Corinne Cascadden

Voted for overriding the governor's veto of HB 1581. The bill proposed allowing DHHS to authorize additional therapeutic-cannabis alternative-treatment-center cultivation sites, including greenhouses, subject to departmental rules, local zoning and solicited local/patient/caregiver input. The House overrode the veto. The veto was ultimately sustained.

October 10, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for adopting amendment 1728h to SB 508. The amendment proposed requiring validated county-jail mental-health/substance-use-disorder screening and permitting qualified community-provider/recovery-worker reentry contacts; incorporating the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance antisemitism definition/examples into discrimination-intent assessments and governmental training. The motion passed.

May 9, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of SB 403. The bill proposed creating voluntary community-health-worker certification under Office of Professional Licensure and Certification and requiring a Medicaid state-plan amendment for their services; revise LNA medication-certification qualifications and extending the primary-care workforce commission. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 1190. The bill proposed adopting Social Work Licensure Compact to allow multistate licensed practice while preserving member-state professional oversight. The motion failed.

March 28, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1683: against tabling (passed) on March 21, 2024. Voted against reopening the earlier vote (passed), against amended passage (failed) on March 28, 2024. The bill proposed restriction of state Medicaid payment for child circumcision except specified medically necessary diagnoses, including a provider-medical-necessity catchall.

March 28, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for indefinitely postponing HB 1664. The bill proposed extending civil claims over gender-transition care received before age 21, creating an infertility presumption, and revising discrimination definitions. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of HB 1231. The bill proposed allowing qualifying medical-cannabis patients or caregivers to grow three mature and three immature plants and 12 seedlings at registered, secure home locations. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HR 23. The resolution proposed calling on the congressional delegation to support national universal health insurance. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1660. The bill proposed excluding gender-reassignment surgery for minors from state Medicaid coverage. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HCR 11. The resolution proposed condemning medically unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion and calling for protection and expansion of access. The motion passed.

February 15, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 619: against the amendment (passed), against amended passage (passed) on January 4, 2024. The bill proposed prohibiting genital gender-reassignment surgery on minors, with specified medical exceptions and enforcement provisions.

January 4, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HB 368. The bill proposed state protections for lawful gender-affirming care against another state's subpoenas, arrest warrants, extradition requests, and child-removal laws. The motion failed.

January 4, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for permanent Granite Advantage Medicaid expansion in May 2023 and against rejecting the retained SB 263 in January 2024. Also opposed 2023 amendments ending expansion in 2025 or after funding shortfalls. The House rejected the bill in 2024.

January 4, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to concur with Senate amendments to HB 2, implementing the fiscal year 2024–2025 state budget; earlier supported amendments reducing education freedom account appropriations, funding family resources and residential treatment, revising emergency powers, and changing education appropriations.

June 8, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1868h to SB 263, changing Medicaid expansion asset eligibility to consider resources held by immediate family members and other household residents.

May 18, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1872h to SB 263, requiring Medicaid expansion co-payments of $25 for medical visits and $100 for emergency room visits.

May 18, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1841h to SB 263, conditioning continued Medicaid expansion eligibility on a minimum use of covered benefits.

May 18, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1748h to SB 263, requiring Medicaid expansion participants to undergo drug tests twice yearly and disqualifying certain participants after two failed tests.

May 18, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against SB 263 amendments requiring a renewed Medicaid-expansion work-requirement waiver, limiting treatment and community-service credit, removing opportunities to make up deficient hours, narrowing the pregnancy exemption, and increasing required participation to 120 hours monthly with half credit for job searches.

May 18, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1873h to SB 263, barring some suspended or disenrolled Medicaid expansion participants from re-enrollment for at least twelve months.

May 18, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for HR 7, a resolution calling on the federal government to protect Medicare and Social Security without cutting benefits.

February 23, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1093: against amended passage (passed) on March 28, 2024. Voted against a veto override (veto sustained) on October 10, 2024. The bill proposed prohibiting school boards and public school officials from conditioning student/public access to school premises or services on wearing facial coverings, with instructional/extracurricular safety, legal and IEP/504 exceptions.

October 10, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for overriding the governor's veto of HB 1293. The bill proposed tighten phosphorus/nitrogen turf-fertilizer limits; restricting application during heavy rain, frozen ground or inactive growth and on impervious surfaces or within 25 feet of water/storm drains; requiring retail information signs, with specified golf-course/sod-farm exceptions. The House overrode the veto.

October 10, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for overriding the governor's veto of HB 1415. The bill proposed apply federal closure/decommissioning standards to PFAS facilities whose releases result in combined regulated-PFAS concentrations of 100 parts per trillion or more in groundwater or surface water, including covered equipment and building surfaces. The House overrode the veto. The veto was ultimately sustained.

October 10, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 505. The bill proposed making permanent the prohibition on sales of hemp products with natural or synthetic THC above 0.3% by dry weight. The motion passed.

May 23, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of SB 431. The bill proposed prohibiting wake surfing within 300 feet of shorelines, docks, piers, boathouses or boats, on lakes under 50 acres, and behind unsuitable propulsion systems, with boater education. The motion passed.

May 23, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on SB 63: against passage (failed) on May 2, 2024. Voted against passage (passed) on May 9, 2024. The bill proposed limits on municipal health-officer regulations to nuisance prevention and similar public-health threats.

May 9, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting SB 496. The bill proposed establishing DHHS climate-health monitoring, prevention/response, education and alerts contingent on sufficient nonstate funding; forbid general-fund appropriations for administration. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1649: against the narrower food-packaging amendment (failed), against the four-chemical PFAS amendment (failed), for amended passage (passed) on April 11, 2024. The bill proposed restrictions on consumer products containing intentionally added PFAS from 2027; failed amendments narrowed food packaging and limited the covered chemicals to four listed entries.

April 11, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for adopting floor amendment 1300h to HB 1059. The amendment proposed updating commercial-building energy conservation code to 2021 while leaving residential energy code at 2018 and limiting Building Code Review Board energy-code amendments to residential buildings. The motion failed.

March 28, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HR 30. The resolution proposed encouraging state climate-education curricula for public-school students. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 1244. The bill proposed prohibiting smoking and e-cigarette use in vehicles with children under 16, subject to secondary enforcement. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1156. The bill proposed barring enforcement of or collaboration with CDC and WHO directives and their use to justify mask, vaccine, or testing requirements. The motion failed.

March 14, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1250: for passage (failed), against rejection (passed) on March 7, 2024. The bill proposed allowing village districts to protect and remediate surface-water quality.

March 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting CACR 14. The resolution proposed a constitutional requirement to maintain a clean and healthful environment and providing remedies protecting natural resources. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1213. The bill proposed removing child-care agencies' immunization admission, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1472: against ending consideration (failed), for passage (failed) on February 22, 2024. The bill proposed a two-year point-of-sale electric-vehicle rebate pilot funded with $3 million in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative proceeds.

February 22, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HB 1068. The bill proposed requiring lead-test results in school and child-care health records and notices to parents when children lacked testing. The motion failed.

February 1, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of HB 470. The bill proposed authorization of drug-checking services, nominal drug possession for checking, and legal protections for authorized harm-reduction activities. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 151. The bill proposed mental-health education in public schools, including state curriculum guidance and parental opt-outs. The motion failed.

January 3, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 342, a bill adding information about blood lead testing to school and child care enrollment forms.

October 26, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for floor amendment 2167h to SB 61, retaining a pause on new landfill permits until new surface-water setback rules were adopted even if rulemaking exceeded two years.

June 8, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 639, legalizing, regulating, and taxing adult cannabis cultivation and sales and funding administration and public education.

April 6, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 534, a bill creating a $5 million fund for drinking-water facilities damaged by natural disasters.

April 6, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 139, expanding municipal net-metering arrangements to allow participating public entities in different municipalities.

March 23, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 557, restricting the Department of Health and Human Services’ authority to add childhood immunization requirements through rulemaking.

March 23, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 222, a bill requiring vehicle occupants to wear seat belts with enforcement tied to another traffic offense.

March 16, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 524, increasing the share of regional greenhouse gas auction proceeds invested in energy efficiency from the first $1 to the first $3 per ton.

March 16, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 208, establishing state greenhouse gas reduction goals and requiring a climate action plan and emissions inventory.

March 16, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 523, raising the net energy metering limit for individual and business customers from one megawatt to five megawatts.

March 16, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to reject HB 477, a bill prohibiting municipal building inspections of owner-occupied units in residential buildings with four or fewer units.

March 9, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 154, requiring approval by a town’s legislative body before new local public health ordinances took effect.

March 9, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for an amendment replacing the California vehicle-emissions standards mandate in HB 92 with a study commission, then voted against passage of the mandate after that amendment failed.

March 9, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HCR 5, a resolution urging legal action against fossil fuel companies over alleged disinformation about the effects of fossil fuel combustion.

March 9, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for HB 234 to end utility credit for renewable energy certificates that producers had not claimed, both in the failed February 14 passage vote and the successful renewed February 23 vote.

February 23, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 418, directing proceeds from regional greenhouse gas allowance auctions into energy efficiency programs instead of ratepayer rebates.

February 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 630, a bill establishing a revolving clean energy financing fund administered by the Department of Energy.

February 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of amended HB 246, which redirected renewable energy fund money toward electric ratepayer relief for two years.

February 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: gc.nh.gov

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden reported using grants to provide a student wellness office, on-site mental health services, and after-school programs that included dinner.

June 7, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: businessnhmagazine.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden reported that the district shortened drug and alcohol suspensions, required counseling, and added behavioral health teams at all four schools.

April 11, 2016Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: districtadministration.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden recommended using savings from retirements and new hires to employ a full-time nurse at Hillside School; the board unanimously approved the hire.

August 14, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com

Voted for passing HB 1322. The bill proposed increasing the minimum wage in steps to $17 in 2029 and indexing it afterward, with tipped-worker base pay at 50%. The motion failed.

February 22, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 58, eliminating the lower base minimum wage for tipped employees.

March 16, 2023Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: gc.nh.gov

Co-sponsored HB 529, creating additional school aid based on students’ free or reduced-price meal eligibility and municipal fiscal capacity, with accountability requirements; the House rejected the bill in January 2024.

January 5, 2023Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1178: for the amendment (passed) on February 22, 2024. Voted for amended passage (passed) on April 11, 2024. The bill proposed requiring payment of up to 30 days unused vacation/holiday/personal paid time, excluding sick days, when a covered employer closes, changes ownership, or lays off an employee without reasonable return assurance; permitting written transfer to successor employer.

April 11, 2024Supports Labor Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HB 1322. The bill proposed increasing the minimum wage in steps to $17 in 2029 and indexing it afterward, with tipped-worker base pay at 50%. The motion failed.

February 22, 2024Supports Labor Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for indefinitely postponing HB 1377. The bill proposed a right-to-work law prohibiting mandatory union dues and requiring written authorization for deductions. The motion passed.

