Kevin Avard
Republican — Sen
Senate District 12 (SD-012)
NH-resident
alignment
Strongly opposed to NH-resident interests
69
Roll calls
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46
On impact bills
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4
Concerning votes
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0
Aligned votes
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The Bottom Line
Republican Sen. Kevin Avard has consistently voted against education funding measures supported by NH residents. He supported bills that shift education costs to local districts, tie school aid to voucher expansion, and expand parental restrictions on school materials, while opposing standalone school funding support.
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What Kevin's Voting Record Shows
Votes against NH-resident interests on
- ▼ Education (4 of 4 clear votes)
Categories are listed only when this rep has at least 3 clear-direction votes (on a harmful or beneficial bill) and >=75% of those votes went one way.
On Impact Bills (46 total: 4 concerning, 0 aligned, 42 mid-impact)
Every clear-direction vote on an impact-scored bill. Sorted with most concerning first.
Show all 46 impact-bill votes click to expand
Declares education funding is a "shared" state-local responsibility — overriding court rulings that the state must pay more.
Creates a "revolving loan fund" for struggling schools — but forces districts to open the door to universal vouchers.
Lets EFA (voucher) students attend their public school district — but the district gets NO reimbursement.
Massively expands school material restrictions — any parent complaint can restrict books, lessons, speakers, artwork, and displays.
Permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act.
Relative to regulated conditional deposits.
Forces public colleges to allow firearms and weapons on campus. Eliminates all campus carry restrictions.
Relating to sheriffs. Providing that there shall be no age limitation for a person to hold the office of county sheriff.
Relating to registers of probate. Providing that the office of register of probate and all references to such office be eliminated.
Exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances.
Relative to consumer health care cost transparency.
Relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players.
Relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
Relative to recruiting incentive programs for the national guard.
Relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor.
Requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote.
Relative to legal protections for legal reproductive health care services.
Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.
Repealing the limitation of liability for certain design features of firearms.
Relative to requirements for law enforcement officers assisting in immigration enforcement.
Requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.
Relating to voting on broad-based taxes. Providing that a supermajority vote of the general court shall be required to enact any broad-bases taxes.
Relative to the housing champion designation and program and the affordable housing fund, and making appropriations therefor.
Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians.
Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses and establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting.
Prohibiting Medicaid premiums and limiting Medicaid expansion cost sharing.
Requiring schools to engage an owner's project manager for construction of school building aid projects at the time of application.
Increasing the requirements of the education freedom savings account oversight committee and modifying the purpose of the committee.
Requiring the state to seek bids for contracts to oversee and operate the state's education freedom account program every three years.
Adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts.
Relative to the allocation and disbursement of state contributions for non-state employer pension costs under the New Hampshire retirement system.
Making an appropriation to the university system of New Hampshire.
Making an appropriation to the city of Nashua for the purpose of purchasing the former Daniel Webster College property.
Relative to possession of firearms in safe school zones.
Relative to critical risk protection orders.
Modifying the base cost of an adequate education.
Increasing the amount of funding provided for students receiving special education services.
Relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor.
Statewide open enrollment — any student can attend any public school district, with funding following the student.
Authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.
Making an appropriation to the city of Nashua for the purpose of purchasing the former Daniel Webster College property.
Relative to municipal data center zoning.
Enabling municipalities to adopt a municipal occupancy fee.
Establishing tax credits for qualifying small businesses against documented tariff-related costs.
Providing criminal penalties for the transporting of an unemancipated minor in order to obtain a surgical procedure or a termination of the minor's pregnancy without parental permission.
Establishing the paint product stewardship program.
Concerning Votes (4 total)
Declares education funding is a "shared" state-local responsibility — overriding court rulings that the state must pay more.
Supported a high-impact-harm bill (impact 2/10)
Creates a "revolving loan fund" for struggling schools — but forces districts to open the door to universal vouchers.
Supported a high-impact-harm bill (impact 2/10)
Lets EFA (voucher) students attend their public school district — but the district gets NO reimbursement.
