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HB1655 Establishing a funding source for maintaining state owned dams.

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Establishing a funding source for maintaining state owned dams.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

6
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Your Wallet

Preventive dam maintenance is far cheaper than disaster response; protects property values and avoids catastrophic damage costs.

8
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Your Community

Addresses a serious public safety risk from deteriorating dams that could cause devastating floods in downstream communities.

5
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Your Freedom

Infrastructure funding mechanism with no direct impact on personal freedoms.

Status

Lay HB1655 on Table (Rep. Janigian): Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 187-161 03/26/2026 House Journal 9

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

William Darby (D)

The Short Version

Creates a dedicated funding source for maintaining state-owned dams, many of which are in poor condition. Dam failures can cause catastrophic flooding, property destruction, and loss of life, making maintenance funding a public safety priority.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Communities downstream of state-owned dams
  • ▲ Property owners in flood zones
  • ▲ All NH residents who benefit from dam-maintained lakes and water systems

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Taxpayers or users who fund the new revenue source

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 ( 12 for , 157 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 162 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.

Table 2026-03-26
Passed

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

180R + 7D
Voted to Kill the Bill (187)
7R + 154D
Voted to Keep It Alive (161)
29
Absent
16
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (187)

Republicans (180)
Democrats (7)

Voted Nay (161)

Republicans (7)
Democrats (154)
Absent (29)

Barbara Comtois (R) , Cathryn Harvey (D) , David Lundgren (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , James Summers (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Leavitt (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Karen Hegner (D) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Lisa Freeman (R) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Mark McLean (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Paige Beauchemin (D) , Raymond Plante (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sherman Packard (R) , Steven Kesselring (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R)

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-02-12
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

50R + 158D
Voted to Pass (208)
144R + 2D
Voted Against (146)
23
Absent
17
Not voting
Show all 394 individual votes

Voted Yea (208)

Republicans (50)
Democrats (158)

Voted Nay (146)

Republicans (144)
Democrats (2)
Absent (23)

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) , Susan Vandecasteele (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , William Dolan (D)

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