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HR19 Encouraging state colleges and universities to invite more conservative speakers to campus for the purpose of increasing diversity of viewpoints.

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Encouraging state colleges and universities to invite more conservative speakers to campus for the purpose of increasing diversity of viewpoints.

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

Non-binding resolution with no fiscal impact.

5
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Your Community

Encouraging diverse viewpoints on campus is positive in principle, though the resolution only encourages one political direction of diversity.

5
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Your Freedom

Supports free speech ideals but government directing which political viewpoints universities should feature raises academic freedom concerns.

Status

Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 191-155 03/05/2026 House Journal 6 P. 65

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Donald McFarlane (R)

The Short Version

A non-binding resolution encouraging NH public universities to invite more conservative speakers to promote viewpoint diversity on campus. Passed 191-155 on a party-line vote.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Conservative students seeking more ideological representation on campus
  • ▲ Free speech advocates

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ University administrators facing political pressure on speaker selection
  • ▼ Academic freedom advocates

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 supported it ( 183 for , 4 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 8 for , 151 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass (passage vote) 2026-03-05
Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

183R + 8D
Voted to Pass (191)
4R + 151D
Voted Against (155)
26
Absent
20
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (191)

Republicans (183)
Democrats (8)

Voted Nay (155)

Republicans (4)
Democrats (151)
Absent (26)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Lorie Ball (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , 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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