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HB1083 Requiring the disclosure of the source of certain political donations in state elections.

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Requiring the disclosure of the source of certain political donations in state elections.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

6
💰

Your Wallet

Taxpayers bear a one-time $50,000 cost for system updates, but no ongoing expenditures or revenue changes are projected.

7
🏘️

Your Community

Increased transparency in campaign funding may help voters make more informed decisions about candidates and external influences in local and state elections.

7
⚖️

Your Freedom

Enhanced disclosure requirements promote voter access to information about who is funding political campaigns, supporting informed participation in elections.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 188-161 02/19/2026 House Journal 5 P. 65

Voted Yes

187 R + 1 D

Voted No

3 R + 158 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Russell Muirhead (D)

The Short Version

This bill requires organizations making large independent political expenditures in NH state elections to disclose the original sources of their funding to the Secretary of State. It applies to expenditures over $500,000 for governor races and over $50,000 aggregate for other state races, with implementation requiring a $50,000 one-time system update.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ NH voters seeking transparency about sources of campaign funding
  • ▲ Candidates and campaigns competing against well-funded independent expenditures
  • ▲ The general public's ability to understand external funding influences in state elections

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ NH taxpayers who fund the $50,000 system modification in FY 2027
  • ▼ Organizations making large independent expenditures, who must comply with new disclosure requirements

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 ( 3 for , 187 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 158 for , 1 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) 2026-02-19
Passed

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

187R + 1D
Voted to Kill the Bill (188)
3R + 158D
Voted to Keep It Alive (161)
32
Absent
12
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (188)

Republicans (187)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (161)

Republicans (3)
Democrats (158)
Absent (32)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Andrew Prout (R) , Anita Burroughs (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Brian Cole (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathryn Harvey (D) , Charles McMahon (R) , Claudine Burnham (R) , Daniel Popovici-Muller (R) , Eleana Colby (D) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Jack Flanagan (R) , James Tierney (R) , Jay Markell (R) , John Leavitt (R) , John Suiter (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Laurel Stavis (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Belcher (R) , Pamela Brown (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Tim Mannion (R) , Timothy Soucy (D) , Wayne Pearson (D)

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

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