Sheila Seidel
Serving as: NH House Hillsborough County District 29
These objective, nonpartisan measures are used to show this legislator's activities at the Statehouse in 2023. 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. Sununu is still in the process of signing and vetoing 2023 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 10 (2023)
Establishes a parental bill of rights. Some of the parental rights in this bill include:
"The right to direct the education and care of his or her minor child"
"The right to be physically present at any health care facility ... at which their minor child is receiving hospital care"
"The right to consent in writing before a biometric scan of his or her minor child is made, shared, or stored"
HB 106 (2023)
Establishes a procedure for issuing "extreme risk protection orders" to protect against persons who pose an immediate risk of harm to themselves or others. An extreme risk protection order would restrict a person's access to firearms, and is also known as a "red flag law."
HB 2 (2023)
State budget bill (part 2). The governor presented his proposal for the next state budget February 14. The House and Senate both made changes to that proposal. Click here to read a summary of the 2023 budget process.
HB 208 (2023)
Establishes greenhouse gas emission reduction goals for the state, to net zero by 2050. This bill also requires the Department of Environmental Services to develop a climate action plan by July 1, 2024, that includes evaluation of best available information, considers inclusion of strategies, programs and compliance mechanisms with measurable goals and targets, considers opportunities to encourage investment in low/moderate income, rural and minority communities, makes recommendations on retraining and apprenticeship opportunities, and coordinates with other state agencies.
HB 224 (2023)
Repeals the civil and criminal penalties for health care providers who violate the state's ban on abortion after 24 weeks.
HB 367 (2023)
Increases the maximum household income limit for participation in the Education Freedom Account program, from 300% to 500% of the federal poverty guidelines. The Education Freedom Account program allows families to spend the state's per-pupil share of education funding on private or home school expenses.
The House amended the bill to only increase the income limit to 350% of the federal poverty guidelines.
HB 523 (2023)
Increases the maximum electric generating capacity to participate in net energy metering, from one to five megawatts. This bill also modifies the transition of tariffs applicable to some customer-generators.
HB 557 (2023)
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.
HB 567 (2023)
Requires at least 30 days written notice for a rent increase. Large, multi-unit rental owners must provide at least 60 days notice. If the rent increase is over 15%, large multi-unit landlords must provide at least 6 months notice.
HB 57 (2023)
Gradually raises the minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next three years, with future adjustments based on the consumer price index. This bill also raises the tipped minimum wage from 45% to 50% of the regular minimum wage. Lastly, this bill allows a minimum wage of $8 per hour for youth under age 18 for the first six months of employment.
HB 59 (2023)
Requires commercial sales and transfers of firearms to take place through licensed dealers. Those dealers are required to perform background checks.
HB 624 (2023)
Requires state and local law enforcement to notify the public before an immigration checkpoint.
HB 639 (2023)
Legalizes marijuana for adults over age twenty-one. The bill allows limited home-growing of marijuana. A new Cannabis Commission would oversee licensing and regulations related to the manufacture, testing, and sale of legal marijuana. Cannabis sales would be taxed under the Meals and Rooms tax system. Alternative Treatment Centers, which currently serve the state's medical marijuana patients, would be allowed to apply for a "dual use certificate" that allows them to participate in recreational marijuana business. Towns could limit marijuana businesses.
SB 263 (2023)
Permanently reauthorizes the New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program, commonly known as expanded Medicaid. Previous law ended the program on December 31, 2023. This bill also reestablishes and revises the commission to evaluate the New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program, commonly known as expanded Medicaid.
SB 272 (2023)
Establishes a parental bill of rights in education. Some of the parental rights in this bill include:
"The right to access and review all medical records of a child maintained by a school or school personnel"
"The right to inquire of the school or school personnel and to be truthfully and completely informed if the child is being identified or referred to by school district staff, as being of a gender other than that of which the child was identified or referred when enrolled"
Completed our 2022 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
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?
"Public school are not a one-size-fits-all for our children. Every parent should decide what environment works best for their child and should receive the funding that would (normally) go to public schools that will not be educating their child to invest in the traditional academic schooling environment of their choice"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"I believe that life begins at conception. In order to 'kill' anything, human or animal, you must stop its heartbeat. At 5-6 weeks gestation there is a detectable heartbeat, making it a 'living being'."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"I believe that life begins at conception. In order to 'kill' anything, human or animal, you must stop its heartbeat. At 5-6 weeks gestation there is a detectable heartbeat, making it a 'living being'."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3?
"No school has ANY right to discuss sex, much less 'gender identity' or sexual orientation with ANY student, regardless of age/grade, but most definitely not grades K-3. If anything, they should encourage self-respect, parental guidance and abstinence."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the state law that bans teaching certain concepts, such as the idea that people may be "inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously"?
