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HB1108 Relative to the offense of criminal threatening.

Criminal Justice Dead Auto-scored

Relative to the offense of criminal threatening.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact on most residents.

6
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Your Community

Proper criminal threatening laws protect people from credible threats while ensuring the statute is not too broadly applied.

6
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Your Freedom

Criminal threatening statutes must carefully balance public safety with free speech rights to avoid chilling protected expression.

Status

Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 04/09/2026; Senate Journal 8

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Donald McFarlane (R)

The Short Version

Would modify the criminal threatening statute in New Hampshire, potentially changing what constitutes a criminal threat or adjusting penalties. Criminal threatening laws balance protecting public safety with free speech protections.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Depends on specific changes to the statute

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Depends on specific changes

Roll Call Detail (3 votes)

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 3 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 183 for ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 3 for , 144 against ) .

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

Remove From Table 2026-03-11
Passed

YES = Yes. NO = No.

174R + 3D
Voted Yea (177)
12R + 146D
Voted Nay (158)
35
Absent
22
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (177)

Republicans (174)
Democrats (3)

Voted Nay (158)

Republicans (12)
Democrats (146)
Absent (35)

Beth Richards (D) , 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) , James Thibault (R) , 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)

Inexpedient to Legislate (kill motion) 2026-03-11
Failed

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

4R + 147D
Voted to Kill the Bill (151)
182R + 4D
Voted to Keep It Alive (186)
35
Absent
20
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (151)

Republicans (4)
Democrats (147)

Voted Nay (186)

Republicans (182)
Democrats (4)
Absent (35)

Beth Richards (D) , 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) , James Thibault (R) , 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)

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-03-11
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

187R + 6D
Voted to Pass (193)
0R + 144D
Voted Against (144)
35
Absent
20
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (193)

Republicans (187)
Democrats (6)

Voted Nay (144)

Democrats (144)
Absent (35)

Beth Richards (D) , 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) , James Thibault (R) , 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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