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HB1512 • 2026

allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Ellen Read (D), Aidan Ankarberg (I), Heath Howard (D), Hope Damon (D)
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

What This Bill Does

  • allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 30

  2. 2026-02-24 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/17/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 24

  3. 2026-02-11 H

    Executive Session: 02/17/2026 09:00 am GP 154

  4. 2026-01-28 H

    Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 10:20 am GP 154

  5. 2025-12-10 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 23

Official Summary Text

allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1512 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2614
07/09

HOUSE BILL
1512

AN ACT
allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 7; Rep. H. Howard, Straf. 4

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows municipalities to a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

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26-2614
07/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

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

1 New Section; Education; Education Freedom Accounts; Municipal Opt-Out. Amend RSA 194-F by inserting after section 12 the following new section:
194-F:13 Municipal Opt-Out.
I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any municipality, city, town, or village may hold a referendum to determine whether its residents shall be entitled to receive education freedom account vouchers pursuant to RSA 194-F. Any referendum held pursuant to this section shall be held, to whatever extent possible, using the same or similar procedures and methods of adoption as under RSA 40.
II. Upon a vote of yes, residents eligible for education freedom account vouchers under RSA 194-F shall be permitted to receive such vouchers.
III. Upon a vote of no, no resident who would otherwise be eligible to receive an education freedom account voucher shall receive such voucher.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.