Skip to content
← Back to All Bills

CACR10 The adoption of tax laws.

Taxes & Revenue Dead Auto-scored

The adoption of tax laws.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

8
💰

Your Wallet

Protects NH residents from future personal income taxation, preserving current financial status for individuals earning wages or personal income.

3
🏘️

Your Community

Constrains the state legislature's revenue options for funding schools, infrastructure, and services, potentially forcing reliance on other tax sources or reducing service capacity.

6
⚖️

Your Freedom

Removes future legislative flexibility to adjust tax policy through democratic processes, though it does protect individuals from a specific tax type.

Status

==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 03/09/2026 10:45 am GP 159

Voted Yes

190 R + 4 D

Voted No

0 R + 158 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Donald McFarlane (R)

The Short Version

This constitutional amendment would permanently prohibit New Hampshire from adopting any personal income tax, locking in current tax policy by constitutional requirement. If approved by voters in November 2026, it would prevent the legislature from ever implementing a personal income tax regardless of future fiscal needs or policy choices.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Wage earners and individuals receiving personal income in NH
  • ▲ Residents who view income taxation as fundamentally undesirable
  • ▲ Taxpayers concerned about future tax rate increases on individuals

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Public schools dependent on state funding
  • ▼ Communities relying on state-supported infrastructure and services
  • ▼ Future legislatures facing fiscal crises without this revenue option
  • ▼ Low-income residents if services are reduced or alternative taxes are raised

Roll Call Detail (2 votes)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 2 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 190 for ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 4 for , 158 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Adopt Floor Amendment 2026-03-05
Passed

YES = Adopt this amendment. NO = Reject this amendment.

190R + 3D
Voted to Adopt Amendment (193)
0R + 158D
Voted Against Amendment (158)
26
Absent
15
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (193)

Republicans (190)
Democrats (3)

Voted Nay (158)

Democrats (158)
Absent (26)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Lorie Ball (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-03-05
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

190R + 4D
Voted to Pass (194)
0R + 158D
Voted Against (158)
26
Absent
14
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (194)

Republicans (190)
Democrats (4)

Voted Nay (158)

Democrats (158)
Absent (26)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Lorie Ball (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

Read the Actual Bill → See All Bills

Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

This bill was auto-scored using AI analysis of the bill text and legislative data. Scores may be refined as we review more bills.