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HB1706 Repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.

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Repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

3

Overall Impact Score

Harmful

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

4
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Your Wallet

Most refugee resettlement is federally funded; losing the program means losing those federal dollars while refugees still need services.

2
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Your Community

Eliminating refugee resettlement support leaves legally admitted refugees without critical transition services and removes workers from NH's tight labor market.

3
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Your Freedom

Denies federally authorized refugees access to state services, restricting opportunities for legal residents to build new lives.

Status

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

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Travis Corcoran (R)

The Short Version

Would repeal NH's refugee resettlement program and ban state spending on refugee services. Legal refugees are admitted through a federal process and often fill critical workforce gaps, while the resettlement program helps them become self-sufficient taxpaying residents.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Those opposed to immigration and refugee resettlement

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Legal refugees in NH losing resettlement support
  • ▼ NH employers facing labor shortages
  • ▼ Communities losing population growth and cultural diversity
  • ▼ Federal funding that comes with the program

Roll Call Detail (3 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 3 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 169 for , 10 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 for , 154 against ) .

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

Indefinitely Postpone 2026-03-11
Failed

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

9R + 149D
Voted to Kill the Bill (158)
168R + 1D
Voted to Keep It Alive (169)
39
Absent
26
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (158)

Republicans (9)
Democrats (149)

Voted Nay (169)

Republicans (168)
Democrats (1)
Absent (39)

Brian Seaworth (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charles Melvin (R) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Dale Girard (D) , Dale Swanson (D) , David Lundgren (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Gruber (D) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karel Crawford (R) , Kristine Perez (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Marc Plamondon (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Mike Bordes (R) , Mike Drago (R) , Molly Howard (D) , Myles England (D) , Paul Terry (R) , Peggy Balboni (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tom Dolan (R) , Wayne Hemingway (R)

Table 2026-03-11
Failed

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

10R + 151D
Voted to Kill the Bill (161)
169R + 1D
Voted to Keep It Alive (170)
39
Absent
22
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (161)

Republicans (10)
Democrats (151)

Voted Nay (170)

Republicans (169)
Democrats (1)
Absent (39)

Brian Seaworth (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charles Melvin (R) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Dale Girard (D) , Dale Swanson (D) , David Lundgren (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Gruber (D) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karel Crawford (R) , Kristine Perez (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Marc Plamondon (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Mike Bordes (R) , Mike Drago (R) , Molly Howard (D) , Myles England (D) , Paul Terry (R) , Peggy Balboni (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tom Dolan (R) , Wayne Hemingway (R)

Ought to Pass (passage vote) 2026-03-11
Passed

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

170R
Voted to Pass (170)
9R + 155D
Voted Against (164)
39
Absent
19
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (170)

Republicans (170)

Voted Nay (164)

Republicans (9)
Democrats (155)
Absent (39)

Brian Seaworth (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charles Melvin (R) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Dale Girard (D) , Dale Swanson (D) , David Lundgren (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Gruber (D) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karel Crawford (R) , Kristine Perez (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Marc Plamondon (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Mike Bordes (R) , Mike Drago (R) , Molly Howard (D) , Myles England (D) , Paul Terry (R) , Peggy Balboni (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tom Dolan (R) , Wayne Hemingway (R)

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