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HB1635 Modifying the requirements of suicide prevention education policies in schools.

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Modifying the requirements of suicide prevention education policies in schools.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

Training costs are manageable; suicide prevention programs have strong cost-benefit ratios through lives saved.

7
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Your Community

Updated suicide prevention education could help schools better identify and support at-risk youth, potentially saving lives.

5
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Your Freedom

Adjusts educational policy requirements for schools; does not affect individual freedoms.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 04/16/2026; Senate Journal 9

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

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R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Melissa Litchfield (R)

The Short Version

Modifies requirements for suicide prevention education policies in NH schools. With youth suicide being a leading cause of death among young people, updating these requirements could improve how schools identify and respond to at-risk students.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Students struggling with mental health issues
  • ▲ Parents of at-risk youth
  • ▲ School counselors and staff

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Schools that may need to update training programs
  • ▼ Districts with limited mental health resources

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 supported it ( 181 for , 8 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 2 for , 159 against ) .

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

Ought to Pass (passage vote) 2026-03-05
Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

181R + 2D
Voted to Pass (183)
8R + 159D
Voted Against (167)
29
Absent
13
Not voting
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Voted Yea (183)

Republicans (181)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (167)

Republicans (8)
Democrats (159)
Absent (29)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Efstathia Booras (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 Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Pierre Dupont (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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