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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
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Voted Yea (284)

Republicans (184)
Democrats (100)
Absent (31)

Beth Richards (D) , Brian Cole (R) , Brian Taylor (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Lundgren (R) , David Meuse (D) , Dillon Dumont (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Harry Bean (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , John MacDonald (R) , John Suiter (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Louis Juris (D) , Lucius Parshall (D) , Mark MacKenzie (D) , Mary Murphy (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Rosemarie Rung (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Susan Vandecasteele (R) , Terry Roy (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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