school adequacy grants. The House tabled it 187–158.
February 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On February 19, 2026, Qualey voted for HB 1499, adding eviction grounds for using another person's identification to obtain housing or for certain recent criminal convictions, with protection for convictions disclosed before tenancy. The House passed it 193–154 and referred it to Finance.
February 19, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On February 12, 2026, Qualey voted to table HB 1798, which directed a federal Medicaid waiver request to cover diapers during an infant's first year and provided funding. The House tabled it 197–158.
February 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-02-12, Qualey voted against tabling HB1002. The proposal repeals the solar energy systems tax exemption. The House tabled the bill, 187–157.
February 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted against House passage of HB 1655, charging certain waterfront-property owners fees for state-owned dam maintenance; the House passed it 208–146.
February 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On February 12, 2026, Qualey voted to kill HB 1580, a 0.75 percent property-tax surcharge on nonprimary residences assessed at $500,000 or more, with an exemption for long-term rentals. The House killed it 284–55.
February 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-02-12, Qualey voted to kill HB1664. The proposal directs the department of natural and cultural resources to remove the Hannah Duston Memorial in Boscawen. The House approved the kill motion, 194–156.
February 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted to table HB 1607, which regulated road-salt storage to protect water supplies; the motion passed 188–166.
February 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-02-12 for HB 1323, adding parental-alienation standards to child-custody decisions. The House passed the bill, 197–157.
February 12, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-02-05, Qualey voted against killing HB1452. The proposal allows the commissioner to waive the driver education course requirement for youth operator license applicants if a parent, guardian, or other responsible adult provides equivalent instruction and training. The House approved the kill motion, 178–155.
February 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-02-05 for HB 1832, prioritizing military families in education freedom accounts. The House passed the amended bill, 189–164.
February 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-02-05 for HB 1448, banning World Economic Forum materials from public-school curricula. The House passed the bill, 184–167.
February 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-02-05, Qualey voted for amended HR45. The resolution urges Congress to find that the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor lie within the state of New Hampshire. The House passed the amended resolution, 205–129.
February 5, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 for SB 36, delaying abortion-statistics reporting and requiring actual rather than estimated gestational age. The House passed the amended bill, 188–162.
January 8, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On January 8, 2026, Qualey voted against the rewritten HB 675, limiting school-district central-office expenses and requiring reports; the House rejected it 9–346. He previously supported the March 13, 2025 version imposing a school-district appropriation cap, excluding construction, with a two-thirds local vote to exceed it; that version passed 190–185.
January 8, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 for HB 392, dissolving state health-access and environmental-justice offices. The House passed the amended bill, 192–159.
January 8, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2026-01-08, Qualey voted to kill HB 104, requiring a formal declaration of war before National Guard deployment abroad. The House rejected the kill motion, 159–182.
January 8, 2026
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 to indefinitely postpone SB 106, which required large net-metering customers to consume one-third of their own generation. The House adopted postponement, 172–152.
January 8, 2026
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Voted on 2026-01-07 for SB 33, requiring school boards to set material restrictions and handle parent complaints about age-inappropriate content. The House passed the amended bill, 181–157.
January 7, 2026
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Voted on 2026-01-07 for SB 34, requiring parental consent for each new Medicaid to Schools service. The House passed the amended bill, 186–155.
January 7, 2026
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Voted on 2026-01-07 for HB 366, removing school-building-aid priority for previously unfunded and critical-needs applicants. The House passed the amended bill, 195–155.
January 7, 2026
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Voted on 2026-01-07 for HB 360, barring public schools from performing surgery or prescribing drugs. The House passed the amended bill, 183–155.
January 7, 2026
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Voted on 2026-01-07 for HB 709, allowing children to attend school where their New Hampshire parents pay school or property taxes. The House passed the amended bill, 182–159.
January 7, 2026
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On 2025-12-17, Qualey voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 356, allowing school districts to choose partisan elections for school officials. The House override failed, 177–174, short of the required two-thirds vote.
December 17, 2025
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On 2025-03-13 and 2025-04-10, Qualey supported House versions of HB 115 expanding Education Freedom Account eligibility from a 350 percent to a 400 percent poverty-level income cap, then removing the cap after June 2026. The Senate replaced that policy with temporary state spending authority if the budget failed; he concurred on 2025-06-26, 196–167. After the budget passed and the governor vetoed the temporary measure, Qualey voted against an override on 2025-12-17; the veto stood, 1–347.
December 17, 2025
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On 2025-12-17, Qualey voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 319, which removed the state requirement that school districts transport half-day kindergarten pupils. The House voted 182–173 for override, short of the required two-thirds, so the veto was sustained.
December 17, 2025
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On 2025-12-17, Qualey voted against overriding the governor’s veto of HB 781, which required public and charter schools to restrict student cell-phone use during class instruction while allowing medical, disability, and language-access exceptions. The House sustained the veto, 28–322.
December 17, 2025
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On 2025-12-17, Qualey voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 667, requiring public-school health classes to include age-appropriate sexuality education and present a video showing early fetal development. The House voted 159–190, so the veto was sustained.
December 17, 2025
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On 2025-12-17, Qualey voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 324, which proposed to prohibit obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools. The House voted 183–167 for override, short of the required two-thirds, so the veto was sustained.
December 17, 2025
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On 2025-06-26, Qualey voted to adopt the SB 14 conference report, adding mandatory minimum sentences for specified fentanyl offenses and drug distribution causing death, and changing penalties for adult possession and use of small amounts of psilocybin. After reconsideration, the House adopted the report, 185–182.
June 26, 2025
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for HB 771, changing how school districts send and receive funding for open-enrollment schools; the House passed it 205–169. On 2025-06-12, he voted to concur with a Senate amendment keeping special-education funding and placement decisions with the sending district and requiring district budget lines for open-enrollment tuition and offsetting payments. The House concurred, 189–160, and the bill became law.
June 12, 2025
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On 2025-06-12, Qualey voted to concur with Senate changes to HB 690, directing a study of withdrawing New Hampshire from ISO New England and other electricity-market options. The House concurred, 188–155.
