HB 1487-FN

creating an independent commission to propose redistricting maps for the legislature to consider.

Filed 2026 · Killed · Election Law · Elections

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Status	HOUSE
Introduced	1/7/2026
Floor date	2/5/2026
LSR number	2617
Local government impact	no
Committee code	H36

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January 7, 2026Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law
January 20, 2026Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 10:20 am 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 RC 189-164 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

February 5, 2026 · House · 189–164, adopted

Votes by party
Party	Yes	No	Presiding	Excused	Absent
Republican	187	2	1	21	6
Democrat	2	162	0	7	5
Independent	0	0	0	1	0
Total	189	164	1	29	11

Yes — 189

Aldrich, Glen(R) Belk 6
Alexander, Joe(R) Hills 29
Ammon, Keith(R) Hills 42
Andrus, Louise(R) Merr 5
Aron, Judy(R) Sull 4
Aron, Michael(R) Sull 8
Aures, Cyril(R) Merr 13
Avellani, Lino(R) Carr 4
Bailey, Glenn(R) Straf 2
Ball, Lorie(R) Rock 25
Barbour, Liz(R) Hills 35
Barton, Joseph(R) Graf 1
Beaulier, Calvin(R) Graf 1
Belcher, Mike(R) Carr 4
Bennett, Cindy(R) Rock 4
Berezhny, Lex(R) Graf 11
Bernardy, JD(R) Rock 36
Berry, Ross(R) Hills 44
Bjelobrk, Marie Louise(R) Graf 5
Boehm, Ralph(R) Hills 38
Bogert, Steven(R) Belk 5
Bordes, Mike(R) Belk 5
Boyd, Bill(R) Hills 12
Boyd, Stephen(R) Merr 10
Bridle, Nicholas(R) Rock 29
Brown, Pam(R) Rock 14
Brown, Richard(R) Carr 8
Bryer, Scott(R) Rock 1
Burnham, Claudine(R) Straf 2
Cambrils, Jose(R) Merr 4
Colcombe, Riché(R) Hills 30
Cole, Brian(R) Hills 26
Comtois, Barbara(R) Belk 7
Corcoran, Travis(R) Hills 28
Crawford, Karel(R) Carr 3
Creighton, James(R) Hills 30
Daniels, Gary(R) Hills 43
DeDe-Poulin, Denise(R) Straf 6
DeLemus, Susan(R) Straf 1
DeRoy, Susan(R) Straf 3
DeSimone, Debra(R) Rock 18
DeVito, Sayra(R) Rock 8
Devoid, Ricky(R) Merr 1
Dolan, Tom(R) Rock 16
Donnelly, Tanya(R) Rock 25
Drago, Mike(R) Rock 4
Drew, Matt(R) Hills 19
Drye, Margaret(R) Sull 7
Dumont, Dillon(R) Hills 13
Dunn, Ron(R) Rock 16
Dupont, Pierre(R) Hills 20
Durkin, Sean(R) Coos 1
Edwards, Jess(R) Rock 31
Erf, Keith(R) Hills 28
Farrington, Samuel(R) Straf 8
Fedolfi, Jim(R) Hills 30
Flanagan, Jack(R) Hills 45
Foote, Charles(R) Rock 13
Ford, Mary(R) Rock 3
Franz, Linda(R) Graf 6
Freeman, Lisa(R) Belk 8
Gagne, Larry(R) Hills 16
Giasson, Henry(R) Hills 29
Granger, Michael(R) Straf 2
Grant, George(R) Sull 5
Griffin, Gerald(R) Hills 42
Guzofski, James(R) Rock 1
Hamblen, Joseph(R) Carr 3
Harb, Robert(R) Rock 20
Harrington, Michael(R) Straf 18
Hemingway, Wayne(R) Sull 6
Hunt, John(R) Ches 14
Jack, Martin(D) Hills 10
Janigian, John(R) Rock 25
Kaczynski, Thomas(R) Straf 5
Karasinski, Sly(R) Ches 10
Katsakiores, Phyllis(R) Rock 13
Kelley, Diane(R) Hills 32
Kesselring, Steven(R) Hills 18
Khan, Aboul(R) Rock 30
