HB 1081-FN
requiring political committees to certify with the secretary of state whether they have, or anticipate having, less than $1,000 in receipts or expenditures in an election cycle.
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On the record
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| Status | HOUSE |
|---|---|
| In the House | INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE |
| Introduced | 1/7/2026 |
| Floor date | 2/5/2026 |
| LSR number | 2587 |
| Local government impact | no |
| Committee code | H36 |
Where it stands
House: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Every floor vote on this bill was a voice or division vote, so there is no record of how individual legislators voted.
Sponsors
Lane, Connie(D) Merr 16, Howard, Heath(D) Straf 4, Perkins Kwoka, Rebecca(D) Rock 21
Prime sponsor in bold. From the General Court sponsor file.
What happened
Every action recorded in the official docket, in order. Each line ends with the journal or calendar that recorded it; where we have the document, that citation links to it.
- January 7, 2026Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law
- January 20, 2026Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 01:50 pm GP 158
- January 27, 2026Executive Session: 01/27/2026 10:10 am GP 158
- January 28, 2026Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/27/2026 (Vote 9-7; RC)
- January 28, 2026Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- February 5, 2026Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/05/2026
Votes
Roll call tallies and individual votes from the General Court roll call files. Presiding, excused and absent are shown separately: one member presides over each House roll call and does not vote except to break a tie.
Inexpedient to Legislate
Decided on a voice vote. Only the outcome was recorded — there is no count of how any member voted.
Committee reports
Reproduced from the House Calendar in the committee’s own words.
Majority — INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
It is the view of the majority of Election Law that the change proposed by this bill is unnecessary because it is redundant. Under the current statute (RSA 664:6) political committees which expended or received over $1000.00 during an election cycle shall file reports by each reporting deadline. Those which do not exceed the $1000 threshold are not required to so file. Therefore, political committees which do not file campaign finance reports during an election cycle are already unambiguously certifying, by this act of omission, that they have not received or expended over $1000.00 during that cycle. This bill would require even those political committees to file a redundant certification thus imposing an unnecessary administrative burden upon them with no increased benefit to the public. Vote 9-7.
Minority — OUGHT TO PASS
This bill will increase the transparency of political committees by requiring that any political committee that spends or collects less than $1,000 must certify that fact in the campaign finance system of the Secretary of State by checking a statement to that effect. Currently, it is unclear at the end of the campaign year if the political committee forgot to file reports or did not collect or spend more than a $1,000. This bill would give an additional layer of transparency.
Hearings and recordings
Recordings are the General Court’s own, on YouTube. Start times are estimates unless stated otherwise, and the player opens early.
- January 20, 2026 at 13:50Election Law public hearing recording 4:56:15–5:06:48, about 11 min (estimated)
- January 27, 2026 at 10:10Election Law executive session recording 0:31:30–0:32:00, about 0 min (estimated)
- February 5, 2026House floor debate recording (start time not identified)
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