Kat McGhee
Serving as: NH House Hillsborough County District 35
These objective, nonpartisan measures are used to show this legislator's activities at the Statehouse in 2023 and 2024. 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 2024 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
CACR 23 (2024)
Constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion, including a ban on any restrictions on abortion prior to 24 weeks.
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 1145 (2024)
Prohibits new solid waste landfill permits in the state for facilities owned by any person other than the state of New Hampshire or a political subdivision thereof.
HB 1205 (2024)
Prohibits anyone with the reproductive biology and genetics of a male at birth from participating on school sports teams designated for females. As introduced, this bill covered K-12 schools as well as the university and community college system. The House amended the bill so that it only applies to middle and high schools.
HB 1248 (2024)
Changes the state limit on abortion after 24 weeks gestation to 15 days gestation.
HB 1283 (2024)
Establishes a procedure for an individual with terminal illness to receive medical assistance in dying through the self administration of medication (sometimes called physician-assisted suicide). The bill establishes criteria for the prescription of such medication and establishes reporting requirements and penalties for misuse or noncompliance.
HB 1291 (2024)
Increases the number of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) allowed by right from one to two. This bill also increases the maximum square footage from 750 square feet to 1,000 square feet (and 850 square feet for a second unit). The bill then sets other regulations municipalities can and cannot require for ADUs. For example, the bill states that municipalities may require a property to have at least one half acre to have more than one ADU.
HB 1322 (2024)
Gradually increases the minimum wage to $17 per hour by 2029. This bill then allows future increases best on the Northeast Consumer Price Index. This bill also increases the tipped minimum wage from 45% to 50% of the regular minimum wage.
HB 1377 (2024)
Right-to-work bill that prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
HB 1400 (2024)
Prohibits zoning and planning regulations that set maximum residential parking spaces above one parking space per unit.
HB 1419 (2024)
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 1633 (2024)
Legalizes and regulates recreational marijuana sales to adults over age twenty-one. As amended by the House, this bill would allow the state to license fifteen cannabis retail outlets. There would be a 10% tax on monthly total gross revenue derived from the sale of cannabis and cannabis products. Smoking in public and consuming marijuana while driving would be illegal. Towns could limit marijuana businesses.
HB 1649 (2024)
Restricts the use of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products. For example, this bill bans the sale of cosmetics, food packing, carpets, and more products with added PFAS starting July 1, 2028. The House changed that date to January 1, 2027.
The Senate amended the bill to also state that settlement funds from PFAS lawsuits will be deposited in the drinking water and groundwater trust fund and used to fund public water systems impacted by PFAS.
HB 1656 (2024)
Greatly increases the per-pupil state education funding for each student receiving special education services. The House amended the bill to establish three weighted categories for special education differentiated aid, with more funding going to students who need more services.
HB 1665 (2024)
Raises the annual household income limit to qualify for the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program, from 350% to 500% of the federal poverty level (from about $100,000 to about $150,000 for a family of four).
The Senate rewrote the bill. The Senate version of the bill raises eligibility to just 400% of the federal poverty level, and extends the timeline for phase-out grants for public schools when students leave to use EFA program funds, from 2026 to 2029. These changes are similar to SB 442, a bill killed in the House.
HB 1711 (2024)
Establishes a system to report to the firearm background check system if a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity, not competent to stand trial, or involuntarily committed to a mental health facility. This bill also allows the court to order a person to surrender their firearms in these circumstances. This bill also establishes a process for a person to have their record removed from the background check system after six months, if they are no longer a danger to themselves or others.
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 470 (2023)
Exempts some drug checking equipment from the definition of drug paraphernalia, and allows the use of drug checking equipment, such as fentanyl test strips, for harm reduction.
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 619 (2023)
Prohibits gender transition care for minors under age 18. This bill also prohibits teaching about gender identity in public schools (with an exception for high school psychology courses), requires schools to use the name and gender that students are enrolled as, prohibits students from participating on sports teams that do not correspond to their biological sex at birth, and requires students to use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex at birth.
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?
"This program had a public push back of over 6-1 in public hearings, to the point where the folks who were insistent on doing it stopped the hearings and simply pushed the law through in the budget trailer without even tax impact cost estimates. That's not how we're supposed to do things. This program was sold to people as 'choice' but it is a scam to defund public schools and create for-profit recipients who have none of the requirements for education standards we require of our public schools. It will only weaken schools, discourage good teachers from working in NH, and increase property taxes because there is still not plan, to add proper school funding from the state. Only to take funding away."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Roe v Wade was the compromise that put women and doctors in the correct roles, allowing legal abortions up to viability of the fetus, unless the life of the mother was threatened. The recent push to move American society backwards is completely unworkable and does nothing to improve any aspect of this long-settled privacy battle. It does not reflect New Hampshire's Live Free or Die sentiment."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Roe v Wade was the compromise that put women and doctors in the correct roles, allowing legal abortions up to viability of the fetus, unless the life of the mother was threatened. The recent push to move American society backwards is completely unworkable and does nothing to improve any aspect of this long-settled privacy battle. It does not reflect New Hampshire's Live Free or Die sentiment."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3?
