HB 656 — relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
Last action — Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/12/2026; Chapter 130; eff. 08/11/2026
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 21, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Kelly Ayotte (Republican) on June 22, 2026.
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Prognosis
Likely to advance
82% · moderate confidence
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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12 sponsors
1 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (12 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
In plain language
The bill allows local school districts to accept federal grants.
This legislation provides local school districts with the authority to accept federal grants, enhancing their funding options. It aims to enable schools to access additional resources for educational programs and services.
What this means for you
- Families: This means families may benefit from improved educational programs as schools gain access to federal funding.
Summary
relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
45 added · 30 removedPlain-language change summary
The amended version of HB 656 requires that all funds disbursed from both state and federal government units to a school district be disclosed in the annual report by the school board or during a school board meeting regarding unanticipated funds. Additionally, it mandates including a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting these funds in the meeting minutes. This change matters because it increases transparency about the sources of funding and any related obligations that school districts may face.
HB 656 - ASVERSION INTRODUCEDADOPTED SESSIONBY 25-0449BOTH 02/08BODIES HOUSE7Jan2026... BILL 656 AN ACT relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
2933h SESSION 25-0449 02/08 HOUSE BILL 656 AN ACT relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
Education Funding ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill requires that all funds disbursed from a state or federal government unit to a school district be deemeddisclosed unanticipatedeither moneyin forthe required annual report by the purposesschool ofboard appropriationor in the notice of a hearing at a school board meeting to take action on unanticipated fundsfunds, madeas availablewell duringas in the year.minutes of such meeting.
It also requires that the notice of a hearing for action on unanticipated funds, or minutes of the school board meeting that takes action on unanticipated funds, include a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the funds.
HB 656 - ASVERSION INTRODUCEDADOPTED 25-0449BY 02/08BOTH STATEBODIES OF7Jan2026... NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
2933h 25-0449 02/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
1 AppropriationEstimates. for Unanticipated Funds Made Available During the Year.
Amend RSA 198:4 to read as follows:
198:4 Estimates.
The school board of each district in its annual report shall state in detail the additional sums of money, if any, which will be required during the ensuing fiscal year for the support of the public schools, for the purchase of textbooks, scholars' supplies, flags and appurtenances, for the payment of the tuition of the pupils in the district in high schools, academies, and any private school approved as a school tuition program by the school board in accordance with law, and for the payment of all other statutory obligations of the district.
The annual report shall also contain a summary of estimated funds anticipated from state and federal governmental units during the ensuing fiscal year.
For each fund, the annual report shall contain the title or other identifier of the fund as well as a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the anticipated funds, or state that there are no obligations.
2 Appropriation for Unanticipated Funds Made Available During the Year.
All funds disbursedmade fromavailable aduring federalthe governmentalyear unitand not disclosed in the annual report pursuant to RSA 198:4 shall be deemed to be unanticipated money under the provisions of this section.
Such notice shall contain the title or other identifier of the fund, as well as a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the unanticipated funds, or state that there are no obligations incurred.
The minutes of the school board meeting shall contain the title or other identifier of the fund, a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the unanticipated funds, or state that HB 656 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES - Page 2 - there are no obligations incurred.
23 Effective Date.
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HB 656 - AS INTRODUCED SESSION 25-0449 02/08 HOUSE BILL 656 AN ACT relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
HB 656 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES 7Jan2026...
2933h SESSION 25-0449 02/08 HOUSE BILL 656 AN ACT relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
Education Funding ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill requires that all funds disbursed from a federal government unit to a school district be deemed unanticipated money for the purposes of appropriation of unanticipated funds made available during the year.
Education Funding ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill requires that all funds disbursed from a state or federal government unit to a school district be disclosed either in the required annual report by the school board or in the notice of a hearing at a school board meeting to take action on unanticipated funds, as well as in the minutes of such meeting.
HB 656 - AS INTRODUCED 25-0449 02/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
HB 656 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES 7Jan2026...
