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HB295 Making school building aid program funds nonlapsing.

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Making school building aid program funds nonlapsing.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
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Your Wallet

School districts may complete construction projects more cost-effectively by spreading work across budget cycles without losing appropriated funds, potentially reducing the need for additional local tax levies.

8
🏘️

Your Community

School districts and chartered public schools gain more reliable access to state building aid, enabling better long-term planning for facility improvements and construction projects that serve student needs.

5
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Your Freedom

No direct impact on individual rights or local control; this is a procedural change to fund management.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 191-150 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 101

Voted Yes

189 R + 2 D

Voted No

1 R + 149 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Michael Cahill (D)

The Short Version

This bill makes funds appropriated to New Hampshire's school building aid program nonlapsing, meaning unspent appropriations will carry over to future fiscal years instead of reverting to the state treasury. This allows school districts to access committed aid funding across multiple years, potentially enabling more flexible project timelines and better planning for school construction.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Local school districts receiving school building aid
  • ▲ Chartered public schools under RSA 194-B
  • ▲ Students who may benefit from improved school facilities funded through smoother aid disbursement

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Potentially the state general fund, as appropriated dollars remain committed across fiscal years rather than reverting

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 , 189 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 149 for , 2 against ) .

"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.

189R + 2D
Voted to Kill the Bill (191)
1R + 149D
Voted to Keep It Alive (150)
28
Absent
26
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (191)

Republicans (189)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (150)

Republicans (1)
Democrats (149)
Absent (28)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Cassandra Levesque (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Heath Howard (D) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Cahill (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Shane Sirois (R) , Tim Mannion (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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