February 22, 2024Supports Labor Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 74, requiring employers to pay departing employees for unused earned vacation time.

April 6, 2023Supports Labor Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 250, increasing accidental-death retirement benefits for government employees and funding future benefits from the state general fund.

April 6, 2023Supports Labor Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 58, eliminating the lower base minimum wage for tipped employees.

March 16, 2023Supports Labor Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for an HB 125 amendment limiting late-night work by 16- and 17-year-olds during the school year, then voted for the youth-employment restrictions bill after the amendment failed.

March 16, 2023Supports Labor Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden presented a temporary agreement compensating Lyme teachers for covering absent colleagues during planning periods; the school board approved $45 for 30–45 minutes and $65 for 60–70 minutes.

January 25, 2022Supports Labor Rights

Source: lymeschool.community.diligentoneplatform.com

Voted for overriding the governor's veto of HB 274. The bill proposed expanding agency rulemaking notices to licensees and interested parties; requiring notice to policy-committee chairs in specified circumstances; shift burden to an agency following final JLCAR objection and permitting court-awarded legal expenses when a challenged rule is invalidated. The House overrode the veto. The veto was ultimately sustained.

October 10, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for overriding the governor's veto of HB 1622. The bill proposed setting Office of Professional Licensure and Certification licenses generally to two-year terms with one-year apprentice exceptions; requiring online rulemaking comments and detailed agency responses; changing rule-publication/interim-rule procedures; allowing expired-rule challenges, penalties and reimbursement of unlawfully collected fines/fees. The House overrode the veto.

October 10, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on SB 219: against passage (passed), for reopening the earlier vote (passed), for rejection (passed) on May 2, 2024. The bill proposed school-expense reports before budget adoption, including per-pupil spending and teacher and administrator salaries, with taxpayer civil remedies.

May 2, 2024Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for indefinitely postponing HB 1479. The bill proposed prohibiting public funds for lobbying and political activity, requiring separate funds, and allowing enforcement against prohibited spending. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1074. The bill proposed attributing LLC campaign contributions to their members for contribution-limit and disclosure purposes. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1002: for amended passage (passed) on February 1, 2024. Voted for the amendment (passed), for amended passage (passed) on March 21, 2024. The bill proposed public-records fees, initially up to $25 per hour for work beyond ten hours and later replaced by up to $1 per electronic communication beyond 250, with waivers and review.

March 21, 2024Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for indefinitely postponing HB 1414. The bill proposed raising Gunstock ski-resort revenue transfers to Belknap County to 3%, recording meetings, and requiring periodic forensic audits. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HR 26. The resolution proposed seeking a federal constitutional amendment distinguishing human from corporate rights and allowing regulation of political contributions. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1266. The bill proposed allowing parties to record open family-court proceedings, with limits on interference and private communications. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 1120. The bill proposed removing requirements to show governing-body and budget-committee recommendations on municipal warrant articles. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 1662. The bill proposed prohibiting simultaneous employment by DCYF and a licensed adoption or child-placing agency, while permitting qualifying foster parenting. The motion passed.

February 8, 2024Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 337 after earlier supporting its House passage; the bill required public notice and comment opportunities for professional licensing bodies and created an attorney position.

October 26, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to reject HB 51, a bill requiring towns and school districts to use warrant articles to approve lobbying agents.

March 9, 2023Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against recommending passage of HB 71 in the House Education Committee, opposing repeal of the Department of Education’s report to the Fiscal Committee on state payments to chartered public schools.

March 6, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: manchester.inklink.news

Voted for overriding the governor's veto of HB 1622. The bill proposed setting Office of Professional Licensure and Certification licenses generally to two-year terms with one-year apprentice exceptions; requiring online rulemaking comments and detailed agency responses; changing rule-publication/interim-rule procedures; allowing expired-rule challenges, penalties and reimbursement of unlawfully collected fines/fees. The House overrode the veto.

October 10, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored SB 521, which revised master-teacher certification requirements around teaching experience, evaluations and a leadership portfolio, and limited licensing fees. It became law on August 2, 2024.

August 2, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for adopting amendment 1917h to SB 499. The amendment proposed requiring participation in federal Summer EBT food benefits for eligible children and simplified SNAP applications for older adults, with state administrative appropriations. The motion passed.

May 23, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of SB 459. The bill proposed establishing a Child Protection Act study; requiring reasons for family-court evidentiary decisions; providing child-support income-assignment notices/waiver forms; authorizing parenting coordinators agreed by both parties in high-conflict cases. The motion passed.

May 9, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 1190. The bill proposed adopting Social Work Licensure Compact to allow multistate licensed practice while preserving member-state professional oversight. The motion failed.

March 28, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden voted for Coös County's $50,184,515 annual budget, including a $1.2 million regional grant for dispatch and mapping equipment. The delegation approved the budget 8–0 and used $4.89 million of the prior year's surplus to reduce county taxes.

March 18, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: cms3.revize.com

Cosponsored HB 1594 to require annual income eligibility checks for Education Freedom Accounts and return unused funds to the education trust fund. The House indefinitely postponed the bill on March 14, 2024. Voted against ending consideration (passed) on March 14, 2024.

March 14, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 601. The bill proposed medicaid-based direct certification for school meals, with agency coordination and limits on shared student information. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for floor amendment 1104h to HB 49, setting funding, contract requirements, and deadlines for a replacement youth development center.

March 23, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 90, adding renewable energy, transportation, and other planning topics to optional municipal master-plan guidelines.

March 9, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Co-sponsored HB 432, requiring annual income eligibility checks for education freedom accounts, ending annual rollover of unused funds, and returning unused funds to the education trust fund; the bill died on the House table in 2023.

January 5, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for a House rule amendment allowing members absent because of a medical condition, illness, or family illness to cast votes through a designated proxy while a physical quorum remained in the chamber.

January 4, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for a House rule amendment allowing committees and subcommittees to meet virtually or in a hybrid format and count remote participants toward a quorum.

January 4, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gc.nh.gov

As Lyme's interim superintendent, Cascadden contacted neighboring districts about sharing contracted services while Lyme considered keeping staffing below 50 employees to limit additional benefit costs.

December 14, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

Source: lymeschool.community.diligentoneplatform.com

Cascadden and Berlin's administrators recommended grade reconfiguration; the board adopted a plan to close Brown School and organize grades K–5 and 6–12 by a 3–1 vote during the FY2020 budget process.

January 17, 2019Supports Government Efficiency

Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden reported leaving vacant positions unfilled to control costs and maintaining elective courses through partnerships with White Mountains Community College and Gorham Middle and High School.

June 7, 2018Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nhbr.com

Voted on SB 358: for rejection (passed), against reopening the earlier vote (passed), for rejection (passed) on May 23, 2024. The bill proposed invalidating designated out-of-state licenses issued to undocumented immigrants and making driving with those licenses a class B misdemeanor.

May 23, 2024Supports Immigration

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 501. The bill proposed authorizing licenses for noncitizens with conditional or permanent residence or federal employment authorization, and temporary licenses for students, lawful workers and qualifying family members. The motion passed.

May 23, 2024Supports Immigration

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1118: against the amendment (passed), against amended passage (passed) on March 7, 2024. The bill proposed tighter nonresident-alien driver-license requirements, distinct license markings, and barring refugee or asylee licenses until lawful permanent residence.

March 7, 2024Supports Immigration

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 624, requiring state and local police to provide public notice before federal immigration checkpoints after receiving notice from federal authorities.

March 9, 2023Supports Immigration

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden voted to authorize borrowing up to $11 million in anticipation of 2025 property tax receipts to fund Coös County operations. The delegation approved the authorization 8–0.

October 28, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: cms3.revize.com

Cosponsored HB 1212 to provide free school meals to children in households earning up to 350% of federal poverty guidelines, with additional costs paid from the education trust fund. The bill died on the House table when the session ended. Voted for passage (failed), against rejection (passed), for reopening the earlier vote (passed), for passage (passed) on February 15, 2024. Voted against tabling (passed) on April 11, 2024.

October 10, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against overriding the governor's veto of HB 1187. The bill proposed prohibiting municipalities from using lease financing for fixtures/buildings/facility improvements, with a temporary energy-performance-contract exception until July 1, 2027. The House sustained the veto.

October 10, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden testified for the plaintiffs in the Rand school funding trial about Berlin's enrollment decline, lost state aid, and school closures. She described the district's difficulty funding required services after stabilization grant cuts.

October 8, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nhbr.com

Cascadden voted to approve the six-year memorandum of understanding between Coös County and the University System of New Hampshire that governed county funding of Cooperative Extension programs. All seven delegation members present approved the agreement.

July 29, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: cms3.revize.com

Voted on HB 1665: against the 500% eligibility version (passed) on February 8, 2024. Voted against the 425% conference version (failed) on June 13, 2024. The bill proposed expanded Education Freedom Account eligibility, initially from 350% to 500% of federal poverty guidelines and later to 425% in the conference version, which also lowered the administrative cap to 8% and extended district phaseout grants.

June 13, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against adopting the conference committee report on HB 1616. The bill proposed requiring explicit written parental consent for each new diagnostic billing-code service in school medical/dental programs; expanding Medicaid-to-schools reporting; creating a DHHS workforce recruitment/retention pilot for youth-treatment and Hampstead services, with specified incentives outside collective bargaining while preserving existing agreements. The motion failed.

June 13, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against adopting the conference committee report on HB 1265. The bill proposed remove public academies from specified financial-report penalties; limiting adequacy grants for municipalities whose districts tuition all pupils; requiring posted school-expense reports on per-pupil costs, teacher and administrator salaries, with taxpayer enforcement and attorney fees. The motion passed.

June 13, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for adopting amendment 1917h to SB 499. The amendment proposed requiring participation in federal Summer EBT food benefits for eligible children and simplified SNAP applications for older adults, with state administrative appropriations. The motion passed.

May 23, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of SB 383. The bill proposed enabling optional local tax-cap adjustments for inflation/population or school attendance, and optional school-district budget caps based on per-pupil cost, average daily membership in residence and inflation. The motion passed.

May 9, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of SB 403. The bill proposed creating voluntary community-health-worker certification under Office of Professional Licensure and Certification and requiring a Medicaid state-plan amendment for their services; revise LNA medication-certification qualifications and extending the primary-care workforce commission. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 417. The bill proposed establishing child out-of-home placement priorities favoring family/kin, siblings and in-state placements, strengthen monthly caseworker contacts and judicial review, and funding DHHS/judicial implementation. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 476. The bill proposed appropriating $40 million with bonding authority for architectural, engineering, programming, design and construction documents toward replacement of the state prison for men. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden voted for the 2025–2026 salary package for Coös County elected officials, including a general 3% cost-of-living adjustment and larger increases for the sheriff and register of deeds. The delegation approved the package 6–0.