2933h 25-0449 02/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
1 Appropriation for Unanticipated Funds Made Available During the Year.
1 Estimates.
Amend RSA 198:4 to read as follows:
198:4 Estimates.
The school board of each district in its annual report shall state in detail the additional sums of money, if any, which will be required during the ensuing fiscal year for the support of the public schools, for the purchase of textbooks, scholars' supplies, flags and appurtenances, for the payment of the tuition of the pupils in the district in high schools, academies, and any private school approved as a school tuition program by the school board in accordance with law, and for the payment of all other statutory obligations of the district.
The annual report shall also contain a summary of estimated funds anticipated from state and federal governmental units during the ensuing fiscal year.
For each fund, the annual report shall contain the title or other identifier of the fund as well as a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the anticipated funds, or state that there are no obligations.
2 Appropriation for Unanticipated Funds Made Available During the Year.
All funds disbursed from a federal governmental unit shall be deemed to be unanticipated money under the provisions of this section.
All funds made available during the year and not disclosed in the annual report pursuant to RSA 198:4 shall be deemed to be unanticipated money under the provisions of this section.
Such notice shall contain a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the unanticipated funds, or state that there are no obligations incurred.
Such notice shall contain the title or other identifier of the fund, as well as a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the unanticipated funds, or state that there are no obligations incurred.
The minutes of the school board meeting shall contain a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the unanticipated funds, or state that there are no obligations incurred.
The minutes of the school board meeting shall contain the title or other identifier of the fund, a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the unanticipated funds, or state that HB 656 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES - Page 2 - there are no obligations incurred.
3 Effective Date.
Amendments
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Action History
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Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/12/2026; Chapter 130; eff. 08/11/2026
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Enrolled (in recess of) 05/21/2026 HJ 14
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Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/21/2026); SJ 14
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Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/23/2026; SJ 10
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Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/23/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 15
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Hearing: 02/12/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 5
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Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Education Finance; SJ 3
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Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2933h: MA RC 186-155 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 118
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Amendment # 2025-2933h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 118
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Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
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Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2933h 11/13/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 51 P. 25
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Executive Session: 11/13/2025 02:00 pm GP 232
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Full Committee Work Session: 11/13/2025 01:00 pm GP 232
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==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 11/04/2025 02:00 pm GP 232
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==RESCHEDULED== Full Committee Work Session: 11/04/2025 01:00 pm GP 232
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Retained in Committee
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Executive Session: 03/12/2025 10:30 am LOB 201
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==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/11/2025 10:30 am LOB 205-207
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Executive Session: 02/18/2025 10:30 am LOB 205-207
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Public Hearing: 01/28/2025 02:15 pm LOB 205-207
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Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Funding HJ 3 P. 21
Sponsors
- Victoria Sullivan · Cosponsor
- David Rochefort · Cosponsor
- Pam Brown · Cosponsor
- Mike Drago · Cosponsor
- Kristin Noble · Cosponsor
- Katy Peternel · Primary
- Riché Colcombe · Cosponsor
- Melissa Litchfield · Cosponsor
- Diane Pauer · Cosponsor
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia · Cosponsor
- Susan DeRoy · Cosponsor
- Margaret Drye · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 403 not signed on · 151 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Katy Peternel Republican
Co-sponsors (11)
- Victoria Sullivan Republican
- David Rochefort Republican
- Pam Brown Republican
- Mike Drago Republican
- Kristin Noble Republican
- Riché Colcombe Republican
- Melissa Litchfield Republican
- Diane Pauer Republican
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican
- Susan DeRoy Republican
- Margaret Drye Republican
Not signed on (403)
403 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 403 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Passed
186 Yea
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155 Nay
