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HB 366 Increases appropriations for school building aid grants for construction and renovation.

Education Dead

Increases appropriations for school building aid grants for construction and renovation.

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

State funding for school construction reduces local property tax burden on towns

9
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Your Community

Addresses aging school buildings with inadequate ventilation, electrical, and roofing

6
⚖️

Your Freedom

Fulfills the state's obligation to help fund school infrastructure

Status

Killed in Senate March 5, 2026.

Voted Yes

35 R + 160 D

Voted No

155 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Rep. Michael Cahill (D-Rockingham)

The Short Version

This was the one genuinely good bill — and they killed it. Sponsored by Rep. Michael Cahill (D-Rockingham), NH's schools are aging and many districts have waited years for building aid that never came. HB 366 would have increased state funding for school construction/renovation and set aside money for previously approved projects that went unfunded. Passed the House 195–155 with bipartisan support, then the Senate killed it on March 5. Let that sink in: the legislature passed a WEF conspiracy ban and a Pride flag ban into law, but killed funding for crumbling school buildings.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Students in aging school buildings across NH
  • ▲ Communities waiting years for approved building aid
  • ▲ Property taxpayers (state funding reduces local burden)

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ State budget (increased spending on school infrastructure)

Connected Organizations

Bipartisan coalition — passed House 195-155

Roll Call Detail (2 votes)

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 2 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 195 for ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 155 against ) .

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

Adopt Amendment 2026-01-07
Passed

YES = Adopt this amendment. NO = Reject this amendment.

195R + 1D
Voted to Adopt Amendment (196)
0R + 151D
Voted Against Amendment (151)
28
Absent
20
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (196)

Republicans (195)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (151)

Democrats (151)
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)

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-01-07
Passed

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

195R
Voted to Pass (195)
0R + 155D
Voted Against (155)
28
Absent
17
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (195)

Republicans (195)

Voted Nay (155)

Democrats (155)
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)

Full Analysis

HB 366 is the bill that tells you everything you need to know about this legislature's priorities. Sponsored by Rep. Michael Cahill (D-Rockingham), it would have increased state appropriations for school building aid — grants that help districts build, renovate, and repair school facilities.

NH's school buildings are aging. Many were built in the 1950s and 60s and haven't had major renovations. Districts across the state have been waiting years — in some cases decades — for building aid that was approved but never funded. Kids are learning in buildings with inadequate ventilation, outdated electrical systems, and roofs that leak.

The bill passed the House with bipartisan support, 195-155. Then the Senate killed it on March 5, 2026.

The contrast is damning. In the same session, the legislature found the votes to: ban WEF materials (HB 1448 — signed into law), ban Pride flags (HB 1132 — signed into law), force guns onto college campuses (HB 1793 — signed into law), and remove income caps from vouchers for wealthy families (SB 295 — signed into law). But funding to fix crumbling school buildings where actual children spend their days? That was a bridge too far. The priorities couldn't be clearer.

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