April 29, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: cms3.revize.com

Voted against rejecting HB 1678. The bill proposed establishing competitive Farm to School pilot reimbursements for schools purchasing New Hampshire-produced foods, with 120,500 dollars annual funding for two years. The motion failed.

April 11, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1199: for passage (failed), against ending consideration (passed) on April 11, 2024. The bill proposed office of the Child Advocate support and coordination for homeless and at-risk youth, with $150,000 for added staff.

April 11, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1656: for the higher special-education aid tiers (failed), for amended passage (passed) on April 11, 2024. The bill proposed special-education aid tiers; the failed amendment set $3,408/$6,817/$10,224 tiers, while the passed version used $2,642/$5,285/$7,927 tiers.

April 11, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1683: against tabling (passed) on March 21, 2024. Voted against reopening the earlier vote (passed), against amended passage (failed) on March 28, 2024. The bill proposed restriction of state Medicaid payment for child circumcision except specified medically necessary diagnoses, including a provider-medical-necessity catchall.

March 28, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 546: against rejection (failed), against tabling (passed) on January 3, 2024. Voted for passage (passed) on March 28, 2024. The bill proposed requiring at least $50 million annually for the school building aid fund, in addition to debt service; making aid nonlapsing and continually appropriated, without state bonds for grants.

March 28, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 1279. The bill proposed state payment of 7.5 percent of nonstate employers’ retirement contributions for group I teachers and group II police/fire members, starting FY 2025. The motion failed.

March 28, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for indefinitely postponing HB 1479. The bill proposed prohibiting public funds for lobbying and political activity, requiring separate funds, and allowing enforcement against prohibited spending. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 1611. The bill proposed creating a child-care workforce fund for employee recruitment and retention grants. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden voted for Coös County's $50,184,515 annual budget, including a $1.2 million regional grant for dispatch and mapping equipment. The delegation approved the budget 8–0 and used $4.89 million of the prior year's surplus to reduce county taxes.

March 18, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: cms3.revize.com

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1254. The bill proposed allowing municipalities to adopt a hotel-occupancy public-safety assessment capped at $2 per day for specified tourism-related services. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1594 to require annual income eligibility checks for Education Freedom Accounts and return unused funds to the education trust fund. The House indefinitely postponed the bill on March 14, 2024. Voted against ending consideration (passed) on March 14, 2024.

March 14, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1512: for passage (failed), against ending consideration (passed) on March 14, 2024. The bill proposed capping Education Freedom Account spending at $19.8 million for fiscal 2024 and at budgeted appropriations afterward.

March 14, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing CACR 15. The resolution proposed a constitutional two-thirds vote requirement for new or increased state taxes and license fees and state bonds, plus debt-payment appropriations. The motion failed.

March 14, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1660. The bill proposed excluding gender-reassignment surgery for minors from state Medicaid coverage. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1472: against ending consideration (failed), for passage (failed) on February 22, 2024. The bill proposed a two-year point-of-sale electric-vehicle rebate pilot funded with $3 million in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative proceeds.

February 22, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 1652. The bill proposed creating locally adopted Education Freedom Accounts funded by districts at twice per-pupil adequate-education grants plus differentiated aid. The motion passed.

February 15, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1677. The bill proposed Education Freedom Account eligibility for students in schools or districts below 49% proficiency, students denied enrollment transfers, and prior participants. The motion failed.

February 15, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1561. The bill proposed adding Education Freedom Account eligibility exceptions for students facing bullying, health issues, low-performing schools, and other specified circumstances. The motion failed.

February 8, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1634. The bill proposed removing household-income limits from Education Freedom Account eligibility. The motion failed.

February 8, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for permanent Granite Advantage Medicaid expansion in May 2023 and against rejecting the retained SB 263 in January 2024. Also opposed 2023 amendments ending expansion in 2025 or after funding shortfalls. The House rejected the bill in 2024.

January 4, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 354. The bill proposed school building aid for charter public schools, including grants totaling 30% of eligible project costs and conditions on use, dissolution, and repayment. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of HB 369. The bill proposed a farm-energy and infrastructure advisory program with UNH Cooperative Extension and a $100,000 field-specialist appropriation. The motion failed.

January 3, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 337 after earlier supporting its House passage; the bill required public notice and comment opportunities for professional licensing bodies and created an attorney position.

October 26, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden gave expert deposition testimony in Rand v. State of New Hampshire that the state's definition of an adequate education omitted required services and costs, including specialist staff, administration, transportation, and safe buildings. She advocated state payment of the full cost of an adequate education.

July 14, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: courts.nh.gov

Voted to concur with Senate amendments to HB 2, implementing the fiscal year 2024–2025 state budget; earlier supported amendments reducing education freedom account appropriations, funding family resources and residential treatment, revising emergency powers, and changing education appropriations.

June 8, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1789h to SB 263, adding adult cannabis legalization, regulation, taxation, and related appropriations to the Medicaid expansion bill.

May 18, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1868h to SB 263, changing Medicaid expansion asset eligibility to consider resources held by immediate family members and other household residents.

May 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1872h to SB 263, requiring Medicaid expansion co-payments of $25 for medical visits and $100 for emergency room visits.

May 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1841h to SB 263, conditioning continued Medicaid expansion eligibility on a minimum use of covered benefits.

May 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1748h to SB 263, requiring Medicaid expansion participants to undergo drug tests twice yearly and disqualifying certain participants after two failed tests.

May 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against SB 263 amendments requiring a renewed Medicaid-expansion work-requirement waiver, limiting treatment and community-service credit, removing opportunities to make up deficient hours, narrowing the pregnancy exemption, and increasing required participation to 120 hours monthly with half credit for job searches.

May 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1873h to SB 263, barring some suspended or disenrolled Medicaid expansion participants from re-enrollment for at least twelve months.

May 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against removing workforce-training provisions from SB 152, then voted for passage of the bill supporting workforce training and a marine-trades pathway at a regional career technology center.

May 4, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden voted to allocate $108,513.72 in National Forest Reserve funds first to tuition for three students from unincorporated places, then divide the remaining funds equally among 11 school districts. The Coös County delegation approved the distribution 7–0.

May 1, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: cms3.revize.com

Voted against floor amendment 1276h to HB 2, increasing the education freedom account income threshold to 500 percent of the federal poverty level.

April 6, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Co-sponsored HB 430 and voted against rejecting it; the bill limited new education freedom account applicants to students with a year of public school attendance, with exceptions for children entering kindergarten or first grade.

April 6, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 639, legalizing, regulating, and taxing adult cannabis cultivation and sales and funding administration and public education.

April 6, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 250, increasing accidental-death retirement benefits for government employees and funding future benefits from the state general fund.

April 6, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 534, a bill creating a $5 million fund for drinking-water facilities damaged by natural disasters.

April 6, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1339h to HB 2, appropriating an additional $3 million in each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025 to reduce in-state tuition at the University System of New Hampshire.

April 6, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for floor amendment 1104h to HB 49, setting funding, contract requirements, and deadlines for a replacement youth development center.

March 23, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting CACR 4, a proposed constitutional amendment increasing legislators’ compensation.

March 23, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of CACR 7, a proposed constitutional amendment permitting education tax revenue to support religious educational institutions.

March 22, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden voted for the Balsams Resort Redevelopment District, its financing plan, and district bonds. The delegation approved them 8–0; repayment relied on district special assessments, and the bonds were not general county obligations.

March 20, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: cms3.revize.com

Published an Education Committee minority statement supporting rejection of HB 170’s cursive-writing and multiplication-table mandate, defending local school boards’ control of curriculum and citing unfunded mandates.

March 16, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 524, increasing the share of regional greenhouse gas auction proceeds invested in energy efficiency from the first $1 to the first $3 per ton.

March 16, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of amended HB 367, raising the income limit for education freedom accounts from 300 percent to 350 percent of the federal poverty level.

March 9, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 464, expanding education freedom account eligibility to specified groups of students regardless of their families’ income.

March 9, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 440, adding education freedom accounts and other programs to the authorized uses of the education trust fund and allowing administrative funding.

March 9, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for HR 7, a resolution calling on the federal government to protect Medicare and Social Security without cutting benefits.

February 23, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 418, directing proceeds from regional greenhouse gas allowance auctions into energy efficiency programs instead of ratepayer rebates.

February 14, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 630, a bill establishing a revolving clean energy financing fund administered by the Department of Energy.

February 14, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of amended HB 246, which redirected renewable energy fund money toward electric ratepayer relief for two years.

February 14, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Co-sponsored HB 573, limiting education freedom account funding to budgeted appropriations and removing automatic general-fund transfers to cover program deficits; the bill died on the House table in 2023.

January 5, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Co-sponsored HB 572, expanding free school meals to children in households earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines and funding additional costs from the education trust fund; the Senate rejected the bill in 2024.

January 5, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Co-sponsored HB 432, requiring annual income eligibility checks for education freedom accounts, ending annual rollover of unused funds, and returning unused funds to the education trust fund; the bill died on the House table in 2023.

January 5, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Co-sponsored HB 529, creating additional school aid based on students’ free or reduced-price meal eligibility and municipal fiscal capacity, with accountability requirements; the House rejected the bill in January 2024.

January 5, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden voted to distribute $472,027 in federal American Rescue Plan funds to Berlin, Jefferson, Gorham, Colebrook, Pittsburg, and Errol. The Coös County delegation approved the allocations 7–0.

December 16, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: cms3.revize.com

As Lyme's interim superintendent, Cascadden contacted neighboring districts about sharing contracted services while Lyme considered keeping staffing below 50 employees to limit additional benefit costs.

December 14, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: lymeschool.community.diligentoneplatform.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden testified at state budget hearings in support of school stabilization aid.

May 7, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: berlinnh.gov

Cascadden and Berlin's administrators recommended grade reconfiguration; the board adopted a plan to close Brown School and organize grades K–5 and 6–12 by a 3–1 vote during the FY2020 budget process.

January 17, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden reported using grants to provide a student wellness office, on-site mental health services, and after-school programs that included dinner.

June 7, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: businessnhmagazine.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden reported leaving vacant positions unfilled to control costs and maintaining elective courses through partnerships with White Mountains Community College and Gorham Middle and High School.

June 7, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: nhbr.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden raised concerns about SB193's proposed diversion of district aid to school-choice accounts, limited rural school alternatives, and home-school accountability.

June 7, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: businessnhmagazine.com

Cascadden proposed a Computer Based Learning Initiative position at Berlin High School, and the board unanimously approved the position.

August 18, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Cascadden secured board approval for a part-time preschool coordinator/case manager position funded partly through IDEA and remaining special-education summer-program funds.

November 6, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden recommended using savings from retirements and new hires to employ a full-time nurse at Hillside School; the board unanimously approved the hire.

August 14, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against adopting floor amendment 1770h to SB 503. The amendment proposed allowing adults to carry blackjacks, slung shots and metallic knuckles while retaining violations for minors' possession and transfers to minors. The motion passed.

