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HB491 Establishing a committee to study alternative funding methods for public education and how to reduce its reliance on local real estate property taxes.

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Establishing a committee to study alternative funding methods for public education and how to reduce its reliance on local real estate property taxes.

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

Studying alternatives to property tax funding could lead to relief for homeowners paying some of the highest property taxes in the nation.

8
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Your Community

Property tax reliance creates extreme inequality between wealthy and poor school districts; reform could help all communities.

6
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Your Freedom

Property tax reform could reduce the burden that forces some families to leave their homes.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 195-157 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 109

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Walter Spilsbury (R)

The Short Version

Would have created a committee to study ways to fund schools without relying so heavily on property taxes. NH's heavy property tax burden for schools is a major issue. The bill was killed by a 195-157 vote.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Property taxpayers
  • ▲ School districts in property-poor towns
  • ▲ Homeowners struggling with tax burden

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Those who might pay more under alternative funding models

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 ( 195 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 157 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.

195R
Voted to Kill the Bill (195)
0R + 157D
Voted to Keep It Alive (157)
29
Absent
14
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (195)

Republicans (195)

Voted Nay (157)

Democrats (157)
Absent (29)

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) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , 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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