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HB1418 • 2026

setting a minimum affirmative vote for new or expanded spending for SB 2 towns.

setting a minimum affirmative vote for new or expanded spending for SB 2 towns.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Ross Berry (R)
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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setting a minimum affirmative vote for new or expanded spending for SB 2 towns.

setting a minimum affirmative vote for new or expanded spending for SB 2 towns.

What This Bill Does

  • setting a minimum affirmative vote for new or expanded spending for SB 2 towns.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 H

    Lay HB1418 on Table (Rep. Berry): MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 161

  2. 2026-03-04 H

    Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0971h 03/03/2026 (Vote 9-8; RC) HC 10 P. 43

  3. 2026-03-04 H

    Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  4. 2026-02-18 H

    Executive Session: 03/03/2026 10:00 am GP 158

  5. 2026-02-12 H

    Public Hearing: 02/17/2026 11:40 am GP 158

  6. 2025-12-04 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 19

Official Summary Text

setting a minimum affirmative vote for new or expanded spending for SB 2 towns.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1418 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-3193
08/09

HOUSE BILL
1418

AN ACT
setting a minimum affirmative vote for new or expanded spending for SB 2 towns.

SPONSORS: Rep. Berry, Hills. 44

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill sets a minimum affirmative vote for new or expanded spending in SB 2 towns.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
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Matter removed from current law appears [
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-3193
08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
setting a minimum affirmative vote for new or expanded spending for SB 2 towns.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Town Elections; Official Ballot Budget Threshold. Amend RSA 669 by inserting after section 25 the following new section:
669:25-a Official Ballot Warrant Articles; Minimum Voter Participation.
In any town that has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting pursuant to RSA 40:13, no warrant article proposing the adoption of the town’s operating budget or of any other appropriation shall pass unless at least 15 percent of the registered voters of the town cast ballots on the question and a majority of those voting vote “Yes.”

2 New Section; School District Elections; Official Ballot Budget Threshold. Amend RSA 671 by inserting after section 33 the following new section:
671:34 Official Ballot Warrant Articles; Minimum Voter Participation.
In any school district that has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting pursuant to RSA 40:13, no warrant article proposing the adoption of the school district’s operating budget or of any other appropriation shall pass unless at least 15 percent of the registered voters of the school district cast ballots on the question and a majority of those voting vote “Yes.”

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.