May 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of SB 431. The bill proposed prohibiting wake surfing within 300 feet of shorelines, docks, piers, boathouses or boats, on lakes under 50 acres, and behind unsuitable propulsion systems, with boater education. The motion passed.

May 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden voted for Coös County's $50,184,515 annual budget, including a $1.2 million regional grant for dispatch and mapping equipment. The delegation approved the budget 8–0 and used $4.89 million of the prior year's surplus to reduce county taxes.

March 18, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: cms3.revize.com

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1254. The bill proposed allowing municipalities to adopt a hotel-occupancy public-safety assessment capped at $2 per day for specified tourism-related services. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1276. The bill proposed lifting the adult ban on possessing or selling blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles while retaining prohibitions involving minors. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1364. The bill proposed strengthening protections against election-worker intimidation and doxxing and prohibiting tampering with voter records and voting systems. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 1396. The bill proposed prohibiting municipal building-code inspections of owner-occupied units in residential buildings with four or fewer units. The motion passed.

February 8, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1391. The bill proposed delaying inspection requirements for newly purchased model-year vehicles until the second year after purchase. The motion passed.

February 1, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 628: for passage (failed), against rejection (passed) on January 3, 2024. The bill proposed background checks for employees and volunteers providing instruction through state education contracts, scholarship programs, alternative-credit programs, and Education Freedom Account providers.

January 3, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended SB 256, phasing in safety certification requirements for off-highway recreational vehicle operators born in 1978 or later.

June 8, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for an HB 351 amendment expanding penalties for negligent firearm storage, then voted for the bill expanding those penalties and requiring safety devices in firearm sales and transfers, with specified exceptions.

March 22, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 222, a bill requiring vehicle occupants to wear seat belts with enforcement tied to another traffic offense.

March 16, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 444, a bill prohibiting firearm possession at polling places.

March 16, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to reject HB 477, a bill prohibiting municipal building inspections of owner-occupied units in residential buildings with four or fewer units.

March 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 31, repealing the prohibition on possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles.

March 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 78, a bill repealing the prohibition on New Hampshire enforcement of federal firearm restrictions.

March 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 106, a bill establishing court-issued extreme risk protection orders restricting access to firearms.

March 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 32, a bill restricting firearm possession and discharge in safe school zones.

March 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for an amendment to House Rule 64 restricting possession of deadly weapons in the House chamber, anterooms, cloakrooms, and gallery, with an exception for law enforcement officers performing their duties.

January 4, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

As Littleton's interim superintendent, Cascadden wrote a letter supporting a school resource officer; the school board approved sending it to the town manager and selectmen.

December 16, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: drive.google.com

Voted for overriding the governor's veto of HB 274. The bill proposed expanding agency rulemaking notices to licensees and interested parties; requiring notice to policy-committee chairs in specified circumstances; shift burden to an agency following final JLCAR objection and permitting court-awarded legal expenses when a challenged rule is invalidated. The House overrode the veto. The veto was ultimately sustained.

October 10, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1633: for amended passage (passed) on April 11, 2024. Voted for resuming consideration (failed) on June 13, 2024. The bill proposed adult cannabis legalization, initially with a 10% agency-store revenue fee and later with up to 15 state-franchised stores and a 15% fee in the conference plan, alongside possession, licensing and record-annulment provisions.

June 13, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1305: against reopening the earlier vote (passed), against the public-forum amendment (passed), against amended passage (passed) on March 14, 2024. Voted against approving the Senate version (passed) on May 30, 2024. The bill proposed public-college speech and association protections, including outdoor public forums, limits on restrictions, student-organization membership protections and civil remedies.

May 30, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on SB 358: for rejection (passed), against reopening the earlier vote (passed), for rejection (passed) on May 23, 2024. The bill proposed invalidating designated out-of-state licenses issued to undocumented immigrants and making driving with those licenses a class B misdemeanor.

May 23, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of SB 459. The bill proposed establishing a Child Protection Act study; requiring reasons for family-court evidentiary decisions; providing child-support income-assignment notices/waiver forms; authorizing parenting coordinators agreed by both parties in high-conflict cases. The motion passed.

May 9, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for adopting amendment 1728h to SB 508. The amendment proposed requiring validated county-jail mental-health/substance-use-disorder screening and permitting qualified community-provider/recovery-worker reentry contacts; incorporating the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance antisemitism definition/examples into discrimination-intent assessments and governmental training. The motion passed.

May 9, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1288: against amended passage (passed) on February 22, 2024. Voted against passage (passed) on April 11, 2024. The bill proposed requiring hearing procedures before serious public-college discipline, including notice/evidence disclosure, presumption of no violation, cross-examination, advisor participation and appeal; defer disciplinary proceedings based on pending criminal charges while permitting temporary measures.

April 11, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HB 1539. The bill proposed automatic annulment of misdemeanor/violation cannabis possession records, expanded petitions for other cannabis offenses, resentencing, and discontinuation of specified possession prosecutions. The motion passed.

March 28, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1162. The bill proposed repealing divisive-concepts restrictions in public education and workplaces and protecting instruction on groups' historical and current experiences. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1311: against ending consideration (failed), for passage (passed) on March 14, 2024. The bill proposed requiring school library collection and reconsideration policies to prohibit discrimination and viewpoint-based removal, allowing parent challenges, and preserving access while review was pending.

March 14, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of HB 1231. The bill proposed allowing qualifying medical-cannabis patients or caregivers to grow three mature and three immature plants and 12 seedlings at registered, secure home locations. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1204. The bill proposed requiring warrants for government entry and seizures on secured premises, with consent, emergency, and fish-and-game exceptions. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1671 to route complaints about prohibited discriminatory teaching through local school boards and allow educators falsely accused of violations to seek civil relief. The House rejected the bill on March 14, 2024.

March 14, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1266. The bill proposed allowing parties to record open family-court proceedings, with limits on interference and private communications. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1419: against the school-obscenity amendment (failed), for tabling (passed), against passage (failed), for ending consideration (passed) on February 15, 2024. The bill proposed restrictions on school materials deemed harmful to minors, with complaints, appeals and enforcement; the failed amendment also removed K–12 schools from obscenity-law exemptions.

February 15, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on CACR 13: against the criminal-punishment exception (failed), for passage (passed) on February 1, 2024. The bill proposed a constitutional ban on slavery and involuntary servitude; the failed amendment added an exception for criminal punishment.

February 1, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HB 368. The bill proposed state protections for lawful gender-affirming care against another state's subpoenas, arrest warrants, extradition requests, and child-removal laws. The motion failed.

January 4, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of HB 470. The bill proposed authorization of drug-checking services, nominal drug possession for checking, and legal protections for authorized harm-reduction activities. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to indefinitely postpone SB 272 after supporting amendments to delete gender-related student disclosure rights, protect counselor confidentiality and children’s rights, preserve criminal investigations involving minors, extend the bill to recipients of state education funds, and award schools legal costs when parents lost lawsuits.

May 18, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1748h to SB 263, requiring Medicaid expansion participants to undergo drug tests twice yearly and disqualifying certain participants after two failed tests.

May 18, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 639, legalizing, regulating, and taxing adult cannabis cultivation and sales and funding administration and public education.

April 6, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 224, repealing criminal and civil penalties in the fetal life protection act while retaining its abortion restrictions.

March 23, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 271, repealing the fetal life protection act’s restriction on abortions after 24 weeks and its related penalties.

March 23, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 135, restricting no-knock search warrants while retaining specified exceptions and approval requirements.

March 22, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to reject HB 328, a bill legalizing specified hallucinogenic drugs for adults age 21 and older.

March 16, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 596 after a committee amendment failed; the bill prohibited racial profiling in law enforcement and sentencing.

March 16, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 624, requiring state and local police to provide public notice before federal immigration checkpoints after receiving notice from federal authorities.

March 9, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 401, adding notice and other protections for tenants evicted because of planned renovations or removal of rental property from the market.

March 9, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 117, allowing landlords to terminate a tenancy when its lease term expired.

March 9, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 112, requiring notice to tenants before the sale of restricted residential property and an opportunity for tenants to make a purchase offer.

March 9, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 567, increasing notice requirements for rent increases in restricted residential rental property.

March 9, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to reject HB 498, a bill requiring fish and game officers to obtain a warrant before conducting searches and seizures.

February 23, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for adopting the conference committee report on HB 1400. The bill proposed limiting parking requirements to 1.5 spaces for qualifying small workforce units and multifamily developments of 10 or more units; define tenant/subtenant/implied-tenant rights and fast unauthorized-occupancy remedies; allowing office-conversion tax relief, local adoption of governing-body zoning amendments, and qualifying alternative parking solutions. The motion passed.

June 13, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against adopting amendment 1678h to SB 413. The amendment proposed adding lease/tenancy expiration as an eviction ground for original or renewed terms totaling at least six months, subject to 30-day advance written nonrenewal/vacate notice. The motion passed.

May 9, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting SB 538. The bill proposed enabling local tax relief for residential conversions, optional delegation of zoning amendments to governing bodies after public hearings, and approval of demonstrably adequate alternative parking solutions. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of HB 1291. The bill proposed requiring a first attached or detached accessory dwelling unit by right and a second under optional permit or special-exception procedures, easing entry, parking and design restrictions, and allowing conversion of existing structures. The motion passed.

March 28, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of HB 1399. The bill proposed allowing qualifying two-unit housing developments by right on lots of 2 acres or less and at least 50 percent of single-family-zoned lots, with specified affordability, hazard, design, parking and wastewater conditions. The motion passed.

March 28, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HB 1359. The bill proposed restricting zoning appeals and rehearing requests to applicants, abutters, and specified municipal parties. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 469, prohibiting rental discrimination against tenants using Section 8 housing vouchers.

March 9, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 95, a bill allowing municipalities to regulate rent increases and rental and eviction notices.

February 2, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1212 to provide free school meals to children in households earning up to 350% of federal poverty guidelines, with additional costs paid from the education trust fund. The bill died on the House table when the session ended. Voted for passage (failed), against rejection (passed), for reopening the earlier vote (passed), for passage (passed) on February 15, 2024. Voted against tabling (passed) on April 11, 2024.

October 10, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1607: for the infant-surrender protections (passed), against the crime-evidence exclusion (failed) on March 28, 2024. Voted against approving the Senate version (passed) on May 30, 2024. The bill proposed infant safe-haven surrender through 61 days of age and monitored surrender devices; the later Senate version also excluded parental-wrongdoing evidence obtained as a proximate result of surrender.

May 30, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for adopting amendment 1917h to SB 499. The amendment proposed requiring participation in federal Summer EBT food benefits for eligible children and simplified SNAP applications for older adults, with state administrative appropriations. The motion passed.

