HB1166 Relative to the contents of the budget trailer bill.
Relative to the contents of the budget trailer bill.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
The bill does not directly change tax rates, spending levels, or resident costs; it only affects how budget-related statutory changes are organized and justified.
Your Community
The bill is procedural and does not alter the services, funding, or policies available to local communities or schools.
Your Freedom
The bill modestly enhances legislative transparency and public oversight by requiring trailer bills to be narrowly tailored to budget implementation and cross-referenced, making it harder to embed unrelated statutory changes in budget bills.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/11/2026 House Journal 7 P. 44
Sponsor
Michael Harrington (R)
The Short Version
This bill restricts the state budget 'trailer bill' to only include statutory changes that are explicitly necessary to implement the biannual budget, and requires each trailer bill item to reference which budget line item it serves. This is a procedural constraint on how the legislature structures budget-related legislation.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Legislators seeking to enforce stricter procedural discipline on budget bills
- ▲ Citizens and advocacy groups interested in legislative transparency and preventing 'hidden' policy changes in budget documents
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ The executive and legislative branches may face reduced flexibility in packaging statutory changes with budget bills
Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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