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HB1225 Relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.

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Relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

3

Overall Impact Score

Harmful

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

3
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Your Wallet

Custodial parents and their children will receive lower child support payments on average, while paying parents will retain more income; net effect is a cost shift from obligors to custodial households.

4
🏘️

Your Community

Lower child support collections may reduce resources available to families relying on that support, with potential downstream effects on community services and school populations, though impact magnitude is unclear.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

The bill is a technical adjustment to administrative calculation rules with no direct impact on individual rights or local control.

Status

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

Voted Yes

179 R + 6 D

Voted No

2 R + 150 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Jay Markell (R)

The Short Version

This bill modifies how child support obligations are calculated by allowing additional tax deductions (self-employment taxes for self-employed obligors and Social Security/Medicare taxes for employees) when determining adjusted gross income. The change would lower calculated child support obligations for some paying parents, reducing the amount of support money available to custodial parents and children.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Parents with child support obligations (especially self-employed and employees subject to payroll taxes)
  • ▲ Parents whose adjusted gross income will be reduced, lowering their calculated support obligations

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Custodial parents and children receiving reduced child support payments
  • ▼ Households dependent on child support as income

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 ( 179 for , 2 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 6 for , 150 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 2026-03-05
Passed

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

179R + 6D
Voted to Pass (185)
2R + 150D
Voted Against (152)
29
Absent
26
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (185)

Republicans (179)
Democrats (6)

Voted Nay (152)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (150)
Absent (29)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , George Grant (R) , James Thibault (R) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Lorie Ball (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (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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