Patrick Abrami

Voting Record, 2022

Voted to keep Education Freedom Account program (HB 1683)

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?

Voting Record, 2016

Abrami voted for various abortion restrictions in 2016, including a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation (HB 1636).

Americans for Prosperity Taxpayer Pledge, 2014

"I pledge to you that, if elected to serve the people, I will work tirelessly to: 1. Cut Taxes and Fees and Oppose any Tax Increase"

Americans for Prosperity Taxpayer Pledge, 2014

"I pledge to you that, if elected to serve the people, I will work tirelessly to: 1. Cut Taxes and Fees and Oppose any Tax Increase"

Other, 2024

On the 2024 Granite State Taxpayers survey, Abrami answered "Yes" to the question, "Will you support reducing business taxes and regulations to encourage economic development and business retention?"

Voting Record, 2019

Voted against HB 686, a bill that would extend the interest and dividends tax to capital gains and increase the exemptions and filing thresholds for the interest and dividends tax. HB 686 would have used the new capital gains tax revenue to increase per-pupil school funding and lower the state property tax rate.

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?

Voting Record, 2022

Voted to create a conditional "affidavit ballot" for voters registering on Election Day without ID (SB 418)

Seacoast Online Voter Guide, 2024

"The deficit spending at the federal government that accelerated during Covid led to inflation, which forced the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates. These higher rates put a damper on development. Locally developers tell me that development proposals are being delayed by state agencies. This is certainly something the legislature can address. I would support the conversion of office and mall space to housing. I would incentivize larger businesses to develop housing for rental to its employees. The Brook in Seabrook just got approval to do this. Phillips Exeter Academy just completed such a project last year. Just this week Dartmouth College announced plans to build more student housing to free up apartments in that community."

Voting Record, 2020

In 2019 Rep. Abrami voted for HB 365, a bill to increase the electric generating capacity of customer generators who may participate in net energy metering, generally from 1 megawatt to 5 megawatts. However, he later voted to sustain Gov. Sununu's veto of the bill. Rep. Abrami also voted against HB 1218 and SB 159, two 2020 bills to increase the electric generating capacity of customer generators who may participate in net energy metering.

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should the state increase funding for child care providers?

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?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?

When asked about marijuana legalization in general on the 2018 Citizens Count issue survey, Abrami wrote, "I have been chairing the Commission to Study the Legalization, Regulation, and Taxation of Marijuana for a year now. In that role, it is important, until the report is published on November 1, that I stay neutral on this issue. However, the best argument to be made for legalization is that the product will be highly regulated and tested to ensure those purchasing the product have the comfort in knowing it isn't laced with an unregulated substance or is contaminated in any way. On the other-hand, marijuana today isn't your grandpas 'weed.' Botanists have engineered the plants that currently yield extremely high levels of THC the hallucinogenic compound found in the flower of the plant. In addition, there are concentrates obtained from an extraction process, that produce products like 'shatter' that have reached 94 percent THC which is being sold in the eight states that have legalized and commercialized marijuana."

In 2020 Abrami voted against HB 1648, a bill that would permit adults to possess up to 3/4 of an ounce of cannabis, 5 grams of hashish, and other cannabis-infused products, and permit adults to grow up to 6 cannabis plants at home in a secure location that is not visible from other properties. The bill also allowed adults to give marijuana products away and sell marijuana accessories.

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

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 2018 Citizens Count issue survey, Abrami wrote, "I have been chairing the Commission to Study the Legalization, Regulation, and Taxation of Marijuana for a year now. In that role, it is important, until the report is published on November 1, that I stay neutral on this issue. However, the best argument to be made for legalization is that the product will be highly regulated and tested to ensure those purchasing the product have the comfort in knowing it isn't laced with an unregulated substance or is contaminated in any way. On the other-hand, marijuana today isn't your grandpas 'weed.' Botanists have engineered the plants that currently yield extremely high levels of THC the hallucinogenic compound found in the flower of the plant. In addition, there are concentrates obtained from an extraction process, that produce products like 'shatter' that have reached 94 percent THC which is being sold in the eight states that have legalized and commercialized marijuana."

Abrami voted against legalizing and taxing marijuana sales in 2019 (HB 481), 2016 (HB 1694), and 2012 (HB 1705).

Voting Record, 2022

Voted against a bill to legalize marijuana with the Liquor Commission regulating sales (HB 1598)

Seacoast Online Voter Guide, 2018

"The current reality, with the unemployment level in N.H. at 2.7 percent, there has been a steady upward pressure on salaries that is driven in an organic way by the market. Starting salaries for fast food workers are well over $10 an hour setting the pace for all traditional low skilled positions. As long as the economy continues its upward boom any action on the minimum wage rate is not needed. In the past, I have suggested that I would support every several years taking a market basket of traditionally low paying jobs and use that as the basis for a realistic minimum wage being used as a shim against that market-based minimum from being reduced. In states that have forced the $15 an hour you are starting to see kiosks at fast food restaurants and other automation in other industry's eliminating the need for human labor, thus eliminating jobs, especially entry-level jobs."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire add legal protections for residents of other states who travel here for health care related to abortion or gender transition?

Voting Record, 2021

Abrami voted in favor of HB 625, a 2021 bill to prohibit abortion after 24 weeks gestation, unless there is a medical emergency. The bill did not include exceptions for rape or incest.

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010

Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?

When asked a similar question on the 2010 Citizens Count survey, Abrami indiciated he does not believe immigration laws should be left to the federal government

Voting Record, 2020

Voted against HB 1285 and HB 564 (banning firearms on school grounds), HB 1608 (banning large capacity magazines), HB 109 and HB 1379 (expanding firearm background checks), HB 514 and HB 1101 (establishing a waiting period for firearm purchases), and HB 687 (establishing extreme risk protection orders, similar to a red flag law).