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HB1580 Relative to the taxation of non-primary residences.

Taxes & Revenue Dead Auto-scored

Relative to the taxation of non-primary residences.

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

Would have increased taxes on vacation and investment property owners while potentially generating revenue to reduce taxes on primary residences.

5
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Your Community

Could have discouraged second-home ownership in tourism-dependent communities while raising revenue, but the broad bipartisan defeat suggests widespread concerns.

4
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Your Freedom

Would have created differential tax treatment based on property use, a form of government intervention in property decisions.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 284-55 02/12/2026 House Journal 4 P. 71

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Jonah Wheeler (D)

The Short Version

Would have imposed different tax treatment on non-primary residences (vacation homes, investment properties). Overwhelmingly killed 284-55 on a bipartisan basis, reflecting broad opposition to taxing second homes differently.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • Primary residence homeowners who might see tax relief
  • Communities dealing with housing shortages from vacation homes

Who Pays the Price

  • Vacation home and investment property owners
  • Tourism-dependent communities
  • The NH real estate market

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 ( 2 for , 184 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 53 for , 100 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.

184R + 100D
Voted to Kill the Bill (284)
2R + 53D
Voted to Keep It Alive (55)
31
Absent
24
Not voting
Show all 394 individual votes

Voted Yea (284)

Republicans (184)

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

This bill was auto-scored using AI analysis of the bill text and legislative data. Scores may be refined as we review more bills.