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SB603 Relative to the funding of the SNAP program by the department of health and human services.

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Relative to the funding of the SNAP program by the department of health and human services.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

6
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Your Wallet

May require state spending to backstop SNAP, but food assistance has high economic multiplier effects in local communities.

8
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Your Community

Protects food access for low-income NH families, including children, elderly, and disabled residents.

5
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Your Freedom

Addresses program funding logistics with no direct freedom implications.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 186-158 05/07/2026 House Journal 12

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Daryl Abbas (R)

The Short Version

Addresses state-level funding for the SNAP (food stamps) program through the Department of Health and Human Services. Ensures the state can maintain food assistance if federal funding is disrupted.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Low-income families receiving food assistance
  • ▲ Children in food-insecure households
  • ▲ Elderly and disabled SNAP recipients
  • ▲ Grocery stores in NH

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ State budget if supplemental funding is required

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 ( 5 for , 185 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 153 for , 1 against ) .

"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) 2026-05-07
Passed

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

185R + 1D
Voted to Kill the Bill (186)
5R + 153D
Voted to Keep It Alive (158)
28
Absent
21
Not voting
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Voted Yea (186)

Republicans (185)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (158)

Republicans (5)
Democrats (153)
Absent (28)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Arnold Davis (R) , Buzz Scherr (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Christal Lloyd (D) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gregory Hill (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Janigian (R) , John Leavitt (R) , John MacDonald (R) , John Sellers (R) , Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R) , Kevin Scully (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Mark MacKenzie (D) , Mark Vallone (D) , Matthew Wilhelm (D) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Ned Raynolds (D) , Paul Berch (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Vanessa Sheehan (R)

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Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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