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SB223 Prohibiting student identification cards from being used as photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot.

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Prohibiting student identification cards from being used as photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

3

Overall Impact Score

Harmful

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact, though students may need to obtain alternative ID.

3
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Your Community

Restricts an easy pathway for college students to participate in elections, reducing civic engagement.

2
⚖️

Your Freedom

Creates additional barriers to voting for a specific population of eligible voters, undermining democratic participation.

Status

Sen. Gray Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, Regular Calendar 14Y-8N, Motion Adopted; 05/21/2026; Senate Journal 13

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Victoria Sullivan (R)

The Short Version

Would prohibit the use of student ID cards as valid photo identification for voting. This would make it harder for college students to vote, disproportionately affecting young voters in NH's many college towns.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Those who believe student IDs lack sufficient identity verification

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ College students in NH who rely on student IDs as their primary photo ID
  • ▼ Young voters
  • ▼ College-town communities that benefit from student civic engagement

Roll Call Detail (2 votes)

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 2 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 185 for , 2 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 2 for , 155 against ) .

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

Concur with other chamber's amendments 2026-05-21
Passed

YES = Accept the other chamber's amendments. NO = Reject the other chamber's amendments.

14R
Voted to Concur (14)
0R + 8D
Voted to Not Concur (8)
2
Absent
0
Not voting
Show all 24 individual votes
Absent (2)

Denise Ricciardi (R) , Mark McConkey (R)

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-05-14
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

185R + 2D
Voted to Pass (187)
2R + 155D
Voted Against (157)
33
Absent
16
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (187)

Republicans (185)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (157)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (155)
Absent (33)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Arnold Davis (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Bolton (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , David Preece (D) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Heather Baldwin (D) , Jean Jeudy (D) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Raymond Peeples (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sean Durkin (R) , Stephanie Grund (D) , Steven Bogert (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Toni Weinstein (D)

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