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IntroducedNov 25, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 05, 2026
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Passed HouseMay 14, 2026
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Became Law
New Hampshire Senate Bill
Title: (Second New Title) requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps and requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 21, 2026: Sen. Gray Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/21/2026; SJ 13
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
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- Victoria Sullivancosponsor
- Barbourcosponsor
- Sellerscosponsor
Votes
YES: 164
- Aldrich, Glen
- Alexander, Joe
- Ammon, Keith
- Aron, Judy
- Aron, Michael
- Aures, Cyril
- Avellani, Lino
- Aylward, Deborah
- Bailey, Glenn
- Barbour, Liz
- Beaulier, Calvin
- Belcher, Mike
- Bennett, Cindy
- Berezhny, Lex
- Bernardy, JD
- Berry, Ross
- Bjelobrk, Marie Louise
- Boehm, Ralph
- Boyd, Bill
- Boyd, Stephen
- Bridle, Nicholas
- Brown, Pam
- Bryer, Scott
- Burnham, Claudine
- Coker, Matthew
- Colcombe, Riché
- Cole, Brian
- Daniels, Gary
- DeLemus, Susan
- DeRoy, Susan
- DeSimone, Debra
- Devoid, Ricky
- Donnelly, Tanya
- Drago, Mike
- Drew, Matt
- Drye, Margaret
- Dumont, Dillon
- Dunn, Ron
- Dupont, Pierre
- Edwards, Jess
- Erf, Keith
- Farrington, Samuel
- Foote, Charles
- Ford, Mary
- Franz, Linda
- Freeman, Lisa
- Gagne, Larry
- Giasson, Henry
- Girard, Dale
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Grant, George
- Griffin, Gerald
- Guzofski, James
- Hamblen, Joseph
- Harrington, Michael
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Hemingway, Wayne
- Hill, Gregory
- Hunt, John
- Janigian, John
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Karasinski, Sly
- Katsakiores, Phyllis
- Kelley, Diane
- Kenny, Catherine
- Kesselring, Steven
- Khan, Aboul
- King, Seth
- Korzen, Lori
- Labrie, Brian
- Ladd, Rick
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Leavitt, John
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Louis, Darrell
- Love, David
- Lynn, Bob
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Mannion, Dennis
- Mannion, Tom
- Markell, Jay
- Mattson, Rita
- Mazur, Lisa
- McGrath, Linda
- McGuire, Carol
- McGuire, Dan
- McLean, Mark
- McMahon, Charles
- Mehegan, Peter
- Melvin, Charles
- Miles, Julie
- Milz, David
- Miner, Laurence
- Moffett, Michael
- Mooney, Maureen
- Morency, Pete
- Morton, Jonathan
- Murphy, Mary
- Murphy, Michael
- Nadeau, Brian
- Nalevanko, Rich
- Noble, Kristin
- Notter, Jeanine
- Ohm, Bill
- Osborne, Jason
- Paquette, Kathleen
- Pauer, Diane
- Pearson, Mark
- Pearson, Stephen
- Perez, Kristine
- Peternel, Katy
- Pitaro, Matthew
- Plante, Raymond
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Polozov, Yury
- Popovici-Muller, Daniel
- Porcelli, Susan
- Post, Lisa
- Potenza, Kelley
- Potucek, John
- Presa, Adam
- Proulx, Mark
- Prout, Andrew
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Reinfurt, Sherri
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Rollins, Skip
- Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt
- Schneller, John
- Seaworth, Brian
- See, Alvin
- Selby, Donald
- Sellers, John
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Sirois, Shane
- Slottje, Jeremy
- Smith, Jonathan
- Soti, Julius
- Spillane, James
- Spilsbury, Walter
- Summers, James
- Sweeney, Joe
- Sytek, John
- Thibault, James
- Thomas, Douglas
