Eric Eastman
Historical Details
Position on Issues
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Voting Record, 2018
Voted to prohibit abortions at or after 20 weeks gestation (HB 1636)
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH pursue expanded commuter rail?
"Fully leverage the (5 mil+) value of a commuter rail expansion study commission on BOTH sides of the NH/MA border by ensuring that language appears in future legislative proposals requiring oversight and accountability for expenditures and use of funds. Maximize new tech to optimize metrics and analytic results."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH limit terms for elected officials?
"Let's discuss this idea further. . . How would those term limits be defined? By whom? Would they differ between each NH state legislative chamber? (etc.)"
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH increase funding for heroin treatment programs?
"N.H. should re-direct existing funding such that addiction recovery and rehabilitation programmes are bolstered statewide. Modest funding increases on an incidental 'needs' basis (region-specific) ought to be a continuous option."
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH allow binding referendums?
"I will have to do more research on the subject, as well as this proposition's strengths and weaknesses. I will then render my opinion and position."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Was NH right to ban hand-held cell phone use while driving?
"Only hands free cell phone use should be permitted, as written in the new law."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"I oppose NH adding an income tax on earned income. Ditto. Never."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"I oppose NH adding a broad-based sales tax. This is an unequivocal 'heck, no!'"
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH authorize one or more casinos?
"I am undecided on this issue."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH continue to base statewide assessments on Common Core standards?
"I oppose basing statewide assessments on Common Core standards."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH decriminalize small amounts of marijuana?
"The possession of small quantities of marijuana should not be a crime."
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Voting Record, 2015
Voted in favor of 2015 House Bill 572. When residential land is taken through eminent domain for a gas pipeline, HB 572 allows the resident to require the pipeline company to purchase all of the land, not just a part.
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH broaden campaign finance disclosure laws?
"I support broader campaign finance disclosure laws."
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Voting Record, 2015
Voted to allow qualifying patients and caregivers to grow medicinal marijuana at home (HB 593)
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should the federal government continue to fund Planned Parenthood?
"I oppose the state providing some funding for Planned Parenthood. Absolutely not. This goes for any and all categorically 'non-public' service/outreach organizations."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH provide more funding for charter schools?
"With appropriate qualifying criteria, I would support increasing state funding to charter schools."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH increase law enforcement policies and penalties for heroin-related offenses?
"Define 'heroin-related.' Does this refer to suppliers, their intermediaries, their couriers, the distributors, or their clientele? Whom?"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH legalize the recreational use of marijuana?
"I support marijuana legalization."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Was NH right to expand Medicaid eligibility, using private insurance wherever possible?
"I oppose NH's expanded Medicaid program. It can and probably will lead to a statewide sales and/or income tax. This eventuality would prove to be a net-loss overall for the well-being of N.H. and for its more vulnerable populations"
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Voting Record, 2015
Voted against a minimum wage increase (HB 684)
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Voting Record, 2015
Voted to consider prohibiting sending any state funds to any health care provider that performs abortions, regardless of whether public funds are utilized for that specific service (HB 677). The Department of Health and Human Services said the bill would prevent the Department from entering into ANY contract with organizations such as Planned Parenthood.
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Do employees in NH need more legal protections in the workplace?
"Our employment laws are generally adequate as they are."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH do more to enforce federal immigration laws?
"I support increased state enforcement of federal immigration laws."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH add restrictions on welfare recipients?
Regarding drug tests for welfare recipients: "I support such legislation."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH allow the Northern Pass to proceed with some (not all) of the lines buried?
"Bury all lines or no Northern Pass. That's it."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH continue to use property taxes instead of a new broad-based tax, such as an income tax?
Does not support an income and/or sales tax. Possible revenue sources: "Tolls on I-93 (Mass Border), Gambling Winnings Tax, Tobacco Tax, Alcoholic Beverage Tax"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should New Hampshire continue to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which requires utilities to purchase allowances for every ton of carbon they emit?
"NH should withdraw from RGGI and structure its own energy strategy."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH repeal same-sex marriage?
"No, do not repeal"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH require car insurance for some or all drivers?
"I oppose legislation that would mandate insurance in order to register a vehicle."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should businesses that provide insurance be required to cover contraception?
"they should be able to deny coverage"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH require labels on some or all genetically modified foods?
"I support such legislation."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH require motorcycle helmets?
"No, let those who ride decide"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH require seat belts?
"No, adults should be able to choose whether or not to wear a seatbelt"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH pass right-to-work legislation?
"Right to Work legislation should be considered along with other changes to NH's employment laws."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
What is your opinion on the state providing some funding for Planned Parenthood?
"I oppose the state providing some funding for Planned Parenthood. Absolutely not. This goes for any and all categorically 'non-public' service/outreach organizations."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
State role in economic growth
"Job stimulation is best left to the private sector."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH use taxpayer money to build a memorial to the Old Man?
