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SB643 Requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.

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Requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
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Your Wallet

Public scrutiny of cap overrides helps protect taxpayers from unchecked spending increases.

7
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Your Community

Ensures tax and spending decisions are made transparently with public input and recorded votes.

7
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Your Freedom

Strengthens democratic participation and government accountability on taxing and spending decisions.

Status

Sen. Gray Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/21/2026; Senate Journal 13

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Kevin Avard (R)

The Short Version

Requires municipalities to hold public hearings and recorded roll call votes before overriding tax or spending caps. Increases transparency and accountability in local government fiscal decisions.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Property taxpayers
  • ▲ Citizens seeking government accountability
  • ▲ Fiscal watchdog groups

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Municipal officials who prefer less scrutiny of cap overrides

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 ( 163 for , 6 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 for , 144 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 with Amendment 2026-05-14
Passed

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

163R + 1D
Voted to Pass (164)
6R + 144D
Voted Against (150)
50
Absent
29
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (164)

Republicans (163)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (150)

Republicans (6)
Democrats (144)
Absent (50)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Arnold Davis (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Bolton (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , 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) , 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)

Ought to Pass w/Amendment 2026-03-05
Passed

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

16R
Voted to Pass (16)
0R + 8D
Voted Against (8)
0
Absent
0
Not voting
Show all 24 individual votes
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Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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