Supported a high-impact-harm bill (impact 3/10)
Massively expands school material restrictions — any parent complaint can restrict books, lessons, speakers, artwork, and displays.
Supported a high-impact-harm bill (impact 3/10)
Full Voting Record by Category
69 total votes across 9 categories. Click any bill to see its details.
Education 32 votes
Prohibiting student identification cards from being used as photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot.
Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians.
Massively expands school material restrictions — any parent complaint can restrict books, lessons, speakers, artwork, and displays.
Establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units.
Forces public colleges to allow firearms and weapons on campus. Eliminates all campus carry restrictions.
Lets EFA (voucher) students attend their public school district — but the district gets NO reimbursement.
Relative to the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district.
Bans public schools from using any World Economic Forum teaching materials.
Permitting excused absences for students participating in civic engagement or attending a career or technical education event.
Relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency.
Declares education funding is a "shared" state-local responsibility — overriding court rulings that the state must pay more.
Relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians.
Massively expands school material restrictions — any parent complaint can restrict books, lessons, speakers, artwork, and displays.
Requiring schools to engage an owner's project manager for construction of school building aid projects at the time of application.
Increasing the requirements of the education freedom savings account oversight committee and modifying the purpose of the committee.
Requiring the state to seek bids for contracts to oversee and operate the state's education freedom account program every three years.
Adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts.
Making an appropriation to the university system of New Hampshire.
Making an appropriation to the city of Nashua for the purpose of purchasing the former Daniel Webster College property.
Relative to possession of firearms in safe school zones.
Modifying the base cost of an adequate education.
Increasing the amount of funding provided for students receiving special education services.
Statewide open enrollment — any student can attend any public school district, with funding following the student.
Statewide open enrollment — any student can attend any public school district, with funding following the student.
Statewide open enrollment — any student can attend any public school district, with funding following the student.
Authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.
Authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.
Making an appropriation to the city of Nashua for the purpose of purchasing the former Daniel Webster College property.
Creates a "revolving loan fund" for struggling schools — but forces districts to open the door to universal vouchers.
Creates a "revolving loan fund" for struggling schools — but forces districts to open the door to universal vouchers.
Creates a "revolving loan fund" for struggling schools — but forces districts to open the door to universal vouchers.
Other 16 votes
Relative to multi-family residential development on commercially zoned land.
Relative to regulated conditional deposits.
Relative to regulated conditional deposits.
Bans teaching of CRT, LGBTQ+ topics, "Marxist analyses" — with $10K lawsuits and loss of teaching licenses.
Relating to registers of probate. Providing that the office of register of probate and all references to such office be eliminated.
Exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances.
Exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances.
Relative to recruiting incentive programs for the national guard.
Requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote.
Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.
Relative to requirements for law enforcement officers assisting in immigration enforcement.
Relative to the allocation and disbursement of state contributions for non-state employer pension costs under the New Hampshire retirement system.
Relative to critical risk protection orders.
Enabling municipalities to adopt a municipal occupancy fee.
Establishing the paint product stewardship program.
Establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee.
Healthcare 7 votes
Permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act.
Relative to the financial responsibility for local assistance and enabling municipalities to request a hearing regarding the residency of an assisted person.
Relative to consumer health care cost transparency.
Relative to legal protections for legal reproductive health care services.
Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses and establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting.
Prohibiting Medicaid premiums and limiting Medicaid expansion cost sharing.
Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program.
Taxes & Revenue 4 votes
Relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players.
Requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.
Relating to voting on broad-based taxes. Providing that a supermajority vote of the general court shall be required to enact any broad-bases taxes.
Establishing tax credits for qualifying small businesses against documented tariff-related costs.
Housing 4 votes
Relative to the housing champion designation and program and the affordable housing fund, and making appropriations therefor.
Relative to municipal data center zoning.
Relative to municipal data center zoning.
Providing criminal penalties for the transporting of an unemancipated minor in order to obtain a surgical procedure or a termination of the minor's pregnancy without parental permission.