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HB104 Relative to requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard in a foreign state.

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Relative to requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard in a foreign state.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact.

6
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Your Community

Would protect NH Guard members and their families from deployments to undeclared conflicts.

6
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Your Freedom

Asserts state authority over deployment of its citizens in the military, though likely conflicts with federal authority.

Status

Indefinitely Postpone: Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 03/05/2026; Senate Journal 5

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Tom Mannion (R)

The Short Version

Would have required a formal declaration of war before NH National Guard members could be deployed to foreign states. Anti-war measure that survived a House kill motion but was indefinitely postponed in the Senate.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ National Guard members and their families
  • ▲ Anti-war advocates

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Federal military readiness
  • ▼ National defense coordination

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 ( 139 for , 45 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 43 for , 114 against ) .

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

Inexpedient to Legislate (kill motion) 2026-01-08
Failed

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

45R + 114D
Voted to Kill the Bill (159)
139R + 43D
Voted to Keep It Alive (182)
33
Absent
21
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (159)

Republicans (45)
Democrats (114)

Voted Nay (182)

Republicans (139)
Democrats (43)
Absent (33)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Darrell Louis (R) , David Luneau (D) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jeremy Slottje (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John MacDonald (R) , Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Laurence Miner (R) , Lex Berezhny (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Toni Weinstein (D)

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

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