Cindy Rosenwald
Room 120
107 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
United States
Serving as: NH Senate District 13
These objective, nonpartisan measures are used to show this legislator's activities at the Statehouse in 2025. The measures are not intended to present a ranking or rating of any kind. Average is that of all state elected officials in this chamber. Gov. Ayotte is still in the process of signing and vetoing 2025 bills, so the number of prime sponsored bills that became law may increase.
Session days attended
Party unity score/partisanship
Participated in official roll call votes
Bills sponsored (as prime sponsor)
Prime sponsored bills that became law
Voting Record
HB 1 (2025)
State budget bill. The governor presented her proposal for the next state budget February 13. Click here to read a summary of the budget process.
HB 148 (2025)
Adds an exception to state anti-discrimination laws for bathrooms, locker rooms, sports, prisons, hospitals, and treatment centers to classify individuals based on biological sex.
HB 282 (2025)
Increases the maximum compensation for first responders' critical injury benefits from $500,000 to $1,000,000.
HB 324 (2025)
Prohibits K-12 schools from making "any material that is harmful to minors" available to students. The bill defines this material to include various content related to sex. This bill also requires school boards to adopt complaint resolution policies to address complaints regarding harmful material by parents or guardians.
HB 377 (2025)
Makes it a felony to provide hormone treatments and puberty blockers to a minor unless a minor is "born with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development."
The Senate amended the bill to allow doctors to continue hormone treatments and puberty blockers started prior to January 1, 2026.
The Senate amended the bill to also recognize Children's Environmental Health Day, similar to SB 184.
A conference committee of representatives and senators agreed to those Senate amendments.
HB 53 (2025)
Allows qualifying medical marijuana patients and caregivers to grow marijuana at home. There would be limits on the size of the growing operation.
The House added the text of this bill to SB 118.
HB 60 (2025)
After six months of renting, this bill adds the expiration of the term of the lease or tenancy as grounds for an eviction.
The Senate amended the bill so that it will only take effect if there is a 4% vacancy rate in the state. The amended bill also increases in the minimum lease term to twelve months before eviction.
A conference committee of representatives and senators agreed on a final version of the bill. Landlords could evict without cause after twelve months, and the law would take effect regardless of the vacancy rate.
SB 14 (2025)
Sets a mandatory minimum sentence for supplying fentanyl. The minimum starts at three years and six months and goes up for higher quantities.
The House amended the bill to also increase penalties for dealing fentanyl to a person who overdoses and dies, similar to SB 15. The amendment also decreases the penalty for possessing 3/4 of an ounce or less of psilocybin (magic mushrooms) to a misdemeanor.
SB 144 (2025)
Establishes a system to report to the firearm background check system if a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity, not competent to stand trial, or involuntarily committed to a mental health facility. This bill also allows the court to order a person to surrender their firearms in these circumstances. This bill also establishes a process for a person to have their record removed from the background check system after six months, if they are no longer a danger to themselves or others.
SB 176 (2025)
Gradually raises the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
SB 295 (2025)
Removes the household income limit to participate in the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program.
The Senate amended the bill, adding a 10,000 enrollment cap for the EFA program. If there are 9,000 EFA applicants in a year, the enrollment cap would increase by 25%.
SB 62 (2025)
Prohibits state and local government from blocking law enforcement participation in a federal 287(g) program. That program allows local law enforcement to perform some immigration enforcement duties.
The House amended the bill to add the text of SB 71, which prohibits state and local governments from adopting "sanctuary policies," which prohibit or impede law enforcement cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.
SB 84 (2025)
Sets maximum lot size requirements for single-family homes, depending on the availability of municipal or community sewer and water infrastructure. The bill would generally block zoning laws that require lot sizes larger than 66,000 square feet, which is about 1.5 acres.
The Senate amended the bill, raising the limit to 88,000 square feet, which is about 2 acres.
SB 96 (2025)
Requires teachers to respond "honestly and completely" to written requests by parents regarding information relating to their children, within 10 days of receiving the request. If the teacher believes a response would put a child at risk, the teacher must file a report.
The House amended the bill to also establish penalties for violation of parental rights by school districts and school employees, including lawsuits, disciplinary action, and potential fines.
A conference committee of representatives and senators failed to agree on a final version of this bill.
Completed our 2024 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Do you support the “Education Freedom Account” program, which gives students access to the per-pupil share of state school funding to spend on private school or home school expenses?
"More than 80% of the students receiving vouchers were already attending private schools. The students who do leave public school and take the state funding with them means property taxes will increase because most education costs are "fixed', and there is no marginal savings when a child leaves a community school for private school. I am also concerned about this program's complete lack of accountability to taxpayers and that a family can be wealthier to receive private school subsidies than they can be for their child to receive health insurance."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Decisions on women's medical treatment should be made only by women and their doctors. Legislators have neither the education nor the experience to have any say in the matter."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Decisions on women's medical treatment should be made only by women and their doctors. Legislators have neither the education nor the experience to have any say in the matter."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"We have lowered business taxes several times in recent years and should not enact further decreases because doing so will lead to more property tax increases."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"The changing climate will have a serious effect on New Hampshire's tourist economy (skiing and the beaches). Off shore wind is promising, and solar power is expanding in New Hampshire. We need to build up our electric vehicle charging infrastructure."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Do you support giving voters who register without ID on Election Day a ballot that only counts if they return identifying documents to the state before a deadline?
"I am concerned about the voters who will lose their right to a secret ballot if it has an identifying code. Under proposed legislation, voters--particularly the elderly--may not have access to documents that prove citizenship and will, therefore, face barriers to voting. The proposed legislation will also put at risk our same day registration process and potentially expose us to more expensive 'motor voter' laws."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"We need tens of thousands more housing units. If people cannot find housing that is affordable to them and available, they will not come to work in New Hampshire, and this will stifle our economy."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Do you support legislation to expand the net energy metering system capacity cap from 1 MW to 5 MW for all residential and commercial customers in New Hampshire?
"We have high electric rates, and customers with solar should be able to return excess power back to the grid."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Decisions on women's medical treatment should be made only by women and their doctors. Legislators have neither the education nor the experience to have any say in the matter."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"We have taken significant steps to do so, but still face a lack of child care capacity . This is keeping women out of the workforce, so employers cannot fill jobs. The federal government should play a role, too."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
"We are in the middle of two major lawsuits that could have a significant effect on how we fund education and to what extent."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"I have supported legalization and worked with the sponsor to get it through the Senate this year for the first time ever."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"I have supported legalization and worked with the sponsor to get it through the Senate this year for the first time ever."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"I have supported legalization and worked with the sponsor to get it through the Senate this year for the first time ever."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"We don't have a state minimum wage; we default to the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour. It is not possible to live on that in New Hampshire. All the states around us have higher minimum wages."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add legal protections for residents of other states who travel here for health care related to abortion or gender transition?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Decisions on women's medical treatment should be made only by women and their doctors. Legislators have neither the education nor the experience to have any say in the matter."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"New Hampshire is a very safe state. Local police departments already cooperate with federal authorities. The police departments in our two largest cities have stated that their hard work to build relationships with immigrant communities keeps us safer. They have expressed concern that making immigrants fear law enforcement will make our communities less safe."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"The majority of the public believes we should have better background checks and the ability to intervene temporarily in certain limited cases where an individual is experiencing a mental health crisis."