June 12, 2025
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On 2025-06-12, Qualey voted to concur with Senate changes to HB 768, allowing public schools to contract with approved private schools, including religious schools. The House concurred, 192–158.
June 12, 2025
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On 2025-06-12, Qualey voted against concurring with Senate changes to HB 468, creating penalties for unlawful drone use and changing minimum penalties for reckless driving. The House concurred, 265–83.
June 12, 2025
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On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted for SB 96, requiring school employees to disclose specified information to parents and establishing enforcement of parental rights. The House adopted the amended bill, 198–172.
June 5, 2025
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On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted for a floor amendment to SB 25 adding protections for blockchain users and a specialized court docket for blockchain disputes to a bill permitting credit-union director pay. The House adopted the amendment, 175–150; the Senate later rejected the House change.
June 5, 2025
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On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted to bring SB 222 back from the table. The bill moved New Hampshire’s state primary election to June. The House rejected the motion to revive it, 151–168. He previously opposed killing the refiled 2024 SB 380 proposal, which the House killed 190–176.
June 5, 2025
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On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted against tabling SB 72 and for a House floor amendment establishing a parental bill of rights concerning access to school information and parental notice. He also voted against an amendment that removed the clear-and-convincing-evidence standard for a school to withhold information when disclosure risked child abuse. The House rejected that narrower amendment, 169–212, and passed its amended parental-rights bill, 214–167; the Senate later rejected the House version.
June 5, 2025
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On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted against a floor amendment to SB 206 requiring school districts and charter schools to prohibit student use of personal communication devices from the first instructional bell through dismissal, with medical, disability, language, and educational exceptions. The House rejected that amendment, 164–192; it then passed a different cell-phone policy version.
June 5, 2025
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On 2025-06-05, Qualey voted for the House to concur with the Senate on HB 10, a parental bill of rights concerning children’s education and school disclosure. The House concurred, 210–160; the governor signed it.
June 5, 2025
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On 2025-05-22, Qualey voted for amended SB 267, imposing a mandatory $500 fine on patrons convicted of prostitution and directing proceeds to the state human-trafficking task force. The House floor amendment also made paying, offering or agreeing to pay for sexual contact a class A misdemeanor. The House passed the amended bill, 292–72; it became law.
May 22, 2025
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On 2025-05-22, Qualey voted to kill SB 272, which proposed to let towns create revolving funds for electric-vehicle charging stations and restrict parking in spaces designated for electric vehicles. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 195–163.
May 22, 2025
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On 2025-05-22, Qualey voted for a House amendment to SB 119 letting pharmacists dispense ivermectin under a clinician’s standing order without an individual prior prescription, with screening and documentation requirements. The bill also directed brand-name dispensing to Medicaid patients when the drug was preferred by the state. The House adopted the amendment, 196–164; the Senate later rejected the House change.
May 22, 2025
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On 2025-05-22, Qualey voted for amended SB 97, allowing parents to seek a child’s transfer to another public school, public academy, or approved private school within the same district and requiring the superintendent to approve unless state law provided a reason to deny it. The House passed the amended bill, 199–165.
May 22, 2025
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On 2025-05-01, Qualey voted to bring SB 171 back from the table. The bill exempted remote employees from certain reporting-time pay requirements. The House rejected the motion to revive it, 168–174.
May 1, 2025
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On 2025-05-01, Qualey voted against passing SB 23 and then for killing it. The bill expanded child-endangerment law by changing the required mental state from purposeful to knowing conduct and by covering conduct that put a child at risk of serious bodily injury or death. The House approved the kill motion, 190–152; he also opposed an unsuccessful reconsideration the next week.
May 1, 2025
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On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for amended HB 584, barring state and local enforcement of policies or mandates of the World Health Organization, United Nations, and World Economic Forum and allowing claims against local entities that enforced them. The House passed it, 198–162; the Senate later killed it.
March 27, 2025
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On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for HB 749, requiring at least one hour of instruction on the nature and history of communism in public high schools. The House adopted the amended bill, 200–173. A floor amendment to add fascism instruction failed.
March 27, 2025
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On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for House passage of HB 517, repealing two state outreach and marketing requirements for the Granite State Paid Family Leave Plan; it passed 316–32.
March 27, 2025
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On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for amended HB548. The proposal exempts direct-pay health care facilities from certain licensing requirements and policies in RSA 151:2-f as well as the moratorium on licensing and bed capacity in RSA 151:2, VI(a) provided that the facility is not a nursing home or skilled nursing facility. The House passed the amended bill, 200–157.
March 27, 2025
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On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted against bringing HB 614 back from the table. The bill entitled a person who proved that state constitutional rights had been violated to a remedy even without showing monetary damages. The House rejected the motion to revive it, 76–287.
March 27, 2025
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On 2025-03-27, Qualey voted for HB 741, allowing parents to enroll children in a public school district of their choice. The House adopted the amended bill, 198–174.
March 27, 2025
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On March 27, 2025, Qualey voted for HB 687; the House passed it 198–165. It directed undistributable class-action money to the state general fund. Courts were barred from redirecting it to related charitable purposes or changing the judgment to avoid that transfer.
March 27, 2025
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On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted to kill HB 600, which proposed to let municipalities adopt ranked-choice voting. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 194–145.
March 26, 2025
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On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted to table HB145. The proposal adds a requirement for a criminal history check for initial licensure of licensed dietitians. The House tabled the bill, 187–152.
March 26, 2025
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On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted to kill HB380. The proposal amends the penalty for the unauthorized sale of cannabis by a qualifying patient or designated caregiver. The House rejected the kill motion, 143–200.
March 26, 2025
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On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted against an amendment that routed Education Department subpoenas through the attorney general, 154–190. He then voted for HB 520, letting department hearing officers issue subpoenas in educator code-of-conduct proceedings, including at an educator’s request and with motions to quash and shared evidence. The House passed it, 193–155; it became law.
March 26, 2025
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On March 26, 2025, Qualey voted against HB 466; the House rejected passage 120–216. It extended first alcohol-test-refusal license suspensions from 180 days to one year and repeat refusals from two to three years. It also revised aggravated-DWI penalties.
March 26, 2025
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On 2025-03-26, Qualey voted to table HB 96, which proposed to require builders to use the 2021 energy building code or an equally efficient code. The House tabled the proposal, 199–135.
