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HB1570 Relative to governmental budget authority for agreements for law enforcement agencies to participate in federal immigration enforcement.

Budget & Spending Dead Auto-scored

Relative to governmental budget authority for agreements for law enforcement agencies to participate in federal immigration enforcement.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

6
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Your Wallet

Would have ensured taxpayers have a say through budget processes before their local police resources are diverted to federal immigration work.

6
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Your Community

Would have maintained local democratic control over how police resources are used and prevented federal mandates from straining local budgets.

6
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Your Freedom

Supports local self-governance by requiring democratic approval before committing local resources to federal enforcement programs.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 198-161 02/12/2026 House Journal 4 P. 17

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Buzz Scherr (D)

The Short Version

Would have required budget authorization before local law enforcement could participate in federal immigration enforcement agreements. Killed on a party-line vote (198-161). Aimed to give local governing bodies oversight over these costly arrangements.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Local taxpayers wanting oversight of police spending
  • ▲ Immigrant communities concerned about local police enforcement
  • ▲ Municipal budget managers

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Federal immigration enforcement agencies seeking local cooperation
  • ▼ Those who want maximum local-federal law enforcement cooperation

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 ( 3 for , 196 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 158 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) 2026-02-12
Passed

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

196R + 2D
Voted to Kill the Bill (198)
3R + 158D
Voted to Keep It Alive (161)
20
Absent
15
Not voting
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Voted Yea (198)

Republicans (196)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (161)

Republicans (3)
Democrats (158)
Absent (20)

Beth Richards (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Daniel Popovici-Muller (R) , David Meuse (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Harry Bean (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , John MacDonald (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Mark MacKenzie (D) , Mary Murphy (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , William Dolan (D)

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

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