New Hampshire 2026 Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 6 R · 1 D cosponsors

HR 45 — urging Congress to find that the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor lie within the state of New Hampshire.

Last action — Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0389h: MA RC 205-129 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 57

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced December 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

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  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Summary

urging Congress to find that the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor lie within the state of New Hampshire.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

11 added · 4 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to HR 45 includes new lines that allow the Speaker of the House to prepare and send additional correspondence with the resolution, explaining the House's requests. This change also encourages House members to communicate these requests to their New Hampshire representatives and the President. This matters because it enhances communication and collaboration between local representatives and federal officials, potentially making the legislative process more transparent and responsive to constituent needs.

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HR 45 - AS INTRODUCED SESSION 26-2485 06/05 HOUSE RESOLUTION 45 A RESOLUTION urging Congress to find that the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor lie within the state of New Hampshire.
HR 45 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE 5Feb2026...
0389h SESSION 26-2485 06/05 HOUSE RESOLUTION 45 A RESOLUTION urging Congress to find that the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor lie within the state of New Hampshire.
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0389h 26-2485 06/05 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six A RESOLUTION urging Congress to find that the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor lie within the state of New Hampshire.
HR 45 - AS INTRODUCED - Page 2 - That the general court asks the President of the United States to take such action as to designate the duty stations of all Portsmouth Naval Shipyard personnel as Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
HR 45 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE - Page 2 - That the general court asks the President of the United States to take such action as to designate the duty stations of all Portsmouth Naval Shipyard personnel as Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
At the discretion of the speaker of the house of representatives, the speaker may prepare and include such correspondence as the speaker deems appropriate to accompany the transmittal of this resolution, describing the nature of the house of representative’s request, and may invite members of the house of representatives to voluntarily communicate such requests to members of the New Hampshire congressional delegation and the administration.
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Action History

  1. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0389h: MA RC 205-129 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 57

  2. FLAM # 2026-0389h (Rep. Barton): AA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 57

  3. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  4. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/16/2026 (Vote 8-6; RC) HC 5 P. 28

  5. Executive Session: 01/16/2026 02:00 pm GP 228

  6. Public Hearing: 01/16/2026 01:30 pm GP 228

  7. Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs HJ 1 P. 40

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 408 not signed on · 122 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (408)

408 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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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Votes