May 23, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 417. The bill proposed establishing child out-of-home placement priorities favoring family/kin, siblings and in-state placements, strengthen monthly caseworker contacts and judicial review, and funding DHHS/judicial implementation. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1199: for passage (failed), against ending consideration (passed) on April 11, 2024. The bill proposed office of the Child Advocate support and coordination for homeless and at-risk youth, with $150,000 for added staff.

April 11, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 1611. The bill proposed creating a child-care workforce fund for employee recruitment and retention grants. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HR 23. The resolution proposed calling on the congressional delegation to support national universal health insurance. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for permanent Granite Advantage Medicaid expansion in May 2023 and against rejecting the retained SB 263 in January 2024. Also opposed 2023 amendments ending expansion in 2025 or after funding shortfalls. The House rejected the bill in 2024.

January 4, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 601. The bill proposed medicaid-based direct certification for school meals, with agency coordination and limits on shared student information. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of SB 42, ending interest charges on unemployment benefit overpayments except in cases involving intentional misrepresentation or nondisclosure.

June 8, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of SB 110, clarifying municipal welfare responsibility for people staying in hospitals, treatment facilities, correctional facilities, or temporary shelters.

June 8, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to concur with Senate amendments to HB 2, implementing the fiscal year 2024–2025 state budget; earlier supported amendments reducing education freedom account appropriations, funding family resources and residential treatment, revising emergency powers, and changing education appropriations.

June 8, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1868h to SB 263, changing Medicaid expansion asset eligibility to consider resources held by immediate family members and other household residents.

May 18, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1872h to SB 263, requiring Medicaid expansion co-payments of $25 for medical visits and $100 for emergency room visits.

May 18, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1841h to SB 263, conditioning continued Medicaid expansion eligibility on a minimum use of covered benefits.

May 18, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1748h to SB 263, requiring Medicaid expansion participants to undergo drug tests twice yearly and disqualifying certain participants after two failed tests.

May 18, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against SB 263 amendments requiring a renewed Medicaid-expansion work-requirement waiver, limiting treatment and community-service credit, removing opportunities to make up deficient hours, narrowing the pregnancy exemption, and increasing required participation to 120 hours monthly with half credit for job searches.

May 18, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1873h to SB 263, barring some suspended or disenrolled Medicaid expansion participants from re-enrollment for at least twelve months.

May 18, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 250, increasing accidental-death retirement benefits for government employees and funding future benefits from the state general fund.

April 6, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 469, prohibiting rental discrimination against tenants using Section 8 housing vouchers.

March 9, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for HR 7, a resolution calling on the federal government to protect Medicare and Social Security without cutting benefits.

February 23, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

Co-sponsored HB 572, expanding free school meals to children in households earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines and funding additional costs from the education trust fund; the Senate rejected the bill in 2024.

January 5, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: gc.nh.gov

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden reported using grants to provide a student wellness office, on-site mental health services, and after-school programs that included dinner.

June 7, 2018Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: businessnhmagazine.com

Cosponsored HB 1084 to require the education commissioner and deputy commissioner to hold an advanced degree, educator certification and five years of public school teaching or administration experience. The bill died on the House table when the session ended. Voted against tabling (passed) on March 28, 2024.

October 10, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1686 to return excess statewide education property tax revenue to the education trust fund and prohibit negative local, education or county property tax rates. The bill died on the House table when the session ended.

October 10, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden testified for the plaintiffs in the Rand school funding trial about Berlin's enrollment decline, lost state aid, and school closures. She described the district's difficulty funding required services after stabilization grant cuts.

October 8, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nhbr.com

Cosponsored SB 521, which revised master-teacher certification requirements around teaching experience, evaluations and a leadership portfolio, and limited licensing fees. It became law on August 2, 2024.

August 2, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Prime-sponsored HB 1639, which updated school districts’ special education responsibilities for children in detention and correctional facilities. It became law on August 2, 2024.

August 2, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1107, which defined curriculum frameworks and required the state education department and board to maintain them while preserving local control over curriculum. It became law on July 12, 2024.

July 12, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Prime-sponsored HB 1480, which expanded alternative dispute resolution for individualized education programs through IEP facilitation and authorized state education board rules. The bill became law on June 14, 2024.

June 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1235, which removed the requirement that high school students serving on school boards attend every board meeting. It became law on June 14, 2024.

June 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against adopting the conference committee report on HB 1265. The bill proposed remove public academies from specified financial-report penalties; limiting adequacy grants for municipalities whose districts tuition all pupils; requiring posted school-expense reports on per-pupil costs, teacher and administrator salaries, with taxpayer enforcement and attorney fees. The motion passed.

June 13, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1656: for the higher special-education aid tiers (failed), for amended passage (passed) on April 11, 2024. The bill proposed special-education aid tiers; the failed amendment set $3,408/$6,817/$10,224 tiers, while the passed version used $2,642/$5,285/$7,927 tiers.

April 11, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1605 to require alternative programs awarding high school graduation credit to follow state and federal antidiscrimination laws, with annual compliance reviews. The House rejected the bill on March 28, 2024.

March 28, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 546: against rejection (failed), against tabling (passed) on January 3, 2024. Voted for passage (passed) on March 28, 2024. The bill proposed requiring at least $50 million annually for the school building aid fund, in addition to debt service; making aid nonlapsing and continually appropriated, without state bonds for grants.

March 28, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1650. The bill proposed requiring antidiscrimination policies and annual state review for alternative educational programs granting graduation credit. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HR 30. The resolution proposed encouraging state climate-education curricula for public-school students. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Prime-sponsored HB 1610 to extend statewide standardized testing to private schools, home education and other learning settings. The House rejected the bill on March 21, 2024.

March 21, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1654. The bill proposed requiring antidiscrimination policies and annual state review for Education Freedom Account service providers. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1162. The bill proposed repealing divisive-concepts restrictions in public education and workplaces and protecting instruction on groups' historical and current experiences. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1311: against ending consideration (failed), for passage (passed) on March 14, 2024. The bill proposed requiring school library collection and reconsideration policies to prohibit discrimination and viewpoint-based removal, allowing parent challenges, and preserving access while review was pending.

March 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1671 to route complaints about prohibited discriminatory teaching through local school boards and allow educators falsely accused of violations to seek civil relief. The House rejected the bill on March 14, 2024.

March 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1437 to expand the state education board to include a retired classroom teacher, public school parents, a school administrator and a nonvoting student, and shorten member terms. The House indefinitely postponed the bill on March 7, 2024. Voted for amended passage (failed) on March 7, 2024.

March 7, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 354. The bill proposed school building aid for charter public schools, including grants totaling 30% of eligible project costs and conditions on use, dissolution, and repayment. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 151. The bill proposed mental-health education in public schools, including state curriculum guidance and parental opt-outs. The motion failed.

January 3, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 628: for passage (failed), against rejection (passed) on January 3, 2024. The bill proposed background checks for employees and volunteers providing instruction through state education contracts, scholarship programs, alternative-credit programs, and Education Freedom Account providers.

January 3, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 620. The bill proposed a Department of Education early-learning division and a three-year mixed-provider pre-kindergarten pilot program. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden gave expert deposition testimony in Rand v. State of New Hampshire that the state's definition of an adequate education omitted required services and costs, including specialist staff, administration, transportation, and safe buildings. She advocated state payment of the full cost of an adequate education.

July 14, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: courts.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended SB 213, allowing students in career exploration or technical education programs to use approved technology platforms with written parental consent.

June 8, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against removing workforce-training provisions from SB 152, then voted for passage of the bill supporting workforce training and a marine-trades pathway at a regional career technology center.

May 4, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden voted to allocate $108,513.72 in National Forest Reserve funds first to tuition for three students from unincorporated places, then divide the remaining funds equally among 11 school districts. The Coös County delegation approved the distribution 7–0.

May 1, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: cms3.revize.com

Voted against floor amendment 1339h to HB 2, appropriating an additional $3 million in each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025 to reduce in-state tuition at the University System of New Hampshire.

April 6, 2023Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Co-sponsored HB 371, establishing a commission to review public school standards and requiring State Board of Education rulemaking based on its recommendations; the bill died on the House table in 2023.

January 5, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Co-sponsored HB 529, creating additional school aid based on students’ free or reduced-price meal eligibility and municipal fiscal capacity, with accountability requirements; the House rejected the bill in January 2024.

January 5, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden submitted a School Funding Commission statement supporting one uniform statewide education property tax rate and an additional revenue source to relieve local taxpayers.

November 25, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

Source: carsey.unh.edu

Cascadden reported that Berlin Middle School's Reading Plus partnership with Granite United Way increased the share of students reading at or above grade level from 20% in 2015 to nearly 63% after two years.

December 12, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

Source: dartmouth.edu

As principal of Brown and Bartlett elementary schools, Cascadden partnered with St. Kieran's Arts Center to provide student concerts and professional theater and music performances.

May 10, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

Source: stkieranarts.org

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden testified at state budget hearings in support of school stabilization aid.

May 7, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

Source: berlinnh.gov

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden reported using grants to provide a student wellness office, on-site mental health services, and after-school programs that included dinner.

June 7, 2018Supports Public Education Quality

Source: businessnhmagazine.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden reported leaving vacant positions unfilled to control costs and maintaining elective courses through partnerships with White Mountains Community College and Gorham Middle and High School.

June 7, 2018Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nhbr.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden raised concerns about SB193's proposed diversion of district aid to school-choice accounts, limited rural school alternatives, and home-school accountability.

June 7, 2018Supports Public Education Quality

Source: businessnhmagazine.com

Cascadden proposed a Computer Based Learning Initiative position at Berlin High School, and the board unanimously approved the position.

August 18, 2016Supports Public Education Quality

Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com

Cascadden presented progress on meetings about housing Head Start students at Brown School; the Berlin board approved proceeding with the partnership by a 3–1 vote.

July 14, 2016Supports Public Education Quality

Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden reported that the district shortened drug and alcohol suspensions, required counseling, and added behavioral health teams at all four schools.

April 11, 2016Supports Public Education Quality

Source: districtadministration.com

Cascadden secured board approval for a part-time preschool coordinator/case manager position funded partly through IDEA and remaining special-education summer-program funds.

November 6, 2014Supports Public Education Quality

Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com

As Berlin superintendent, Cascadden recommended using savings from retirements and new hires to employ a full-time nurse at Hillside School; the board unanimously approved the hire.

August 14, 2014Supports Public Education Quality

Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com

Voted on HB 1711: against the narrower firearm-reporting and security-study amendment (failed), for amended passage (passed) on March 28, 2024. The bill proposed mental-health reporting to federal firearm background checks and court processes to relinquish or restore firearm rights; the failed amendment narrowed reporting and added a hospital-security investigation.

March 28, 2024Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against adopting floor amendment 1271h to HB 1336. The amendment proposed barring employers receiving public funds from prohibiting lawful firearms in employees' locked vehicles and restricting employer disclosure demands and searches. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1050: for passage (failed), against rejection (passed) on February 22, 2024. The bill proposed a voluntary firearms do-not-sell list for adults, with confidentiality protections and waiting periods for removal.