"Although there are racists, sexists, etc. in this country & throughout the world, we as a nation are not inherently/systemically racist, sexist, or any other '-ist'. Teaching one group to hate another based on the color of their skin is the very definition of racism."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire add a tax credit for businesses that contribute to student loan repayment for employees?
"This should be a 'benefit' offered by the employer if they so choose, not funded by the State. NHSB 372 allows a tax credit to employers for donations to approved scholarships. Students should be encouraged to apply for scholarships to reduce their student loan burden, not expect handouts after they've graduated."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"NH business tax was recently decreased to 7.5% and is at a competitive level as it falls on the lower side of the national range of 5-12%."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"We need to focus on less pollution, litter and waste. The U.S. does more than most any other nation to reduce our 'carbon footprint' (see previous answer). By minimizing deforestation, our trees and green-leafed plants would absorb carbon dioxide, cleaning the air naturally, adding back higher oxygen levels into the environment."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
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?
"The deadline IS Election Day. No one should be allowed to register at the polls without a valid photo ID. If their drivers/non-driver's license is not from NH (i.e.: due to a recent move), they should produce their mortgage, property deed, or renters' contract as proof of residency before being given a ballot."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire add a fee or mileage charge for electric vehicle owners to help pay for transportation and/or electric infrastructure?
"If they are using the roads, then they should pay the same amount as gas-powered vehicle owners."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Chicago has the most gun-control laws in the nation, while also holding the highest 'homicide by gun use' in the nation. Criminals don't care about gun laws. Law-abiding citizens do not need restrictions that prevent/regulate them from exercising their Constitutional Right."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"This may discourage NH citizens and out-of-staters from seeking employment in NH. In this economy especially, it would also hurt NH citizens."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the option of mail-in ballots for all voters, not just absentees?
"Absentee ballots should be reserved only for those who request one, who will truly be absent on election day. This will help to prevent double-voting, ballot harvesting and election fraud."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"Colorado was the 'test-dummy' for legal marijuana. After 1 year the statistics showed increased unemployment, increase homelessness and increased vehicle crashes. How can we fight to stop (legal) cigarette use yet support legalizing a (presently illegal) mind-altering smoke? I DO support the use of prescribed medicinal marijuana."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"Colorado was the 'test-dummy' for legal marijuana. After 1 year the statistics showed increased unemployment, increase homelessness and increased vehicle crashes. How can we fight to stop (legal) cigarette use yet support legalizing a (presently illegal) mind-altering smoke? I DO support the use of prescribed medicinal marijuana."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Colorado was the 'test-dummy' for legal marijuana. After 1 year the statistics showed increased unemployment, increase homelessness and increased vehicle crashes. How can we fight to stop (legal) cigarette use yet support legalizing a (presently illegal) mind-altering smoke? I DO support the use of prescribed medicinal marijuana."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"The last minimum wage increase in NH was in 2009 to $7.25/hour, yet the cost of living has increased annually, averaging about 2% per year, far exceeding minimum wage. Although it is mainly a rate for entry-level job, not a livable income, it should at least keep up with the cost of living."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state permanently increase how much tax revenue it shares with towns and cities every year, beyond public school funding?
"Stop 'borrowing from Peter to pay Paul'. Honor the appropriation as it was originally designed."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the gradual phase-out of the Interests and Dividends tax?
"I & D is no different than an income tax. It penalizes wise investors."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the state’s current system of public school funding, with each district’s total funding primarily dependent on local property tax revenue?
"With more families opting out of public schools I believe there should be a discussion about who 'should' fund public school. This has always fallen on the property owners, even though many 'renters' whose children use the schools do not pay any property tax."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire extend the renewable portfolio standard past 2025, requiring public utilities to obtain more than 25% of electricity from renewable energy sources?
"Renewables are not as 'green' as promoted as they are (mostly) not recyclable or biodegradable, leading to a future of massive solar panel & wind turbine landfills. They do not produce enough energy to justify the amount of space needed for a solar farm, pushing out wildlife, reducing forests (natural CO2 absorbers), and debeautifying our state. According to the Dept. of Energy, nuclear is the second lowest carbon emitter (cleanest) of all power sources, second only to hydropower. If anything, we should use Seabrook more."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"I believe that life begins at conception. In order to 'kill' anything, human or animal, you must stop its heartbeat. At 5-6 weeks gestation there is a detectable heartbeat, making it a 'living being'."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"I believe that life begins at conception. In order to 'kill' anything, human or animal, you must stop its heartbeat. At 5-6 weeks gestation there is a detectable heartbeat, making it a 'living being'."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"This would decrease revenue generated by out-of-state shopper and visitors, and hurt NH citizens"
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"It would depend on what type of housing is proposed. Multi-unit apartments, condos & multifamily developments would increase traffic and the need to increase that municipality's police, fire, school, etc. which would increase a tax burden on that municipality. If it is for low-income housing, the State would also have to guarantee affordable transportation availability for living essentials (i.e.: groceries, medical attention, education), which would also likely increase the tax burden."