- Tierney, James
- Toner, Travis
- Tremblay, Marc
- Tripp, Richard
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Len
- Ulery, Jordan
- Vose, Michael
- Walsh, Lilli
- Walsh, Thomas
- Warden, Mark
- Weyler, Kenneth
- Wherry, Robert
- Wilson, Vicki
- Wood, Clayton
NO: 150
- Almy, Susan
- Ames, Dick
- Andrus, Louise
- Balboni, Peggy
- Bay, Luz
- Beauchemin, Paige
- Berch, Paul
- Bixby, Peter
- Boudman, Bobbi
- Bricchi, Tracy
- Budathoki, Suraj
- Burroughs, Anita
- Burton, Wayne
- Cahill, Michael
- Caplan, Tony
- Chourasia, Manoj
- Chretien, Suzanne
- Cloutier, John
- Colby, Eleana
- Cormen, Thomas
- Cornell, Patricia
- Crawford, Karel
- Damon, Hope
- Darby, Will
- Dargie, Paul
- Davis, Fred
- de Vries, Erica
- DiSilvestro, Linda
- Dolan, William
- Ebel, Karen
- Edgar, Michael
- Elberger, Susan
- Faulkner, Barry
- Fellows, Sallie
- Foss, Lily
- Fox, Dru
- Foxx, Loren
- Fracht, David
- Gallager, Eric
- Georges, Mary
- Germana, Nicholas
- Gibbs, Merryl
- Grill, Jessica
- Gruber, James
- Grund, Stephanie
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hall, Muriel
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Hartnett, Tim
- Hegner, Karen
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Howard, Heath
- Howard, Molly
- Howland, Allan
- Jack, Martin
- Jacobs, Samantha
- Johnson, Erik
- Jones, Philip
- Juris, Louis
- Kelly, Eileen
- Kerwin, Erin
- Kluger, Lee Ann
- Knab, Allison
- LaMontagne, Jessica
- Lane, Connie
- Larochelle, John
- Leapley, Nicole
- LeClerc, Daniel
- Leishman, Peter
- Levesque, Cassandra
- Lloyd, Christal
- Long, Patrick
- Lovett, Peter
- Lucas, Janet
- Luneau, David
- MacKenzie, Mark
- Maggiore, Jim
- Malloy, Dennis
- Mandelbaum, Jennifer
- Manos, Zoe
- McAleer, Chris
- McGhee, Kat
- Meuse, David
- Miller, Seth
- Muirhead, Russell
- Muns, Chris
- Murphy, Denis
- Murphy, Nancy
- Murray, Alissandra
- Murray, Kate
- Murray, Megan
- Nagel, David
- Newell, Jodi
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Newsom, James
- O'Rorke, Terri
- Oppel, Thomas
- Paige, David
- Palmer, William
- Parshall, Lucius
- Payeur, Stephanie
- Pearson, Wayne
- Petrigno, Peter
- Plamondon, Marc
- Raymond, Heather
- Raynolds, Ned
- Read, Ellen
- Rockmore, Ellen
- Rombeau, Catherine
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Ryan, Linda
- Salvi, Santosh
- Sargent, Gregory
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Schmidt, Peter
- Seibert, Christine
- Simpson, Alexis
- Smith, Geoffrey
- Snodgrass, Jim
- Sorensen, Carrie
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spahr, Terry
- Spier, Carry
- St. Clair, Charlie
- Staub, Kathy
- Stavis, Laurel
- Stringham, Jerry
- Sullivan, Brian
- Sullivan, Jared
- Swanson, Dale
- Sykes, George
- Taylor, Brian
- Telerski, Laura
- Tellez, Trinidad
- Thomas, Wendy
- Turer, Eric
- Vallone, Mark
- Veilleux, Daniel
- Wade, Alice
- Walker, David
- Wall, Janet
- Wallner, Mary Jane
- Ward, Gerald
- Weber, Lucy
- Wheeler, Jonah
- Wilhelm, Matthew
- Woodcock, Stephen
- Woods, Gary
EXCUSED: 50
- Baldwin, Heather
- Ball, Lorie
- Barton, Joseph
- Bogert, Steven
- Bolton, Bill
- Bordes, Mike
- Brown, Richard
- Buco, Thomas
- Cambrils, Jose
- Comtois, Barbara
- Davis, Arnold
- DeDe-Poulin, Denise
- DeVito, Sayra
- Dolan, Tom
- Durkin, Sean
- England, Myles
- Fedolfi, Jim
- Gilman, Julie
- Gregg, Alicia
- Grossman, Gaby
- Grote, Jaci
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Hall, Robley
- Haskins, Linda
- Hicks, Matthew
- Jeudy, Jean
- Kofalt, Jim
- Kuttab, Katelyn
