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HB1227 Relative to the calculation of the local tax cap.

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Relative to the calculation of the local tax cap.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

Taxpayers in capped communities will face modestly higher tax bills when new bonded debt payments begin, but only for projects voters explicitly approved at town meetings.

6
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Your Community

Municipalities and school districts gain increased flexibility to fund capital projects through bonds while staying within tax caps, potentially enabling more infrastructure and facility investments.

5
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Your Freedom

The bill does not alter the authority of voters to approve or reject bond measures, but changes how approved debt affects the tax cap calculation.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 176-151 03/05/2026 House Journal 6 P. 126

Voted Yes

174 R + 2 D

Voted No

1 R + 150 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

James Gruber (D)

The Short Version

This bill modifies how New Hampshire's local tax cap is calculated by requiring that new annual debt service from bond votes be included in the tax base once repayment begins. The change applies automatically to all municipalities and school districts with existing tax caps, allowing their tax caps to grow by the amount of new debt service approved by voters.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Towns and school districts seeking to fund capital projects without being constrained by tax caps
  • ▲ Communities that have adopted tax caps and want to undertake bonded infrastructure or facility improvements

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Taxpayers in municipalities and school districts with adopted tax caps will see tax bases increase by the amount of new debt service when repayment begins

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 opposed it ( 1 for , 174 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 150 for , 2 against ) .

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

Inexpedient to Legislate (kill motion) 2026-03-05
Passed

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

174R + 2D
Voted to Kill the Bill (176)
1R + 150D
Voted to Keep It Alive (151)
45
Absent
20
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (176)

Republicans (174)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (151)

Republicans (1)
Democrats (150)
Absent (45)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Chris McAleer (D) , David Lundgren (R) , David Nagel (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Spillane (R) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Lee Ann Kluger (D) , Leonard Turcotte (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Linda Ryan (D) , Lorie Ball (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Moffett (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Pierre Dupont (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Terry Roy (R) , 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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