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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?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

This bill establishes only a study committee with no direct fiscal impact on NH residents or taxpayers; any actual tax changes would require separate legislation.

5
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Your Community

The bill does not alter current school funding mechanisms or services; it only directs a committee to study the issue and report recommendations.

5
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Your Freedom

This bill has no bearing on individual rights or local control; it is purely procedural and informational.

Status

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

Voted Yes

195 R

Voted No

0 R + 157 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Walter Spilsbury (R)

The Short Version

This bill creates a legislative study committee to examine how New Hampshire funds public education and explore ways to reduce reliance on local property taxes. The committee will report findings and recommendations by November 1, 2025, but this bill itself makes no immediate changes to school funding or tax policy.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Legislative bodies that receive the committee's findings to inform future policy decisions
  • ▲ Potentially NH residents if recommendations lead to future legislation that reduces property tax burden

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Minimal cost: committee members receive mileage reimbursement at legislative rates

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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Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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