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HB1578 Adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts.

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Adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
💰

Your Wallet

Better reporting on EFA spending would show taxpayers how their money is being used and could identify waste or misuse in the voucher program.

7
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Your Community

Accountability for how public education dollars are spent through vouchers is essential for taxpayers and for ensuring students receive quality education.

5
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Your Freedom

Adds government reporting requirements but doesn't restrict how EFA funds are used; transparency supports informed public debate.

Status

Lay HB1578 on Table (Rep. Ladd): Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 182-162 03/05/2026 House Journal 6 P. 56

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Peggy Balboni (D)

The Short Version

Would have added transparency and reporting requirements to Education Freedom Accounts (school vouchers), including definitions of eligible expenses. Tabled on a party-line vote (182-162), preventing the transparency measures from advancing.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Taxpayers funding EFAs who want accountability
  • ▲ Students and families using EFAs who benefit from program integrity
  • ▲ Public education advocates seeking transparency

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ EFA administrators who would face additional reporting burdens
  • ▼ Those who oppose oversight of school choice programs

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 , 182 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 159 for ) .

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

Table 2026-03-05
Passed

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

182R
Voted to Kill the Bill (182)
3R + 159D
Voted to Keep It Alive (162)
27
Absent
21
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (182)

Republicans (182)

Voted Nay (162)

Republicans (3)
Democrats (159)
Absent (27)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Lorie Ball (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

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

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