King, Seth(R) Coos 4
Kofalt, Jim(R) Hills 32
Korzen, Lori(R) Coos 7
Kuttab, Katelyn(R) Rock 17
Labrie, Brian(R) Hills 2
Ladd, Rick(R) Graf 5
Lascelles, Richard(R) Hills 14
Layon, Erica(R) Rock 13
Leavitt, John(R) Merr 10
Litchfield, Melissa(R) Rock 32
Louis, Darrell(R) Graf 1
Love, David(R) Rock 13
Lynn, Bob(R) Rock 17
MacDonald, John(R) Carr 6
MacDonald, Wayne(R) Rock 16
Mannion, Dennis(R) Rock 25
Mannion, Tom(R) Hills 1
Markell, Jay(R) Rock 18
Mattson, Rita(R) Ches 18
Mazur, Lisa(R) Hills 44
McDonnell, Valerie(R) Rock 25
McFarlane, Donald(R) Graf 18
McGrath, Linda(R) Rock 40
McGuire, Carol(R) Merr 27
McGuire, Dan(R) Merr 14
McLean, Mark(R) Hills 15
McMahon, Charles(R) Rock 17
Mehegan, Peter(R) Merr 12
Melvin, Charles(R) Rock 20
Miles, Julie(R) Hills 12
Milz, David(R) Rock 13
Miner, Laurence(R) Rock 7
Minor, Sheri(R) Belk 5
Moffett, Michael(R) Merr 4
Mooney, Maureen(R) Hills 12
Morency, Pete(R) Coos 5
Morton, Jonathan(R) Hillsborough 39
Murphy, Denis(R) Ches 11
Murphy, Mary(R) Hills 27
Nalevanko, Rich(R) Ches 9
Nelson, Jodi(R) Rock 13
Noble, Kristin(R) Hills 2
Notter, Jeanine(R) Hills 12
Ohm, Bill(R) Hills 10
Osborne, Jason(R) Rock 2
Paquette, Kathleen(R) Hills 25
Pauer, Diane(R) Hills 36
Pearson, Mark(R) Rock 34
Pearson, Stephen(R) Rock 13
Peeples, Raymond(R) Hills 14
Perez, Kristine(R) Rock 16
Peternel, Katy(R) Carr 6
Pitaro, Matthew(R) Merr 11
Plante, Raymond(R) Merr 27
Ploszaj, Tom(R) Belk 1
Polozov, Yury(R) Merr 10
Porcelli, Susan(R) Rock 19
Post, Lisa(R) Hills 42
Potenza, Kelley(R) Straf 19
Potucek, John(R) Rock 13
Presa, Adam(R) Hills 12
Proulx, Mark(R) Hills 15
Prout, Andrew(R) Hills 13
Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine(R) Rock 13
Qualey, James(R) Ches 18
Reinfurt, Sherri(R) Hills 29
Rhodes, Jennifer(R) Ches 17
Rice, Kimberly(R) Hills 38
Rollins, Skip(R) Sull 3
Ryan, Linda(D) Hills 4
Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt(R) Rock 30
Schneller, John(R) Hills 2
Scully, Kevin(R) Hills 8
Seaworth, Brian(R) Merr 12
See, Alvin(R) Merr 26
Selby, Donald(R) Rock 9
Sellers, John(R) Graf 10
Sheehan, Vanessa(R) Hills 43
Sirois, Shane(R) Hills 32
Slottje, Jeremy(R) Hills 13
Smith, Jonathan(R) Carr 5
Smith, Steven(R) Sull 3
Soti, Julius(R) Rock 35
Spillane, James(R) Rock 2
Spilsbury, Walter(R) Sull 3
Suiter, John(R) Hills 36
Summers, James(R) Rock 20
Sweeney, Joe(R) Rock 25
Sytek, John(R) Rock 25
Taylor, Brian(R) Carr 8
Tenczar, Jeffrey(R) Hills 1
Thackston, Dick(R) Ches 12
Thibault, James(R) Merr 25
Thomas, Douglas(R) Rock 16
Tierney, James(R) Coos 1
Toner, Travis(R) Belk 4
Tremblay, Marc(R) Coos 5
Tripp, Richard(R) Rock 13
Tudor, Paul(R) Rock 1
Turcotte, Len(R) Straf 4
Ulery, Jordan(R) Hills 13
Vandecasteele, Susan(R) Rock 25
Vose, Michael(R) Rockingham 5
Walker, David(R) Straf 19
Walsh, Lilli(R) Rock 15
Warden, Mark(R) Hills 39
Weyler, Kenneth(R) Rock 14
Wherry, Robert(R) Hills 13
Wood, Clayton(R) Merr 13

