Rita Mattson

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

Rita Mattson is a state representative and retired blue-collar worker on the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee. She supports school choice and opposes broad-based income and sales taxes.

Supports

Limit Foreign Influence (1 record), Personal Income Tax Reduction (2 records)

Opposes

Government Efficiency (1 record), Immigration (11 records), Gun Control (9 records),

Mixed record

AI Regulation (1 support · 1 oppose), Healthcare Affordability (3 support · 10 oppose), Environment and Public Health (4 support · 26 oppose),

Track record

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AI Regulation · 1 support · 1 oppose

On June 5, 2025, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 20, 2025, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com

Healthcare Affordability · 3 support · 10 oppose

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
Source: myreptracker.com
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: myreptracker.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, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: myreptracker.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
Source: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.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
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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 Healthcare Affordability
Source: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-26, Mattson voted to adopt the HB 2 budget-policy conference report, 184–183. It revised school aid and Education Freedom Account rules; directed Medicaid copay, premium, and work-requirement requests; ended municipal revenue sharing and passenger-vehicle inspections; expanded video lottery and keno; raised environmental and vehicle fees; barred public-sector diversity programs; restricted certain foreign real-estate purchases; and funded child care, housing, drinking water, and youth-center settlements.
June 26, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-26, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-06, Mattson 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.
March 6, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: myreptracker.com

Environment and Public Health · 4 support · 26 oppose

Rita Mattson cosponsored HB 1718, which became Chapter 309 on July 10, 2026. The enacted law allowed energy storage at eligible net-metered generation facilities and gave the Public Utilities Commission authority over compensation for storage exports.
July 10, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: gc.nh.gov
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: myreptracker.com
On April 23, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1602, establishing producer-funded collection and recycling of covered batteries; it passed 244–112.
March 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
Rita Mattson cosponsored HB 1455, a proposal to count natural gas, nuclear energy, and qualifying hydrocarbon generation as green energy for state programs. The House voted it inexpedient to legislate on March 5, 2026.
March 5, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
On 2026-02-19, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On February 12, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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
Source: myreptracker.com
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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-12-17, Mattson 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: gc.nh.gov
On 2025-05-22, Mattson 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: myreptracker.com
On May 1, 2025, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-27, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-27, Mattson voted for HB 361, prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools. The House passed the bill, 203-164.
March 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-26, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-13, Mattson voted for the House-amended HB 219, which proposed to remove a class of renewable electricity requirements and lower some renewable-portfolio compliance payments. The House adopted the amended bill, 189-173.
March 13, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-06, Mattson voted for HB 524, repealing the New Hampshire Vaccine Association. The House passed the bill, 189-181.
March 6, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-06, Mattson voted to kill HB 756, which proposed to require blood-lead testing for children entering day care and public school. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 202-169.
March 6, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-06, Mattson voted to kill HB 691, a proposal to ban adding fluoridation chemicals to public drinking-water systems. The House approved the motion to kill the bill, 212-143.
March 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-02-20, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-02-20, Mattson 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-02-13, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-02-06, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
Publicly opposed government vaccine mandates in a post-rally interview in Jaffrey, describing vaccination as a decision between patients and doctors.
October 16, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: keenesentinel.com

Labor Rights · 1 support · 7 oppose

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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026Opposes Labor Rights
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-26, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-06, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-02-20, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-02-13, Mattson 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.
February 13, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: myreptracker.com

Anti-Corruption · 4 support · 2 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
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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: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On April 10, 2025, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-27, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com

Government Efficiency · 1 oppose

On 2025-03-13, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com

Immigration · 11 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On 2026-03-11, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-05-22, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-05-08, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-04-10, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-04-10, Mattson voted for HB 511, requiring cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The House passed the bill, 211-161.
April 10, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 13, 2025, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com

