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CACR12 Relating to voting on broad-based taxes. Providing that a supermajority vote of the general court shall be required to enact any broad-bases taxes.

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Relating to voting on broad-based taxes. Providing that a supermajority vote of the general court shall be required to enact any broad-bases taxes.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
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Your Wallet

Protects residents from new broad-based taxes like income or sales taxes, preserving NH's low-tax advantage.

4
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Your Community

Could permanently constrain state revenue options, making it harder to fund education, infrastructure, and services during fiscal crises.

6
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Your Freedom

Limits government power to tax, though it also limits democratic majority rule on fiscal policy.

Status

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1134h: Motion Failed Regular Calendar 193-148 Lacking Necessary Three-Fifths Vote 05/14/2026 House Journal 13

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Timothy Lang (R)

The Short Version

Constitutional amendment requiring a supermajority legislative vote to enact broad-based taxes like income or sales taxes. Would make it significantly harder to introduce major new taxes in New Hampshire.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Taxpayers opposed to broad-based taxes
  • ▲ Businesses attracted to NH's no-income-tax status

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Public schools and municipal services that may need future state funding
  • ▼ Low-income residents dependent on state programs

Roll Call Detail (3 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 3 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 16 for ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 8 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 Amendment 2026-05-14
Passed

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

188R + 4D
Voted to Adopt Amendment (192)
1R + 147D
Voted Against Amendment (148)
32
Absent
21
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (192)

Republicans (188)
Democrats (4)

Voted Nay (148)

Republicans (1)
Democrats (147)
Absent (32)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Arnold Davis (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Bolton (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , David Preece (D) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Heather Baldwin (D) , Jean Jeudy (D) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Raymond Peeples (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sean Durkin (R) , Stephanie Grund (D) , Steven Bogert (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Toni Weinstein (D)

Adopt Floor Amendment 2026-05-14
Failed

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

1R + 16D
Voted to Adopt Amendment (17)
188R + 134D
Voted Against Amendment (322)
33
Absent
21
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Nay (322)

Republicans (188)
Democrats (134)
Absent (33)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Arnold Davis (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Bolton (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , David Preece (D) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Heather Baldwin (D) , Jean Jeudy (D) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Raymond Peeples (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sean Durkin (R) , Stephanie Grund (D) , Steven Bogert (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Toni Weinstein (D)

Ought to Pass 2026-02-19
Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

16R
Voted to Pass (16)
0R + 8D
Voted Against (8)
0
Absent
0
Not voting
Show all 24 individual votes
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