No — 164

Almy, Susan(D) Graf 17
Ames, Dick(D) Ches 13
Balboni, Peggy(D) Rock 38
Baldwin, Heather(D) Graf 4
Bay, Luz(D) Straf 21
Beauchemin, Paige(D) Hills 3
Berch, Paul(D) Ches 6
Bixby, Peter(D) Straf 13
Bolton, Bill(D) Graf 8
Booras, Efstathia(D) Hills 8
Bricchi, Tracy(D) Merr 15
Budathoki, Suraj(D) Hillsborough 40
Burroughs, Anita(D) Carr 2
Burton, Wayne(D) Straf 10
Butler, Billie(D) Straf 12
Cahill, Michael(D) Rock 10
Caplan, Tony(D) Merr 8
Chourasia, Manoj(D) Hills 11
Chretien, Suzanne(D) Hills 19
Cloutier, John(D) Sull 6
Colby, Eleana(D) Merr 9
Cormen, Thomas(D) Graf 15
Cornell, Patricia(D) Hills 22
Damon, Hope(D) Sull 8
Darby, Will(D) Hills 11
Dargie, Paul(D) Hills 43
Davis, Fred(D) Hills 3
DiSilvestro, Linda(D) Hills 17
Dolan, William(D) Hills 9
Ebel, Karen(D) Merr 7
Edgar, Michael(D) Rock 29
Elberger, Susan(D) Hills 5
England, Myles(D) Straf 12
Faulkner, Barry(D) Ches 10
Fellows, Sallie(D) Graf 8
Foss, Lily(D) Hills 41
Fox, Dru(D) Ches 2
Foxx, Loren(D) Hills 2
Fracht, David(D) Graf 16
Gallager, Eric(D) Merr 20
Georges, Mary(D) Hills 23
Germana, Nicholas(D) Ches 15
Gibbs, Merryl(D) Merr 23
Gilman, Julie(D) Rock 11
Gilmore, Gary(D) Straf 16
Girard, Dale(R) Sull 6
Gregg, Alicia(D) Hills 7
Grill, Jessica(D) Hills 18
Grote, Jaci(D) Rockingham 24
Gruber, James(D) Ches 16
Grund, Stephanie(D) Hills 34
Guthrie, Joseph(R) Rock 15
Hakken-Phillips, Mary(D) Graf 12
Hall, Muriel(D) Merr 9
Harriott-Gathright, Linda(D) Hills 10
Hartnett, Tim(D) Hillsborough 41
Harvey, Cathryn(D) Ches 6
Haskins, Linda(D) Rockingham 11
Hegner, Karen(D) Hills 41
Herbert, Christopher(D) Hills 24
Horrigan, Timothy(D) Straf 10
Howard, Heath(D) Straf 4
Howard, Molly(D) Hills 31
Howland, Allan(D) Straf 20
Jacobs, Samantha(D) Ches 15
Jeudy, Jean(D) Hills 23
Johnson, Erik(D) Straf 11
Jones, Philip(D) Ches 3
Juris, Louis(D) Hills 7
Kelly, Eileen(D) Merr 8
Kerwin, Erin(D) Hills 40
Kluger, Lee Ann(D) Hills 6
Knab, Allison(D) Rock 12
LaMontagne, Jessica(D) Straf 17
Lane, Connie(D) Merr 16
Larochelle, John(D) Straf 19
LeClerc, Daniel(D) Hills 34
Leishman, Peter(D) Hills 33
Levesque, Cassandra(D) Straf 4
Lloyd, Christal(D) Hills 8
Long, Patrick(D) Hills 26
