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HB1002 Repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.

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Repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

3

Overall Impact Score

Harmful

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

2
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Your Wallet

Homeowners who invested thousands in solar panels based on the tax exemption would see sudden property tax increases, breaking a government promise.

3
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Your Community

Discourages clean energy investment and breaks faith with homeowners who made long-term financial decisions based on the exemption.

3
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Your Freedom

Penalizes homeowners for making legal energy choices and retroactively changes the rules they relied on.

Status

Lay HB1002 on Table (Rep. Guthrie): Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 187-157 02/12/2026 House Journal 4 P. 57

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Leonard Turcotte (R)

The Short Version

Would repeal the property tax exemption for solar energy systems, meaning homeowners with solar panels would pay higher property taxes. Tabled 187-157. This would penalize homeowners who invested in solar based on the existing tax exemption.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Those who believe solar owners should pay full property taxes
  • ▲ Municipal tax revenue

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Homeowners with existing solar installations
  • ▼ The solar energy industry
  • ▼ Future clean energy investment

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 supported it ( 157 for , 30 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 157 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 2026-02-12
Passed

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

30R + 157D
Voted to Kill the Bill (187)
157R
Voted to Keep It Alive (157)
30
Absent
20
Not voting
Show all 394 individual votes

Voted Yea (187)

Republicans (30)
Democrats (157)

Voted Nay (157)

Republicans (157)
Absent (30)

Beth Richards (D) , Bill Boyd (R) , Brian Cole (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Meuse (D) , Dillon Dumont (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gregory Hill (R) , Harry Bean (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , John Hunt (R) , John MacDonald (R) , John Suiter (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Louis Juris (D) , Mark MacKenzie (D) , Mary Murphy (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Susan Vandecasteele (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , William Dolan (D)

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Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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