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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

Municipal employers (and ultimately local property taxpayers) save $28–$29.5 million annually in retirement contribution costs beginning FY 2026, reducing pressure on local property tax budgets.

8
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Your Community

Cities and towns gain significant fiscal relief for funding teacher, police, and firefighter pensions, potentially enabling local governments to maintain or expand public education and public safety services.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

No direct impact on individual rights or local control; this is a fiscal transfer that does not restrict or expand freedoms.

Status

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

Voted Yes

172 R

Voted No

6 R + 153 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Michael Edgar (D)

The Short Version

This bill requires the state to pay 7.5% of retirement contributions for teachers, firefighters, and local police employed by municipalities, shifting approximately $28–$29.5 million annually in costs from cities and towns to the state starting in fiscal year 2026. The bill provides no funding mechanism to cover these costs.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Municipal property taxpayers (through reduced local property tax pressure)
  • ▲ Cities and towns (through $28–$29.5 million annual reduction in retirement contribution obligations)
  • ▲ Teachers, firefighters, and local police (indirectly, through enhanced municipal ability to fund services)

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ New Hampshire state general fund (must cover $28–$29.5 million annually starting FY 2026 with no appropriation provided)
  • ▼ State taxpayers (to the extent general fund revenues must increase or other state spending must decrease)

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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Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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