CACR22 Relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished.

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Relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

Depends on what replaces current compensation -- could cost taxpayers more but would be a small state budget item.

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Your Community

Better legislative pay would allow working-class and younger people to serve, making the legislature more representative.

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Your Freedom

A more accessible legislature could better represent diverse viewpoints and community needs.

Status

Remove from Table (Rep. H. Howard): Motion Failed DV 100-230 03/11/2026 House Journal 7

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Jonah Wheeler (D)

The Short Version

Would abolish the current $100/term compensation for NH legislators, presumably to update it to a higher amount. NH legislators are among the lowest-paid in the nation. Tabled with a motion to remove from table failing.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

▲ Working-class potential legislators
▲ Younger citizens
▲ Retirees who want to serve but cannot afford to

Who Pays the Price

▼ Taxpayers who would fund increased legislative pay

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

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 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 11 for , 165 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 142 for , 10 against ) .

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

Table 2026-03-05

Passed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

165R + 10D

Voted to Kill the Bill (175)

11R + 142D

Voted to Keep It Alive (153)

Absent

Not voting

Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (175)

Republicans (165)

Democrats (10)

Voted Nay (153)

Republicans (11)

Democrats (142)

Absent (42)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Chris McAleer (D) , David Nagel (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Lee Ann Kluger (D) , Linda Franz (R) , Linda Ryan (D) , Lorie Ball (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Moffett (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Pierre Dupont (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

Did not vote (22)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Boyd (R) , Bryan Morse (R) , Dan McGuire (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Erica deVries (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Gregory Sargent (D) , James MacKay (D) , James Roesener (D) , James Summers (R) , Jean Jeudy (D) , John Stone (D) , Joseph Guthrie (R) , Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R) , Roderick Ladd (R) , Russell Dumais (R) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Steven Smith (R)

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