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HB155 Relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities.

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Relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

4

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

4
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Your Wallet

Most NH residents see no direct effect, but the state loses ~$2.5 million in annual revenue that could fund schools or services, though this is partially offset by other tax increases on affected businesses.

6
🏘️

Your Community

Nursing facilities receive $2.5 million in stabilization funding for 2026, which may help maintain Medicaid service availability, though the fiscal note warns some facilities could receive payments exceeding customary charges.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

No direct impact on individual rights; the bill is primarily administrative (tax threshold adjustment) and funding distribution.

Status

Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 280; eff. I. Sec 2 eff 6/30/2026 II. Rem eff 1/1/2027

Voted Yes

193 R + 2 D

Voted No

0 R + 156 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Joe Sweeney (R)

The Short Version

This bill raises the business tax filing threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 (reducing compliance burden for ~3,500 smaller businesses), while appropriating $2.5 million to stabilize nursing home Medicaid reimbursement rates. The tax change will reduce state revenue by approximately $2.5 million annually starting in 2027, partially offset by other tax collections.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Approximately 3,500 businesses with gross receipts between $250,000 and $375,000 (reduced tax filing requirements)
  • ▲ Licensed nursing facilities (receive $2.5 million in Medicaid rate stabilization)

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ New Hampshire state budget (loses ~$2.5 million in annual BET revenue starting 2027, offset only partially by BPT increases)
  • ▼ Indirectly: residents and taxpayers if reduced revenue affects state services or future funding needs

Roll Call Detail (2 votes)

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 2 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 188 for , 6 against ) , Democrats opposed it ( 159 against ) , and Independents supported it ( 1 for ) .

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

Adopt CofC Report 2026-06-04
Passed

YES = Yes. NO = No.

193R + 2D
Voted Yea (195)
0R + 156D + 1I
Voted Nay (157)
22
Absent
17
Not voting
Show all 391 individual votes

Voted Yea (195)

Republicans (193)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (157)

Democrats (156)
Independents (1)
Absent (22)

Beth Richards (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathryn Harvey (D) , Chris Muns (D) , Darrell Louis (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jack Flanagan (R) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , John Leavitt (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Mark Pearson (R) , Maureen Mooney (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Peter Leishman (D) , Richard Tripp (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Stephen Pearson (R) , Terry Spahr (D) , Thomas Buco (D)

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-01-08
Passed

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

188R + 1I
Voted to Pass (189)
6R + 159D
Voted Against (165)
28
Absent
13
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (189)

Republicans (188)
Independents (1)

Voted Nay (165)

Republicans (6)
Democrats (159)
Absent (28)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Luneau (D) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jeremy Slottje (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Nicole Leapley (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Toni Weinstein (D)

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Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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