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HB1709 Prohibiting certain unlawfully present felons from occupying or renting real property.

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Prohibiting certain unlawfully present felons from occupying or renting real property.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

4

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

4
💰

Your Wallet

Enforcement costs fall on landlords and local government; could reduce rental market participation and increase housing compliance costs.

4
🏘️

Your Community

Creates a chilling effect on immigrant communities beyond the targeted population and burdens landlords with immigration enforcement.

4
⚖️

Your Freedom

Restricts housing access and deputizes private landlords as immigration enforcement agents, raising civil liberties concerns.

Status

Pending Motion Committee of Conference Report # 2026-2083c; 06/04/2026; Senate Journal 14

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Joe Alexander (R)

The Short Version

Would prohibit undocumented immigrants with felony convictions from renting or occupying property in NH. Passed 181-154 with amendment. Could create enforcement challenges and put landlords in the position of verifying immigration status.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Those seeking stricter immigration enforcement at the state level

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Landlords burdened with verifying immigration status
  • ▼ Immigrant communities facing housing discrimination
  • ▼ Legal immigrants who may be discriminated against

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 supported it ( 177 for , 1 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 for , 149 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 2026-03-11
Failed

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

3R + 150D
Voted to Kill the Bill (153)
175R + 6D
Voted to Keep It Alive (181)
38
Absent
20
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (153)

Republicans (3)
Democrats (150)

Voted Nay (181)

Republicans (175)
Democrats (6)
Absent (38)

Brian Seaworth (R) , 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 with Amendment 2026-03-11
Passed

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

179R + 2D
Voted to Pass (181)
1R + 153D
Voted Against (154)
38
Absent
19
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (181)

Republicans (179)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (154)

Republicans (1)
Democrats (153)
Absent (38)

Brian Seaworth (R) , 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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