"There are far better, more innovative and more organic ways to memorialize the iconic natural rock formation in the No. White Mtns. which came to be known as "The Old Man In The Mountain". Idea 1: Formulate (and yes - fund w/ public monies, as well as private donations) a new NH artist's collaborative, the objective & theme of which is to create inspired & novel works that each in their own way help to capture the spirit and nature of this thing we call New Hampshire, and of living in NH. Include artist's contributions from many visual mediums. Orchestrate careful adjudication so as to select the highest-ranking works in each medium for display. Create a permanent artist's gallery/display space either in Concord, or in Franconia, or both, which features and exhibits these creations as a human homage to what nature chose to share with we, the people of NH, for so long - that being the "Old Man...". Idea 2: Wait for nature to give us a new and different icon. Allow nature to speak to us, the residents/admirers of our unique state, in her own time, no matter how long it takes. Celebrate with photojournalism all that which occurs here naturally in the meantime. Publish the images. Idea 3: Fund and slap together some contrived, hasty and synthesized version of what the past has given us naturally (vis-a-vis: "The Old Man...") while ignoring the fact that the future of NH, her identity, and yes - her icons, are not only unknown and unwritten, but are for NH and her people to decide."
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH continue to administer statewide standards-based student assessments?
"I am undecided on this issue."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"I oppose stricter gun control laws. Constitutional Carry for all."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH government switch from a pension system to a 401(k)-style retirement plan?
"No, do not reform benefits"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should parents be allowed to opt their children out of the NH immunization/vaccination registry?
"Parents should be allowed to opt their children out of the NH immunization/vaccination registry."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH restrict further wind power development?
"Need more info before taking a position."
Voting Record
HB 1616 (2016)
Allows a person obtaining a driver's license to choose whether the license complies with the federal Real ID Act of 2005.
SB 576 (2016)
This bill includes many regulations aimed at combating heroin and prescription drug abuse. For example, this bill increases the penalties for abusing fentanyl and provides funding for an upgrade to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.
HB 1696 (2016)
Continues expanded Medicaid eligibility, with some revisions. This bill adds work requirements to eligibility for expanded Medicaid. Additional funding is provided by the insurance premium tax, paid by insurance companies.
HB 1480 (2016)
Raises the minimum wage to $8.25 in 2017, $9 in 2018, and $9.50 in 2019.
HB 593 (2015)
Permits qualifying patients and registered caregivers to grow medicinal marijuana at home.
HB 1338 (2016)
Allows parents and guardians to opt their students out of the statewide assessment test, and prohibits schools and the state from penalizing students who do not take statewide assessments.
HB 1623 (2016)
Prohibits abortion based on genetic abnormality.
HB 1694 (2016)
Legalizes and taxes marijuana for adults over age twenty-one.
HB 1374 (2016)
Requires moneys paid into the Renewable Energy Fund to be rebated to ratepayers, rather than spent on other renewable energy projects.
SB 498 (2016)
Reduces the penalty for possessing 1/4 ounce or less of marijuana from a class A to an unspecified misdemeanor.
SB 336 (2016)
Removes the phrase "suitable person" from the law governing concealed carry permits, and instead requires law enforcement to issue a permit so long as the person is not prohibited from owning a firearm by state or federal law.
SB 4 (2015)
Tightens the definition of domicile for the purpose of voting. In particular, the final version of this bill requires a voter to live in New Hampshire at least 10 days before voting.
HB 684 (2015)
Raises the minimum wage to $9.10 in 2016, $11.40 in 2017, and $14.25 in 2018. Starting in 2019, the minimum wage is adjusted according to cost of living.
SB 30 (2015)
Extends the use of municipal economic development and revitalization districts to certain unincorporated places.
SB 106 (2015)
Prohibits the sale, use, or possession of synthetic drugs, such as "spice."
HB 136 (2015)
Prohibits tanning facilities from tanning anyone under age 18. At the time of this bill's submission, the law allowed tanning under age 18 with a parent or guardian's consent.
SB 113 (2015)
Authorizes two casinos in New Hampshire. One destination casino would pay a $80 million license fee; a smaller casino would pay $40 million to the state. SB 113 also earmarks $25 million in casino profits for distribution to all New Hampshire municipalities.
SB 40 (2015)
Includes fetuses as potential victims under murder statutes. The original Senate version of the bill applied to "viable fetuses," meaning the fetus is old enough to survive outside the womb. The House revised the bill to apply to all fetuses eight weeks and older. The House and Senate did not agree on a final version of the bill.
HB 658 (2015)
Right-to-Work bill that prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
HB 1 (2015)
2016-2017 state budget bill (part 1). The budget cuts business taxes, restores the Rainy Day Fund, and increases funding for some social services. The budget does not reauthorize Medicaid expansion or include a pay raise negotiated with state employees.
SB 116 (2015)
Increases the length of time for which a license to carry a concealed firearm is valid, and repeals the requirement to obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm.
HB 618 (2015)
Decriminalizes possession of 1/2 ounce or less of marijuana, with additional penalties for violators under age twenty-one.
HB 563 (2015)
Adjusts the additional grants for chartered public school pupils based on the Consumer Price Index, and increases the per pupil state funding for charter school students by $1,000.
SB 101 (2015)
Prohibits the Department of Education and the state Board of Education from implementing the Common Core standards in any school or school district in this state.
HB 403 (2015)
Repeals the law establishing a protest-free buffer zone around reproductive health clinics.
SB 179 (2015)
Requires that a voter has lived in the state and county for at least 30 days.
SB 169 (2015)
Forbids the use of EBT cards or cash from EBT cards for alcohol, tobacco, gambling, lottery tickets, tattoos, firearms, or adult entertainment.