Government Spending Reduction · 31 support · 10 oppose

On 2026-08-19, Mattson voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 2026, a state ten-year transportation plan with turnpike toll provisions. The House voted 292-25 to override; the veto was overridden and the plan became law.
August 19, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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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: myreptracker.com
On 2026-06-04, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On April 23, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.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 Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2026-03-11, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.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, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.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, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
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
Source: myreptracker.com
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
Source: myreptracker.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, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 against HB 675, limiting school-district central-office expenses and requiring reports. The House rejected the amended bill, 9-346.
January 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.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, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.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, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
Voted on 2026-01-07 to kill HB 197, requiring the state to pay part of local-government retirement contributions. The House adopted the kill motion, 172-159.
January 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
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
Source: myreptracker.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, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.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, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-26, Mattson voted to adopt the HB 2 budget-policy conference report, 184–183. It revised school aid and Education Freedom Account rules; directed Medicaid copay, premium, and work-requirement requests; ended municipal revenue sharing and passenger-vehicle inspections; expanded video lottery and keno; raised environmental and vehicle fees; barred public-sector diversity programs; restricted certain foreign real-estate purchases; and funded child care, housing, drinking water, and youth-center settlements.
June 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-26, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On June 26, 2025, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-05-08, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-27, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 27, 2025, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-13, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 13, 2025, Mattson voted for HB 675, setting an automatic cap on school-district appropriations, excluding construction, with a two-thirds local vote needed to exceed it. The House passed the amended bill 190–185.
March 13, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-06, Mattson voted for HB 224, directing rebates to electricity customers from the renewable-energy fund. The House adopted the amended bill, 200-162.
March 6, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-06, Mattson 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.
March 6, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myreptracker.com

Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support · 2 oppose

Voted for House passage of SB 620, lengthening license suspensions for refusing alcohol testing and changing aggravated DWI penalties; it passed 259–94.
April 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2026-02-12, Mattson 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 2025-06-12, Mattson voted to concur 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, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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On June 5, 2025, Mattson 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 March 26, 2025, Mattson voted for HB 466, increasing driver-license suspensions for refusing alcohol testing from 180 days to one year for a first refusal and from two to three years after prior offenses, while revising aggravated-DWI penalties. The House rejected the passage motion 120–216.
March 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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On 2025-03-06, Mattson 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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Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 13 support · 6 oppose

On 2026-08-19, Mattson 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 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, Mattson voted for 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, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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 2026-02-19, Mattson 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 Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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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 Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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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 Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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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, 2026Opposes 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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On 2025-12-17, Mattson 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 Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2025-12-17, Mattson 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 Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On May 8, 2025, Mattson 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 Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On March 27, 2025, Mattson voted for amended HB 666, making library cards and membership status confidential and imposing a $1,000 civil penalty plus a written apology for knowing or reckless disclosure, while allowing specified lawful disclosures and school notices to parents. The House passed it 189–172.
March 27, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2025-03-26, Mattson 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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On 2025-03-26, Mattson 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, Mattson 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 Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2025-02-20, Mattson 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, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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On 2025-02-20, Mattson voted for HB 53, allowing registered medical-cannabis patients and caregivers to cultivate cannabis at home. The House adopted the amended bill, 328-42.
February 20, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Housing Affordability · 3 support · 12 oppose

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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Voted to concur with the Senate's HB 1681 amendment setting rules for tiny houses and yurts as residences, including construction, inspection, and local approval; it passed 242–102.
May 21, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
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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, 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
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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, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2025-06-26, Mattson voted to adopt the HB 2 budget-policy conference report, 184–183. It revised school aid and Education Freedom Account rules; directed Medicaid copay, premium, and work-requirement requests; ended municipal revenue sharing and passenger-vehicle inspections; expanded video lottery and keno; raised environmental and vehicle fees; barred public-sector diversity programs; restricted certain foreign real-estate purchases; and funded child care, housing, drinking water, and youth-center settlements.
June 26, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
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On June 12, 2025, Mattson 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 June 5, 2025, Mattson 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, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2025-05-22, Mattson 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 2025-05-01, Mattson 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, Mattson 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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On 2025-02-06, Mattson 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, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
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On 2025-02-06, Rep. Rita Mattson voted for HB 60, which added expiration of a lease or tenancy lasting at least six months as grounds for eviction after 60 days of notice. The House passed the bill, 217-139.
February 6, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
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Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support · 13 oppose