February 22, 2024Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 512. The bill proposed exempting firearms and ammunition made and kept in New Hampshire from federal regulation and penalizing enforcement. The motion passed.

January 4, 2024Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 144. The bill proposed restoring firearm possession rights after completed sentences for felonies without physical violence, with revised armed-career-criminal restrictions. The motion passed.

January 4, 2024Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for an HB 351 amendment expanding penalties for negligent firearm storage, then voted for the bill expanding those penalties and requiring safety devices in firearm sales and transfers, with specified exceptions.

March 22, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 444, a bill prohibiting firearm possession at polling places.

March 16, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 76, imposing a three-day waiting period between firearm purchase and delivery.

March 16, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 59, a bill requiring background checks before commercial firearm sales.

March 9, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 78, a bill repealing the prohibition on New Hampshire enforcement of federal firearm restrictions.

March 9, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 106, a bill establishing court-issued extreme risk protection orders restricting access to firearms.

March 9, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 32, a bill restricting firearm possession and discharge in safe school zones.

March 9, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for an amendment to House Rule 64 restricting possession of deadly weapons in the House chamber, anterooms, cloakrooms, and gallery, with an exception for law enforcement officers performing their duties.

January 4, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 567. The bill proposed requiring a DHHS report by November 1, 2024 on protecting/expanding mifepristone and misoprostol access, outreach and barriers, using grants/federal funds without general-fund appropriations. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HCR 11. The resolution proposed condemning medically unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion and calling for protection and expansion of access. The motion passed.

February 15, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing CACR 23. The resolution proposed a constitutional right to abortion before 24 weeks, with narrow state restrictions, and protection afterward when an attending physician found abortion necessary. The motion failed.

February 1, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for indefinitely postponing HB 1248. The bill proposed a 15-day gestational abortion limit, with exceptions for medical emergencies and fetal abnormalities incompatible with life. The motion passed.

February 1, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to reject HB 591, a bill prohibiting abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

March 23, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 224, repealing criminal and civil penalties in the fetal life protection act while retaining its abortion restrictions.

March 23, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of CACR 2, a proposed constitutional amendment protecting personal reproductive autonomy.

March 23, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 271, repealing the fetal life protection act’s restriction on abortions after 24 weeks and its related penalties.

March 23, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing SB 576. The bill proposed requiring executors/personal representatives to give town/city clerks official adult-death notices within 30 days of appointment for voter-checklist maintenance. The motion passed.

May 9, 2024Opposes Election Integrity

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1577: against amended passage (passed) on February 22, 2024. Voted for tabling (passed) on April 11, 2024. The bill proposed registered New Hampshire voters’ supervised inspection of digital ballot images after recounts/appeals, with privacy/integrity safeguards and standing to request investigations.

April 11, 2024Opposes Election Integrity

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of CACR 19. The resolution proposed a constitutional independent redistricting commission charged with drawing state and federal election districts using public procedures and specified criteria. The motion failed.

March 14, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1369. The bill proposed requiring voter-roll verification every four years beginning in 2027, with mailed notice before removing inactive registrants and a four-year voting lookback. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Opposes Election Integrity

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1557. The bill proposed requiring New Hampshire to join ERIC to improve voter-roll accuracy and identify potential duplicate voting, with data-security requirements. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against adopting amendment 0894h to HB 1348. The amendment proposed allowing ballot recount applications when cast ballots exceeded registered voters regardless of margin, alongside the existing margin-based eligibility. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Opposes Election Integrity

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1364. The bill proposed strengthening protections against election-worker intimidation and doxxing and prohibiting tampering with voter records and voting systems. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1426. The bill proposed creating an independent advisory redistricting commission with balanced political membership, public hearings, and district-drawing criteria. The motion passed.

February 22, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for floor amendment 1290h to HB 2, removing the provision that accelerated repeal of the interest and dividends tax from 2027 to 2025.

April 6, 2023Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: gc.nh.gov

Prime-sponsored HB 1469, which required the state education department to remove student records from its special education information system on the same schedule as school districts. The bill became law on July 26, 2024.

July 26, 2024Supports Data Privacy

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 1308. The bill proposed giving parents and guardians access to all library records relating to their minor children's use. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Supports Data Privacy

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1695. The bill proposed student-data disclosure rules requiring notice to parents within 14 school days of third-party release and restricting further release. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Opposes Data Privacy

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 601. The bill proposed medicaid-based direct certification for school meals, with agency coordination and limits on shared student information. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024Supports Data Privacy

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to indefinitely postpone SB 272 after supporting amendments to delete gender-related student disclosure rights, protect counselor confidentiality and children’s rights, preserve criminal investigations involving minors, extend the bill to recipients of state education funds, and award schools legal costs when parents lost lawsuits.

May 18, 2023Supports Data Privacy

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1748h to SB 263, requiring Medicaid expansion participants to undergo drug tests twice yearly and disqualifying certain participants after two failed tests.

May 18, 2023Supports Data Privacy

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 380, changing non-academic student survey participation to parental opt-out with advance notice and access to the surveys.

March 9, 2023Opposes Data Privacy

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 396: against the amendment (passed), against amended passage (passed) on January 4, 2024. Voted against a veto override (veto sustained) on October 10, 2024. The bill proposed permitting public/private classification by biological sex despite gender-identity discrimination law in shared lavatories/locker rooms, athletic contests where male physical traits generally confer advantage, and involuntary detention or treatment facilities.

October 10, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Prime-sponsored HB 1639, which updated school districts’ special education responsibilities for children in detention and correctional facilities. It became law on August 2, 2024.

August 2, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on SB 358: for rejection (passed), against reopening the earlier vote (passed), for rejection (passed) on May 23, 2024. The bill proposed invalidating designated out-of-state licenses issued to undocumented immigrants and making driving with those licenses a class B misdemeanor.

May 23, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 501. The bill proposed authorizing licenses for noncitizens with conditional or permanent residence or federal employment authorization, and temporary licenses for students, lawful workers and qualifying family members. The motion passed.

May 23, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for adopting amendment 1728h to SB 508. The amendment proposed requiring validated county-jail mental-health/substance-use-disorder screening and permitting qualified community-provider/recovery-worker reentry contacts; incorporating the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance antisemitism definition/examples into discrimination-intent assessments and governmental training. The motion passed.

May 9, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1605 to require alternative programs awarding high school graduation credit to follow state and federal antidiscrimination laws, with annual compliance reviews. The House rejected the bill on March 28, 2024.

March 28, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for indefinitely postponing HB 1664. The bill proposed extending civil claims over gender-transition care received before age 21, creating an infertility presumption, and revising discrimination definitions. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1650. The bill proposed requiring antidiscrimination policies and annual state review for alternative educational programs granting graduation credit. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1205. The bill proposed requiring school sports teams to be designated by sex at birth and excluding male-sex students from girls' teams in grades 5 through 12, with civil enforcement. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of HB 1119. The bill proposed broadening storm-warning absentee voting to voters concerned about traveling safely, with revised absentee application forms. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1149. The bill proposed revising domicile and voter-registration affidavits, removing documentary follow-up requirements, and changing voter-verification and interstate-data procedures. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1654. The bill proposed requiring antidiscrimination policies and annual state review for Education Freedom Account service providers. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1162. The bill proposed repealing divisive-concepts restrictions in public education and workplaces and protecting instruction on groups' historical and current experiences. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1311: against ending consideration (failed), for passage (passed) on March 14, 2024. The bill proposed requiring school library collection and reconsideration policies to prohibit discrimination and viewpoint-based removal, allowing parent challenges, and preserving access while review was pending.

March 14, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1671 to route complaints about prohibited discriminatory teaching through local school boards and allow educators falsely accused of violations to seek civil relief. The House rejected the bill on March 14, 2024.

March 14, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1660. The bill proposed excluding gender-reassignment surgery for minors from state Medicaid coverage. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1118: against the amendment (passed), against amended passage (passed) on March 7, 2024. The bill proposed tighter nonresident-alien driver-license requirements, distinct license markings, and barring refugee or asylee licenses until lawful permanent residence.

March 7, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on CACR 13: against the criminal-punishment exception (failed), for passage (passed) on February 1, 2024. The bill proposed a constitutional ban on slavery and involuntary servitude; the failed amendment added an exception for criminal punishment.

February 1, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 619: against the amendment (passed), against amended passage (passed) on January 4, 2024. The bill proposed prohibiting genital gender-reassignment surgery on minors, with specified medical exceptions and enforcement provisions.

January 4, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HB 368. The bill proposed state protections for lawful gender-affirming care against another state's subpoenas, arrest warrants, extradition requests, and child-removal laws. The motion failed.

January 4, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 467 requiring accessible solid-surface pathways in public playgrounds, and later voted against nonconcurring with its Senate amendments and requesting a conference committee.

June 15, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to indefinitely postpone SB 272 after supporting amendments to delete gender-related student disclosure rights, protect counselor confidentiality and children’s rights, preserve criminal investigations involving minors, extend the bill to recipients of state education funds, and award schools legal costs when parents lost lawsuits.

May 18, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 596 after a committee amendment failed; the bill prohibited racial profiling in law enforcement and sentencing.

March 16, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against overriding the governor's veto of HB 1233. The bill proposed exempt qualifying animal-chiropractic practice from veterinary licensure when the practitioner completed a nationally recognized animal-chiropractic program, under Office of Professional Licensure and Certification rules developed with veterinary and chiropractic boards. The House sustained the veto.

October 10, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for overriding the governor's veto of HB 1293. The bill proposed tighten phosphorus/nitrogen turf-fertilizer limits; restricting application during heavy rain, frozen ground or inactive growth and on impervious surfaces or within 25 feet of water/storm drains; requiring retail information signs, with specified golf-course/sod-farm exceptions. The House overrode the veto.

October 10, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for overriding the governor's veto of HB 1415. The bill proposed apply federal closure/decommissioning standards to PFAS facilities whose releases result in combined regulated-PFAS concentrations of 100 parts per trillion or more in groundwater or surface water, including covered equipment and building surfaces. The House overrode the veto. The veto was ultimately sustained.

October 10, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 505. The bill proposed making permanent the prohibition on sales of hemp products with natural or synthetic THC above 0.3% by dry weight. The motion passed.

May 23, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1394: for amended passage (passed) on February 22, 2024. Voted for amended passage (passed) on April 11, 2024. The bill proposed establishing music-therapist licensing and governing board under Office of Professional Licensure and Certification, with exceptions for other licensed professionals/students/supervised practice and 3,000 dollars annual administrative budget increase for biennium ending 2027.

