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SB627 Relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic inflation-based toll reviews for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan.

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Relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic inflation-based toll reviews for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

3
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Your Wallet

Toll increases directly cost NH commuters and travelers who use the turnpike system regularly.

7
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Your Community

Funds critical highway maintenance and improvements over the next decade, preventing infrastructure deterioration.

5
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Your Freedom

User-fee approach to transportation funding is preferable to broad taxes but still increases costs.

Status

Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2151e Adopted, Voice Vote, (In recess of 06/04/2026); Senate Journal 14

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

David Watters (D)

The Short Version

Adjusts toll rates and creates periodic inflation-based toll reviews for the NH turnpike system. Funds the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan to maintain and improve highways.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ All road users benefiting from maintained highways
  • ▲ NH economy dependent on transportation infrastructure

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Regular turnpike commuters paying higher tolls
  • ▼ Trucking and freight companies

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 ( 17 for , 148 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 140 for , 3 against ) .

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

Interim Study 2026-05-14
Failed

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

148R + 3D
Voted to Kill the Bill (151)
17R + 140D
Voted to Keep It Alive (157)
52
Absent
33
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (151)

Republicans (148)
Democrats (3)

Voted Nay (157)

Republicans (17)
Democrats (140)
Absent (52)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Arnold Davis (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Bolton (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathy Kenny (R) , David Lundgren (R) , David Preece (D) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Heather Baldwin (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , Jean Jeudy (D) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Joseph Guthrie (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Karel Crawford (R) , Katelyn Kuttab (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristina Schultz (D) , Linda Haskins (D) , Loren Selig (D) , Lorie Ball (R) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Mike Bordes (R) , Mike Ouellet (R) , Myles England (D) , Paul Terry (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Raymond Peeples (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Steven Bogert (R) , Suzanne Vail (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tom Dolan (R) , Toni Weinstein (D) , Valerie McDonnell (R)

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