New Hampshire 2026 Session Status: Passed House 8 R cosponsors

HB 1132 — prohibiting the display of certain flags and banners in public schools and public charter schools and establishing penalties for the display of prohibited flags and banners.

Last action — Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

  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 December 01, 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.

Upgrade to see the exact probability and what's driving it.

A statistical estimate from our own model of past outcomes — an insight, not a guarantee. Policymaking is volatile.

Prognosis

Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (8 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

(New Title) prohibiting the display of certain flags and banners in public schools and public charter schools and establishing penalties for the display of prohibited flags and banners.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

47 added · 38 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amended version of HB 1132 adds specific exemptions for displaying flags in public schools, allowing flags used for educational purposes and those representing the school at events. It also clarifies that the state board of education can impose fines for repeated violations. These changes aim to ensure that educational activities can continue without restrictions while still maintaining the overall intent of the bill to limit flag displays.

→
Previous
Latest
HB 1132 - AS INTRODUCED SESSION 26-2315 12/08 HOUSE BILL 1132 AN ACT prohibiting the display of certain flags in public schools and public charter schools and establishing penalties for the display of prohibited flags.
HB 1132 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE 11Mar2026...
0767h SESSION 26-2315 12/08 HOUSE BILL 1132 AN ACT prohibiting the display of certain flags and banners in public schools and public charter schools and establishing penalties for the display of prohibited flags and banners.
Education Policy and Administration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill prohibits the display of certain flags in public schools and public charter schools and establishes penalties for the display of prohibited flags.
Education Policy and Administration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill prohibits the display of certain flags and banners in public schools and public charter schools and establishes penalties for the display of prohibited flags and banners.
The bill also authorizes the state board of education to issue monetary penalties for a third or subsequent violation of the act.
This bill also authorizes the state board of education to issue monetary penalties for a third or subsequent violation of the act.
HB 1132 - AS INTRODUCED 26-2315 12/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT prohibiting the display of certain flags in public schools and public charter schools and establishing penalties for the display of prohibited flags.
HB 1132 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE 11Mar2026...
0767h 26-2315 12/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT prohibiting the display of certain flags and banners in public schools and public charter schools and establishing penalties for the display of prohibited flags and banners.
Display of Flags Prohibited.
Display of Flags and Banners Prohibited.
189:17-c Display of Flags Prohibited.
189:17-c Display of Flags and Banners Prohibited.
All public schools and public charter schools shall be prohibited from displaying any flag inside or outside of school buildings other than the flag of the United States of America, the New Hampshire state flag, and the POW/MIA flag.
All public schools and public charter schools shall be prohibited from displaying any flag or banner inside or outside of school buildings other than the flag of the United States of America, the New Hampshire state flag, and the POW/MIA flag.
Flags exempt from this section shall include:
Flags and banners exempt from this section shall include:
(a) Flags used for instruction in foreign languages, world geography, and United States history classes.
(a) Flags and banners used for instruction in foreign languages, world geography, math, language arts, and United States history classes.
(b) Flags representing a branch of the United States military.
(b) Flags and banners officially representing the school, including those used at school sponsored sports and events;
(c) An official city or town flag of a city or town located in the state of New Hampshire.
(c) Flags representing a branch of the United States military.
(d) An official city or town flag of a city or town located in the state of New Hampshire.
3 Effective Date.
HB 1132 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE - Page 2 - 3 Effective Date.
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (2)

Action History

  1. Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

  2. Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 05/07/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 17

  3. Hearing: 04/08/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:10 am; SC 13

  4. Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7

  5. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0767h: MA RC 182-156 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 114

  6. FLAM # 2026-1133h(NT) (Rep. Horrigan): AF VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 114

  7. FLAM # 2026-1095h(NT) (Rep. Horrigan): AF VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 113

  8. Amendment # 2026-0767h (NT): AA DV 184-150 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 112

  9. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  10. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0767h (NT) 03/02/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 10 P. 36

  11. Executive Session: 03/02/2026 09:30 am GP 232

  12. Public Hearing: 01/28/2026 02:00 pm GP 232

  13. Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1 P. 7

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 407 not signed on · 148 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (407)

