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IntroducedDec 10, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 11, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
New Hampshire House Bill
Title: (New Title) prohibiting nationals of the People's Republic of China from enrollment in masters and doctorate degree programs, participation in research, and full time employment at public institutions of higher education.
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House • Mar 13, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA DV 186-145 03/11/2026 HJ 7
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Votes
YES: 157
- Aldrich, Glen
- Alexander, Joe
- Ammon, Keith
- Andrus, Louise
- Aron, Judy
- Aron, Michael
- Aures, Cyril
- Avellani, Lino
- Aylward, Deborah
- Ball, Lorie
- Barbour, Liz
- Barton, Joseph
- Belcher, Mike
- Bernardy, JD
- Berry, Ross
- Bjelobrk, Marie Louise
- Boehm, Ralph
- Bogert, Steven
- Boyd, Stephen
- Brown, Pam
- Bryer, Scott
- Burnham, Claudine
- Colcombe, Riché
- Comtois, Barbara
- Corcoran, Travis
- Crawford, Karel
- Creighton, James
- Daniels, Gary
- Davis, Arnold
- DeLemus, Susan
- DeRoy, Susan
- DeSimone, Debra
- DeVito, Sayra
- Devoid, Ricky
- Drago, Mike
- Drew, Matt
- Drye, Margaret
- Dupont, Pierre
- Durkin, Sean
- Erf, Keith
- Farrington, Samuel
- Fedolfi, Jim
- Flanagan, Jack
- Franz, Linda
- Freeman, Lisa
- Gagne, Larry
- Giasson, Henry
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Grant, George
- Griffin, Gerald
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Guzofski, James
- Hall, Robley
- Harb, Robert
- Harrington, Michael
- Hemingway, Wayne
- Hill, Gregory
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Karasinski, Sly
- Katsakiores, Phyllis
- Kelley, Diane
- Kenny, Catherine
- Kesselring, Steven
- Khan, Aboul
- King, Seth
- Kofalt, Jim
- Korzen, Lori
- Kuttab, Katelyn
- Labrie, Brian
- Ladd, Rick
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Leavitt, John
- Louis, Darrell
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Mannion, Dennis
- Mattson, Rita
- Mazur, Lisa
- McDonnell, Valerie
- McFarlane, Donald
- McGrath, Linda
- McGuire, Carol
- McGuire, Dan
- McMahon, Charles
- Mehegan, Peter
- Melvin, Charles
- Milz, David
- Miner, Laurence
- Moffett, Michael
- Murphy, Denis
- Murphy, Mary
- Nadeau, Brian
- Nalevanko, Rich
- Noble, Kristin
- Ohm, Bill
- Osborne, Jason
- Ouellet, Mike
- Paquette, Kathleen
- Pauer, Diane
- Pearson, Mark
- Pearson, Stephen
- Peeples, Raymond
- Perez, Kristine
- Peternel, Katy
- Pitaro, Matthew
- Plante, Raymond
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Popovici-Muller, Daniel
- Porcelli, Susan
- Post, Lisa
- Potenza, Kelley
- Potucek, John
- Proulx, Mark
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Reinfurt, Sherri
- Rice, Kimberly
- Rollins, Skip
- Roy, Terry
- Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt
- Schneller, John
- Scully, Kevin
- See, Alvin
- Selby, Donald
- Sellers, John
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Sirois, Shane
- Slottje, Jeremy
- Soti, Julius
- Spillane, James
- Suiter, John
- Summers, James
- Sweeney, Joe
- Taylor, Brian
- Tenczar, Jeffrey
- Terry, Paul
- Thibault, James
- Thomas, Douglas
- Tierney, James
- Toner, Travis
- Tremblay, Marc
- Tripp, Richard
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Len
- Ulery, Jordan
- Vandecasteele, Susan
- Verville, Kevin
- Vose, Michael
- Walker, David
- Walsh, Lilli
- Walsh, Thomas
- Weyler, Kenneth
- Wherry, Robert
- Wilson, Vicki
- Wood, Clayton
NO: 173
- Almy, Susan
- Ames, Dick
- Bailey, Glenn
- Baldwin, Heather
- Bay, Luz
- Beauchemin, Paige
- Beaulier, Calvin
- Berch, Paul
- Berezhny, Lex
- Bergeron, Dan
- Bixby, Peter
- Bolton, Bill
- Boyd, Bill
- Bricchi, Tracy
- Brown, Richard
- Budathoki, Suraj
- Burroughs, Anita
- Burton, Wayne
- Butler, Billie
- Cahill, Michael
- Caplan, Tony
- Chourasia, Manoj
- Chretien, Suzanne
- Cloutier, John
- Cormen, Thomas
- Damon, Hope
- Darby, Will
- Dargie, Paul
- Davis, Fred
- de Vries, Erica
- DiSilvestro, Linda
- Dolan, William
- Donnelly, Tanya
- Dumont, Dillon
- Ebel, Karen
- Edgar, Michael
- Edwards, Jess
- Elberger, Susan
- Faulkner, Barry
- Fellows, Sallie
- Foote, Charles
- Foss, Lily
- Fox, Dru
- Foxx, Loren
- Fracht, David
- Gallager, Eric
- Georges, Mary
- Germana, Nicholas
- Gibbs, Merryl
- Gilman, Julie
- Gilmore, Gary
- Granger, Michael
- Gregg, Alicia
- Grill, Jessica
- Grund, Stephanie
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hall, Muriel
- Hamblen, Joseph
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Hartnett, Tim
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Haskins, Linda
- Herbert, Christopher
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Howard, Heath
- Howland, Allan
- Jack, Martin
- Jacobs, Samantha
- Jeudy, Jean
- 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
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Lloyd, Christal
- Long, Patrick
- Lucas, Janet
- Luneau, David
- Lynn, Bob
- MacKenzie, Mark
- Maggiore, Jim
- Malloy, Dennis
- Mannion, Tom
- Manohar, Sanjeev
- Manos, Zoe
- McAleer, Chris
- McGhee, Kat
- McLean, Mark
- Meuse, David
- Miles, Julie
- Miller, Seth
- Mooney, Maureen
- Morton, Jonathan
- Muirhead, Russell
- Muns, Chris
- Murphy, Nancy
- Murray, Alissandra
- Murray, Kate
- Murray, Megan
- Nagel, David
- Nelson, Jodi
- Newell, Jodi
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Newsom, James
- O'Rorke, Terri
- Oppel, Thomas
- Paige, David
- Palmer, William
- Parshall, Lucius
- Pearson, Wayne
