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HB197 Relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.

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Relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

8
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Your Wallet

Would directly reduce local property tax burden by shifting retirement costs back to the state, potentially saving hundreds per household.

7
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Your Community

Helps municipalities retain police, fire, and teachers by easing the retirement cost burden that strains local budgets.

5
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Your Freedom

No direct freedom impact.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 172-159 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 178

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Michael Edgar (D)

The Short Version

Would restore state payment of a portion of local government retirement system costs, which the state previously shifted to municipalities. Would lower local property taxes by sharing the burden. Killed on a party-line vote.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Property taxpayers in every NH municipality
  • ▲ Municipal employees
  • ▲ Local governments strained by retirement costs

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ State budget would need to absorb the cost shift

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 ( 6 for , 172 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 153 for ) .

"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) 2026-01-07
Passed

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

172R
Voted to Kill the Bill (172)
6R + 153D
Voted to Keep It Alive (159)
41
Absent
23
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (172)

Republicans (172)

Voted Nay (159)

Republicans (6)
Democrats (153)
Absent (41)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Boyd (R) , Cassandra Levesque (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Fracht (D) , David Lundgren (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Karel Crawford (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Lisa Freeman (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Mark Vallone (D) , Mary Ford (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Cahill (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sallie Fellows (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sayra Devito (R) , Shane Sirois (R) , Thomas Schamberg (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Tom Dolan (R) , Travis Toner (R)

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