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HB314 Prohibiting the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities.

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Prohibiting the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

6
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Your Wallet

Could save taxpayer dollars currently used for government lobbying activities.

4
🏘️

Your Community

Would prevent municipalities and school districts from advocating for state aid and federal funding that benefits communities.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

Limits government speech but could also prevent public entities from effectively representing their constituents' interests.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted DV 203-147 01/08/2026 House Journal 2 P. 56

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Kelley Potenza (R)

The Short Version

Would ban government entities from using public funds for lobbying activities. Aims to prevent taxpayer money from being used to advocate for more government spending or programs. Killed with bipartisan opposition.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Taxpayers opposed to government lobbying

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Municipalities that lobby for state/federal funding
  • ▼ School districts advocating for education aid
  • ▼ Nonprofits receiving government grants

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 supported it ( 149 for , 41 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 3 for , 157 against ) .

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

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-01-08
Failed

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

149R + 3D
Voted to Pass (152)
41R + 157D
Voted Against (198)
29
Absent
16
Not voting
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Voted Yea (152)

Republicans (149)
Democrats (3)

Voted Nay (198)

Republicans (41)
Democrats (157)
Absent (29)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Luneau (D) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jeremy Slottje (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John MacDonald (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Lex Berezhny (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Toni Weinstein (D)

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Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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