March 26, 2025
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On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted for HB 718, requiring the State Board of Education to report the unfunded cost to school districts of special-education rules that exceed state or federal minimum standards. The House passed the original bill, 211–163; the Senate later revised its reporting provisions before enactment.
March 20, 2025
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On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted for amended HB 68, requiring a superintendent to approve a student’s transfer to another public school in the same district unless a statutory reason justified denial. Denials required a written explanation, and failure to follow the procedure meant approval. The House passed the amended bill, 217–156.
March 20, 2025
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On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted for HB 88, allowing married couples to place property in a community-property trust and set rights to that property during marriage, divorce, or death. The House adopted the amended bill, 211–155.
March 20, 2025
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On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted for HB 235, adding responsibility to parents alongside responsibility to students in the rulemaking law for New Hampshire’s educator code of ethics and conduct. The House passed it, 209–164; it became law.
March 20, 2025
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On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted for HCR 4, a resolution rejecting offshore wind projects near New Hampshire and in the Gulf of Maine. The House passed it, 195–149.
March 20, 2025
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On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted for HB 433, permitting marriage at age 17 if either party is on active military duty. The House passed the bill, 193–178.
March 20, 2025
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On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted to table HCR 7, a resolution recognizing abortion as part of comprehensive reproductive health care. The House tabled it, 199–171.
March 20, 2025
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On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted to table HB 442, which proposed to end the lower base wage for tipped workers. The House tabled the bill, 199–153.
March 20, 2025
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On 2025-03-20, Qualey voted to table HB 254, which proposed to let terminally ill patients obtain medical aid-in-dying medication under specified safeguards. The House tabled the bill, 183–182.
March 20, 2025
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On March 20, 2025, Qualey voted to table HB 726; the House tabled it 197–159. It proposed minimum hourly wages of $10 in September 2025, $12.50 in 2026, $14 in 2027 and $15 in 2028. Tipped workers' base pay was set at 50 percent of the minimum.
March 20, 2025
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On 2025-03-13, Qualey voted against amended HB739. The proposal requires municipalities to remit any excess statewide education property tax to the state for deposit in the education trust fund. The House passed the amended bill, 246–128.
March 13, 2025
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On 2025-03-13, Qualey voted against the House-amended HB 123, extending timber yield taxes to land enrolled in programs that generate carbon-offset credits. The House adopted the amended bill, 197–158. A moratorium on carbon-sequestration contracts was added later in the Senate.
March 13, 2025
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On 2025-03-13, Qualey voted against tabling the House-amended HB 570, whose floor amendment replaced the introduced board-membership changes with a repeal of the Prescription Drug Affordability Board. The table motion failed, 167–207, and the House then approved the repeal amendment and bill.
March 13, 2025
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for HB 524, repealing the New Hampshire Vaccine Association. The House passed the bill, 189–181.
March 6, 2025
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for HB 224, directing rebates to electricity customers from the renewable-energy fund. The House adopted the amended bill, 200–162.
March 6, 2025
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for HCR1. The proposal calls for policymakers to fully consider all relevant information and factors pertaining to climate change as climate policy is developed. The House passed the resolution, 197–156.
March 6, 2025
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted to table HB583. The proposal requires the department of education to seek participation in the Medicaid direct certification methodology for school meals program for free and reduced price meals for students in public kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools. The House tabled the bill, 196–174.
March 6, 2025
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted to kill HB503. The proposal increases the rates of the business profits tax, business enterprise tax, and meals and rooms tax, and reestablishes the interest and dividends tax. The House approved the kill motion, 345–27.
March 6, 2025
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for HB 723, repealing the state’s multi-use energy data platform. The House passed the bill, 201–160.
March 6, 2025
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for the House-amended HB 617, raising the homestead exemption from $120,000 to $1 million and extending the exemption to additional forms of housing ownership. The House adopted the amended bill, 216–146.
March 6, 2025
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for HB 54, which proposed to allow medical-cannabis alternative treatment centers to operate for profit. The House passed the bill, 358–14.
March 6, 2025
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On 2025-03-06, Qualey voted for amended HB 208, replacing additional school-nurse credential and experience requirements with a requirement that a school nurse be a New Hampshire-licensed registered professional nurse selected by the superintendent and school board. The House passed the amended bill, 211–163.
March 6, 2025
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On 2025-02-20, Qualey voted for a motion to kill HB 75, a bill to legalize adult cannabis use. The House rejected the motion to kill the bill, 167–190.
February 20, 2025
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On 2025-02-20, Qualey voted against HB 53, allowing registered medical-cannabis patients and caregivers to cultivate cannabis at home. The House adopted the amended bill, 328–42.
February 20, 2025
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On February 20, 2025, Qualey voted to kill HB 502, which required broader combined reporting by corporate groups for the business-profits tax, directed state education property-tax revenue to the education trust fund, and revised education grants and homeowner property-tax relief. The House killed it 209–163.
February 20, 2025
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On 2025-02-20, Qualey voted for House passage of HB 682, removing the offshore-wind office's role, abolishing two offshore-wind bodies, and moving grid and hydrogen advisory councils to the energy-innovation office; it passed 206–163.
February 20, 2025
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On February 6, 2025, Qualey voted for HB 60, adding expiration of a lease or tenancy as an eviction ground. It covered terms lasting at least six months, with 60 days' notice; the House passed it 217–139. He previously supported refiled 2021 and 2023 proposals and a 2024 SB 413 amendment requiring 30 days' notice.
February 6, 2025
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On 2025-02-06, Qualey voted to kill HB 623, which proposed a temporary restriction on corporations and other entities purchasing single-family homes. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 216–141. A study-committee amendment had not been adopted.
February 6, 2025
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On 2025-02-06, Qualey voted to table HB 526, which proposed to establish a climate-change and damage division within the state environmental agency. The House tabled it, 207–146.
February 6, 2025
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On 2025-02-06, Qualey voted to kill HB 444, which proposed to require advance notice to tenants before sale of a multifamily rental property. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 213–144.
