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HB1636 Directing the department of revenue administration to study options for generating state revenue.

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Directing the department of revenue administration to study options for generating state revenue.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

A study commission itself would not directly affect wallets, but findings could inform future tax proposals.

5
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Your Community

A revenue study is procedural; any impact would depend on resulting policy recommendations.

5
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Your Freedom

A study has no direct freedom implications, though NH residents are sensitive to potential new taxes.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 284-76 02/12/2026 House Journal 4 P. 27

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Thomas Oppel (D)

The Short Version

Would have directed the Department of Revenue Administration to study new state revenue options. Killed overwhelmingly (284-76 ITL), reflecting strong opposition to exploring new revenue sources that could include broad-based taxes.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Policymakers seeking data-driven revenue solutions
  • ▲ Advocates for diversifying NH's revenue base

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Taxpayers concerned about potential new taxes being identified by the study

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 ( 200 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 76 for , 84 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.

200R + 84D
Voted to Kill the Bill (284)
0R + 76D
Voted to Keep It Alive (76)
19
Absent
15
Not voting
Show all 394 individual votes

Voted Yea (284)

Republicans (200)
Democrats (84)

Voted Nay (76)

Democrats (76)
Absent (19)

Beth Richards (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Meuse (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Harry Bean (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , John MacDonald (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) , 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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