April 11, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1649: against the narrower food-packaging amendment (failed), against the four-chemical PFAS amendment (failed), for amended passage (passed) on April 11, 2024. The bill proposed restrictions on consumer products containing intentionally added PFAS from 2027; failed amendments narrowed food packaging and limited the covered chemicals to four listed entries.

April 11, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1412. The bill proposed repealing the licensure and regulation of court reporters. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1037. The bill proposed repealing limited liability for firearm and ammunition manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and importers. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 1680. The bill proposed restricting retail dog and cat sales, with shelter-adoption displays and a capped exception for existing pet stores. The motion passed.

February 22, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 631. The bill proposed requiring electric utilities to offer customers the option to purchase a smart-meter gateway device. The motion passed.

January 4, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to override the governor’s veto of HB 142 after earlier supporting House passage of the bill providing regulatory relief for the Burgess Biopower electricity purchase agreement.

October 26, 2023Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended SB 149, establishing registration and application requirements for nurse staffing agencies.

June 8, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of amended HB 639, legalizing, regulating, and taxing adult cannabis cultivation and sales and funding administration and public education.

April 6, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of amended HB 251, requiring estimated annual renewable portfolio standard compliance costs to appear in electric customers’ bills.

March 9, 2023Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HCR 5, a resolution urging legal action against fossil fuel companies over alleged disinformation about the effects of fossil fuel combustion.

March 9, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 281, repealing the requirement that utilities submit least-cost integrated resource plans to the Public Utilities Commission.

March 9, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for HB 234 to end utility credit for renewable energy certificates that producers had not claimed, both in the failed February 14 passage vote and the successful renewed February 23 vote.

February 23, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against overriding the governor's veto of HB 1187. The bill proposed prohibiting municipalities from using lease financing for fixtures/buildings/facility improvements, with a temporary energy-performance-contract exception until July 1, 2027. The House sustained the veto.

October 10, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing SB 476. The bill proposed appropriating $40 million with bonding authority for architectural, engineering, programming, design and construction documents toward replacement of the state prison for men. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 546: against rejection (failed), against tabling (passed) on January 3, 2024. Voted for passage (passed) on March 28, 2024. The bill proposed requiring at least $50 million annually for the school building aid fund, in addition to debt service; making aid nonlapsing and continually appropriated, without state bonds for grants.

March 28, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 354. The bill proposed school building aid for charter public schools, including grants totaling 30% of eligible project costs and conditions on use, dissolution, and repayment. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024Opposes Public Infrastructure

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 467 requiring accessible solid-surface pathways in public playgrounds, and later voted against nonconcurring with its Senate amendments and requesting a conference committee.

June 15, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 534, a bill creating a $5 million fund for drinking-water facilities damaged by natural disasters.

April 6, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for floor amendment 1104h to HB 49, setting funding, contract requirements, and deadlines for a replacement youth development center.

March 23, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 139, expanding municipal net-metering arrangements to allow participating public entities in different municipalities.

March 23, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 281, repealing the requirement that utilities submit least-cost integrated resource plans to the Public Utilities Commission.

March 9, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden received the Coos County Family Health Services Community Service Award for helping establish oral health programs in schools.

October 2, 2026

Source: carsey.unh.edu

Cascadden taught courses for new teacher candidates at Granite State College and White Mountains Community College.

October 2, 2026

Source: carsey.unh.edu

Cascadden served as vice president of North Country Education Services and as a trustee of North Country Charter Academy.

October 2, 2026

Source: carsey.unh.edu

Cascadden served on White Mountains Community College's advisory body and the community relations board for the Federal Correctional Institution in Berlin.

October 2, 2026

Source: carsey.unh.edu

Cascadden served on North Country Healthcare's Board of Trustees representing Berlin.

February 27, 2026

Source: northcountryhealth.org

As a North Country Healthcare trustee, Cascadden opposed SB 664 at a Senate hearing. The bill proposed an 18-month executive pay freeze after specified hospital layoffs; she objected to singling out Coös hospitals and restricting local boards.

February 18, 2026

Source: indepthnh.org

Cascadden served on the Weeks Medical Center Board of Directors.

February 6, 2026

Source: weeksmedical.org

NH Right to Life PAC listed Cascadden as 'Oppose' in its 2024 general-election voter guide.

October 30, 2024

Source: nhrtlpac.org

Cascadden received AFT–New Hampshire's endorsement in the 2024 election for House District Coös 5. The union's endorsement statement emphasized collective bargaining, public school funding, public services, and academic freedom.

October 24, 2024

Source: nh.aft.org

Cosponsored HB 1087 to create a commission studying information and media literacy instruction in public schools. The bill died on the House table when the session ended.

October 10, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 194: for the monument-inventory version (passed) on January 4, 2024. Voted against a veto override (veto sustained) on October 10, 2024. The bill proposed a recurring inventory and public list of government-maintained monuments; the final version also required fiscal-committee approval before changing or permanently removing historical markers.

October 10, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden voted to raise Coös County sheriff civil process service fees by 3.5%, effective 60 days after approval. The delegation approved the increase 7–0.

July 29, 2024

Source: cms3.revize.com

Cosponsored HB 1697, which required a study of timber-tax revenue affected by forest carbon programs and established a public registry of participating forest lands. It became law on July 19, 2024.

July 19, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden received EMILY's List's endorsement for reelection to New Hampshire House District Coös 5 in 2024. The organization endorsed the slate for its support of abortion access.

July 18, 2024

Source: emilyslist.org

Voted against suspending House rules to establish a 20-member committee investigating the state child-protection agency and family courts, with subpoena powers and possible impeachment recommendations. The motion failed to win the required two-thirds vote.

June 13, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1215: for approving the Senate version (failed) on May 30, 2024. Voted against the conference version (failed) on June 13, 2024. The bill proposed longer protection of approved developments from later land-use changes, revised building and fire-code appeals, and a limited Hampton street-discontinuance and lease process.

June 13, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1186: against amended passage (passed) on February 22, 2024. Voted against approving the Senate version (passed) on May 30, 2024. The bill proposed prohibiting firearms-specific payment-card merchant codes for gun retailers, requiring general-merchandise or sporting-goods codes instead, with attorney-general enforcement and a cure opportunity.

May 30, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against requesting a conference committee on HB 1596. The bill proposed requiring disclosure of AI-generated political deepfakes within 90 days of an election, with specified visual/audio notices, candidate and election-official civil remedies, and news/platform/parody exceptions. The motion passed.

May 30, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for refusing concurrence with the Senate amendment to HB 1018. The bill proposed combined on/off-premises liquor-license changes, hookah products within cigar-bar licensing, recreational-use-only posting of current-use open-space land, and expanded criminal trespass for posted recreational restrictions and drug/human-trafficking offenses. The motion failed.

May 30, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against adopting floor amendment 2070h to SB 559. The amendment proposed requiring state and vaccine-association review of vaccine safety and efficacy summaries before authorization or purchase and public video recordings of association meetings. The motion failed.

May 23, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on SB 485: against the false-child-abuse-report amendment (passed), against amended passage (passed) on May 23, 2024. The bill proposed occupational-board rules recognizing military training and civil or criminal consequences for malicious false child-abuse reports and knowing failures by mandatory reporters.

May 23, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against adopting floor amendment 1838h to SB 426. The amendment proposed restricting National Guard release into active combat absent a congressional war declaration or an explicit constitutional call to execute laws, repel invasion or suppress insurrection, preserving training, Title 32 and humanitarian exceptions. The motion failed.

May 9, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for tabling SB 537. The bill proposed absentee-ballot preprocessing and error-cure procedures, allowing supervised public partial processing shortly before elections and eliminating outer-envelope requirements for hand delivery. The motion failed.

May 9, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of SB 574. The bill proposed authorizing written temporary-agent delegations for minors/incapacitated persons up to 60 days and establishing approximately equal parenting time as policy, requiring findings when contrary to a child’s best interests. The motion passed.

May 9, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for indefinitely postponing SB 341. The bill proposed complete and honest educator responses within ten business days to parents’ written inquiries about their child, with an imminent physical-harm/abuse/neglect withholding exception tied to DHHS reporting. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for tabling SB 563. The bill proposed prohibition of state/local sanctuary policies and requirements to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, including qualifying detainer and inmate-information requests, with victim/witness exceptions. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for sending SB 375 to interim study. The bill proposed sex-designated middle/high-school and public-college sports/locker-room rules, female-team eligibility based on birth sex, and athlete civil remedies. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting SB 380. The bill proposed moving the even-year state primary from September to the second Tuesday in June and shifting candidate filing and party-change windows to March. The motion passed.

May 2, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for sending HB 1595 to interim study. The bill proposed a child-support formula based on a parenting-time factor, shared income/child costs, medical/childcare expenses, and self-support reserve changes. The motion passed.

April 11, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against tabling HB 1583. The bill proposed increased adequate-education base aid from $4,100 to $4,404 beginning July 2025 and additional relief/fiscal-capacity disparity aid, including $900 per pupil for municipalities with the lowest equalized valuations. The motion failed.

April 11, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing the amended version of HB 1145. The bill proposed restricting new landfill permits to facilities owned by the state or its subdivisions, grandfathering existing private sites and their expansion or modification, and requiring private operators for state-owned facilities. The motion passed.

March 28, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against tabling HB 1592. The bill proposed a prohibition on Education Freedom Account spending at religious schools or for religious education/training, with related provider-independence and legal-proceeding repeals. The motion passed.

March 28, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against tabling HB 1545. The bill proposed permission to sell or lease state surplus property below fair market value to nonprofits for affordable housing, with protective covenants. The motion passed.

March 28, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for sending HB 1271 to interim study. The bill proposed professional licensing-board reorganization: transfer regulatory responsibilities to the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification executive director, convert specified boards to advisory bodies, combine bodywork boards, and eliminate the medical-technician board. The motion passed.

March 28, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for tabling HB 1102. The bill proposed animal-cruelty provisions covering sale of animals with suffering-causing birth deformities and intentional breeding of two such animals for sale. The motion passed.

March 28, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1280. The bill proposed codifying physician informed-consent procedures, including treatment risks/alternatives and documentation, and patient rights to refuse treatment, privacy, records, second opinions, and continuity of care. The motion passed.

March 28, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1287. The bill proposed requiring public-education methods to satisfy reproducibility or independent-confirmation standards; exclude surveys/self-reported or subjective measurements, requiring public scientific studies, and define official evidence-based communications. The motion failed.

March 28, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against indefinitely postponing HB 1470. The bill proposed creating a committee to study tax credits and other incentives for low-income and workforce housing. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1210: against ending consideration (failed), for passage (failed) on March 21, 2024. The bill proposed electing Strafford County's three commissioners at large instead of by district.

March 21, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 1335. The bill proposed removing Columbus Day from the statutory list of legal holidays. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 1246. The bill proposed allowing wages to be paid in gold or silver. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 147. The bill proposed revising membership and appointments to the advisory committee on education of students with disabilities, with a majority of members having disabilities or being parents. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1659. The bill proposed parental access to child records and expedited enforcement of parenting plans, including compensatory time and possible fines. The motion passed.