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52 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 183 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Democrat | 0 | 151 | 0 | 21 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 183 | 151 | 0 | 52 |
| % of votes cast | 47% | 39% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (386)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Alexis Simpson | Democrat | Nay |
| Alice Wade | Democrat | Nay |
| Alicia Gregg | Democrat | Nay |
| Alissandra Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Allan Howland | Democrat | Nay |
| Allison Knab | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Amy Malone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Anita Burroughs | Democrat | Nay |
| Barry Faulkner | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Richards | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Bolton | Democrat | Nay |
| Billie Butler | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Buzz Scherr | Democrat | Nay |
| Carrie Sorensen | Democrat | Nay |
| Carry Spier | Democrat | Nay |
| Cassandra Levesque | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Catherine Rombeau | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Democrat | Nay |
| Cathryn Harvey | Democrat | Nay |
| Charlie St. Clair | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Chris McAleer | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris Muns | Democrat | Nay |
| Christal Lloyd | Democrat | Nay |
| Christine Seibert | Democrat | Nay |
| Christopher Herbert | Democrat | Nay |
| Connie Lane | Democrat | Nay |
| Dale Swanson | Democrat | Nay |
| Dan Bergeron | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Daniel LeClerc | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel Veilleux | Democrat | Nay |
| David Fracht | Democrat | Nay |
| David Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| David Meuse | Democrat | Nay |
| David Nagel | Democrat | Not Voting |
| David Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| David Preece | Democrat | Nay |
| Dennis Malloy | Democrat | Nay |
| Dick Ames | Democrat | Nay |
| Dru Fox | Democrat | Nay |
| Efstathia Booras | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Eileen Kelly | Democrat | Nay |
| Eleana Colby | Democrat | Nay |
| Ellen Read | Democrat | Nay |
| Ellen Rockmore | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Gallager | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Turer | Democrat | Nay |
| Erica de Vries | Democrat | Nay |
| Erik Johnson | Democrat | Nay |
| Erin Kerwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Fred Davis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gaby Grossman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gary Gilmore | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gary Woods | Democrat | Nay |
| Geoffrey Smith | Democrat | Not Voting |
| George Sykes | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Ward | Democrat | Nay |
| Gregory Sargent | Democrat | Nay |
| Heath Howard | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Heather Baldwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Raymond | Democrat | Nay |
| Hope Damon | Democrat | Nay |
| James Gruber | Democrat | Nay |
| James MacKay | Democrat | Not Voting |
| James Newsom | Democrat | Nay |
| James Roesener | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Lucas | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Wall | Democrat | Nay |
| Jared Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Jean Jeudy | Democrat | Nay |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Democrat | Nay |
| Jerry Stringham | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica Grill | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Maggiore | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Snodgrass | Democrat | Nay |
| Jodi Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| John Cloutier | Democrat | Nay |
| John Larochelle | Democrat | Nay |
| John Stone | Democrat | Nay |
| Jonah Wheeler | Democrat | Nay |
| Julie Gilman | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Ebel | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Hegner | Democrat | Nay |
| Kat McGhee | Democrat | Nay |
| Kate Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Kathy Staub | Democrat | Nay |
| Kris Schultz | Democrat | Nay |
| Laura Telerski | Democrat | Nay |
| Laurel Stavis | Democrat | Nay |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Democrat | Nay |
| Lily Foss | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Ryan | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Foxx | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Selig | Democrat | Nay |
| Louis Juris | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucius Parshall | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucy Weber | Democrat | Nay |
| Luz Bay | Democrat | Nay |
| Manoj Chourasia | Democrat | Nay |
| Marc Plamondon | Democrat | Nay |
| Marjorie Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark MacKenzie | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Vallone | Democrat | Nay |
| Martin Jack | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Georges | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Jane Wallner | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Hicks | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Democrat | Nay |
| Megan Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Merryl Gibbs | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Michael Cahill | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Michael Edgar | Democrat | Nay |
| Molly Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Muriel Hall | Democrat | Nay |
| Myles England | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Nancy Murphy | Democrat | Nay |
| Ned Raynolds | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Nicholas Germana | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicole Leapley | Democrat | Nay |
| Paige Beauchemin | Democrat | Nay |
| Patricia Cornell | Democrat | Nay |
| Patrick Long | Democrat | Nay |
| Paul Berch | Democrat | Nay |
| Paul Dargie | Democrat | Nay |
