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HB1130 Establishing a committee to study the procedure for judicial performance evaluations.

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Establishing a committee to study the procedure for judicial performance evaluations.

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 fiscal note states this bill has no fiscal impact on state, county, or local expenditures or revenue.

5
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Your Community

This is a study committee that gathers information; it does not directly change services or community resources.

5
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Your Freedom

The bill does not alter legal rights, restrictions, or individual freedoms; it only authorizes fact-finding about judicial evaluation procedures.

Status

Sen. Gannon Refused to Accede to House Request for Committee of Conference, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/07/2026; Senate Journal 11

Voted Yes

184 R + 8 D

Voted No

2 R + 149 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Bob Lynn (R)

The Short Version

This bill creates a temporary legislative study committee to review how New Hampshire evaluates judicial performance, including examining other states' practices and assessing potential changes to the evaluation system. The committee will report findings by November 2026 with no fiscal cost to the state.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ The legislature through information on judicial performance evaluation best practices
  • ▲ Judges through opportunity to provide input on the current evaluation system

Who Pays the Price

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 ( 184 for , 2 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 8 for , 149 against ) .

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

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-02-19
Passed

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

184R + 8D
Voted to Pass (192)
2R + 149D
Voted Against (151)
33
Absent
17
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (192)

Republicans (184)
Democrats (8)

Voted Nay (151)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (149)
Absent (33)

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) , Eleana Colby (D) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Jack Flanagan (R) , James Tierney (R) , Jay Markell (R) , John Hunt (R) , John Leavitt (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristina Schultz (D) , Laurel Stavis (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Belcher (R) , Myles England (D) , Richard Brown (R) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Susan Vandecasteele (R) , 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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