Philip Jones
Serving as: NH House Cheshire County District 03
Declined to complete our 2024 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Attempts to offer a voucher system calling for public funds to be used for private schools should be dissuaded. This practice would allow for public funding of alternative and religious practices. It would cause the watering down of local public school systems and restrict the ability to pay for the resources, teachers, and staff needed for a quality public school system.
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"New Hampshire’s current law still allows for bureaucrats to interfere with a difficult and traumatic decision that should only be decided by a woman and her doctor. What concerns me most is the potential for law to change with a call for total prohibition. As history teaches us, prohibition does not stop the practice. It only forces these procedures to happen in unsafe backrooms and unsanitary places."
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
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"The NH Legislature needs to stop ignoring climate change and assuming that the issue will go away. The State should follow Keene’s lead as we have introduced a number of policies dealing with climate action and energy goals."
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, 2024
In 2024 Rep. Jones voted against a few bills that would ease zoning requirements. For example, Jones voted against HB 1291 (which would increase rights of property owners to build accessory dwelling units), HB 1399 (which would make it easier to convert single family residence into two units), and HB 1400 (which would limit parking requirements, plus add tax credits for office conversions).
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Voting Record, 2024
Voted to increase the maximum electric generating capacity to participate in net energy metering, from one to five megawatts (HB 523)
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Voting Record, 2024
Voted for a constitutional right to abortion before 24 weeks (CACR 23).
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Voting Record, 2024
Voted to consider starting a Child Care Workforce Fund to recruit and retain New Hampshire child care employees (HB 1611)
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?
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?
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, 2024
Voted for HB 368, a bill that would provide various legal protections for persons receiving gender-related health care. For example, HB 368 would prohibit New Hampshire from enforcing an order from another state to remove a child from a home based on a parent allowing their child to receive gender-affirming health care.
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Voting Record, 2023
Voted to repeal the "fetal life protection act", which restricts access to abortion after 24 weeks (HB 271).
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
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I have already proposed my “Protect Our Police Bill” to all the state legislators. This legislation would prohibit the sale, ownership and possession of any ammunition designed to penetrate police flak jackets or body armor. I can’t understand why any legislator would want to allow these devastating products designed to kill to be in public circulation.
