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HB348 Relative to eligibility for local assistance.

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Relative to eligibility for local assistance.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

Could slightly reduce municipal welfare costs but may increase other social costs if people lose assistance.

4
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Your Community

Tighter eligibility could deny help to vulnerable residents experiencing temporary hardship.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

No significant freedom impact.

Status

Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/22/2026; Chapter 81; eff.07/21/2026

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Jennifer Rhodes (R)

The Short Version

Modifies eligibility requirements for local welfare assistance, likely tightening who qualifies. Passed both chambers. Could reduce aid to some residents in need while aiming to prevent fraud.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Municipal budgets
  • ▲ Taxpayers concerned about welfare fraud

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Low-income residents who may lose eligibility for local assistance
  • ▼ Homeless individuals

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 ( 189 for ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 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
Passed

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

189R + 1D
Voted to Pass (190)
0R + 157D
Voted Against (157)
30
Absent
18
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (190)

Republicans (189)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (157)

Democrats (157)
Absent (30)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Darrell Louis (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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