Daniel Popovici-Muller
Serving as: NH House Rockingham County District 17
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 10 (2025)
Establishes a Parental Bill of Rights. The bill requires schools to adopt a policy to promote parental involvement in the public school system. The bill also establishes a right to sue schools that violate the law.
The final version of this bill requires schools to respond to parental inquiries "regarding any and all matters related to their minor child," within ten days.
The final Senate version of this bill also does not require parents to give written consent to any medical procedure or treatment; that provision was removed after much debate.
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 198 (2025)
Removes the legal penalties for possessing and using marijuana and cannabis-infused products for those over age twenty-one. This bill does not include any mechanism for legal sales or taxation.
HB 238 (2025)
Right-to-work bill that prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
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 357 (2025)
Removes the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to require vaccinations beyond those in state law. This bill specifically notes that the requirements for chickenpox, Hepatitis B, and Hib vaccinations will expire in 2026.
The House added the text of this bill to SB 60.
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 56 (2025)
Requires sales and transfers of firearms to take place through licensed dealers. Those dealers are required to perform background checks. This bill also establishes a 3-day waiting period for firearm transfers. The bill includes some exceptions, such as transfers between immediate family members.
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.
HB 649 (2025)
Removes the requirement for physical safety inspections and on-board diagnostic tests for passenger vehicles and eliminates funding for the Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Abatement Fund.
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 228 (2025)
Modifies the scope and capacity limits of community solar projects. Generally speaking, this bill increases the size of projects that can participate in net energy metering. The bill also allows nonprofit educational institutions and public housing authorities to operate as “municipal hosts” for net metering.
The Senate added some of this bill to HB 710.
SB 284 (2025)
Limits zoning laws to require no more than one parking spaces per residential unit, with exceptions for certain workforce housing and multi-family developments.
The House amended the bill to remove those exceptions.
SB 287 (2025)
If an absentee voter asks for a ballot to be mailed to an address other than the address shown on the voter checklist, this bill adds additional verification requirements. In particular, the voter must show a copy of their photo ID to the clerk or include a notarized signature on their absentee ballot application. If an absentee voter does not complete either step, "his or her signature on the application for an absentee ballot shall be compared to his or her signature on the absentee ballot affidavit on election day in the same manner as other voters."
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.
Declined to complete our 2024 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Voting Record, 2024
In 2023 Rep. Popovici-Muller voted for HB 367 and HB 464, two bills that would expand eligibility for the Education Freedom Account program. In 2024 Rep. Popovici-Muller voted in favor of several bills to expand eligibility for Education Freedom Accounts, including HB 1561, HB 1634, HB 1665, and HB 1677. Popovici-Muller also voted against HB 1512, which would limit the EFA program to a budget.
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Voting Record, 2023
Voted against HB 591, a bill that would prohibit a doctor from performing an abortion after detecting a fetal heartbeat.
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"If elected, I will fight hard to lower our taxes by keeping government spending under control. I will firmly oppose any attempts to impose a sales or income tax, and will look for ways to increase our economic freedoms so that we all benefit from sustainable economic growth."Against| Read My Position
Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"If elected, I will fight hard to lower our taxes by keeping government spending under control. I will firmly oppose any attempts to impose a sales or income tax, and will look for ways to increase our economic freedoms so that we all benefit from sustainable economic growth."No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
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Voting Record, 2022
Rep. Popovici-Muller voted against HB 106, which would have established a commission to determine the financial cost of climate damage to New Hampshire and methods of recouping such costs. Rep. Popovici-Muller also voted in favor of HCR 1, a resolution that calls for policymakers to fully consider all relevant information and factors pertaining to climate change as climate policy is developed. That resolution specifically called out "climate alarmism."
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"I am concerned about our current voting laws because they allow the use of affidavits (written statements signed in front of the supervisors of the checklist) on voting day. When you go to the Town Hall to register as a voter, you have to prove 4 elements: your identity, age, residence and citizenship, each of which needs to be proven through the proper paperwork - no affidavits accepted.
"But when you register as a voter at the polls on election day, no such proof is needed. One can just sign affidavits to “prove” any of the 4 elements, and then is allowed to vote. A new law passed this year is changing the way those ballots are handled, but it will not apply until 2023, and it uses a rather complicated method to validate those ballots after the election ends, which could result in election results being delayed in close races.
"We need legislation stating that while voters should continue to be allowed to register at the polls, the documentation required for registering on voting day must be the same documentation required when one registers to vote at Town Hall. If voter ID will be required, the state shall issue it at no cost to any eligible voter.
"My second concern is that New Hampshire allows people whose domicile is out of state to vote in NH if (for example) they have a summer house in New Hampshire, even if they only spend a few weeks a year in our state. I believe that people should not be allowed to pick and choose which state they want to vote in, but should only vote in the state they have their primary residence in.
"Changing this will require a constitutional amendment, and I will work to pass one that will ensure that only people who actually live in New Hampshire vote in New Hampshire. Neither of those measures will disenfranchise any voter - every person who is eligible to vote will be able to vote in the town they actually live in. In New Hampshire, every vote counts and can change the result of an election (plenty of such examples exist) so every vote cast by someone who is not (or should not be) an eligible voter can affect us all. I plan to protect your right to vote by making sure that only people who have the right to vote do so. If elected, I will support legislation requiring that one actually proves their identity, age, citizenship and residence rather than just sign affidavits before voting and I will also support the constitutional amendment described above."
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Voting Record, 2025
In 2024 Rep. Popovici voted for a few bills that would ease zoning requirements. For example, Popovici voted for HB 1291 (to increase rights of property owners to build accessory dwelling units), HB 1399 (to make it easier to convert single family residence into two units), and HB 1400 (to limit parking requirements, plus add tax credits for office conversions). In 2025 Rep. Popovici-Muller voted to limit parking requirements in zoning laws (SB 284).
However, in 2025 Rep. Popovici-Muller also voted to continue allowing planning boards to differentiate based on the number of bedrooms in a residential development (SB 174).
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
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Voting Record, 2025
Voted to remove legal penalties for possessing and using marijuana (HB 198)
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
No Response
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?
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Voting Record, 2023
Voted to keep the "fetal life protection act", which restricts access to abortion after 24 weeks (HB 271).
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"Every gun control measure proposed is designed to make owning and carrying a firearm more expensive and legally risky - that’s true for storage laws, waiting periods, training requirements, red flag laws, bans on arbitrary types of firearms or magazines, microstamping, gun free zones, etc. The long term goal of gun control is the ban of firearm ownership for regular people, which would ensure only government agents and criminals will have firearms, leaving the rest of us unable to protect ourselves and our families. The people pushing gun control know that those laws make us less safe - they simply consider the increased risks to us all an acceptable price to pay to achieve their political goals."
