Matt Drew
Republican · NH · New Hampshire State Representative, Hillsborough 19
Member of the New Hampshire House since 2024 who retired after a 30-year career in information technology and moved to the state in 2014. Priorities are medical freedom from government mandates and low taxes with limited government spending.
Where Matt Drew stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Spending Reduction (6 records), Election Integrity (1 record)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (11 records), Immigration (2 records), Housing Affordability (1 record),
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 11 oppose
Voted for HB1022 to broaden religious exemptions from immunization requirements.
March 11, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB1811 to repeal statutory school immunization requirements.
February 19, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB1719 to remove hepatitis B from the school immunization list.
February 12, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Spoke in the House health committee hearing for his HB1811 proposal to repeal school immunization requirements.
February 4, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: indepthnh.org · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1219 to bar foster-home vaccination rules stricter than the state’s general childhood requirements.
January 7, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB1811 to repeal statutory immunization requirements for children.
January 7, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1719 to remove hepatitis B from the school immunization list.
January 7, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced a House floor amendment to SB60 that restricted health-department immunization rulemaking; the House adopted it.
May 1, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB357, limiting the health department’s authority to require immunizations beyond those in state law.
March 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB679 to bar requiring school-child vaccines that have not been shown to prevent disease transmission.
March 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Presented the Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs majority report opposing HB724 lead-paint poisoning prevention and remediation.
March 6, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 2 oppose
Voted for HB1706 to end the state refugee-resettlement program and bar state spending on it.
March 11, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1706 to end the state refugee-resettlement program and prohibit state spending on it.
January 7, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 6 support
Voted for HB1706 to end the state refugee-resettlement program and bar state spending on it.
March 11, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for amended HB1300 to require local votes on school-district tax caps.
March 11, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB1799, a proposal to raise required state funding for an adequate public education.
February 19, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1706 to end the state refugee-resettlement program and prohibit state spending on it.
January 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB1196 to repeal New Hampshire’s Housing Champion designation and grant program.
January 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to pass HB675 as amended, including a cap on some school-district spending growth.
March 13, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
Prime-sponsored HB1196 to repeal New Hampshire’s Housing Champion designation and grant program.
January 7, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 4 oppose
Voted for HB1706 to end the state refugee-resettlement program and bar state spending on it.
March 11, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1706 to end the state refugee-resettlement program and prohibit state spending on it.
January 7, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB665, which would have expanded free school-meal eligibility.
January 7, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB703, a measure against denying school meals over unpaid balances.
March 13, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 oppose
Voted to kill HB1799, a proposal to raise required state funding for an adequate public education.
February 19, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 5 oppose
Co-sponsored HB1446 to protect firearm possession by therapeutic-cannabis patients.
January 7, 2026Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for amended HB609 to expand state preemption of local firearm and self-defense-tool rules.
January 7, 2026Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB56, which proposed firearm-transfer background checks and a three-day waiting period.
February 20, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB352, which would have prohibited firearms at polling places.
February 20, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB609, which would expand state control over firearm and self-defense-tool rules.
January 9, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose
Voted against killing HB1313, which would have repealed buffer zones at reproductive-health facilities.
March 11, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted for HB274, which required annual verification of voter rolls.
March 27, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — General
General · 10 records
Testified before the House Legislative Administration Committee against disciplining Representative Travis Corcoran over public comments.
April 27, 2026
Source: manchester.inklink.news · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for amended HB1268 to remove some home-education notice and annual-evaluation requirements.
March 11, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB1792 restricting public-school instruction on critical race theory and LGBTQ+ topics.
February 19, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB1004 to exempt some dwelling units from automatic-sprinkler requirements.
January 7, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Was named among state representatives endorsing Brian Cole for Congress in the campaign’s first endorsement announcement.
August 13, 2025
Source: manchester.inklink.news · researched September 25, 2026
Was appointed to the House conference committee on HB377, the youth gender-treatment bill.
June 5, 2025
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB600, which would have enabled ranked-choice voting in municipal elections.
March 26, 2025
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to pass HB115 as amended to make Education Freedom Accounts available regardless of family income.
March 13, 2025
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB521, a proposal to authorize online voter registration.
March 13, 2025
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB640 on transparency of federal-agency operations within New Hampshire.
January 9, 2025
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Race Matt Drew is in:
- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District Hillsborough 19; New Hampshire · incumbent
Profile last researched September 24, 2026.