New Hampshire 2026 Session Status: Passed House 10 R cosponsors

HB 590 — relative to cooperative school district school board elections.

Last action — Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 04/16/2026; SJ 9

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 16, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 38% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (10 R).

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Summary

relative to cooperative school district school board elections.

Bill Text

Amendments

2 amendments

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Action History

  1. Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 04/16/2026; SJ 9

  2. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 04/16/2026, Vote 4-0, CC; SC 14

  3. Hearing: 03/31/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 10:00 am; SC 12

  4. Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7

  5. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1066h: MA DV 181-149 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 143

  6. Amendment # 2026-1066h: AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 142

  7. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  8. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1066h 03/03/2026 (Vote 9-8; RC) HC 10 P. 39

  9. Recommit (Rep. Berry): MA VV 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 71

  10. Removed from Consent (Reps. Lane, Telerski, Newsom, Bricchi, Simpson, Muirhead, Ebel, Snodgrass, Damon, Ames) 01/02/2026 HJ 1 P. 43

  11. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2934h 09/16/2025 (Vote 15-2; CC) HC 51 P. 8

  12. Executive Session: 09/16/2025 10:15 am GP 158

  13. Retained in Committee

  14. ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/18/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308

  15. ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/04/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308

  16. Public Hearing: 02/25/2025 10:20 am LOB 306-308

  17. Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 17

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 405 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (405)

405 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 590 do?
relative to cooperative school district school board elections.
Who sponsors HB 590?
HB 590 is sponsored by Kristine Perez (Republican), Alvin See (Republican), Clayton Wood (Republican), Howard Pearl (Republican), Riché Colcombe (Republican), Louise Andrus (Republican), Daniel Innis (Republican), Barbara Comtois (Republican), Len Turcotte (Republican), and Jose Cambrils (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 590?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 16, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Where can I track HB 590?
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