Jay Markell

Official election context

Jay Markell is recorded as candidate for State House — Rockingham 18 in New Hampshire State Primary on 2026-09-08. Filing provenance: imported.

Reviewed evidence

• Jay Markell - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Voted for a constitutional amendment banning any income tax CACR 10 (2026) Constitutional amendment requiring any new tax or tax increase to originate in the House of Representatives and pass by a two-thirds majority. The House amended the bill to instead prohibit any tax on personal income that was not in effect on January 1, 2026.

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  Voted to cut business taxes, starting in 2028 HB 155 (2025) Reduces the Business Enterprise Tax (BET) rate from 0.55% to 0.50% starting in 2027. The House amended the bill so that it would start in 2028. The Senate amended the bill to instead raise the threshold for business before they must file taxes, from $250,000 to $375,000. The Senate amendment also sends $2.5 million to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for nursing home Medicaid per diem rate stabilization.

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  Voted to limit parking requirements in zoning laws SB 284 (2025) Limits zoning laws to require no more than one parking spaces per residential unit, with exceptions for certain workforce housing and multi-family developments. The House amended the bill to remove those exceptions.

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  Voted to repeal the Housing Champion designation and grant program HB 1196 (2026) Repeals the Housing Champion designation and grant program, along with its associated fund and advisory committee.

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  Voted to remove the household income limit to participate in the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program, with a 10,000 enrollment cap SB 295 (2025) Removes the household income limit to participate in the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program. The Senate amended the bill, adding a 10,000 enrollment cap for the EFA program. If there are 9,000 EFA applicants in a year, the enrollment cap would increase by 25%.

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  Voted to require a vote on a school district local tax cap, limiting school district expenses at the 2026 and 2028 general elections HB 1300 (2026) Redraws the boundaries for the state's two United States Congressional districts. The House rewrote the bill. The new bill requires voters to vote on a school district local tax cap at each general election. The bill then limits central office administrative expenses in school districts. The Senate amended the bill to only require a local tax cap vote only at the 2026 general election. A conference committee of representatives and senators agreed to require a local tax cap vote at both the 2026 and 2028 general elections.

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  Voted against increasing net energy metering eligibility SB 228 (2025) Modifies the scope and capacity limits of community solar projects. Generally speaking, this bill increases the size of projects that can participate in net energy metering. The bill also allows nonprofit educational institutions and public housing authorities to operate as “municipal hosts” for net metering. The Senate added some of this bill to HB 710 .

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  Voted to allow public utilities to invest in or own natural gas and nuclear energy HB 1775 (2026) Authorizes New Hampshire electric public utilities to invest in or own natural gas, hydrogen, and nuclear energy generation resources connected to their distribution system. The bill also expands the types of utility investments eligible for rate recovery (passing costs onto customers through monthly bills) to include those resources.

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  Voted against expanding background checks, adding 3-day waiting period for firearm transfers HB 56 (2025) Requires sales and transfers of firearms to take place through licensed dealers. Those dealers are required to perform background checks. This bill also establishes a 3-day waiting period for firearm transfers. The bill includes some exceptions, such as transfers between immediate family members.

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  Voted to require government-issued photographic ID to vote (not student ID) HB 323 (2025) Requires a voter to present government-issued photographic ID to vote. Student identification, for example, would no longer satisfy voter ID laws.

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  Voted to create a right for health care workers to conscientiously object to participating in abortion HB 232 (2025) Creates a right for health care providers to conscientiously object to participating in providing abortion, sterilization, or artificial contraception services. A health care employer could not act against a provider who refuses to participate. The House amended the bill to only protect the right to conscientiously object to participating in abortion. The Senate amended the bill to more narrowly protect the right for health care employees to request a reasonable accommodation of a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction against abortion.

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  Voted to set mandatory minimum sentence for dealing fentanyl, decrease sentence for possessing psilocybin SB 14 (2025) Sets a mandatory minimum sentence for supplying fentanyl. The minimum starts at three years and six months and goes up for higher quantities. The House amended the bill to also increase penalties for dealing fentanyl to a person who overdoses and dies, similar to SB 15 . The amendment also decreases the penalty for possessing 3/4 of an ounce or less of psilocybin (magic mushrooms) to a misdemeanor.

Profile summary

Jay Markell is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for Rockingham County District 18. The official House profile lists him as an Atkinson resident since 1985, a practicing attorney and graduate of Massachusetts School of Law, and a member of the Children and Family Law and Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs committees.