Catherine Mulholland
Historical Details
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
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?
On the 2020 Citizens Count issue survey, Mulholland indicated she was "against" New Hampshire allocating tax revenues for private and home schooling costs. Mulholland wrote, "The constitutional guarantee of a 'free' basic education should not be undermined by personal choices that families make. Everyone is free to choose what education they provide for their children but not fiscally at the expense of the common good"
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire ban abortion after 24 weeks gestation, with exceptions for cases of rape/incest and health complications?
"If obstacles to abortion during the first trimester were not so prevailing this question would be moot."
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted in favor of allowing physician assisted suicide (HB 1325)
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
For| Read My Position
Voting Record, 2014
Voted to ban cell phone use while driving (HB 1360)
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3?
No Response
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"?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"with a constitutional amendment to make it a progressive not a flat rate tax with a high low end exemption.and provied that the revenues contributes significantly towards K-12 funding and significant relief to the property tax"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Against"
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire add a tax credit for businesses that contribute to student loan repayment for employees?
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"Only in combination with other forms of state revenue"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"In conjunction with Federal capital gains so that the state portion ends up as a deduction from Federal taxes"
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted against a casino (HB 1633)
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the tax on cigarettes?
"Undecided"
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
No Response
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?
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted for decriminalization of marijuana (HB 1625)
No Response
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?
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add restrictions to the governor's powers during a state of emergency?
"I need to hear the argumnets"
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted to broaden campaign finance disclosure laws to include more organizations, particularly nonprofits (SB 120)
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire extend the renewable portfolio standard past 2025, requiring public utilities to obtain more than 25% of electricity from renewable energy sources?
"For"
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase public access to reports of police misconduct?
"Recent developments nationwide have brought this issue into sharp focus, With all due respect to law enforcement, there should be no silent brotherhood that protects against malefactors,"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Do you support the option of mail-in ballots for all voters, not just absentees?
"Anything to make full public participation is a plus. I would prefer to see adoption of the Australian model where voting is compulsory and failure to vote is accompanied with a fine. In a democracy rights are balanced with responsibilities, failure to vote means opting out, Voting by mail as a permanent option and hopefully this introduction of ranking voting helps all citizens to exercise that responsibility"
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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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH legalize the recreational use of marijuana?
The notion that marijuana is a gateway to harder substances is a myth, Legalization of marijuana would lower the costs of law enforcement and our prison populations and provide an additional source of state revenue from taxation. like tobacco,No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
When asked about marijuana legalization in general on the 2020 Citizens Count issue survey, Mulholland wrote, "The notion that marijuana is a gateway to harder substances is a myth, Legalization of marijuana would lower the costs of law enforcement and our prison populations and provide an additional source of state revenue from taxation. like tobacco,"
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted for expansion of Medicaid, using private insurance wherever possible (SB 413)
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"The cost of living has escalated to such a degree that the current average effective minimum wage has lagged behind the amount of money required to maintain a decent lifestyle"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the size of solar panel installations that may participate in net energy metering?
"There is no doubt about the dangers of fossil fuels. We should do everything possible to promote reduction in their usage. Time is running out."
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase subsidies and tax credits for business investment?
"Undecided"
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted to repeal the death penalty (HB 1170)
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted to give preferential treatment to transmission line projects that bury the lines (HB 569)
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the base amount of per-pupil funding it provides to local school districts?
"As long as the status quo exists local school districts need all the revenue they can get, with the proviso that poor school districts, which are easily identified, receive amounts in proportion to the requirements for achieving educational adequacy"
No Response
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?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the gradual phase-out of the Interests and Dividends tax?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Do you support Gov. Sununu's proposal to allow employers and employees to opt-in to a private, paid family and medical leave insurance plan, based on a pool of state employees, excluding coverage for personal illness?
"Governor Sununu has a clever way of appearing to be supportive of constituents' interests, ultimately he favors the private sector over the public good."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
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?
"For"
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
When asked about a 24-week abortion ban on the 2020 Citizens Count issue survey, Mulholland wrote, "If obstacles to abortion during the first trimester were not so prevailing this question would be moot."
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted to consider labeling of genetically engineered foods (HB 660)
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Voting Record, 2013
Voted against 'Right to Work' (HB 323)
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire create a road usage fee?
"Undecided"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire create a statewide family and medical leave program, paid for with a percentage of employee wages, with no opt-out?
"This is not a topic for dispute. Everyone, with few exceptions will at some time in their live require leave for family or medical reasons. Those who resent their tax dollars being spent on a public good are a constant thorn in the side of any progressive policy."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Responsible gun ownership would not be impacted by stricter gun control laws. The object of such legislation is to keep guns out of the hands of those who are unfit, and consequently a threat to society.. You would think that the vocal objections reflect a terrible fear of being unfit!"
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire provide student loan debt repayment programs for workers in industries with labor shortages?
"It sounds very nice, but why would one discriminate against students who are having difficulty in repaying loans because they are not in such industries, this is the wrong approach. As long as our public schools provide such poor education that college is a necessity for certain occupations. We need to rethink the entire education conundrum"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add tax incentives for affordable housing development?
"The rise in homelessness correlates with the increase in mental illness, drug addition and crime. Provide affordable housing and you attack the heart of these other massive social and physical problems"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire allocate tax revenues for private and home schooling costs?
"The constitutional guarantee of a 'free' basic education should not be undermined by personal choices that families make. Everyone is free to choose what education they provide for their children but not fiscally at the expense of the common good"
Voting Record
HB 1633 (2014)
Authorizes one casino in New Hampshire, regulated by the Gaming Commission.