"The idea of this legislature, with its band of free staters and undereducated Reps in leadership roles, banning anything that trained educational professionals do in their approved curriculum classrooms is mind-boggling to me. They have not shown any evidence of problems in NH schools, yet they are acting as though they have the right to put bans on teachers. Let Teachers Teach!"Against| Read My Position
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"?
"This law was poorly written, came from a national effort, and does nothing to improve classroom education. It was another controversial bill that should never have seen the light of day, and so they shoved it into the budget trailer bill, because it would not have passed through regular order. It was designed to demoralize faculty and gum up the works in our schools. No one was teaching divisive concepts to students. The undermining of trust is a dangerous role for government leaders to play and yet, that is what the Free State leaders in the majority caucus the last two years have done. Taken national lies and weaponized and localized them. NH should know better."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"I'm not in favor of an income tax. We are creating problems for seniors on fixed incomes by placing so much burden on property taxes. So, there must be discussion about the best way to meet our bills, the GOP method of promising to cut our way to prosperity is simply disingenuous."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"New Hampshire's advantage is that we keep our broad based taxes low. We have many ways to pay the bills without adopting sales taxes beyond what we do now for things like Rooms and Meals."Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire add a tax credit for businesses that contribute to student loan repayment for employees?
"Undecided"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"Business tax cuts are not what businesses are asking for from government. So no, I'd rather see us focused on making sure students are training to meet the workforce needs in the state so we can grow our energy, technology, and manufacturing economies."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"We're doing less than the bare minimum because we're continually undermining existing working programs, and then pulling off emergency fixes. It is absolutely the role of government to help make the transition less painful for ratepayers and farmers and everyone else who relies on us to do what is right."Other| Read My Position
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?
"I think it's unecessarily cumbersome. But, if the state determines that this is what is needed in order to provide a process that satisfied trust in our election integrity, then I would support it."Undecided| Read My Position
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?
"We have a bipartisan bill that I co-sponsored to look at alternative highway funding, which takes into consideration how a transition away from combustion vehicles would work. I'm not looking to penalize E/Vs as some of my fellow Reps seem to desire. I'm just looking for the best way to make highway maintenance work going forward."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"I have constituents who are against encouraging housing because they want to protect 'local, rural character'. In my view, local planning and zoning boards and master plans are the place to make those decisions. The issue NH is facing is one a 20-30K unit deficit in housing. That lack of supply creates difficulties for employers, employees, young families and seniors. Nobody can find affordable housing because there is so little housing stock. So yes, I'm for addressing that very real problem that holds back NH's economy. I am not for overbuilding and ruining places with housing that makes no sense. Both can be accomplished if we elect people who are trying to solve both."
For| Read My Position
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?
"If we look at the evidence of a lack of competition in the NH energy market, and the impacts on our rate increases for electricity, yes, it makes perfect sense to renew our RPS and implement it as envisioned so we reap the benefits of a robust energy market. We have been moving in the wrong direction for the last 5 years. Undercutting our own plans is self-defeating and we're last in the region in energy planning and adoption of clean energy technologies to lower fossil fuel costs."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Roe v Wade was the compromise that put women and doctors in the correct roles, allowing legal abortions up to viability of the fetus, unless the life of the mother was threatened. The recent push to move American society backwards is completely unworkable and does nothing to improve any aspect of this long-settled privacy battle. It does not reflect New Hampshire's Live Free or Die sentiment."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the option of mail-in ballots for all voters, not just absentees?
"Anything that makes voting easier, we should adopt for our constituents."Against| Read My Position
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?
"The system is unfair and advantages property rich communities, while penalizing poor property towns. The state has been successfully sued on multiple occasions for ignoring its constitutional responsibility to educate its citizens. The most recent decisions stated, that obligation is not on the property tax payer, it is on the state'."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"It depends upon the bill."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"It depends upon the bill."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"It depends upon the bill."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"Yes. The argument seems to be that we don't have to do anything on support for a living wage. I disagree. There is data to show what businesses are paying in order to attract workers. It has been decades at the current federal rate of $7.25 per hour. Its time we increased it to something more reflective of the reality of cost of living in 2022."For| Read My Position
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?
"The state should start with adequacy funding for schools because that is what is driving up property taxes."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the gradual phase-out of the Interests and Dividends tax?
"I've done some reading on this and it appears that this helps the very wealthy, but it does not help the state pay for essential services. Until we are adequately funding public education/state colleges, and fixing bridges and roads, not just when the feds kick into the pot, I'd say we should not eliminate I&D if we need the revenue. Novel I know, but government is supposed to figure out how to pay for things, not how to knee cap the public good for private gain."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Roe v Wade was the compromise that put women and doctors in the correct roles, allowing legal abortions up to viability of the fetus, unless the life of the mother was threatened. The recent push to move American society backwards is completely unworkable and does nothing to improve any aspect of this long-settled privacy battle. It does not reflect New Hampshire's Live Free or Die sentiment."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"I don't think stricter gun laws is the right frame. I believe laws that increase public safety are not an infringement upon lawful gun ownership. It is not the job of lawmakers to impose their own ideology. It is the role of lawmakers to inform themselves with the best available evidence and then pass laws that work for the majority of people."
