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HB1196 Repealing the state housing champion designation and grant program.

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Repealing the state housing champion designation and grant program.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

3

Overall Impact Score

Harmful

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

4
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Your Wallet

Taxpayers may see minimal immediate savings as most program funds are already obligated to existing contracts, though approximately $3 million in total program funds will lapse or be reallocated.

2
🏘️

Your Community

Municipalities lose access to state grants and incentives for adopting housing-friendly policies, and existing contracted housing projects lose remaining scheduled payments through June 2027.

5
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Your Freedom

The bill removes a state incentive program but does not directly restrict individual rights or local control over housing decisions.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 04/23/2026; Senate Journal 10

Voted Yes

184 R + 1 D

Voted No

4 R + 162 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Matt Drew (R)

The Short Version

This bill eliminates the New Hampshire Housing Champion Designation and Grant Program, which provided grants to municipalities adopting housing-friendly policies. The repeal will end approximately $2.6 million in obligated funding to contracted housing projects and eliminate the state's statutory authority to incentivize municipal housing policy reforms.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Potentially taxpayers if viewing program elimination as cost reduction, though most funds are already committed

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Municipalities that received or were pursuing housing champion grants
  • ▼ Housing development projects with existing contracts expecting remaining payments before June 2027
  • ▼ Three state positions funded through the program facing defunding

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 , 4 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 for , 162 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 (passage vote) 2026-02-05
Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

184R + 1D
Voted to Pass (185)
4R + 162D
Voted Against (166)
30
Absent
13
Not voting
Show all 394 individual votes

Voted Yea (185)

Republicans (184)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (166)

Republicans (4)
Democrats (162)
Absent (30)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Arnold Davis (R) , Brian Nadeau (R) , Bryan Morse (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathy Kenny (R) , Daniel Popovici-Muller (R) , David Lundgren (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gregory Hill (R) , Jack Flanagan (R) , Janet Lucas (D) , Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Gould (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Ouellet (R) , Paul Terry (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Ted Gorski (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Vicki Wilson (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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