HB 1486 (2014)
Decreases the fine for underage drinking from $300 to $100 on first offense and from $600 to $300 on a subsequent offense.
HB 1294 (2014)
Requires Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to allow any health provider into their network for the purpose of participating in the online health insurance exchange.
HB 1508 (2014)
Terminates New Hampshire’s participation in the Common Core educational standards.
HB 1625 (2014)
Decriminalizes possession of one ounce or less of marijuana, with additional penalties for violators under age twenty-one.
SB 318 (2014)
Establishes the crime of domestic violence.
SB 413 (2014)
Expands Medicaid eligibility, using private insurance wherever possible.
HB 1403 (2014)
Raises the minimum wage, starting at $9 per hour.
HB 1170 (2014)
Repeals the death penalty.
HB 1602 (2014)
Givies the Public Utilities Commission the power to force PSNH to sell its power plants. This bill also requires the state Site Evaluation Committee to address scenic impacts, sound impacts, fire protection plans, and more when evaluating wind farm proposals.
SB 207 (2014)
“Pay Equity Law,” a bill to combat pay discrimination based on gender, forbidding employers from restricting employees from discussing wages, and allowing a three year deadline to report pay discrimination to the state (current deadline is one year).
HB 1325 (2014)
Allows physician-assisted suicide.
SB 319 (2014)
Authorizes "buffer zones" for protestors around reproductive health clinics.
HB 1503 (2014)
Originally written to include fetuses eight weeks and older as potential victims under first and second degree murder, manslaughter, negligent homicide, and causing or aiding suicide. The House amended the bill to instead increase penalties for for manslaughter or negligent homicide causing a miscarriage or stillbirth.
HB 1411 (2014)
Sends some of last year's budget surplus to the Department of Health and Human Services.
HB 1360 (2014)
Forbids cell phone use while driving, unless hands-free.
SB 367 (2014)
Increases the gas tax by four-cents per gallon and removes the toll at Exit 12 in Merrimack.
SB 3 (2014)
Removes all tolls in Merrimack.
SB 203 (2014)
Forbids the use of EBT cards or cash from EBT cards for alcohol, tobacco, lottery tickets, firearms, or adult entertainment.
HB 451 (2013)
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 323 (2013)
Right-to-Work bill that prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
SB 152 (2013)
Authorizes a casino.
SB 153 (2013)
Gives the legislature power to review collective bargaining agreements entered into by the state.
HB 1 (2013)
Final 2014-2015 state budget, including increased funding for higher education, increased funding for services for individuals with mental illness and/or other disabilities, no Medicaid expansion, and no gas tax increase.
HB 306 (2013)
Changes RGGI to dedicate some of the proceeds to ratepayer rebates, and lowering the cap on carbon emissions, which will raise the cost of carbon credits to utilities and utility bills to consumers.
HB 271 (2013)
Forbids NH from expanding Medicaid eligibility under the federal Affordable Care Act.
HB 573 (2013)
Allows medicinal use of marijuana, without allowing home growing.
HB 501 (2013)
Sets the state minimum wage at $7.25, in place of federal minimum wage.
HB 630 (2013)
Reallocates proceeds from RGGI to the low-income energy efficiency program.
HB 2 (2013)
Makes various appropriations related to the budget bill, and establishes commissions to study Medicaid expansion and casino regulations.
SB 1 (2013)
Increases the Research and Development tax credit.
SB 163 (2013)
Establishes a commission to recommend legislation to prepare for projected sea level rise and other coastal and coastal watershed hazards.
HB 443 (2013)
Bans prison privatization.
HB 659 (2013)
Increases the tobacco tax.
HB 135 (2013)
Limits the use of deadly force, repealing "Stand Your Ground" in favor of the "Castle Doctrine." Under this bill victims could use deadly force within their homes without retreating, but anywhere else they would have to attempt retreat before resorting to deadly force.
HB 370 (2013)
Repeals the education tax credit program, in which businesses receive tax breaks for contributing to a scholarship fund for low income students that wish to attend private school.
HB 595 (2013)
Revises 2011 voter ID law to delay requirement that poll workers photograph voters without ID; also allows student ID at polls.
SB 489 (2010)
Authorizes three casinos in New Hampshire.
CACR 28 (2010)
Constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
HB 1644 (2010)
Includes all fetuses as potential victims under first and second degree murder, manslaughter, and negligent homicide.
HB 1590 (2010)
Repeals same-sex marriage.
HB 1128 (2010)
Makes various regulatory changes, such as allowing towns to adopt a local meals and rooms tax in addition to the state meals and rooms tax and authorizing expanded gambling.
HB 1653 (2010)
Decriminalizes possession of 1/4 ounce or less of marijuana, with additional penalties for violators under age eighteen.
SB 450 (2010)
Makes various budget cuts.
SS HB 1 (2010)
Repeals the LLC tax.
SB 464 (2010)
Establishes speed limits on Lake Winnipesaukee.
HB 1607 (2010)
Establishes certain requirements for the reasonable compensation deduction under the business profits tax. The bill creates a committee to study safe harbors and taxation of investment organizations. This bill also deletes a provision subjecting to taxation certain income accumulated in trust for the benefit of unborn or unascertained persons.SB 497 (2010)
Establishes certain requirements for the reasonable compensation deduction under the business profits tax. This bill also establishes a committee to study safe harbors.
HB 531 (2009)
Requires parental notification prior to a minor's abortion.
HB 436 (2009)
Legalizes same-sex marriage.
HB 556 (2009)
Repeals the death penalty.
HB 383 (2009)
Requires seat belt usage.
HB 415 (2009)
Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity.
HB 648 (2009)
Allows medicinal use of marijuana, without allowing home growing.
