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SB653 Enabling counties to change the dates of their biennial budgets.

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Enabling counties to change the dates of their biennial budgets.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact; administrative scheduling change.

5
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Your Community

Modest improvement to county budget process that could improve financial planning.

6
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Your Freedom

Gives counties more local control over their budgeting process.

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

Timothy Lang (R)

The Short Version

Gives counties flexibility to change the dates of their biennial budget cycles. A procedural improvement for county government financial planning.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • County governments seeking scheduling flexibility
  • County budget administrators

Who Pays the Price

  • Minimal; purely procedural change

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 ( 166 for , 2 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.

Adopt Amendment 2026-05-14
Passed

YES = Adopt this amendment. NO = Reject this amendment.

163R + 1D
Voted to Adopt Amendment (164)
2R + 143D
Voted Against Amendment (145)
51
Absent
33
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (164)

Republicans (163)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (145)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (143)
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-05-14
Passed

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

166R + 1D
Voted to Pass (167)
2R + 144D
Voted Against (146)
51
Absent
29
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (167)

Republicans (166)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (146)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (144)

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

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