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 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 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 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 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 March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, Mattson 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 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 2026-01-08 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 2026-01-07 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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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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On 2025-06-26, Mattson voted to adopt the HB 2 budget-policy conference report, 184–183. It revised school aid and Education Freedom Account rules; directed Medicaid copay, premium, and work-requirement requests; ended municipal revenue sharing and passenger-vehicle inspections; expanded video lottery and keno; raised environmental and vehicle fees; barred public-sector diversity programs; restricted certain foreign real-estate purchases; and funded child care, housing, drinking water, and youth-center settlements.
June 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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On 2025-03-13, Mattson 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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Public Education Quality · 7 support · 8 oppose

On May 14, 2026, Mattson 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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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, Mattson 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 Public Education Quality
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On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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 February 19, 2026, Mattson 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, Mattson 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, Mattson 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, Mattson 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
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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
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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, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
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On 2025-06-05, Mattson 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
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On March 13, 2025, Mattson voted for HB 675, setting an automatic cap on school-district appropriations, excluding construction, with a two-thirds local vote needed to exceed it. The House passed the amended bill 190–185.
March 13, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality
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Gun Control · 9 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, Mattson 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
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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, Mattson 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, Mattson 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
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On 2025-02-20, Mattson 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, Mattson 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
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Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose

On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Election Integrity · 8 support · 4 oppose

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
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On May 14, 2026, Mattson 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
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On March 11, 2026, Mattson voted for CACR 21, proposing that only U.S. citizens age 18 or older residing where they claim domicile be eligible to vote under the state constitution. It received 184–146 but failed to reach the required three fifths House vote.
March 11, 2026Supports Election Integrity
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On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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 Election Integrity
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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
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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
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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
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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
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On 2025-06-05, Mattson voted for SB 221, requiring annual verification of voter rolls. The House adopted the amended bill, 184-153.
June 5, 2025Supports Election Integrity
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On 2025-06-05, Mattson 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
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On 2025-03-27, Mattson 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
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On March 20, 2025, Mattson 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
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Limit Foreign Influence · 1 support

On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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
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Personal Income Tax Reduction · 2 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
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On 2026-03-05, Mattson 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
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Data Privacy · 5 support · 1 oppose

On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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
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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
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On 2025-12-17, Mattson 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
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On 2025-06-26, Mattson 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
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On May 8, 2025, Mattson 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
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On March 27, 2025, Mattson voted for amended HB 666, making library cards and membership status confidential and imposing a $1,000 civil penalty plus a written apology for knowing or reckless disclosure, while allowing specified lawful disclosures and school notices to parents. The House passed it 189–172.
March 27, 2025Supports Data Privacy
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Civil Rights · 6 support · 10 oppose

On 2026-08-19, Mattson 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
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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
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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 Civil Rights
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On March 12, 2026, Mattson 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
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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
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On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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
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On March 11, 2026, Mattson voted for 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, 2026Supports Civil Rights
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On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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
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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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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
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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 Civil Rights
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On 2025-12-17, Mattson 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
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On 2025-06-26, Mattson 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
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On 2025-06-26, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-05, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 26, 2025, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com

Corporate Accountability · 2 support · 6 oppose

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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
Voted for House passage of HB 1602, establishing producer-funded collection and recycling of covered batteries; it passed 244–112.
March 26, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
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 Corporate Accountability
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-05-22, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On February 20, 2025, Mattson 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, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-02-06, Mattson 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, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: myreptracker.com