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Passed 205 Yea · 129 Nay · 57 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1635037
Democrat 30117019
Unaffiliated 7200
Independent 0001
Total 200124057
% of votes cast 52%33%0%15%
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 Yea
Alicia Gregg Democrat Nay
Alissandra Murray Democrat Nay
Allan Howland Democrat Nay
Allison Knab Democrat Nay
Amy Malone Democrat Not Voting
Anita Burroughs Democrat Not Voting
Barry Faulkner Democrat Nay
Beth Richards Democrat Nay
Bill Bolton Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Chris McAleer Democrat Not Voting
Chris Muns Democrat Nay
Christal Lloyd Democrat Nay
Christine Seibert Democrat Nay
Christopher Herbert Democrat Yea
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 Nay
David Paige Democrat Nay
David Preece Democrat Yea
Dennis Malloy Democrat Yea
Dick Ames Democrat Nay
Dru Fox Democrat Nay
Efstathia Booras Democrat Nay
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 Yea
Erin Kerwin Democrat Nay
Fred Davis Democrat Nay
Gaby Grossman Democrat Not Voting
Gary Gilmore Democrat Yea
Gary Woods Democrat Nay
Geoffrey Smith Democrat Nay
George Sykes Democrat Not Voting
Gerald Ward Democrat Nay
Gregory Sargent Democrat Nay
Heath Howard Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Janet Wall Democrat Nay
Jared Sullivan Democrat Yea
Jean Jeudy Democrat Yea
Jennifer Mandelbaum Democrat Yea
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 Yea
John Larochelle Democrat Yea
John Stone Democrat Not Voting
Jonah Wheeler Democrat Yea
Julie Gilman Democrat Yea
Karen Ebel Democrat Nay
Karen Hegner Democrat Nay
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 Not Voting
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Nay
Linda Ryan Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Marc Plamondon Democrat Nay
Marjorie Smith Democrat Nay
Mark MacKenzie Democrat Nay
Mark Paige Democrat Yea
Mark Vallone Democrat Not Voting
Martin Jack Democrat Nay
Mary Georges Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Michael Edgar Democrat Yea
Molly Howard Democrat Nay
Muriel Hall Democrat Nay
Myles England Democrat Nay
Nancy Murphy Democrat Nay
Ned Raynolds Democrat Nay
Nicholas Germana Democrat Nay
Nicole Leapley Democrat Not Voting
Paige Beauchemin Democrat Nay
Patricia Cornell Democrat Nay
Paul Berch Democrat Nay
Peggy Balboni Democrat Nay
Peter Bixby Democrat Nay
Peter Leishman Democrat Yea
Peter Lovett Democrat Nay
Peter Petrigno Democrat Yea
Peter Schmidt Democrat Yea
Philip Jones Democrat Nay
Ray Newman Democrat Nay
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Yea
Russell Muirhead Democrat Not Voting
Sallie Fellows Democrat Nay
Samantha Jacobs Democrat Nay
Sanjeev Manohar Democrat Yea
Santosh Salvi Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Thomas Buco Democrat Not Voting
Thomas Cormen Democrat Nay
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Wayne Burton Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Alvin See Republican Yea
Andrew Prout Republican Yea
Arnold Davis Republican Not Voting
Barbara Comtois Republican Yea
Bill Boyd Republican Yea
Bill Ohm Republican Yea
Bob Lynn Republican Nay
Brian Cole Republican Not Voting
Brian Labrie Republican Yea
Brian Nadeau Republican Not Voting
Brian Seaworth Republican Not Voting
Brian Taylor Republican Yea
Bryan Morse Republican Not Voting
Calvin Beaulier Republican Yea
Carol McGuire Republican Yea
Catherine Kenny Republican Not Voting
Charles Foote Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Darrell Louis Republican Yea
David Love Republican Yea
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Nay
Gregory Hill Republican Not Voting
Henry Giasson Republican Yea
JD Bernardy Republican Yea
Jack Flanagan Republican Not Voting
James Creighton Republican Yea
James Guzofski Republican Yea
James Qualey Republican Yea
James Spillane Republican Yea
James Summers Republican Not Voting
James Thibault Republican Yea
James Tierney Republican Yea
Jason Osborne Republican Yea
Jay Markell Republican Yea
Jeanine Notter Republican Yea
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Yea
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Yea
Jeremy Slottje Republican Yea
Jess Edwards Republican Yea
Jim Fedolfi Republican Not Voting
Jim Kofalt Republican Yea
Jodi Nelson Republican Yea
Joe Alexander Republican Yea
Joe Sweeney Republican Yea
John Hunt Republican Nay
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 Nay
Jonathan Smith Republican Yea
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Jose Cambrils Republican Yea
Joseph Barton Republican Yea
Joseph Guthrie Republican Not Voting
Joseph Hamblen Republican Yea
Judy Aron Republican Yea
Julie Miles Republican Yea
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Not Voting
Julius Soti Republican Yea
Karel Crawford Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Mary Ford Republican Nay
Mary Murphy Republican Yea
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 Yea
Michael Moffett Republican Yea
Mike Belcher Republican Yea
Mike Bordes Republican Not Voting
Mike Drago Republican Yea
Mike Ouellet Republican Not Voting
Nicholas Bridle Republican Yea
Pam Brown Republican Yea
Paul Terry Republican Not Voting
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Pete Morency Republican Yea
Peter Mehegan Republican Yea
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Ron Dunn Republican Yea
Ross Berry Republican Not Voting
Russell Dumais Republican Not Voting
Samuel Farrington Republican Yea
Sayra DeVito Republican Not Voting
Scott Bryer Republican Yea
Sean Durkin Republican Yea
Seth King Republican Yea
Shane Sirois Republican Yea
Sheri Minor Republican Yea
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 Yea
Susan DeRoy Republican Yea
Susan Porcelli Republican Yea
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Yea
Tanya Donnelly Republican Yea
Ted Gorski Republican Not Voting
Terry Roy Republican Not Voting
Thomas Walsh Republican Yea
Tim Mannion Republican Not Voting
Tom Dolan Republican Yea
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Travis Corcoran Republican Yea
Travis Toner Republican Yea
Valerie McDonnell Republican Yea
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Yea
Vicki Wilson Republican Not Voting
Walter Spilsbury Republican Yea
Wayne Hemingway Republican Yea
Wayne MacDonald Republican Yea
Yury Polozov Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 45 do?
urging Congress to find that the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor lie within the state of New Hampshire.
Who sponsors HR 45?
HR 45 is sponsored by Jennifer Mandelbaum (Democrat), Michael Granger (Republican), Joe Alexander (Republican), Daniel Innis (Republican), Jim Kofalt (Republican), Tom Mannion (Republican), and Joseph Barton (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 45?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced December 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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