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HB 1815-FN

relative to education financing.

Filed 2026 · Signed into law · Education Funding · Education - General

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StatusSIGNED BY GOVERNOR
In the SenatePASSED/ADOPTED
Introduced1/7/2026
Floor date3/5/2026
LSR number2334
Chapter0019
Local government impactno
Committee codeH63

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Where it stands

Senate: PASSED/ADOPTED

2 of the floor votes on this bill were voice or division votes, which do not record how individual legislators voted.

Sponsors

Lynn, Bob(R) Rock 17, McGuire, Dan(R) Merr 14
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.

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.

Ought to Pass

March 5, 2026 · House · 188–162, adopted

Votes by party
PartyYesNoPresidingExcusedAbsent
Republican18731177
Democrat1159097
Independent00001
Total18816212615
Yes — 188
  • 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
  • Aylward, Deborah(R) Merr 5
  • Bailey, Glenn(R) Straf 2
  • 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
  • Boyd, Bill(R) Hills 12
  • Boyd, Stephen(R) Merr 10
  • 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
  • Davis, Arnold(R) Coos 2
  • 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
  • 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
  • Freeman, Lisa(R) Belk 8
  • Gagne, Larry(R) Hills 16
  • Giasson, Henry(R) Hills 29
  • Gonzalez, Ernesto(R) Merr 3
  • Gorski, Ted(R) Hills 2
  • Gould, Linda(R) Hills 2
  • Granger, Michael(R) Straf 2
  • Grant, George(R) Sull 5
  • Griffin, Gerald(R) Hills 42
  • Guthrie, Joseph(R) Rock 15
  • Guzofski, James(R) Rock 1
  • Hall, Robley(R) Straf 1
  • Hamblen, Joseph(R) Carr 3
  • Harb, Robert(R) Rock 20
  • Harrington, Michael(R) Straf 18
  • Hemingway, Wayne(R) Sull 6
  • Hill, Gregory(R) Merr 2
  • Hunt, John(R) Ches 14
  • 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
  • Kenny, Catherine(R) Hills 13
  • Kesselring, Steven(R) Hills 18
  • Khan, Aboul(R) Rock 30
  • King, Seth(R) Coos 4
  • 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
  • Lundgren, David(R) Rock 16
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nadeau, Brian(R) Rock 4
  • Nalevanko, Rich(R) Ches 9
  • Noble, Kristin(R) Hills 2
  • Notter, Jeanine(R) Hills 12
  • Ohm, Bill(R) Hills 10
  • Osborne, Jason(R) Rock 2
  • Ouellet, Mike(R) Coos 3
  • 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
  • Petrigno, Peter(D) Hills 43
  • Pitaro, Matthew(R) Merr 11
  • Plante, Raymond(R) Merr 27
  • Ploszaj, Tom(R) Belk 1
  • Polozov, Yury(R) Merr 10
  • Popovici-Muller, Daniel(R) Rock 17
  • 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
  • Roy, Terry(R) Rock 31
  • 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
  • Soti, Julius(R) Rock 35
  • Spillane, James(R) Rock 2
  • Spilsbury, Walter(R) Sull 3
  • Sweeney, Joe(R) Rock 25
  • Sytek, John(R) Rock 25
  • Terry, Paul(R) Belk 7
