Steven Kesselring
Republican · NH · New Hampshire State Representative, Hillsborough 18
Member of the New Hampshire House since 2024 and president and CEO of Your Oil Tools in Hooksett since 2014, after starting a Manchester landscaping business in 2004. Opposes a sales or income tax and supports school choice.
Where Steven Kesselring stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Spending Reduction (5 records), Election Integrity (1 record)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (6 records), Anti-Corruption (1 record), Immigration (1 record),
Mixed record
Labor Rights (1 support · 1 oppose)
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Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 6 oppose
Voted for HB1811 to repeal statutory immunization requirements for children.
February 19, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB1719 to remove hepatitis B from the school immunization list.
February 12, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB357 to limit the health department’s authority to require immunizations beyond those in statute.
March 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB679 to restrict school-child vaccine requirements for vaccines not shown to prevent transmission.
March 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB524 to repeal the New Hampshire Vaccine Association.
March 6, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB756, which would have required blood-lead testing for children entering day care or public schools.
March 6, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support · 1 oppose
Presented the Labor committee’s favorable report on SB28 to extend workers’ compensation coverage to first responders with PTSD or acute stress disorder.
May 1, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against indefinitely postponing HB238, a right-to-work proposal limiting union-security agreements.
February 13, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 oppose
Voted to kill HB1083, which would have required disclosure of sources of certain state-election donations.
February 19, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 oppose
Voted for HB1706 to end the state refugee-resettlement program and prohibit state spending on it.
March 11, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 5 support
Voted for amended HB1300 requiring a local school-district tax-cap question.
March 11, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB1706 to end the state refugee-resettlement program and prohibit state spending on it.
March 11, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB1799, a proposal to increase required state funding for adequate public education.
February 19, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for amended HB675, which included a limit on some school-district spending growth.
March 13, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB703, which would have barred schools from denying meals over unpaid balances and appropriated funds.
March 13, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 3 oppose
Voted for HB1706 to end the state refugee-resettlement program and prohibit state spending on it.
March 11, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB665, which would have expanded free school-meal eligibility.
January 7, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB703, which would have barred schools from denying meals over unpaid balances and appropriated funds.
March 13, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 oppose
Voted to kill HB1799, a proposal to increase required state funding for adequate public education.
February 19, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 3 oppose
Voted for amended HB609 to expand state preemption of local firearm and self-defense-tool rules.
January 7, 2026Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB352, which would have prohibited firearms at polling places.
February 20, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB56, which proposed firearm-transfer background checks and a three-day waiting period.
February 20, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose
Voted against killing HB1313, which would have repealed buffer zones at reproductive-health facilities.
March 11, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted for HB274 requiring annual verification of voter rolls.
March 27, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 oppose
Voted for amended HB1561, which would have prohibited nationals of the People’s Republic of China from attending state higher-education institutions.
March 11, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — General
General · 14 records
Received Cornerstone’s announced endorsement for the 2026 general election.
September 22, 2026
Source: nhcornerstone.org · researched September 25, 2026
Published a signed opinion column advocating expanded right-to-try access for rare-disease patients.
May 13, 2026
Source: nhjournal.com · researched September 25, 2026
Presented the Health committee report referring SB441 on municipal responsibility for local assistance to interim study.
April 23, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for amended HB1735 to expand treatment permitted under the right-to-try act.
March 11, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Presented the Health committee report referring HB1372, a proposal to study a state psychiatric hospital, for interim study.
March 5, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to table HB1798, a proposal to provide Medicaid diaper coverage.
February 12, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Presented the Health committee majority report supporting amended SB36 on abortion-statistics reporting.
January 8, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB1572 to modify licensure qualifications for master alcohol and drug counselors.
January 7, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB1734 to establish a committee studying experimental treatment centers and their oversight.
January 7, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1735 to permit treatment of severe illness under the right-to-try act.
January 7, 2026
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Published an endorsement of Brian Cole for Congress in a signed opinion column.
September 4, 2025
Source: manchester.inklink.news · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB600, which would have enabled ranked-choice voting in municipal elections.
March 26, 2025
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill HB521, which would have authorized online voter registration.
March 13, 2025
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB592 on bail standards and elimination of bail magistrates.
January 9, 2025
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Race Steven Kesselring is in:
- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District Hillsborough 18; New Hampshire · incumbent
Profile last researched September 24, 2026.