| Peggy Balboni | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Bixby | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Leishman | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Lovett | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Petrigno | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Schmidt | Democrat | Nay |
| Philip Jones | Democrat | Nay |
| Ray Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Rosemarie Rung | Democrat | Nay |
| Russell Muirhead | Democrat | Nay |
| Sallie Fellows | Democrat | Nay |
| Samantha Jacobs | Democrat | Nay |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Democrat | Nay |
| Santosh Salvi | Democrat | Nay |
| Seth Miller | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Stephanie Grund | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Payeur | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephen Woodcock | Democrat | Nay |
| Sue Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Almy | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Elberger | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Chretien | Democrat | Nay |
| Terri O'Rorke | Democrat | Nay |
| Terry Spahr | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Thomas Buco | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Thomas Cormen | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Oppel | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Schamberg | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Southworth | Democrat | Nay |
| Tim Hartnett | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Horrigan | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Soucy | Democrat | Nay |
| Toni Weinstein | Democrat | Nay |
| Tony Caplan | Democrat | Nay |
| Tracy Bricchi | Democrat | Nay |
| Trinidad Tellez | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Burton | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Pearson | Democrat | Nay |
| Wendy Thomas | Democrat | Nay |
| Will Darby | Democrat | Nay |
| William Dolan | Democrat | Not Voting |
| William Palmer | Democrat | Nay |
| Zoe Manos | Democrat | Nay |
| Aidan Ankarberg | Independent | Not Voting |
| Aboul Khan | Republican | Yea |
| Adam Presa | Republican | Not Voting |
| Alvin See | Republican | Yea |
| Andrew Prout | Republican | Yea |
| Arnold Davis | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Comtois | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Boyd | Republican | Not Voting |
| Bill Ohm | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Lynn | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Cole | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Labrie | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Nadeau | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Seaworth | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Morse | Republican | Yea |
| Calvin Beaulier | Republican | Yea |
| Carol McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Catherine Kenny | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Foote | Republican | Not Voting |
| Charles McMahon | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Melvin | Republican | Yea |
| Cindy Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Claudine Burnham | Republican | Yea |
| Clayton Wood | Republican | Yea |
| Cyril Aures | Republican | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Republican | Yea |
| Dan McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Popovici-Muller | Republican | Yea |
| Darrell Louis | Republican | Yea |
| David Love | Republican | Yea |
| David Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| David Milz | Republican | Yea |
| David Walker | Republican | Yea |
| Deborah Aylward | Republican | Not Voting |
| Debra DeSimone | Republican | Yea |
| Denis Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Denise DeDe-Poulin | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dennis Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Pauer | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Thackston | Republican | Yea |
| Dillon Dumont | Republican | Yea |
| Donald McFarlane | Republican | Yea |
| Donald Selby | Republican | Not Voting |
| Douglas Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Trottier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Erica Layon | Republican | Yea |
| Ernesto Gonzalez | Republican | Yea |
| Gary Daniels | Republican | Not Voting |
| George Grant | Republican | Yea |
| Gerald Griffin | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Aldrich | Republican | Not Voting |
| Glenn Bailey | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Giasson | Republican | Yea |
| JD Bernardy | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Flanagan | Republican | Yea |
| James Creighton | Republican | Not Voting |
| James Guzofski | Republican | Yea |
| James Qualey | Republican | Yea |
| James Spillane | Republican | Yea |
| James Summers | Republican | Yea |
| James Thibault | Republican | Yea |
| James Tierney | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Osborne | Republican | Yea |
| Jay Markell | Republican | Yea |
| Jeanine Notter | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey Tenczar | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jennifer Rhodes | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Slottje | Republican | Yea |
| Jess Edwards | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Fedolfi | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jim Kofalt | Republican | Yea |
| Jodi Nelson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Sweeney | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Hunt | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Janigian | Republican | Yea |
| John Leavitt | Republican | Yea |
| John MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| John Potucek | Republican | Yea |
| John Schneller | Republican | Yea |
| John Sellers | Republican | Yea |
| John Suiter | Republican | Yea |
| John Sytek | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jordan Ulery | Republican | Yea |
| Jose Cambrils | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Guthrie | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Hamblen | Republican | Yea |
