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SB543 Relative to long-term care eligibility and making an appropriation therefor.

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Relative to long-term care eligibility and making an appropriation therefor.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

Long-term care is one of the most financially devastating costs NH families face. Improved eligibility and funding can prevent families from being impoverished by nursing home costs.

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Your Community

NH has one of the fastest-aging populations in the country. Expanding long-term care access addresses a growing crisis affecting thousands of elderly residents and their families.

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Your Freedom

Expands options for elderly residents needing care, giving families more choices and reducing the financial trap of long-term care costs.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 182-154 04/23/2026 House Journal 11

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Daryl Abbas (R)

The Short Version

Addresses eligibility for long-term care services and appropriates funding. NH faces a long-term care crisis with an aging population, insufficient nursing home beds, and skyrocketing costs for elderly care.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Elderly NH residents needing long-term care
  • ▲ Families caring for aging parents
  • ▲ Nursing homes and home care providers

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ State taxpayers funding the 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 , 182 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 150 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) 2026-04-23
Passed

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

182R
Voted to Kill the Bill (182)
4R + 150D
Voted to Keep It Alive (154)
32
Absent
25
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (182)

Republicans (182)

Voted Nay (154)

Republicans (4)
Democrats (150)
Absent (32)

Allan Howland (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathy Kenny (R) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dennis Malloy (D) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gregory Sargent (D) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Joe Sweeney (R) , John Sellers (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kate Murray (D) , Laura Telerski (D) , Laurel Stavis (D) , Laurence Miner (R) , Leonard Turcotte (R) , Mark Pearson (R) , Peter Morency (R) , Raymond Plante (R) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Stephanie Grund (D) , Ted Gorski (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Wayne Pearson (D)

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