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HB131 Relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention.

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Relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

The bill imposes compliance costs on schools for policy development and reporting, but does not specify funding mechanisms or create direct taxpayer expenses.

7
🏘️

Your Community

Schools gain clear procedural standards that improve victim protections, staff accountability, and inter-district coordination on bullying cases, strengthening school safety and student support systems.

7
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Your Freedom

Students gain explicit rights documentation and clearer pathways to report bullying and seek protection, while schools retain local control over policy design within state-mandated parameters.

Status

Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 205; eff. I. Sec 3 1/1/2027 II. Rem eff 8/1/2026

Voted Yes

184 R + 6 D

Voted No

0 R + 149 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Roderick Ladd (R)

The Short Version

This bill strengthens New Hampshire's anti-bullying policies by requiring schools to adopt comprehensive written policies with specific procedures, timelines, and protections within 6 months. It mandates that victims receive written notice of their rights and support services, requires parent notification within 48 hours, and establishes investigation procedures with reporting requirements to the state—creating more consistency and accountability across school districts.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Students who are victims of bullying or cyberbullying, who now receive written notification of rights and support services
  • ▲ Parents of bullied students, who must be notified within 48 hours and informed of investigations
  • ▲ Schools and school districts, which receive clear legal procedures and timelines to follow
  • ▲ Students who report bullying in good faith, who gain explicit retaliation protections

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ School administrators and staff, who must develop, implement, and report on new policies within strict timelines
  • ▼ School districts, which incur compliance costs for policy development, staff training, and expanded reporting requirements

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 ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 6 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 2026-01-07
Passed

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

184R + 6D
Voted to Pass (190)
0R + 149D
Voted Against (149)
37
Absent
19
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (190)

Republicans (184)
Democrats (6)

Voted Nay (149)

Democrats (149)
Absent (37)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Bill Boyd (R) , Cassandra Levesque (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Lundgren (R) , David Luneau (D) , David Nagel (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Heath Howard (D) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Karel Crawford (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Cahill (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sandra Panek (R) , Shane Sirois (R) , Tim Mannion (R) , Tom Dolan (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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