| Judy Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Julie Miles | Republican | Yea |
| Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Republican | Yea |
| Julius Soti | Republican | Yea |
| Karel Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Katelyn Kuttab | Republican | Yea |
| Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Republican | Yea |
| Kathleen Paquette | Republican | Yea |
| Katy Peternel | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Ammon | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Erf | Republican | Yea |
| Kelley Potenza | Republican | Yea |
| Kenneth Weyler | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Scully | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Verville | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Rice | Republican | Yea |
| Kristin Noble | Republican | Yea |
| Kristine Perez | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Gagne | Republican | Not Voting |
| Laurence Miner | Republican | Not Voting |
| Len Turcotte | Republican | Yea |
| Lex Berezhny | Republican | Yea |
| Lilli Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Franz | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Gould | Republican | Yea |
| Linda McGrath | Republican | Yea |
| Lino Avellani | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Freeman | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Mazur | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Post | Republican | Yea |
| Liz Barbour | Republican | Yea |
| Lori Korzen | Republican | Yea |
| Lorie Ball | Republican | Yea |
| Louise Andrus | Republican | Yea |
| Marc Tremblay | Republican | Yea |
| Margaret Drye | Republican | Yea |
| Marie Louise Bjelobrk | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Proulx | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Warden | Republican | Yea |
| Mary Ford | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mary Murphy | Republican | Not Voting |
| Matt Drew | Republican | Yea |
| Matt Sabourin dit Choinière | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew Coker | Republican | Not Voting |
| Matthew Pitaro | Republican | Yea |
| Maureen Mooney | Republican | Yea |
| Melissa Litchfield | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Granger | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Harrington | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael Moffett | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Vose | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Belcher | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bordes | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mike Drago | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Ouellet | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Bridle | Republican | Yea |
| Pam Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Terry | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Tudor | Republican | Yea |
| Pete Morency | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Mehegan | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Varney | Republican | Yea |
| Phyllis Katsakiores | Republican | Yea |
| Pierre Dupont | Republican | Yea |
| Ralph Boehm | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Peeples | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Plante | Republican | Yea |
| Rich Nalevanko | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Lascelles | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Tripp | Republican | Yea |
| Riché Colcombe | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Ladd | Republican | Yea |
| Ricky Devoid | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Mattson | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Harb | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Wherry | Republican | Yea |
| Robley Hall | Republican | Yea |
| Ron Dunn | Republican | Yea |
| Ross Berry | Republican | Yea |
| Russell Dumais | Republican | Yea |
| Samuel Farrington | Republican | Yea |
| Sayra DeVito | Republican | Yea |
| Scott Bryer | Republican | Yea |
| Sean Durkin | Republican | Yea |
| Seth King | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Sirois | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sheri Minor | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sherman Packard | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sherri Reinfurt | Republican | Yea |
| Skip Rollins | Republican | Yea |
| Sly Karasinski | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Bogert | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Kesselring | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Susan DeLemus | Republican | Yea |
| Susan DeRoy | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Porcelli | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Vandecasteele | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tanya Donnelly | Republican | Yea |
| Ted Gorski | Republican | Yea |
| Terry Roy | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Kaczynski | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Mannion | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tom Dolan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tom Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Ploszaj | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Corcoran | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Toner | Republican | Not Voting |
| Valerie McDonnell | Republican | Yea |
| Vanessa Sheehan | Republican | Yea |
| Vicki Wilson | Republican | Yea |
| Walter Spilsbury | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne Hemingway | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| Yury Polozov | Republican | Yea |
Passed
186 Yea
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155 Nay
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52 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 182 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Democrat | 0 | 150 | 0 | 21 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 183 | 151 | 0 | 52 |
