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HB624 Establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program and making an appropriation therefor.

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Establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program and making an appropriation therefor.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

The bill costs taxpayers $80,000 total ($40,000 per year for two years), a modest general fund expenditure with no new taxes or fees on residents.

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Your Community

Local river management advisory committees gain direct funding to implement their duties, enabling better stewardship of local rivers and water resources across New Hampshire communities.

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Your Freedom

The bill does not restrict or expand individual rights; it creates a funding mechanism for existing local committees without changing regulatory or personal freedoms.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 187-164 01/08/2026 House Journal 2 P. 8

Voted Yes

185 R + 2 D

Voted No

7 R + 156 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Eric Turer (D)

The Short Version

This bill establishes a grant program providing up to $10,000 per year to local river management advisory committees, with $40,000 appropriated for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027. The program supports existing committees' work on river management duties, funded through the state's general fund with minimal administrative overhead.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Local river management advisory committees that have been established under RSA 483:8-a
  • ▲ Communities with rivers that are subject to local management oversight
  • ▲ River conservation and management efforts in participating towns

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ New Hampshire taxpayers (general fund appropriation of $80,000 over two years)

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 ( 7 for , 185 against ) , Democrats supported it ( 156 for , 2 against ) , and Independents supported it ( 1 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) 2026-01-08
Passed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

185R + 2D
Voted to Kill the Bill (187)
7R + 156D + 1I
Voted to Keep It Alive (164)
30
Absent
14
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (187)

Republicans (185)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (164)

Republicans (7)
Democrats (156)
Independents (1)
Absent (30)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Luneau (D) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denis Murphy (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jeremy Slottje (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Nicole Leapley (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 October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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