February 6, 2025
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On 2025-02-06, Qualey voted for HB 189, which proposed to revise New Hampshire’s ten-year energy strategy and remove references to the energy-efficiency board. The House adopted the amended bill, 206–148.
February 6, 2025
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Was appointed vice chair of the New Hampshire House Election Law Committee for the 2025–2026 term on December 13, 2024.
December 13, 2024
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On 2024-01-04, Qualey opposed the House version of HB 194 requiring a statewide monuments inventory. On 2024-10-10, he voted to override the governor’s veto of the later version, which required legislative fiscal-committee approval to change or remove historical markers. The override failed, 132–195.
October 10, 2024
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Voted against overriding the governor’s veto of HB1581, which allowed more therapeutic-cannabis cultivation centers. The House reached the two-thirds override threshold, 270–55.
October 10, 2024
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Voted to override the governor’s veto of HB1622, which changed professional-license renewal deadlines and administrative rule procedures. The House reached the two-thirds override threshold, 318–11.
October 10, 2024
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Qualey supported overriding the governor's veto of a bill exempting nationally trained animal-chiropractic practitioners from veterinary licensure. The override fell short of the required two-thirds majority, 179–152.
October 10, 2024
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Voted against a conference report on HB1215 extending development-approval protections, changing building-code appeals, and permitting a Hampton road lease. The House rejected the conference report, 102–261.
June 13, 2024
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Qualey opposed a House motion to reject a Senate amendment allowing tax-favored open-land owners to restrict access to listed recreation uses and expanding criminal trespass for violating those signs or trespassing during drug or human-trafficking crimes. The motion failed 180–190.
May 30, 2024
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On 2024-05-30, Qualey voted to request a House-Senate conference on HB 1596, concerning disclosure of AI-generated deepfakes in political advertising. The House approved the request, 182–168, and appointed him to the conference committee.
May 30, 2024
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Voted for CACR22, which proposed placing New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary status in the state constitution. The House fell short of the three-fifths constitutional threshold, 195–165.
May 23, 2024
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Qualey opposed House-amended statewide wake-surfing limits barring the activity on lakes under 50 acres or within 300 feet of shores, docks or other boats, along with motorboat propulsion restrictions. The House passed the bill 214–148; the Senate later rejected that amendment.
May 23, 2024
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Voted for amended SB485, which set military training criteria for occupational licenses and penalized malicious child-abuse reports or certain failures to report. The House passed the measure, 175–169.
May 23, 2024
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Voted for SB63, which limited town health officers’ regulations to nuisances and similar public health threats. The House passed the measure, 186–180.
May 9, 2024
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Voted for House passage of SB574, which allowed 60-day temporary parental agents and set a policy favoring approximately equal parenting time. The House passed the measure, 352–7.
May 9, 2024
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Voted against tabling SB537, which allowed early absentee-ballot processing, voter correction of envelope errors, and no outer envelope for hand delivery. The House rejected tabling, 180–186.
May 9, 2024
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Voted against a floor amendment to SB426 that restricted New Hampshire National Guard combat deployment without a congressional war declaration or explicit call. The House rejected the amendment, 126–231.
May 9, 2024
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On 2024-05-02, Qualey voted against tabling SB563. The proposal prohibits state and local government entities from adopting sanctuary policies to prohibit or impede the enforcement of federal immigration law. The House tabled the bill, 188–177.
May 2, 2024
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On 2024-05-02, Qualey voted against indefinitely postponing SB341. The proposal requires all school employees to respond honestly and completely to written requests by parents regarding information relating to their children. The House adopted the postponement motion, 185–176.
May 2, 2024
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On May 2, 2024, Qualey opposed sending SB 375 to interim study; the House did so 200–154. It designated school sports by sex and barred biologically male students from female teams and locker rooms. It also allowed harmed athletes to sue.
May 2, 2024
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On 2024-05-02, Qualey voted against SB567. The proposal directs the commissioner of the department of health and human services to compile a report on the availability of mifepristone and misoprostol. The House passed the bill, 184–182.
May 2, 2024
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On 2024-04-11, Qualey voted against sending HB1595 to interim study. The proposal revises the calculation of child support based on parenting time, medical support, and child care expenses. The House sent the bill to interim study, 208–176.
April 11, 2024
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Voted against House passage of HB1656, which set three special education aid rates based on where pupils received services. The House passed the measure, 349–26.
April 11, 2024
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Qualey opposed a proposed state licensing system and governing board for music therapists in two House votes. The later version also added $3,000 a year for licensing administration. The House advanced it 195–187 in April; the Senate sent it to study.
April 11, 2024
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On 2024-04-11, Qualey voted to table HB1583. The proposal increases the base annual cost of providing an opportunity for an adequate education. The House rejected the table motion, 180–201.
April 11, 2024
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On 2024-03-28, Qualey voted for HB1287. The proposal defines "evidence-based" as applied to pedagogical methods and requires the department of education and all local school districts to conform with such definition in all communications. The House rejected the bill, 179–193.
March 28, 2024
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Qualey voted to kill HB 1190, proposing New Hampshire’s entry into an interstate compact allowing regulated social workers to practice across member states under compact privileges. The House rejected the kill motion, 175–200.
March 28, 2024
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On 2024-03-28, Qualey voted to table HB1592. The proposal prohibits the use of education freedom account funds at religious schools or for religious education or training, and repeals provisions relating to independence of and legal proceedings concerning education freedom account providers. The House tabled the bill, 191–186.
March 28, 2024
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On 2024-03-28, Qualey voted to table HB1084. The proposal establishes minimum qualifications for the commissioner and deputy commissioner of the department of education. The House tabled the bill, 196–179.
March 28, 2024
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Qualey supported tabling HB 1102, which classified selling animals with suffering-causing birth deformities, or breeding such animals for sale, as animal cruelty. The House tabled it, 232–140, and it died there.
March 28, 2024
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On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HR30. The resolution urges a robust climate education in schools including current environmental and economic information. The House adopted the postponement motion, 191–183.
March 21, 2024
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Qualey opposed replacing Strafford County's three district-elected commissioner seats with three countywide seats. He voted against advancing the bill after an earlier vote to indefinitely postpone it failed; the final House advancement vote tied 168–168.