Public Infrastructure · 6 support · 4 oppose

On 2026-08-19, Mattson voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 2026, a state ten-year transportation plan with turnpike toll provisions. The House voted 292-25 to override; the veto was overridden and the plan became law.
August 19, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: myreptracker.com
Rita Mattson cosponsored HB 1718, which became Chapter 309 on July 10, 2026. The enacted law allowed energy storage at eligible net-metered generation facilities and gave the Public Utilities Commission authority over compensation for storage exports.
July 10, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: gc.nh.gov
Rita Mattson was the primary sponsor of HB 1723, which became Chapter 310 on July 10, 2026. The enacted law assigned the Department of Energy an investigation of electric transmission transformer vulnerability to geomagnetic and electromagnetic disturbances and a report of findings and recommendations.
July 10, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: gc.nh.gov
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 Public Infrastructure
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2026-03-26, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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 Public Infrastructure
Source: myreptracker.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 Infrastructure
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-26, Mattson voted to adopt the HB 2 budget-policy conference report, 184–183. It revised school aid and Education Freedom Account rules; directed Medicaid copay, premium, and work-requirement requests; ended municipal revenue sharing and passenger-vehicle inspections; expanded video lottery and keno; raised environmental and vehicle fees; barred public-sector diversity programs; restricted certain foreign real-estate purchases; and funded child care, housing, drinking water, and youth-center settlements.
June 26, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-12, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On 2025-05-22, Mattson 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, 2025Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: myreptracker.com

General · 98 records

On 2026-08-19, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
Rita Mattson cosponsored HB 1774, which became Chapter 242 on July 2, 2026. The enacted law directed state participation in a federal tax credit for contributions to qualified scholarship organizations and established approval of workforce training programs for federal Pell Grants.
July 2, 2026
Source: gc.nh.gov
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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On May 7, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
Voted to take 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On March 12, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
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: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson voted for HB 1337, repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders. The House passed it 178–155.
March 11, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 11, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On March 5, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.com
On February 19, 2026, Mattson 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, 2026
Source: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
On February 12, 2026, Mattson 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: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
Voted to table HB 1607, which regulated road-salt storage to protect water supplies; the motion passed 188–166.
February 12, 2026
Source: myreptracker.com
On February 12, 2026, Mattson 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: gc.nh.gov
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: myreptracker.com
Rita Mattson cosponsored HB 1618, a proposal to prohibit solar radiation modification, cloud seeding, and other atmospheric interventions and assign enforcement to county sheriffs. The House voted it inexpedient to legislate on February 5, 2026.
February 5, 2026
Source: legiscan.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: myreptracker.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
Source: myreptracker.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: myreptracker.com
Voted on 2026-01-08 against killing 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: myreptracker.com
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
Source: myreptracker.com
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
Source: myreptracker.com
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
Source: myreptracker.com
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
Source: myreptracker.com
Voted on 2026-01-07 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, 2026
Source: gc.nh.gov
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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-12-17, Mattson 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
Source: gc.nh.gov
On 2025-12-17, Mattson 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
Source: gc.nh.gov
On 2025-12-17, Mattson 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
Source: gc.nh.gov
On 2025-06-26, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-12, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-12, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-05, Mattson 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.
June 5, 2025
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-05, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-06-05, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-27, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-27, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-27, Mattson 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, 2025
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-27, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-26, Mattson 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, 2025
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-26, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-26, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-20, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-20, Mattson voted to table HB 726, which proposed to raise New Hampshire’s minimum hourly wage. The House tabled it, 197-159.
March 20, 2025
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-20, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-20, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-20, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-20, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-20, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-13, Mattson voted for 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-06, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-06, Mattson voted for HB 723, repealing the state’s multi-use energy data platform. The House passed the bill, 201-160.
March 6, 2025
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-03-06, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-02-06, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-02-06, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
On 2025-02-06, Mattson 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
Source: myreptracker.com
Received a Support recommendation from New Hampshire Right to Life PAC in its general-election voter guide for Cheshire District 18. The PAC distinguished Support from its higher Endorse recommendation.
October 30, 2024
Source: nhrtlpac.org
Endorsed Chris Ager for chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party in his dated campaign announcement.
January 17, 2023
Source: nhjournal.com
Publicly supported taxpayer-funded school vouchers in a post-rally interview in Jaffrey, advocating that public funding follow students to their chosen schools.
October 16, 2021
Source: keenesentinel.com
Received public support from U.S. Senator Tom Cotton in a letter read at a Jaffrey rally; former senator Kelly Ayotte campaigned with her that day.
October 16, 2021
Source: keenesentinel.com

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

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