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HB651 Modifying the base cost and differential aid costs of an adequate education.

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Modifying the base cost and differential aid costs of an adequate education.

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

Higher state education funding directly reduces property tax burden, which is the single largest expense for most NH homeowners.

8
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Your Community

Increasing the base cost of adequate education helps underfunded schools provide quality instruction.

5
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Your Freedom

Education funding formula adjustment with no direct freedom implications.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 190-155 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 115

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

David Luneau (D)

The Short Version

Would have increased the base cost of adequate education and differential aid for students with higher needs. Killed 190-155, this would have sent more state money to schools, potentially reducing property tax reliance.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Students in underfunded schools
  • ▲ Property taxpayers in education-poor towns
  • ▲ Special needs students

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ State budget
  • ▼ Wealthier districts that may see relatively less benefit

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 ( 190 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 155 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.

190R
Voted to Kill the Bill (190)
0R + 155D
Voted to Keep It Alive (155)
31
Absent
19
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (190)

Republicans (190)

Voted Nay (155)

Democrats (155)
Absent (31)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Bill Boyd (R) , 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 Ford (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 May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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