  • Thackston, Dick(R) Ches 12
  • Thibault, James(R) Merr 25
  • Thomas, Douglas(R) Rock 16
  • 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
  • Walsh, Thomas(R) Merr 10
  • Warden, Mark(R) Hills 39
  • Weyler, Kenneth(R) Rock 14
  • Wherry, Robert(R) Hills 13
  • Wilson, Vicki(R) Rock 9
  • Wood, Clayton(R) Merr 13
No — 162
  • 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
  • Bergeron, Dan(D) Hills 16
  • Bixby, Peter(D) Straf 13
  • Bolton, Bill(D) Graf 8
  • Booras, Efstathia(D) Hills 8
  • Bricchi, Tracy(D) Merr 15
  • Bridle, Nicholas(R) Rock 29
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gilman, Julie(D) Rock 11
  • Gilmore, Gary(D) Straf 16
  • Girard, Dale(R) Sull 6
  • Grote, Jaci(D) Rockingham 24
  • Gruber, James(D) Ches 16
  • Grund, Stephanie(D) Hills 34
  • 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
  • Hicks, Matthew(D) Merr 24
  • Horrigan, Timothy(D) Straf 10
  • Howard, Heath(D) Straf 4
  • Howard, Molly(D) Hills 31
  • Howland, Allan(D) Straf 20
  • Jack, Martin(D) Hills 10
  • 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
  • Lucas, Janet(D) Graf 7
  • 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
  • Muirhead, Russell(D) Graf 12
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rombeau, Catherine(D) Hills 2
  • Rung, Rosemarie(D) Hills 12
  • Ryan, Linda(D) Hills 4
  • 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, Marjorie(D) Straf 10
  • Snodgrass, Jim(D) Merr 28
  • Sofikitis, Catherine(D) Hills 7
  • 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
  • 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
  • Taylor, Brian(R) Carr 8
  • 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
  • Kofalt, Jim(R) Hills 32
Excused — 26
  • Ball, Lorie(R) Rock 25
  • Buco, Thomas(D) Carr 1
  • Coker, Matthew(R) Belk 2
  • Drew, Matt(R) Hills 19
  • England, Myles(D) Straf 12
  • Franz, Linda(R) Graf 6
  • Gibbs, Merryl(D) Merr 23
  • Gregg, Alicia(D) Hills 7
  • Grossman, Gaby(D) Rock 11
  • Lovett, Peter(D) Graf 8
  • Mannion, Tim(R) Hills 1
  • Minor, Sheri(R) Belk 5
  • Murphy, Michael(R) Coos 6
  • Nagel, David(D) Belk 6
  • Nelson, Jodi(R) Rock 13
  • Packard, Sherman(R) Rock 16
  • Paquette, Kathleen(R) Hills 25
  • Payeur, Stephanie(D) Merr 8
  • Peternel, Katy(R) Carr 6
  • St. Clair, Charlie(D) Belknap 5
  • Suiter, John(R) Hills 36
  • Tenczar, Jeffrey(R) Hills 1
  • Tierney, James(R) Coos 1
  • Toner, Travis(R) Belk 4
  • Varney, Peter(R) Belk 7
  • Verville, Kevin(R) Rock 2
Absent — 15
  • Ankarberg, Aidan(I) Straf 7
  • Bordes, Mike(R) Belk 5
  • Dumais, Russell(R) Belk 6
  • Grill, Jessica(D) Hills 18
  • Harvey-Bolia, Juliet(R) Belk 3
  • Leapley, Nicole(D) Hills 22
  • MacKay, James(D) Merr 18
  • Malone, Amy(D) Straf 9
  • Morse, Bryan(R) Merr 3
  • Roesener, James(D) Merr 22
  • Smith, Geoffrey(D) Straf 21
  • Smith, Steven(R) Sull 3
  • Stone, John(D) Straf 12
  • Summers, James(R) Rock 20
  • Trottier, Douglas(R) Belk 8