Lovett, Peter(D) Graf 8
Luneau, David(D) Merr 9
MacKenzie, Mark(D) Hills 40
Maggiore, Jim(D) Rock 23
Malloy, Dennis(D) Rock 24
Mandelbaum, Jennifer(D) Rock 21
Manohar, Sanjeev(D) Hills 9
Manos, Zoe(D) Rock 12
McAleer, Chris(D) Carr 2
McGhee, Kat(D) Hills 35
Meuse, David(D) Rock 37
Miller, Seth(D) Straf 21
Muns, Chris(D) Rock 29
Murphy, Nancy(D) Hills 12
Murray, Alissandra(D) Hills 20
Murray, Kate(D) Rockingham 22
Murray, Megan(D) Hills 37
Nagel, David(D) Belk 6
Newell, Jodi(D) Ches 4
Newman, Ray(D) Hills 4
Newman, Sue(D) Hills 4
Newsom, James(D) Merr 9
O'Rorke, Terri(D) Ches 7
Oppel, Thomas(D) Grafton 9
Paige, David(D) Carr 1
Paige, Mark(D) Rock 11
Palmer, William(D) Sull 2
Parshall, Lucius(D) Ches 8
Pearson, Wayne(D) Straf 12
Petrigno, Peter(D) Hills 43
Plamondon, Marc(D) Hills 3
Preece, David(D) Hills 17
Raymond, Heather(D) Hills 5
Raynolds, Ned(D) Rock 39
Read, Ellen(D) Rock 10
Richards, Beth(D) Merr 17
Rockmore, Ellen(D) Graf 12
Roesener, James(D) Merr 22
Rombeau, Catherine(D) Hills 2
Rung, Rosemarie(D) Hills 12
Salvi, Santosh(D) Hills 9
Sargent, Gregory(D) Merr 7
Schamberg, Thomas(D) Merr 6
Scherr, Buzz(D) Rock 26
Schmidt, Peter(D) Straf 14
Schultz, Kris(D) Merr 29
Seibert, Christine(D) Hills 21
Selig, Loren(D) Straf 10
Simpson, Alexis(D) Rock 33
Smith, Geoffrey(D) Straf 21
Smith, Marjorie(D) Straf 10
Snodgrass, Jim(D) Merr 28
Sorensen, Carrie(D) Rock 28
Soucy, Timothy(D) Merr 21
Southworth, Thomas(D) Straf 11
Spahr, Terry(D) Graf 12
Spier, Carry(D) Hills 6
St. Clair, Charlie(D) Belknap 5
Staub, Kathy(D) Hills 25
Stavis, Laurel(D) Graf 13
Stringham, Jerry(D) Graf 3
Sullivan, Brian(D) Sull 1
Sullivan, Jared(D) Graf 2
Swanson, Dale(D) Hills 5
Sykes, George(D) Graf 14
Telerski, Laura(D) Hills 11
Tellez, Trinidad(D) Hills 40
Thomas, Wendy(D) Hills 12
Turer, Eric(D) Rock 6
Vail, Suzanne(D) Hillsborough 6
Vallone, Mark(D) Rock 5
Veilleux, Daniel(D) Hills 34
Wade, Alice(D) Straf 15
Wall, Janet(D) Straf 11
Wallner, Mary Jane(D) Merr 19
Ward, Gerald(D) Rock 27
Weber, Lucy(D) Ches 5
Weinstein, Toni(D) Rock 10
Wheeler, Jonah(D) Hills 33
Wilhelm, Matthew(D) Hills 21
Woodcock, Stephen(D) Carr 1
Woods, Gary(D) Merr 30
de Vries, Erica(D) Rock 29