March 21, 2024
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Qualey supported rejecting a proposal to remove Columbus Day from New Hampshire's list of legal holidays. The House killed it 331–42.
March 21, 2024
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On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted for amended HB1659. The proposal provides that unless the parenting plan specifically provides otherwise, both parents shall have access to all records and information pertaining to the child. The House passed the amended bill, 198–174.
March 21, 2024
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Qualey voted to table and indefinitely postpone HB1283, then against passage of its procedure for terminally ill adults to obtain and self-administer medication to end their lives. Both delay motions failed, and the House passed the amended bill 179–176.
March 21, 2024
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On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted against indefinitely postponing HB1664. The proposal establishes standards for a cause of action to recover damages for injury caused by gender transition surgery, administration of puberty blocking drugs, and/or the administration of cross-sex hormones, and provides other related definitional changes. The House adopted the postponement motion, 181–164.
March 21, 2024
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On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted to kill HB1611. The proposal establishes a child care workforce fund. The House approved the kill motion, 163–162.
March 21, 2024
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On 2024-03-21, Qualey voted against killing HB1246. The proposal allows employers to pay the weekly or biweekly wages due to employees in gold or silver. The House approved the kill motion, 182–155.
March 21, 2024
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On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1254. The proposal enables a municipality to collect a public safety assessment on hotel occupancies for the purpose of public safety associated with the increase in tourism and transient traffic. The House adopted the postponement motion, 195–171.
March 14, 2024
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On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted for HB1332. The proposal prohibits the parking of electric vehicles in parking garages. The House rejected the bill, 145–221.
March 14, 2024
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On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1594. The proposal requires annual determination of eligibility for awarding of education freedom account funds. The House adopted the postponement motion, 189–184.
March 14, 2024
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Qualey voted for House-amended HB1312, requiring two weeks' parent notice before instruction on sexuality, gender and related topics and barring school policies that prevent staff from answering parents' questions about a child's well-being, with an abuse-or-neglect disclosure exception. The House passed it 186–185.
March 14, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted against killing HCR9. This concurrent resolution rescinds the adoption House Concurrent Resolution 40 passed on May 31, 2012 which is an application to the congress of the United States of America to call a convention pursuant to the terms of Article V of the United States Constitution. The House rejected the kill motion, 128–238.
March 14, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-14, Qualey voted for HB1156. The proposal provides that the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization shall have no jurisdiction in New Hampshire. The House rejected the bill, 181–190.
March 14, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against CACR19, a proposed constitutional amendment creating an independent commission to draw legislative and congressional districts. It received 186 yeas and 189 nays and failed the three-fifths House threshold.
March 14, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against HB1359, which let property abutters appeal local zoning officials' decisions to a board of adjustment. The House passed it 265–88.
March 7, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey supported repealing New Hampshire's licensing and regulatory board for court reporters. The House advanced the amended bill 188–166; the Senate later killed it.
March 7, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-07, Qualey voted against killing CACR17. This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution adds an amendment to the constitution stating that parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their minor children. The House rejected the kill motion, 174–186.
March 7, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-03-07, Qualey voted against amended HB1437. The proposal changes the composition of the state board of education. The House rejected the amended bill, 176–190.
March 7, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for HB1623, rewriting state energy policy to emphasize affordable, reliable, secure, technology-neutral and on-demand resources. It also required a state energy investigation when external regulation threatened an in-state generator's operation, with possible attorney-general action. The House passed it 184–168.
March 7, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-22, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1423. The proposal requires the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources to identify all old growth and mature forests on public land in the state of New Hampshire. The House adopted the postponement motion, 228–141.
February 22, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey opposed HB 1128, limiting education-tax-credit scholarship organizations to charities incorporated in New Hampshire, then supported indefinitely postponing it. The fiscal note said the rule disqualified the only then-approved organization, which was incorporated out of state.
February 22, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-22, Qualey voted for amended HB1111. The proposal provides that reports of suspected abuse and neglect may include the name of the person making the report and that a report made maliciously or with the intent to cause harm may be subject to civil and criminal penalties. The House passed the amended bill, 199–179.
February 22, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-22, Qualey voted for HB 1517, reducing the state education property tax by charitable-gaming revenue above the fiscal 2023 estimate of $6.6 million. The House adopted the ought-to-pass motion, 196–184, and sent the bill for Ways and Means review; it later killed the bill by voice vote.
February 22, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-22, Qualey voted to kill HB1680. The proposal prohibits the sale of dogs and cats by retail pet shops except in certain cases. The House approved the kill motion, 260–117.
February 22, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-22, Qualey voted to indefinitely postpone HB1426. The proposal establishes an advisory commission on redistricting. The House adopted the postponement motion, 192–186.
February 22, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey opposed extending the state employee-assistance program to legislators at legislative-branch expense, estimated at about $16,000 in its first fiscal year. The House advanced the bill 184–168, referred it to Finance, then later tabled it.
February 15, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-15, Qualey voted for HR19. The resolution calls for the repeal of the Jones Act. The House rejected the resolution, 165–180.
February 15, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey supported killing HB 1000, which classified New Hampshire legislators’ service as full-time public service for federal student-loan forgiveness. The House approved the kill motion, 184–174.
February 15, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-08, Qualey voted against killing HB1396. The proposal prohibits municipal inspections of owner-occupied units within residential structures of 4 units or less. The House approved the kill motion, 195–182.
February 8, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-01, Qualey voted to kill HB1338. The proposal prohibits state or local enforcement of the Military Selective Service Act except in times of foreign military invasion or declared war. The House approved the kill motion, 266–101.
February 1, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-02-01, Qualey voted for HB1391. The proposal allows new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase. The House passed the bill, 241–123.
February 1, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-04, Qualey voted to table HB232. The proposal incorporates by reference certain OSHA standards applicable to public employees in New Hampshire. The House tabled the bill, 190–182.
January 4, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-04, Qualey voted to kill HB631. The proposal requires electric utilities to provide customers with the option to purchase smart meter gateway devices. The House approved the kill motion, 192–180.
January 4, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-04, Qualey voted to kill HB121. The proposal repeals the water's edge combined group provisions of the business profits tax. The House approved the kill motion, 192–176.