| % of votes cast | 47% | 39% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (386)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick N Long | — | Nay |
| Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière | — | Yea |
| Alexis Simpson | Democrat | Nay |
| Alice Wade | Democrat | Nay |
| Alicia Gregg | Democrat | Nay |
| Alissandra Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Allan Howland | Democrat | Nay |
| Allison Knab | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Amy Malone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Anita Burroughs | Democrat | Nay |
| Barry Faulkner | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Richards | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Bolton | Democrat | Nay |
| Billie Butler | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Buzz Scherr | Democrat | Nay |
| Carrie Sorensen | Democrat | Nay |
| Carry Spier | Democrat | Nay |
| Cassandra Levesque | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Catherine Rombeau | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Democrat | Nay |
| Cathryn Harvey | Democrat | Nay |
| Charlie St. Clair | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Chris McAleer | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris Muns | Democrat | Nay |
| Christal Lloyd | Democrat | Nay |
| Christine Seibert | Democrat | Nay |
| Christopher Herbert | Democrat | Nay |
| Connie Lane | Democrat | Nay |
| Dale Swanson | Democrat | Nay |
| Dan Bergeron | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Daniel LeClerc | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel Veilleux | Democrat | Nay |
| David Fracht | Democrat | Nay |
| David Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| David Meuse | Democrat | Nay |
| David Nagel | Democrat | Not Voting |
| David Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| David Preece | Democrat | Nay |
| Dennis Malloy | Democrat | Nay |
| Dick Ames | Democrat | Nay |
| Dru Fox | Democrat | Nay |
| Efstathia Booras | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Eileen Kelly | Democrat | Nay |
| Eleana Colby | Democrat | Nay |
| Ellen Read | Democrat | Nay |
| Ellen Rockmore | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Gallager | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Turer | Democrat | Nay |
| Erica de Vries | Democrat | Nay |
| Erik Johnson | Democrat | Nay |
| Erin Kerwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Fred Davis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gaby Grossman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gary Gilmore | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gary Woods | Democrat | Nay |
| Geoffrey Smith | Democrat | Not Voting |
| George Sykes | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Ward | Democrat | Nay |
| Gregory Sargent | Democrat | Nay |
| Heath Howard | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Heather Baldwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Raymond | Democrat | Nay |
| Hope Damon | Democrat | Nay |
| James Gruber | Democrat | Nay |
| James MacKay | Democrat | Not Voting |
| James Newsom | Democrat | Nay |
| James Roesener | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Lucas | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Wall | Democrat | Nay |
| Jared Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Jean Jeudy | Democrat | Nay |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Democrat | Nay |
| Jerry Stringham | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica Grill | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Maggiore | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Snodgrass | Democrat | Nay |
| Jodi Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| John Cloutier | Democrat | Nay |
| John Larochelle | Democrat | Nay |
| John Stone | Democrat | Nay |
| Jonah Wheeler | Democrat | Nay |
| Julie Gilman | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Ebel | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Hegner | Democrat | Nay |
| Kat McGhee | Democrat | Nay |
| Kate Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Kathy Staub | Democrat | Nay |
| Kris Schultz | Democrat | Nay |
| Laura Telerski | Democrat | Nay |
| Laurel Stavis | Democrat | Nay |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Democrat | Nay |
| Lily Foss | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Ryan | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Foxx | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Selig | Democrat | Nay |
| Louis Juris | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucius Parshall | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucy Weber | Democrat | Nay |
| Luz Bay | Democrat | Nay |
| Manoj Chourasia | Democrat | Nay |
| Marc Plamondon | Democrat | Nay |
| Marjorie Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark MacKenzie | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Vallone | Democrat | Nay |
| Martin Jack | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Georges | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Jane Wallner | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Hicks | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Democrat | Nay |
| Megan Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Merryl Gibbs | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Michael Cahill | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Michael Edgar | Democrat | Nay |
| Molly Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Muriel Hall | Democrat | Nay |
| Myles England | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Nancy Murphy | Democrat | Nay |
| Ned Raynolds | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Nicholas Germana | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicole Leapley | Democrat | Nay |
| Paige Beauchemin | Democrat | Nay |
| Patricia Cornell | Democrat | Nay |
| Paul Berch | Democrat | Nay |
| Paul Dargie | Democrat | Nay |
| Peggy Balboni | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Bixby | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Leishman | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Lovett | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Petrigno | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Schmidt | Democrat | Nay |