Presiding — 1

Packard, Sherman(R) Rock 16

Excused — 29

Ankarberg, Aidan(I) Straf 7
Buco, Thomas(D) Carr 1
Coker, Matthew(R) Belk 2
Davis, Arnold(R) Coos 2
Gorski, Ted(R) Hills 2
Gould, Linda(R) Hills 2
Grossman, Gaby(D) Rock 11
Hall, Robley(R) Straf 1
Harvey-Bolia, Juliet(R) Belk 3
Hicks, Matthew(D) Merr 24
Hill, Gregory(R) Merr 2
Kenny, Catherine(R) Hills 13
Lucas, Janet(D) Graf 7
Lundgren, David(R) Rock 16
Morse, Bryan(R) Merr 3
Muirhead, Russell(D) Graf 12
Murphy, Michael(R) Coos 6
Nadeau, Brian(R) Rock 4
Ouellet, Mike(R) Coos 3
Panek, Sandra(R) Hillsborough 1
Payeur, Stephanie(D) Merr 8
Popovici-Muller, Daniel(R) Rock 17
Roy, Terry(R) Rock 31
Sofikitis, Catherine(D) Hills 7
Terry, Paul(R) Belk 7
Trottier, Douglas(R) Belk 8
Varney, Peter(R) Belk 7
Verville, Kevin(R) Rock 2
Wilson, Vicki(R) Rock 9

Absent — 11

Aylward, Deborah(R) Merr 5
Bean, Harry(R) Belknap 6
Bergeron, Dan(D) Hills 16
Dumais, Russell(R) Belk 6
Gonzalez, Ernesto(R) Merr 3
Leapley, Nicole(D) Hills 22
MacKay, James(D) Merr 18
Malone, Amy(D) Straf 9
Mannion, Tim(R) Hills 1
Stone, John(D) Straf 12
Walsh, Thomas(R) Merr 10

Committee reports

Reproduced from the House Calendar in the committee’s own words.

Majority — INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE

Rep. James Guzofski

This bill establishes an unelected advisory commission to perform the constitutional responsibility of legislative redistricting. The committee found that the New Hampshire Constitution assigns this responsibility to the legislature, and that the bill would shift authority away from elected representatives and, under certain circumstances, to the judicial branch. The majority of the committee further noted that the bill creates a new standing commission with indeterminable long-term fiscal impacts without a demonstrated need to alter the existing redistricting process. For these reasons, the majority of the committee recommends the bill be found Inexpedient to Legislate. Vote 9-7.

Minority — OUGHT TO PASS

Rep. Connie Lane

This bill establishes an advisory redistricting commission to assist the legislature in creating new districts every 10 years. It will achieve a fairer redistricting process than the one that we now have. It is designed so that the voters draw the lines, not legislators. The purpose of the commission is to make the redistricting process more transparent and impartial by establishing standards for commission members and criteria that must be followed when drawing maps. The NH Constitution gives the legislature the power to redistrict, but does not tell us how we must do it. We can create a new process that places some of the work in the commission without violating the constitution. This bill is modeled on the Colorado commission, which is considered the “gold standard” among the 20 states that have independent commissions. The 3 critical factors in the bill are: 1. The commissions are not evenly split between Democrats and Republicans – they have independent members not affiliated with either party. 2. Commissions should have binding authority to implement new district lines independent of state legislators. Otherwise, the legislators vote against the commission’s proposal and set up one that is politically driven. 3. Members of the commission should not be current elected officials, recently retired politicians, or political appointees. And, they should not be appointed by political officials. A late summer 2025 poll by NBC News of over 30,000 voters found that Americans’ support for nonpartisan redistricting is high even when their party would be in control of the process. The poll found that 82% of Americans prefer districts drawn by nonpartisan commissions rather than the party in power in each state. We may never be able to remove politics totally from redistricting, but we certainly owe it to our constituents and our constitutional democracy to try.

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 10:20Election Law public hearing recording 2:01:49–2:13:57, about 12 min (estimated)
January 27, 2026 at 10:10Election Law executive session recording 0:35:30–0:36:00, about 0 min (estimated)
February 5, 2026House floor debate floor recording

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