March 21, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1283: against ending consideration (failed), against amended passage (passed) on March 21, 2024. The bill proposed medical assistance in dying for mentally competent adults with terminal conditions, with provider review, self-administration, waiting periods, and conscience protections.

March 21, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HCR 9. The resolution proposed rescinding New Hampshire's 2012 application for an Article V constitutional convention and urging other states to withdraw their applications. The motion failed.

March 14, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1312. The bill proposed expanding advance parental notices for instruction about sexuality and gender and preventing school policies that barred answers about student well-being, with an abuse exception. The motion passed.

March 14, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cosponsored HB 1176 to establish a commission examining special education costs, funding sources and alternatives to reliance on local property taxes. The House referred the bill for interim study on March 14, 2024.

March 14, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1332. The bill proposed prohibiting electric vehicles from parking in parking garages. The motion failed.

March 14, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1036. The bill proposed allowing the Public Utilities Commission to change energy-efficiency cost-effectiveness tests for program years after 2026. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 1029. The bill proposed exempting people landing lobsters or crabs for purposes other than sale from landing-license requirements. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1623. The bill proposed revising state energy policy toward affordable, reliable resources and agency responses to regulatory threats of generator retirement. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting CACR 12. The resolution proposed replacing the constitutional word 'cherish' with the same word interpreted using a 2024 definition. The motion passed.

March 7, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting CACR 17. The resolution proposed adding a constitutional right and responsibility for parents to direct children's upbringing, education and care, subject to the highest-order compelling governmental interest and an exception for decisions that end or physically harm a child's life. The motion failed.

March 7, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HB 1517. The bill proposed reducing statewide education-property-tax revenue requirements by increases in games-of-chance revenue paid to the education trust fund. The motion passed.

February 22, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against reconsidering concurrence with the Senate amendment to HB 154. The bill proposed updating election statutes for new electronic ballot-counting devices, including certification, security, testing, write-in counting and audits. The motion failed.

February 22, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1111. The bill proposed civil and criminal consequences for malicious false reports of child abuse or neglect, with revised reporting and immunity provisions. The motion passed.

February 22, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for indefinitely postponing HB 1423. The bill proposed requiring identification and mapping of mature and old-growth forestland under public management. The motion passed.

February 22, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 1128: for passage (failed), against ending consideration (passed) on February 22, 2024. The bill proposed requiring education-tax-credit scholarship organizations to be incorporated in New Hampshire.

February 22, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing HR 19. The resolution proposed calling for repeal of the federal Jones Act shipping restrictions. The motion failed.

February 15, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 1000. The bill proposed classifying legislators' tenure as full-time public service for federal student-loan forgiveness documentation. The motion passed.

February 15, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HB 1363. The bill proposed allowing legislators to participate in the state employee assistance program, with legislative funds paying participation costs. The motion passed.

February 15, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 1116. The bill proposed allowing rifles chambered in straight-walled pistol cartridges of at least .357 caliber in hunting areas restricted to handguns. The motion passed.

February 8, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for indefinitely postponing HB 1049. The bill proposed repealing the prohibition on overnight mooring of houseboats. The motion passed.

February 8, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 1372. The bill proposed creating a state felony for torture by someone acting under color of law. The motion passed.

February 1, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passing HR 20. The resolution proposed supporting New Hampshire–Taiwan trade, educational exchanges, driver-license reciprocity, and Taiwan's international participation. The motion passed.

February 1, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 1338. The bill proposed restricting state participation in Selective Service enforcement, removing state compliance penalties, and adding a conscientious-objector registration option. The motion passed.

February 1, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 229. The bill proposed requiring a congressional declaration of war or specified constitutional call-up before National Guard deployment into active combat, with training and humanitarian exceptions. The motion passed.

January 4, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against tabling HB 232. The bill proposed adopting federal OSHA-based safety standards for public-sector employees. The motion passed.

January 4, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 121. The bill proposed worldwide combined reporting for unitary businesses under the business-profits tax. The motion passed.

January 4, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for rejecting HB 350. The bill proposed ranked-choice voting for state and federal elections, including transferable votes in multi-member districts. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passing the amended version of HB 185. The bill proposed approximately equal parenting time and required court findings when equal time was not in a child's best interest. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted on HB 559: against the retirement-plan amendment (failed), for ending consideration (passed) on January 3, 2024. The bill proposed a defined-contribution retirement plan for new state employees; the rejected amendment required a 7% employee contribution and at least 5% from the employer, while the original plan required at least 5% from employees with a 50% state match.

January 3, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 345. The bill proposed optional ranked-choice voting for state party primaries and municipal elections. The motion passed.

January 3, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against sending HB 227 to interim study. The bill proposed restricting banks' denial of financial services to objective, preestablished financial-risk criteria and treating violations as unfair business practices. The motion failed.

January 3, 2024

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against overriding the governor’s veto of HB 35, a bill requiring student identification cards to include the National Eating Disorders Hotline.

October 26, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden endorsed Joyce Craig for governor alongside New Hampshire educators, citing Craig's support for public education and the needs of North Country students and teachers.

October 16, 2023

Source: manchester.inklink.news

Voted to table SB 132, a bill prohibiting municipal sanctuary policies that restricted cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

June 8, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1923h to SB 263, adding limits on the governor’s unilateral emergency renewals and giving the legislature emergency declaration authority.

May 18, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of SB 128 after the majority committee amendment failed; the bill transferred payment responsibility for indigent mental health commitment representation to the Judicial Council.

May 18, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1922h to SB 263, changing restrictions on the use of alcohol and drug treatment fund revenues to support Medicaid expansion.

May 18, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1871h to SB 263, changing the circumstances permitting minors’ possession of hypodermic needles or syringes.

May 18, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1870h to SB 263, adding a requirement to review withheld public meeting minutes every ten years and release minutes left unreviewed.

May 18, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1864h to SB 263, restricting the Medicaid expansion review commission’s membership to legislators and treating health professionals, beneficiaries, and other representatives as sources of testimony.

May 18, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1901h to SB 263, adding reporting on patients’ use of multiple medications and annual wellness visit provisions.

May 18, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1750h to SB 263, loosening health facility location restrictions near critical access hospitals and exempting direct-payment facilities from serving patients regardless of payment source.

May 18, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against floor amendment 1897h to SB 263, adding a requirement for health care providers to give patients estimates of expected charges.

May 18, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of SB 77, allowing private-school placement under an additional statutory procedure for students with educational hardship or a need for reassignment.

May 4, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against rejecting HB 626, a bill transferring administration of education freedom accounts to the Department of Education.

April 6, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to reject HB 575, a bill restricting state and local purchase, promotion, and distribution of vaccines or pharmaceutical products without specified human clinical testing.

March 23, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to table HB 516, a bill setting requirements for freedom of speech and association at public colleges and universities.

March 22, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 69, extending the direct-payment and membership health care model to health care facilities.

March 22, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of amended HB 442, establishing a recreational lobster-diving license and requiring commercial lobster trap location records and retrieval efforts.

March 22, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against reconsidering House passage of HB 114, which allowed minors age 16 and older to receive mental health treatment without parental consent while excluding medication prescribing.

March 22, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to table HB 331, a bill eliminating the household income limit for education freedom accounts.

March 22, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to table HB 507, a bill allowing unlicensed people to provide services in regulated professions after disclosing their lack of licensure to customers.

March 22, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to table HB 539, a bill prohibiting school vaccination clinics.

March 22, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 127, limiting the governor’s unilateral emergency declarations and requiring legislative action to continue emergencies beyond 84 days.

March 22, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 10, a bill establishing parental rights over children’s upbringing, education, and care and limiting government interference with those rights.

March 22, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to table HB 538, a bill establishing local education freedom accounts funded through participating school districts.

March 22, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to table HB 514, a bill removing the school exemption from obscenity restrictions and establishing a process for parents to challenge school materials.

March 16, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted against passage of HB 497, shifting decisions about withholding child-protection investigation records toward court review.

March 16, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted for passage of HB 372, establishing a commission studying the effects of national and regional carbon pricing on New Hampshire.

March 9, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Voted to reject HR 16, a resolution challenging the legality of certain Internal Revenue Service taxation practices.

February 23, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden taught fourth grade in Brown School's English and French bilingual program after transferring from Burgess School in 1980, became Brown principal in July 1986 and later led Brown, Bartlett and Marston schools, and served as Berlin superintendent from 2009 to 2019.

February 23, 2023

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Voted against reconsidering House passage of HB 111, a bill establishing a committee to study electric vehicle charging for residential renters.

February 23, 2023

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden was elected clerk of the Coös County legislative delegation and joined its executive and budget transfer committees.

December 12, 2022

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Voted against tabling HR 6, a resolution returning the tied Strafford District 8 House election to voters in a special runoff between Chuck Grassie and David Walker.

December 7, 2022

Source: gc.nh.gov

Cascadden resigned as Lyme's interim superintendent, and the school board accepted her resignation.

February 3, 2022

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Cascadden voted to accept the School Funding Commission's final report as an accurate account of its work and ready for submission; the motion passed 16–1.

November 30, 2020

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As a School Funding Commission member, Cascadden voted to authorize the American Institutes for Research contract and later accept its report as completion of the contract, leaving its policy assumptions for later review.

September 21, 2020

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Cascadden secured school board approval to end Littleton's instructional year on June 5, 2020, after reviewing required instructional hours during COVID-19 closures.

April 23, 2020

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Cascadden requested and received emergency authority over Littleton's school calendar, instructional hours, and programs during the COVID-19 school closure.

March 16, 2020

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Cascadden publicly disputed a newspaper account that her Berlin superintendent contract had not been renewed, saying she had announced a June 30 retirement; she asked board member Scott Losier to resign and stop participating in union negotiations.

February 28, 2019

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Cascadden requested a third-party NHSAA study of school reorganization feasibility, recommendations and costs; a motion to approve failed without a second, and the Berlin board tabled the request.

November 2, 2017

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Cascadden recommended tabling Berlin's proposed Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students policy to see how other districts handled the issue, describing the NHSBA policy as optional; the board unanimously tabled it indefinitely.

August 18, 2016

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At a Berlin board meeting, Cascadden reported that she had asked a June 2014 public hearing to stop using school buildings as polling places; the board asked her to bring the issue to the city council.

November 6, 2014

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While teaching at Berlin's Burgess School, Cascadden contributed a sixth-grade Canadian geography unit to the University of Maine's 1981 teacher handbook Consider Canada.

March 11, 2014

Source: files.eric.ed.gov

The Governor and Executive Council confirmed Cascadden of Berlin to the Pre-Engineering Technology Advisory Council as a school superintendent.

July 24, 2013

Source: executivecouncilnh.com