- Lundgren, David
- Manohar, Sanjeev
- McDonnell, Valerie
- McFarlane, Donald
- Nelson, Jodi
- Ouellet, Mike
- Peeples, Raymond
- Preece, David
- Rice, Kimberly
- Richards, Beth
- Schultz, Kris
- Selig, Loren
- Smith, Marjorie
- Sofikitis, Catherine
- Suiter, John
- Tenczar, Jeffrey
- Terry, Paul
- Thackston, Dick
- Vail, Suzanne
- Varney, Peter
- Verville, Kevin
- Weinstein, Toni
OTHER: 29
- Ankarberg, Aidan
- Bergeron, Dan
- Booras, Efstathia
- Butler, Billie
- Corcoran, Travis
- Creighton, James
- Dumais, Russell
- Flanagan, Jack
- Gilmore, Gary
- Gonzalez, Ernesto
- Granger, Michael
- Harb, Robert
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Herbert, Christopher
- MacKay, James
- Malone, Amy
- Mannion, Tim
- Minor, Sheri
- Morse, Bryan
- Packard, Sherman
- Paige, Mark
- Roesener, James
- Roy, Terry
- Scherr, Buzz
- Scully, Kevin
- Smith, Steven
- Stone, John
- Trottier, Douglas
- Vandecasteele, Susan
Actions
- May 21, 2026 | Senate
- Sen. Gray Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/21/2026; SJ 13
- May 14, 2026 | House
- Amendment #2026-1812h (NT): AA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1812h: MA RC 164-150 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- May 06, 2026 | House
- Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1812h 05/05/2026 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 19 P. 28
- Apr 29, 2026 | House
- Executive Session: 05/05/2026 10:30 am GP 154
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Public Hearing: 04/07/2026 11:00 am GP 154
- Mar 16, 2026 | House
- Introduced (in recess of) 03/12/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 8
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- SB 643 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
- Committee Amendment #2026-0781s, AF, VV; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
- Sen. Lang Floor Amendment #2026-0958s, AA, VV; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
- Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0958s, RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0781s, 03/05/2026; Vote 3-2; CC; SC 8
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: 01/27/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:30 am; SC 3
- Nov 25, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1
Bill Texts
- IntroducedHTML
- IntroducedPDF
- As Amended by the SenateHTML
- As Amended by the SenatePDF
- As Amended by the HouseHTML
- As Amended by the HousePDF
- Senate Amendment 2026-0781sHTML
- Senate Amendment 2026-0781sPDF
- Senate Amendment 2026-0958sHTML
- Senate Amendment 2026-0958sPDF
- House Amendment 2026-1812hHTML
- House Amendment 2026-1812hPDF
Documents
- Sen Hearing RptHTML
- Sen Hearing RptPDF
- Sen Comm RptHTML
- Sen Comm RptPDF
- Remote Testimony by Carter, TE (Dover, NH) - Oppose, House Municipal and County GovernmentHTML
- Remote Testimony by Griffin, Stefanie (Durham, NH) - Oppose, House Municipal and County GovernmentHTML
- Remote Testimony by Lucas, Janet (Campton, NH) - Oppose, House Municipal and County GovernmentHTML
- Remote Testimony by Malsbenden, Kathleen (Newmarket, NH) - Oppose, House Municipal and County GovernmentHTML
- Remote Testimony by Merrick, Debra (Atkinson, NH) - Oppose, House Municipal and County GovernmentHTML
- Remote Testimony by Preece, David (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House Municipal and County GovernmentHTML
- Remote Testimony by Stone, Cory (DOVER, NH) - Support, House Municipal and County GovernmentHTML
