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HB1607 Relative to the use and storage of road salt.

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Relative to the use and storage of road salt.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

6
💰

Your Wallet

Road salt damages private wells, vehicles, and infrastructure; regulation could save residents costly water treatment and premature vehicle/bridge repairs.

7
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Your Community

Salt contamination of drinking water is a growing problem in NH communities, particularly for those on private wells. Regulation protects public health.

4
⚖️

Your Freedom

Adds regulations on municipalities and road maintenance operations, though for the purpose of protecting residents' water quality.

Status

Remove from Table (Rep. Rung): Motion Failed Regular Calendar 156-194 03/12/2026 House Journal 8

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Rosemarie Rung (D)

The Short Version

Would have regulated the use and storage of road salt to protect water quality and infrastructure. Tabled then failed to be removed from table (156-194). Road salt contaminates NH drinking water wells and corrodes infrastructure.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Residents with contaminated wells from road salt
  • ▲ Lake and river ecosystems
  • ▲ Infrastructure that corrodes from excess salt

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Municipalities that may face higher winter maintenance costs using alternatives
  • ▼ Salt industry suppliers

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 opposed it ( 8 for , 185 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 158 for , 3 against ) .

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

Remove From Table 2026-03-12
Failed

YES = Yes. NO = No.

3R + 153D
Voted Yea (156)
188R + 6D
Voted Nay (194)
22
Absent
20
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (156)

Republicans (3)
Democrats (153)

Voted Nay (194)

Republicans (188)
Democrats (6)
Absent (22)

Dale Swanson (D) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Spillane (R) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Joseph Hamblen (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Robert Harb (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Thomas Buco (D)

Table 2026-02-12
Passed

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

185R + 3D
Voted to Kill the Bill (188)
8R + 158D
Voted to Keep It Alive (166)
22
Absent
18
Not voting
Show all 394 individual votes

Voted Yea (188)

Republicans (185)
Democrats (3)

Voted Nay (166)

Republicans (8)
Democrats (158)
Absent (22)

Beth Richards (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charles Foote (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) , Mark MacKenzie (D) , Mary Murphy (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , William Dolan (D)

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