January 4, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-04, Qualey voted for amended HB229. The proposal limits the activation of the New Hampshire national guard to only those times where the United States Congress has passed an official action pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The House passed the amended bill, 187–182.
January 4, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for an amendment that placed new state employees into a Group III defined-contribution retirement plan; it failed 181–192. He then voted against indefinitely postponing HB559, but the House postponed it 201–174.
January 3, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-03, Qualey voted to kill HB345. The proposal establishes procedures for ranked-choice voting and allows state parties and municipalities to opt into such procedures. The House approved the kill motion, 207–170.
January 3, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-03, Qualey voted to kill HB350. The proposal establishes procedures for ranked-choice voting for federal and state offices. The House approved the kill motion, 248–128.
January 3, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-03, Qualey voted to send HB227 to interim study. The proposal prohibits banks and financial institutions from engaging in discriminatory practices when providing financial services. The House rejected interim study, 182–193.
January 3, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2024-01-03, Qualey voted for the House version of HB 185, which favored approximately equal parenting time unless contrary to a child’s best interests and required courts to explain unequal-time orders. The House approved it, 202–172.
January 3, 2024
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-06-08, Qualey voted to concur with the Senate version of HB 2, the state budget companion containing tax, health care, housing, workforce, and agency policy provisions. The House concurred, 326–53.
June 8, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against amended SB213, allowing career-education technology platforms to collect students’ personal information with written parental consent and excluding those platforms from student social-media protections. The House advanced it, 201–175.
June 8, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against SB110, defining which municipality owed welfare assistance to people staying in emergency housing, institutions or temporary lodging. The House advanced it, 190–180.
June 8, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-05-04, Qualey voted for SCR1. This concurrent resolution affirms the general court's support for the New Hampshire's first in the nation primary. The House passed the resolution, 356–6.
May 4, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-23, Qualey voted against killing HB575. The proposal prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from purchasing, promoting, or distributing any vaccine or pharmaceutical product that has not been tested with voluntary, human, clinical trials. The House approved the kill motion, 192–186.
March 23, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-22, Qualey voted for HB10. The proposal establishes a parental bill of rights, a framework for notice of, and to report violations of, such rights, and consequences for affirmative findings of violations. The House rejected the bill, 189–195.
March 22, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for CACR7, removing the state constitution’s prohibition on tax-funded aid to religious schools. The House vote, 192–191, fell short of the required three-fifths majority.
March 22, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-22, Qualey voted for HB127. The proposal revises the authority of the governor and general court to declare, renew, or terminate a state of emergency. The House passed the bill, 193–185.
March 22, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 22, 2023, Qualey opposed tabling HB 507; the House tabled it 308–71. The bill exempted unlicensed professional practice from penalties when practitioners disclosed their status and made no license or certification claim.
March 22, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-22, Qualey voted to table HB539. The proposal prohibits a public elementary or secondary school from conducting a vaccination clinic during school hours. The House tabled the bill, 257–123.
March 22, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-16, Qualey voted against tabling HB514. The proposal requires local school boards to develop a policy for responding to parental complaints of obscene material in schools. The House tabled the bill, 200–175.
March 16, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted to kill HB177. The proposal expands the community revitalization tax relief incentive by replacing the term qualifying structure with qualifying property so that the tax incentive may be used for revitalization of land as well as structures. The House approved the kill motion, 194–170.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for amended HB367, raising Education Freedom Account eligibility from 300 to 350 percent of federal poverty guidelines. The House advanced it, 187–184.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted against HB112. The proposal requires the owner of restricted residential property to provide tenants with notice of sale of the property and an opportunity to make an offer to purchase the property. The House rejected the bill, 175–199.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted against HB567. The proposal requires a landlord of certain residential property to provide additional notice of a prospective rent increase. The House rejected the bill, 166–207.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted against HB380. The proposal makes changes to the requirements for school district or chartered public school policies governing the administration of non-academic surveys or questionnaires. The House rejected the bill, 181–193.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for HB281, repealing utilities’ requirements to file integrated least-cost resource plans with the Public Utilities Commission. The House advanced it, 184–168.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On March 9, 2023, Qualey voted for HB 464; the House passed it 192–184. It retained a 300-percent poverty ceiling for Education Freedom Accounts but added eligibility without income limits for listed groups. Those included foster children, homeless students, military families, English learners, and children facing persistent bullying or disabilities. Students in low-performing or dangerous schools also qualified.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted against amended HB624. The proposal requires a law enforcement agency to provide public notice of an immigration checkpoint. The House passed the amended bill, 220–152.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against HB90, allowing local master plans to include renewable-energy transitions and coastal climate-risk planning. The House rejected it, 176–193.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted against HB372. The proposal establishes a commission to study the short and long-term impacts of pending national and regional carbon pricing mechanisms on New Hampshire's citizens, businesses, institutions, and environment. The House rejected the bill, 163–188.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-03-09, Qualey voted for HB 154, requiring town voters at an annual or special meeting to approve public-health ordinances before they took effect, replacing approval by selectmen. The House passed the bill, 192–180.
March 9, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted to table HB357. The proposal establishes a 4-year term for the county treasurer, county sheriff, county register of deeds, and county attorney in Belknap county. The House tabled the bill, 177–162.
February 23, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for CACR6, raising judges’ mandatory retirement age from 70 to 75. The House approved it, 321–27, exceeding the required three-fifths majority.
February 23, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted for HB 123, removing the votes of governing-body and school-board representatives serving on municipal budget committees and leaving them in advisory roles. The House rejected the bill, 168–176.
February 23, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-23, Qualey voted against HCR1. The resolution applies for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States. The House rejected the resolution, 156–192.
February 23, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance amended HB252. The House version exempted farm and agricultural activities from municipal quiet-hours ordinances. The House advanced it, 266–84.
February 22, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-22, Qualey voted to kill HB191. The proposal removes the prohibition on a state agency operating a voluntary firearms "surrender and destroy" program and permits a state agency to destroy voluntarily surrendered firearms. The House approved the kill motion, 237–121.
February 22, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-14, Qualey voted to kill HB340. The proposal restricts the acquisition of single-family and multi-family housing to natural persons with certain exceptions. The House approved the kill motion, 273–78.