| Philip Jones | Democrat | Nay |
| Ray Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Rosemarie Rung | Democrat | Nay |
| Russell Muirhead | Democrat | Nay |
| Sallie Fellows | Democrat | Nay |
| Samantha Jacobs | Democrat | Nay |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Democrat | Nay |
| Santosh Salvi | Democrat | Nay |
| Seth Miller | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Stephanie Grund | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Payeur | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephen Woodcock | Democrat | Nay |
| Sue Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Almy | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Elberger | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Chretien | Democrat | Nay |
| Terri O'Rorke | Democrat | Nay |
| Terry Spahr | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Thomas Buco | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Thomas Cormen | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Oppel | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Schamberg | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Southworth | Democrat | Nay |
| Tim Hartnett | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Horrigan | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Soucy | Democrat | Nay |
| Toni Weinstein | Democrat | Nay |
| Tony Caplan | Democrat | Nay |
| Tracy Bricchi | Democrat | Nay |
| Trinidad Tellez | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Burton | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Pearson | Democrat | Nay |
| Wendy Thomas | Democrat | Nay |
| Will Darby | Democrat | Nay |
| William Dolan | Democrat | Not Voting |
| William Palmer | Democrat | Nay |
| Zoe Manos | Democrat | Nay |
| Aidan Ankarberg | Independent | Not Voting |
| Aboul Khan | Republican | Yea |
| Adam Presa | Republican | Not Voting |
| Alvin See | Republican | Yea |
| Andrew Prout | Republican | Yea |
| Arnold Davis | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Comtois | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Boyd | Republican | Not Voting |
| Bill Ohm | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Lynn | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Cole | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Labrie | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Nadeau | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Seaworth | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Morse | Republican | Yea |
| Calvin Beaulier | Republican | Yea |
| Carol McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Catherine Kenny | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Foote | Republican | Not Voting |
| Charles McMahon | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Melvin | Republican | Yea |
| Cindy Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Claudine Burnham | Republican | Yea |
| Clayton Wood | Republican | Yea |
| Cyril Aures | Republican | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Republican | Yea |
| Dan McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Popovici-Muller | Republican | Yea |
| Darrell Louis | Republican | Yea |
| David Love | Republican | Yea |
| David Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| David Milz | Republican | Yea |
| David Walker | Republican | Yea |
| Deborah Aylward | Republican | Not Voting |
| Debra DeSimone | Republican | Yea |
| Denis Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Denise DeDe-Poulin | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dennis Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Pauer | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Thackston | Republican | Yea |
| Dillon Dumont | Republican | Yea |
| Donald McFarlane | Republican | Yea |
| Donald Selby | Republican | Not Voting |
| Douglas Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Trottier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Erica Layon | Republican | Yea |
| Ernesto Gonzalez | Republican | Yea |
| Gary Daniels | Republican | Not Voting |
| George Grant | Republican | Yea |
| Gerald Griffin | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Aldrich | Republican | Not Voting |
| Glenn Bailey | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Giasson | Republican | Yea |
| JD Bernardy | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Flanagan | Republican | Yea |
| James Creighton | Republican | Not Voting |
| James Guzofski | Republican | Yea |
| James Qualey | Republican | Yea |
| James Spillane | Republican | Yea |
| James Summers | Republican | Yea |
| James Thibault | Republican | Yea |
| James Tierney | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Osborne | Republican | Yea |
| Jay Markell | Republican | Yea |
| Jeanine Notter | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey Tenczar | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jennifer Rhodes | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Slottje | Republican | Yea |
| Jess Edwards | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Fedolfi | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jim Kofalt | Republican | Yea |
| Jodi Nelson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Sweeney | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Hunt | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Janigian | Republican | Yea |
| John Leavitt | Republican | Yea |
| John MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| John Potucek | Republican | Yea |
| John Schneller | Republican | Yea |
| John Sellers | Republican | Yea |
| John Suiter | Republican | Yea |
| John Sytek | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jordan Ulery | Republican | Yea |
| Jose Cambrils | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Guthrie | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Hamblen | Republican | Yea |
| Judy Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Julie Miles | Republican | Yea |
| Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Republican | Yea |
