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HB1427 Limiting the authority of a municipality, county, or school district to issue bonds.

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Limiting the authority of a municipality, county, or school district to issue bonds.

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

Limiting bonding authority would prevent communities from financing needed infrastructure, potentially increasing long-term costs.

2
🏘️

Your Community

Would have severely restricted ability to fund new schools, repair roads, and build essential infrastructure.

3
⚖️

Your Freedom

Removes local communities' ability to make their own decisions about borrowing for capital projects.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 234-112 02/19/2026 House Journal 5 P. 95

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Donald McFarlane (R)

The Short Version

Would have restricted the ability of municipalities, counties, and school districts to issue bonds for capital projects. Killed overwhelmingly 234-112, as it would have hampered communities' ability to fund schools, roads, and infrastructure.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Those opposed to any local government borrowing

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Students in schools needing renovation
  • ▼ Communities needing infrastructure investment
  • ▼ Local governments

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 ( 112 for , 75 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 159 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) 2026-02-19
Passed

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

75R + 159D
Voted to Kill the Bill (234)
112R
Voted to Keep It Alive (112)
32
Absent
15
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (234)

Republicans (75)
Democrats (159)

Voted Nay (112)

Republicans (112)
Absent (32)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Andrew Prout (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Brian Cole (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathryn Harvey (D) , Charles McMahon (R) , Claudine Burnham (R) , Eleana Colby (D) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Jack Flanagan (R) , James Tierney (R) , Jay Markell (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Hunt (R) , John Leavitt (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristina Schultz (D) , Laurel Stavis (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Belcher (R) , Myles England (D) , Richard Brown (R) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Susan Vandecasteele (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Tim Mannion (R) , Timothy Soucy (D) , Wayne Pearson (D)

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Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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