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HB1061 Establishing a commission to study alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders who are primary caregivers.

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Establishing a commission to study alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders who are primary caregivers.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

The bill creates a commission with minimal costs (legislative mileage reimbursement); no actual changes to criminal justice or incarceration spending occur unless future legislation results from the study.

5
🏘️

Your Community

This is a study commission only; no changes to sentencing, community supervision, or social services are enacted by this bill.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

The bill does not restrict or expand any individual rights or local control; it only directs a commission to study potential future policy changes.

Status

Indefinitely Postpone (Rep. Sweeney): Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 188-149 03/12/2026 House Journal 7 P. 92

Voted Yes

186 R + 2 D

Voted No

2 R + 147 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Alissandra Murray (D)

The Short Version

This bill creates a study commission to examine alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders who are primary caregivers of dependents, with a report due November 1, 2026. The commission itself has no immediate effect on NH residents; it only investigates whether home-based or community alternatives should be implemented.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Potentially nonviolent offenders who are primary caregivers (in future, if recommendations are adopted and enacted)
  • ▲ Children and dependents of such individuals (in future, if alternatives reduce family separation)
  • ▲ Commission members (legislative mileage reimbursement)

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Commission members' time (uncompensated except for legislative members' mileage)

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 ( 2 for , 186 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 147 for , 2 against ) .

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

Indefinitely Postpone 2026-03-11
Passed

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

186R + 2D
Voted to Kill the Bill (188)
2R + 147D
Voted to Keep It Alive (149)
33
Absent
22
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (188)

Republicans (186)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (149)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (147)
Absent (33)

Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Dale Girard (D) , Dale Swanson (D) , David Love (R) , David Lundgren (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Gregory Sargent (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Gruber (D) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Marc Plamondon (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Molly Howard (D) , Myles England (D) , Patricia Cornell (D) , Peggy Balboni (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Ron Dunn (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Tom Dolan (R)

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

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