Reconsider OTP (Rep. Osborne)

March 5, 2026 · House · None–None, failed

Decided on a voice vote. Only the outcome was recorded — there is no count of how any member voted.

Ought to Pass

March 26, 2026 · Senate · 16–8, adopted

Votes by party
PartyYesNo
Republican160
Democrat08
Total168
Yes — 16
  • Abbas, Daryl(R) Rock 22
  • Avard, Kevin(R) Hills 12
  • Birdsell, Regina(R) Rock 19
  • Carson, Sharon(R) Rock 14
  • Gannon, Bill(R) Rock 23
  • Gray, James(R) Straf 6
  • Innis, Daniel(R) Belk 7
  • Lang, Timothy(R) Belk 2
  • McConkey, Mark(R) Carr 3
  • McGough, Tim(R) Hills 11
  • Murphy, Keith(R) Hills 16
  • Pearl, Howard(R) Merr 17
  • Ricciardi, Denise(R) Ches 9
  • Rochefort, David(R) Graf 1
  • Sullivan, Victoria(R) Hills 18
  • Ward, Ruth(R) Ches 8
No — 8
  • Altschiller, Debra(D) Rock 24
  • Fenton, Donovan(D) Ches 10
  • Long, Pat(D) Hills 20
  • Perkins Kwoka, Rebecca(D) Rock 21
  • Prentiss, Suzanne(D) Graf 5
  • Reardon, Tara(D) Merr 15
  • Rosenwald, Cindy(D) Hills 13
  • Watters, David(D) Straf 4

Ought to Pass: RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; Read a Third Time, and Final Passage in the early session

March 26, 2026 · Senate · None–None, adopted

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 — OUGHT TO PASS

Rep. Dan McGuire

This bill provides a constructive response to what the majority views as the Supreme Court’s seriously flawed 3-2 decision in the Con-Val case. It does this in several ways. First, it points out that political subdivisions such as school districts are creatures of state government and can only exercise the powers the state grants them. Therefore, the state and its political subdivisions are indivisible for purposes of providing an adequate education. Second, it provides that the state and local school districts function collectively to provide the academic program that constitutes an adequate education, while local districts are granted the flexibility to make decisions regarding collateral matters such as infrastructure, some administrative policies, staffing levels, etc. Third, and most importantly, the bill contains a specific legislative determination that, “How the state and its local governmental entities choose to raise, allocate, and spend financial resources to implement this integrated public education system is a political policy matter reserved to legislative and executive judgment and control.” This determination reflects the common sense legislative judgment that attempting to place sole funding responsibility on the state for funding an “adequate education” while permitting local districts to spend unlimited amounts for educational purposes will, over time, effectively deprive the legislature of one of its core constitutional responsibilities – control over state finances and budgeting. The bill makes no substantive changes to current law regarding the substantive content of the academic program that constitutes an adequate education. Finally, the bill specifies that in computing the adequate education payments for each municipality, the “sum total” of payments made to the municipality under RSA 198:40-a, including both the base adequacy amounts and differentiated aid, must be considered. Although the majority believes, as did the dissent in the Con-Val case, that this is how existing law should be read, given the Con-Val majority’s contrary view, the majority concludes that the more explicit language contained in this bill is necessary to clarify the legislature’s intent as to how the law should be interpreted in the future. Vote 10-7.

Minority — INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE

Rep. David Luneau

This bill seeks to redefine and radically undermine the state’s commitment to public education. Remarkably, it does this without any reference to the state’s constitutional duty, repeatedly affirmed in multiple Supreme Court cases through three decades of litigation, to provide all of New Hampshire’s children with a state-funded opportunity for a constitutionally compliant, high quality, public education system. Nor is there any reference in the bill to the repeatedly adjudicated failures of the state to comply with this constitutional public education duty, nor to the consequences of these repeated failures, manifested by extreme, disparate, and constitutionally disproportionate local property tax burdens and educational outcomes. Instead, the bill strikes out the state’s commitment to ensure for all public schools compliance with “the minimum standards for public school approval.” Then, the bill simply asserts that the question of “[h]ow the state and its local governmental entities choose to raise, allocate, and spend financial resources” to support the state’s public school system is a “political policy matter reserved to legislative and executive judgment and control.” This attempt to transform by legislative enactment a profound constitutional duty into a discretionary, judiciallyunenforceable “political policy matter,” if ever litigated, will itself prove to be unconstitutional and unenforceable. Such litigation will be a wasteful diversion. Reports indicate the bill is the product of a study committee convened by the governor, without public hearings or published minutes. The lack of transparency is not surprising. This bill should be rejected.

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