February 14, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-02-14, Qualey voted to kill HB 388, allowing private passenger vehicles to display only one license plate on the rear and reducing plate-fund spending. The House approved the kill motion, 191–181.
February 14, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
On 2023-01-03, Qualey voted to table HR 6, which called for a special runoff election after Chuck Grassie and David Walker tied in a House race. The House rejected the table motion, 187–193, allowing the runoff resolution to proceed.
January 3, 2023
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Received Cornerstone’s endorsement for Cheshire District 18 on November 4, 2022.
November 4, 2022
Source: nhcornerstone.org
Qualey voted for overriding the veto of HB52. The bill proposed to apportion New Hampshire congressional districts for the new decade. The House override vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold, 103–220.
September 15, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for overriding the veto of HB275. The bill proposed to change legislative review, renewal, and termination of declared states of emergency. The House override vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold, 157–167.
September 15, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted for overriding the veto of HB1022. The bill proposed to let pharmacists dispense ivermectin under standing orders and create a study commission. The House override vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold, 144–170.
September 15, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Objected to reserving $750,000 of Cheshire County's state ProShare payment to offset taxes in the next budget year, citing the current economic strain on residents; the broader nursing-home funding motion passed without a named individual roll.
August 10, 2022
Source: co.cheshire.nh.us
Qualey voted to reject SB263. The bill proposed to create a youth environmental education and conservation council. The House rejected it 174–150.
May 5, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB366. The bill proposed to require a 2022 primary ballot audit while allowing the secretary of state to skip the general-election audit. The House advanced it 177–139.
May 4, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject SB326. The bill proposed to develop a plan for a state office of early childhood. The House rejected it 178–151.
May 4, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table SB382. The bill proposed to change licensing requirements for telehealth clinicians and allow specified physician reciprocity. The tabling motion failed 144–187.
May 4, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table SB294. The bill proposed to revise pretrial bail and detention rules, including court safety findings before preventive detention. The House tabled it 209–121.
May 4, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB431 as amended. The bill proposed to adjust child-support calculations when parents have equal or approximately equal residential responsibilities. The House advanced it 178–151.
May 4, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB325. The bill proposed to include first responders in statutory emergency-management organizations. The House advanced it 248–84.
May 4, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB240. The bill proposed to apportion New Hampshire Senate districts for the new decade. The House advanced it 172–149.
April 21, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing SB438 as amended. The bill proposed to favor American-produced materials in state procurement. The House advanced it 170–151.
April 21, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB241. The bill proposed to apportion Executive Council districts for the new decade. The House advanced it 174–146.
April 21, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1349. The bill proposed to decriminalize adult possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms. The House tabled it 210–132.
March 31, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1473. The bill proposed to audit the 2020 presidential, gubernatorial, and Senate elections in Merrimack County. The House tabled it 251–94.
March 31, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1064. The bill proposed to require hand-marked durable paper ballots and bar computerized vote counting. The House tabled it 270–75.
March 31, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1478. The bill proposed to raise the business-profits tax for large employers paying low wages. The House rejected it 304–40.
March 31, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject CACR27. The constitutional amendment proposed to allow voters to recall and remove state-court judges. The House rejected it 254–85.
March 31, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1194. The bill proposed to require a supermajority to override a local tax cap. The House advanced it 183–146.
March 17, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1221 as amended. The bill proposed to reduce the business-profits tax rate beginning in 2023. The House advanced it 177–141.
March 17, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB1342. The bill proposed to validate municipal tax caps and set supermajority override rules when a charter lacks them. The advancement motion failed 157–181.
March 17, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1076. The bill proposed to restrict warehouse productivity quotas that deny required meal or rest breaks. The House tabled it 169–152.
March 17, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB1667. The bill proposed to extend veterans' property-tax credit eligibility to active-duty service members who continue to serve. The House advanced it 205–127.
March 17, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB1393. The bill proposed to permit per-pupil school-budget caps with inflation adjustments and a three-fifths override vote. The tabling motion failed 164–178.
March 17, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB1033. The bill proposed to bar counties, municipalities, and school districts from using public grants, appropriations, or property-tax funds for lobbying. The House tabled it 174–161.
March 17, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1376. The bill proposed to notify Education Freedom Account parents of disabled students about their federal special-education rights. The House tabled it 179–153.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1014. The bill proposed to allow a remote-access component in public meetings under the right-to-know law. The House tabled it 175–155.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1171 as amended. The bill proposed to exempt niche beauty services from occupational and shop licenses. The House advanced it 201–147.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1080. The bill proposed to protect health-care providers who decline to participate in abortion, sterilization, or artificial contraception for reasons of conscience. The House advanced it 175–165.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB1180. The bill proposed to explicitly allow public entities to distinguish male and female athletes by biological sex. The House tabled it 175–167.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB1477. The bill proposed to ban abortion after detection of fetal cardiac activity. The House tabled it 185–143.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1669. The bill proposed to move Education Freedom Account administration to the state education department. The House tabled it 185–158.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1332. The bill proposed to exempt public universities and community colleges from the medical-freedom immunization law. The House tabled it 172–142.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1607. The bill proposed to extend school nondiscrimination duties to private schools and education vendors that receive public money. The House tabled it 189–155.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1638. The bill proposed to set school complaint, appeal, and lawsuit procedures for violations of the discrimination-instruction law. The House tabled it 190–152.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1369. The bill proposed to let performing-arts venues set their own communicable-disease health and safety policies. The House tabled it 177–146.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB1077. The bill proposed to replace the ban on conversion therapy for minors with a ban on involuntary conversion therapy at any age and new presumptions for client-directed counseling. The House tabled it 197–147.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1409. The bill proposed to let minors aged 16 or older consent to mental-health care without parental consent, excluding medication. The House tabled it 171–163.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1576. The bill proposed to repeal statutory restrictions on teaching discrimination in public schools and workplaces. The House tabled it 186–158.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1481. The bill proposed to repeal the medical-freedom immunization law. The House tabled it 175–156.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table CACR18. The constitutional amendment proposed to protect reproductive medical decisions from state infringement. The House tabled it 175–157.