407 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 407 →

"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

OTPA

Passed 182 Yea · 156 Nay · 51 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1726027
Democrat 1142023
Unaffiliated 7200
Independent 0001
Total 180150051
% of votes cast 47%39%0%13%
How each member voted (381)
Member Party Vote
Susan C DeLemus — Yea
Thomas L Kaczynski — Yea
Kimberly A Rice — Yea
Lisa M Freeman — Yea
Paul P Dargie — Nay
Patrick N Long — Nay
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — Yea
Gary L. Daniels — Yea
Tom D Mannion — Yea
Alexis Simpson Democrat Nay
Alice Wade Democrat Nay
Alicia Gregg Democrat Not Voting
Alissandra Murray Democrat Nay
Allan Howland Democrat Nay
Allison Knab Democrat Nay
Amy Malone Democrat Not Voting
Anita Burroughs Democrat Nay
Barry Faulkner Democrat Nay
Beth Richards Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Catherine Rombeau Democrat Nay
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Not Voting
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Nay
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 Not Voting
Dan Bergeron Democrat Nay
Daniel LeClerc Democrat Nay
Daniel Veilleux Democrat Nay
David Fracht Democrat Nay
David Luneau Democrat Nay
David Meuse Democrat Nay
David Nagel Democrat Nay
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 Not Voting
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 Nay
Gaby Grossman Democrat Not Voting
Gary Gilmore Democrat Nay
Gary Woods Democrat Nay
Geoffrey Smith Democrat Not Voting
George Sykes Democrat Nay
Gerald Ward Democrat Nay
Gregory Sargent Democrat Nay
Heath Howard Democrat Nay
Heather Baldwin Democrat Nay
Heather Raymond Democrat Nay
Hope Damon Democrat Nay
James Gruber Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Julie Gilman Democrat Nay
Karen Ebel Democrat Nay
Karen Hegner Democrat Not Voting
Kat McGhee 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 Not Voting
Marjorie Smith Democrat Nay
Mark MacKenzie Democrat Nay
Mark Paige Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Nay
Megan Murray Democrat Nay
Merryl Gibbs Democrat Nay
Michael Cahill Democrat Nay
Michael Edgar Democrat Nay
Molly Howard Democrat Not Voting
Muriel Hall Democrat Nay
Myles England Democrat Not Voting
Nancy Murphy Democrat Nay
Ned Raynolds Democrat Nay
Nicholas Germana Democrat Nay
Nicole Leapley Democrat Nay
Paige Beauchemin Democrat Nay
Patricia Cornell Democrat Not Voting
Paul Berch Democrat Yea
Peggy Balboni Democrat Not Voting
Peter Bixby Democrat Nay
Peter Leishman Democrat Nay
Peter Lovett Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Stephanie Grund Democrat Nay
Stephanie Payeur Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Thomas Buco Democrat Not Voting
Thomas Cormen Democrat Nay
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Nay
Thomas Southworth 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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
Bryan Morse Republican Not Voting
Calvin Beaulier Republican Yea
Carol McGuire Republican Yea
Catherine Kenny Republican Yea
Charles Foote Republican Yea
Charles McMahon Republican Yea
Charles Melvin Republican Yea
Cindy Bennett Republican Not Voting
Claudine Burnham Republican Yea
Clayton Wood Republican Yea
Cyril Aures Republican Yea
Dale Girard Republican Not Voting
Dan McGuire Republican Yea
Daniel Popovici-Muller Republican Yea
Darrell Louis Republican Yea
David Love Republican Not Voting
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Yea
David Walker Republican Yea
Deborah Aylward Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Dillon Dumont Republican Yea
Donald McFarlane Republican Yea
Donald Selby Republican Yea
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Douglas Trottier Republican Not Voting
Erica Layon Republican Yea
Ernesto Gonzalez Republican Not Voting
George Grant Republican Yea
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Yea
Glenn Bailey Republican Yea
Gregory Hill Republican Yea
Henry Giasson Republican Yea
JD Bernardy Republican Yea
Jack Flanagan Republican Yea
James Creighton Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Jeanine Notter Republican Not Voting
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Yea
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Not Voting
Jeremy Slottje Republican Yea
Jess Edwards Republican Yea
Jim Fedolfi Republican Yea
Jim Kofalt Republican Yea
Jodi Nelson Republican Nay
Joe Alexander Republican Yea
Joe Sweeney Republican Yea
John Hunt Republican Yea
John Janigian Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Jose Cambrils Republican Not Voting
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
Kristin Noble Republican Yea
Kristine Perez Republican Yea
Larry Gagne Republican Yea
Laurence Miner Republican Yea
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 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 Not Voting
Mary Ford Republican Not Voting
Mary Murphy Republican Yea
Matt Drew Republican Yea
Matthew Coker Republican Nay
Matthew Pitaro Republican Yea
Maureen Mooney Republican Yea
Melissa Litchfield Republican Yea
Michael Aron Republican Yea
Michael Granger Republican Yea
Michael Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Moffett Republican Yea
Mike Belcher Republican Yea
Mike Bordes Republican Nay
Mike Drago Republican Yea
Mike Ouellet Republican Yea
Nicholas Bridle Republican Nay
Pam Brown Republican Yea
Paul Terry Republican Yea
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Pete Morency Republican Not Voting
Peter Mehegan Republican Yea
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Ross Berry Republican Yea
Russell Dumais Republican Not Voting
Samuel Farrington Republican Yea
Sayra DeVito Republican Yea
Scott Bryer Republican Yea
Sean Durkin Republican Yea
Seth King Republican Yea
Shane Sirois Republican Yea
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 DeRoy Republican Yea
Susan Porcelli Republican Yea
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Yea
Tanya Donnelly Republican Yea
Ted Gorski Republican Yea
Terry Roy Republican Yea
Thomas Walsh Republican Yea
Tim Mannion Republican Not Voting
Tom Dolan Republican Not Voting
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Travis Corcoran Republican Yea
Travis Toner Republican Yea
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

Official roll call →

Subjects

civil-rights education
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1132 do?
(New Title) prohibiting the display of certain flags and banners in public schools and public charter schools and establishing penalties for the display of prohibited flags and banners.
Who sponsors HB 1132?
HB 1132 is sponsored by Riché Colcombe (Republican), Melissa Litchfield (Republican), Juliet Harvey-Bolia (Republican), Kevin Avard (Republican), Lisa Freeman (Republican), James Thibault (Republican), Mary Ford (Republican), and Laurence Miner (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1132?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced December 01, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Where can I track HB 1132?
Track HB 1132 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on HB 1132

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of HB 1132

Last checked for changes about 1 month ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →