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HB1834 Relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.

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Relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
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Your Wallet

An enrollment cap would limit the growth of EFA spending from the Education Trust Fund, protecting public school funding from unlimited diversion.

6
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Your Community

Capping EFA enrollment would stabilize public school budgets but limit the number of families who can access the school choice program.

4
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Your Freedom

Capping enrollment restricts educational choice for families who might otherwise use EFA funds for alternatives to public school.

Status

Lay HB1834 on Table (Rep. Noble): Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 180-157 03/05/2026 House Journal 6 P. 107

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Toni Weinstein (D)

The Short Version

Would have imposed an enrollment cap on the Education Freedom Account program to limit the diversion of public education funds. Tabled on a party-line vote 180-157.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Public schools that would retain more funding
  • ▲ Taxpayers concerned about uncapped EFA growth

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Families on EFA waitlists who cannot access the program
  • ▼ School choice advocates

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 ( 1 for , 180 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 156 for ) .

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

Table 2026-03-05
Passed

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

180R
Voted to Kill the Bill (180)
1R + 156D
Voted to Keep It Alive (157)
39
Absent
16
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (180)

Republicans (180)

Voted Nay (157)

Republicans (1)
Democrats (156)
Absent (39)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Dan McGuire (R) , David Nagel (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Linda Ryan (D) , Lorie Ball (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Pierre Dupont (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

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