March 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1132 as amended. The bill proposed to change the process for converting a public school to a charter school, including a two-thirds district vote. The House advanced it 164–148.
March 15, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB1298. The bill proposed to expand income eligibility for the education tax credit. The House advanced it 159–152.
March 15, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB1072. The bill proposed to make it a misdemeanor to deny elected school-district officials access to school facilities, records, or events. The House tabled it 169–161.
March 15, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1090. The bill proposed to affirm teaching of historically marginalized groups and repeal limits on teaching discrimination in public schools. The House tabled it 165–153.
March 15, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to concur with the Senate amendment to HB50. The bill proposed to apportion New Hampshire House districts for the new decade. The House concurred 172–163.
March 10, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1257. The bill proposed to require the state retirement system to divest securities in companies with active business operations in China. The House rejected it 312–25.
March 10, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1468. The bill proposed to legalize cannabis possession and use for adults. The House tabled it 276–79.
February 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB1484. The bill proposed to fund a statewide forensic audit of the 2020 election. The House tabled it 273–76.
February 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB1516. The bill proposed to remove local school and statewide education-property-tax revenues from the Education Freedom Account funding source. The House rejected it 181–174.
February 16, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB607. The bill proposed to authorize local education savings accounts funded through local school-district money. The House tabled it 187–170.
January 6, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB87. The bill proposed to narrow the electioneering-clothing ban to certain election officials and explicit advocacy. The tabling motion failed 166–184.
January 6, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB611. The bill proposed to prohibit adding fluoride to public drinking water. The House tabled it 187–162.
January 6, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB514 as amended. The bill proposed to remove the 1 percent maximum deviation rule for rotating party columns on election ballots. The House advanced it 188–165.
January 6, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling HB255. The bill proposed to require state entities and businesses to grant COVID-19 vaccine exemptions for conscience, religion, or medical reasons. The House tabled it 213–142.
January 6, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against overriding the veto of HB98. The bill proposed to move the state primary election to the first Tuesday in August. The House override vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold, 38–313.
January 5, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against overriding the veto of SB38. The bill proposed to allow therapeutic-cannabis treatment centers to organize as business corporations or limited-liability companies. The House override vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold, 228–115.
January 5, 2022
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against tabling SB154. The bill proposed to bar state and local enforcement of newer federal firearms laws and presidential orders that conflict with New Hampshire law. The House tabled it 354–19.
June 24, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to concur with the Senate amendment to HB373. The bill proposed to require legislative and Executive Council approval before New Hampshire joins a low-carbon fuel-standard program. The House concurred 195–158.
June 10, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB52. The bill proposed to require a supermajority to override city charter tax caps. The House advanced it 195–177.
June 4, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance SB141. The bill moved firearm-dealer background checks to the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The House advanced it 197–180.
June 3, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB351. The bill proposed to require legislative or fiscal-committee approval before electric system-benefits charges increase. The House advanced it 198–179.
April 9, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB15 as amended. The bill proposed to bring online motor-vehicle rental facilitators within the meals-and-rooms tax. The House advanced it 289–78.
April 9, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB439. The bill proposed to limit city councils' ordinance-making power to subjects specifically authorized by statute. The advancement motion failed 185–192.
April 9, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance CACR2. The constitutional amendment proposed to prohibit a broad-based sales tax. The House voted 201–170; the proposal fell short of the required three-fifths majority.
April 9, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB263 as amended. The bill proposed to repeal voluntary campaign-spending limits and change campaign contribution and disclosure thresholds. The House advanced it 196–173.
April 8, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB458. The bill proposed to allow schools to supply menstrual products from donations or grants and repeal the requirement to provide them free. The House tabled it 192–184.
April 8, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB368. The bill proposed to establish a legal claim and damages for medical monitoring after toxic exposure. The House tabled it 172–169.
April 8, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance CACR3. The constitutional amendment proposed to permit public tax money to support religious educational institutions. The House voted 197–175; the proposal fell short of the required three-fifths majority.
April 8, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted against advancing HB143 as amended. The bill proposed to require electronic prescribing for controlled drugs in specified circumstances. The House advanced it 243–114.
April 8, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB185. The bill proposed to suspend the Granite Advantage Medicaid work requirement until July 2022. The House tabled it 203–155.
April 8, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to table HB81. The bill proposed to expand justified deadly force when protecting another person. The House tabled it 331–17.
February 26, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB197 as amended. The bill extended justified deadly force to protect another person against a felony in a vehicle, a dwelling, or property around a dwelling. The House advanced it 206–144.
February 26, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB110. The bill proposed to route adequate-education grants through municipalities before transfer to school districts. The House advanced it 190–152.
February 26, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB459. The bill proposed to bar transfers into zero-dollar budget lines after a local budget is adopted. The House rejected it 198–153.
February 26, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to advance HB187 as amended. The bill proposed to give a legislative oversight committee power to rescind the Department of Health and Human Services public-health emergency orders by a two-thirds vote. The House advanced it 333–6.
February 26, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Qualey voted to reject HB365. The bill proposed to authorize certified federal law-enforcement officers to make arrests under state peace-officer status. The House rejected it 260–89.
February 26, 2021
Source: action.rebuildnh.com
Attended the December 7 Cheshire County Delegation meeting without wearing a mask as requested, according to the county commissioners' official minutes.
December 7, 2020
Source: web.archive.org
Seconded returning decisions on accepting public roads to Rindge voters on February 1, 2020. The amendment passed, and voters later approved removing that authority from the select board.
February 1, 2020
Source: rindgenh.gov
Seconded cutting a $125,000 contribution to Rindge’s fire and highway reserve funds to $1 on February 3, 2018. The amendment failed.
February 3, 2018
Source: rindgenh.gov
Won a three-year term on Rindge’s select board on March 8, 2016, receiving 688 votes to Dale Smith Jr.’s 553.
March 8, 2016
Source: rindgenh.gov
Received U.S. patent 6,778,091 as a co-inventor of a smoke-detector chamber on August 17, 2004. The design blocked stray light while admitting smoke.
August 17, 2004
Source: patentimages.storage.googleapis.com

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State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District Cheshire 18; New Hampshire · incumbent

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