| Julius Soti | Republican | Yea |
| Karel Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Katelyn Kuttab | Republican | Yea |
| Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Republican | Yea |
| Kathleen Paquette | Republican | Yea |
| Katy Peternel | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Ammon | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Erf | Republican | Yea |
| Kelley Potenza | Republican | Yea |
| Kenneth Weyler | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Scully | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Verville | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Rice | Republican | Yea |
| Kristin Noble | Republican | Yea |
| Kristine Perez | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Gagne | Republican | Not Voting |
| Laurence Miner | Republican | Not Voting |
| Len Turcotte | Republican | Yea |
| Lex Berezhny | Republican | Yea |
| Lilli Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Franz | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Gould | Republican | Yea |
| Linda McGrath | Republican | Yea |
| Lino Avellani | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Freeman | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Mazur | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Post | Republican | Yea |
| Liz Barbour | Republican | Yea |
| Lori Korzen | Republican | Yea |
| Lorie Ball | Republican | Yea |
| Louise Andrus | Republican | Yea |
| Marc Tremblay | Republican | Yea |
| Margaret Drye | Republican | Yea |
| Marie Louise Bjelobrk | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Proulx | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Warden | Republican | Yea |
| Mary Ford | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mary Murphy | Republican | Not Voting |
| Matt Drew | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew Coker | Republican | Not Voting |
| Matthew Pitaro | Republican | Yea |
| Maureen Mooney | Republican | Yea |
| Melissa Litchfield | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Granger | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Harrington | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael Moffett | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Vose | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Belcher | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bordes | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mike Drago | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Ouellet | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Bridle | Republican | Yea |
| Pam Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Terry | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Tudor | Republican | Yea |
| Pete Morency | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Mehegan | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Varney | Republican | Yea |
| Phyllis Katsakiores | Republican | Yea |
| Pierre Dupont | Republican | Yea |
| Ralph Boehm | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Peeples | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Plante | Republican | Yea |
| Rich Nalevanko | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Lascelles | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Tripp | Republican | Yea |
| Riché Colcombe | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Ladd | Republican | Yea |
| Ricky Devoid | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Mattson | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Harb | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Wherry | Republican | Yea |
| Robley Hall | Republican | Yea |
| Ron Dunn | Republican | Yea |
| Ross Berry | Republican | Yea |
| Russell Dumais | Republican | Yea |
| Samuel Farrington | Republican | Yea |
| Sayra DeVito | Republican | Yea |
| Scott Bryer | Republican | Yea |
| Sean Durkin | Republican | Yea |
| Seth King | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Sirois | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sheri Minor | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sherman Packard | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sherri Reinfurt | Republican | Yea |
| Skip Rollins | Republican | Yea |
| Sly Karasinski | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Bogert | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Kesselring | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Susan DeLemus | Republican | Yea |
| Susan DeRoy | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Porcelli | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Vandecasteele | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tanya Donnelly | Republican | Yea |
| Ted Gorski | Republican | Yea |
| Terry Roy | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Kaczynski | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Mannion | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tom Dolan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tom Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Ploszaj | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Corcoran | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Toner | Republican | Not Voting |
| Valerie McDonnell | Republican | Yea |
| Vanessa Sheehan | Republican | Yea |
| Vicki Wilson | Republican | Yea |
| Walter Spilsbury | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne Hemingway | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| Yury Polozov | Republican | Yea |
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- What does HB 656 do?
- relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
- Who sponsors HB 656?
- HB 656 is sponsored by Victoria Sullivan (Republican), David Rochefort (Republican), Pam Brown (Republican), Mike Drago (Republican), Kristin Noble (Republican), Katy Peternel (Republican), Riché Colcombe (Republican), Melissa Litchfield (Republican), Diane Pauer (Republican), Juliet Harvey-Bolia (Republican), Susan DeRoy (Republican), and Margaret Drye (Republican).
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- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 21, 2025. Enacted.
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