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HB97 Making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

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Making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

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

Taxpayers fund the $30 million appropriation, but municipalities that receive grants avoid or reduce the burden of financing wastewater infrastructure improvements, lowering costs for residents in those communities.

8
🏘️

Your Community

Eligible municipalities gain state funding for wastewater infrastructure improvements, which benefits public health, environmental protection, and reduces local borrowing needs for critical infrastructure.

5
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Your Freedom

This bill is a funding mechanism with no direct impact on individual rights or local control over governance.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 175-156 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 176

Voted Yes

175 R

Voted No

4 R + 152 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Thomas Buco (D)

The Short Version

This bill appropriates $30 million over two fiscal years (2026-2027) to the Department of Environmental Services for wastewater infrastructure projects under an existing state aid grant program. Eligible municipalities will receive grants to fund wastewater system improvements, with repayment periods extending over twenty years or more.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Municipalities with eligible wastewater infrastructure projects approved under RSA 486
  • ▲ Residents in those communities who benefit from improved wastewater systems
  • ▲ Local governments that reduce infrastructure financing burdens

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ New Hampshire taxpayers funding the $30 million General Fund appropriation

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 ( 4 for , 175 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 152 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.

175R
Voted to Kill the Bill (175)
4R + 152D
Voted to Keep It Alive (156)
40
Absent
24
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (175)

Republicans (175)

Voted Nay (156)

Republicans (4)
Democrats (152)
Absent (40)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Boyd (R) , Cassandra Levesque (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Fracht (D) , David Lundgren (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Karel Crawford (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Mark Vallone (D) , Mary Ford (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Cahill (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sallie Fellows (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sayra Devito (R) , Shane Sirois (R) , Thomas Schamberg (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Tom Dolan (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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