- Petrigno, Peter
- Polozov, Yury
- Preece, David
- Prout, Andrew
- Raymond, Heather
- Raynolds, Ned
- Read, Ellen
- Rockmore, Ellen
- Roesener, James
- Rombeau, Catherine
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Ryan, Linda
- Salvi, Santosh
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Scherr, Buzz
- Schmidt, Peter
- Schultz, Kris
- Seaworth, Brian
- Seibert, Christine
- Selig, Loren
- Simpson, Alexis
- Smith, Marjorie
- Snodgrass, Jim
- Sorensen, Carrie
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spahr, Terry
- Spier, Carry
- Spilsbury, Walter
- Staub, Kathy
- Stavis, Laurel
- Stone, John
- Stringham, Jerry
- Sullivan, Brian
- Sullivan, Jared
- Sykes, George
- Sytek, John
- Telerski, Laura
- Tellez, Trinidad
- Thomas, Wendy
- Turer, Eric
- Vail, Suzanne
- Vallone, Mark
- Veilleux, Daniel
- Wade, Alice
- Wall, Janet
- Wallner, Mary Jane
- Ward, Gerald
- Weber, Lucy
- Weinstein, Toni
- Woodcock, Stephen
- Woods, Gary
EXCUSED: 34
- Balboni, Peggy
- Bennett, Cindy
- Buco, Thomas
- Cambrils, Jose
- Cornell, Patricia
- DeDe-Poulin, Denise
- Dolan, Tom
- Dunn, Ron
- England, Myles
- Ford, Mary
- Girard, Dale
- Grossman, Gaby
- Grote, Jaci
- Gruber, James
- Hicks, Matthew
- Howard, Molly
- Janigian, John
- Love, David
- Lovett, Peter
- Lundgren, David
- Mannion, Tim
- Markell, Jay
- Notter, Jeanine
- Plamondon, Marc
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Sargent, Gregory
- Smith, Geoffrey
- Smith, Jonathan
- Sofikitis, Catherine
- St. Clair, Charlie
- Swanson, Dale
- Thackston, Dick
- Varney, Peter
- Warden, Mark
OTHER: 28
- Ankarberg, Aidan
- Booras, Efstathia
- Bordes, Mike
- Bridle, Nicholas
- Coker, Matthew
- Colby, Eleana
- Cole, Brian
- Dumais, Russell
- Gonzalez, Ernesto
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Hegner, Karen
- Hunt, John
- MacKay, James
- Malone, Amy
- Mandelbaum, Jennifer
- Minor, Sheri
- Morency, Pete
- Morse, Bryan
- Murphy, Michael
- Packard, Sherman
- Paige, Mark
- Payeur, Stephanie
- Presa, Adam
- Richards, Beth
- Smith, Steven
- Trottier, Douglas
- Wheeler, Jonah
- Wilhelm, Matthew
Actions
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Inexpedient to Legislate: MA DV 186-145 03/11/2026 HJ 7
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0797h: MF RC 157-173 03/11/2026 HJ 7
- Feb 27, 2026 | House
- Amendment #2026-0797h (NT): AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0797h (NT) 02/18/2026 (Vote 9-8; RC) HC 10A P. 1
- Feb 27, 2026 | House
- Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Executive Session: 02/17/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Public Hearing: 02/13/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- Dec 10, 2025 | House
- Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Funding
Documents
- Remote Testimony by Banker, Lauren (Durham, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingPDF
- Remote Testimony by Blanchette, Jon (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Blanchette, Lauren (Concord, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Brown, Kelli (Brookline, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Brown, Nancy (Hopkinton, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Brown, Zach (Rochester, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by bruno, bonnie (HOLLIS, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Carter, Alexandra (Rochester, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dassatti, Matt (Laconia, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by DeMark, Richard (Meredith, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dwyer, Kieran (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Eaton, Jace (Seabrook, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Farkas, Catharine (Sanbornton, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Galipeault, Billy (Nashua, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Goss, Alyssa (Henniker, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hoisington, Gayle (Merrimack, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Jerauld, Nancy (Litchfield, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Kerman, Sinehan (Epsom, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Konze, Margaret (Pembroke, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Lambert, Georgina (Belmont, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Lockwood, Charles (East Kingston, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Malsbenden, Kathleen (Newmarket, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by McNeill, Jefferson (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Medeiros, Jesse (Plainfield, NH) - Support, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Meiselman, Hannah (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Rettew, Ann (Concord, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Richards, Matthew (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Schulte, Meghen (Danville, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Sheehan, Kevin (Dover, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by st.martin, tom (concord, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Straiton, Marie (Pembroke, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Timmons, Jesseca (Greenfield, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Tomer, Marissa (Lancaster, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
- Remote Testimony by Tully, Donna (Littleton, NH) - Oppose, House Education FundingHTML
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