New Hampshire 2021 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 2 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 439 — relative to the powers of city councils.

Last action — Lay on Table (Rep. Doucette): MA DV 189-186 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 34

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

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Lay on Table (Rep. Doucette): MA DV 189-186 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 34

  2. Ought to Pass: MF RC 185-192 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 32

  3. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  4. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 10-9; RC) HC 18 P. 58

  5. Public Hearing: 03/01/2021 09:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/97119253057 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.

  6. Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 48

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 408 not signed on · 188 voted No

Sponsors (1)

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

OTP

Failed 185 Yea · 192 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 92115012
Republican 89503
Democrat 06902
Independent 1000
Total 182189017
% of votes cast 47%49%0%4%
How each member voted (388)
Member Party Vote
Keith M. Ammon — Yea
Amanda Elizabeth Elizabeth Toll — Nay
Gail E. Sanborn — Yea
Alan Bershtein — Yea
Alfred P. Baldasaro — Yea
Alicia D. Lekas — Yea
Allison R. Nutting-Wong — Nay
Amanda Bouldin — Nay
Amanda Gourgue — Nay
Amy Bradley — Not Voting
Andrew J. Bouldin — Nay
Andrew Renzullo — Yea
Andrew S. O'Hearne — Nay
Ariel Oxaal — Nay
Arthur S. Ellison — Nay
Barbara J. Griffin — Yea
Ben M. Kilanski — Yea
Benjamin C. Baroody — Nay
Beth A. Folsom — Yea
Betsy McKinney — Not Voting
Betty I. Gay — Yea
Bill C. King — Yea
Bill G. Nelson — Yea
Bob J. Greene — Yea
Bonnie D. Ham — Nay
Brodie S. Deshaies — Nay
Bruce L. Cohen — Nay
Cam E. Kenney — Nay
Caroletta C. Alicea — Not Voting
Casey M. Conley — Nay
Catt Sandler — Not Voting
Cecilia Rich — Nay
Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — Nay
Chris True — Yea
Christy D. Bartlett — Nay
Chuck Grassie — Nay
Claire A. Rouillard — Yea
Clifford A. Newton — Yea
Cody M. Belanger — Yea
Connie Van Houten — Nay
Dan Toomey — Nay
Dan Wolf — Nay
Daniel A. Eaton — Nay
Dave Testerman — Yea
David A. Welch — Yea
David E. Cote — Not Voting
David W. Binford — Yea
Dawn M. Johnson — Yea
Deb Stevens — Nay
Deborah L. Hobson — Yea
Denise M. Smith — Yea
Dennis F. Acton — Yea
Dennis Green — Yea
Dennis J. Thompson — Nay
Diane M. Langley — Nay
Dianne E. Schuett — Nay
Dick Marston — Yea
Donald J. Bouchard — Nay
Donna Ellis — Nay
Dustin Dodge — Yea
Eamon P. Kelley — Nay
Edith Tucker — Nay
Edward M. Gordon — Nay
Erika F. Connors — Nay
Everett P. McBride — Not Voting
Fenton Groen — Yea
Frances E. Nutter-Upham — Nay
Fred G. Doucette — Yea
Fred R. Plett — Yea
Gary Merchant — Nay
Gary S. Hopper — Yea
Gerri D. Cannon — Nay
Glenn Cordelli — Yea
Gregg Hough — Yea
Harry H. Bean — Yea
Heidi M. Hamer — Nay
Hershel Nunez — Yea
Israel F. Piedra — Nay
Ivy C. Vann — Nay
Jaci L. Grote — Nay
Jacqueline A. Cali-Pitts — Nay
Jacqueline H. Chretien — Nay
James C. Allard — Nay
James F. Horgan — Yea
James L. Mason — Nay
James Michael Murphy — Nay
Jane E. Beaulieu — Nay
Janice E. Schmidt — Nay
Jeffrey C. Salloway — Nay
Jeffrey Greeson — Yea
Jeffrey P. Goley — Nay
Jennie R. Gomarlo — Nay
Jerry Knirk — Nay
Joan L. Hamblet — Nay
Joe Schapiro — Nay
John A. Burt — Yea
John A. Graham — Yea
John Bordenet — Nay
John E. Mann — Nay
John F. Klose — Nay
John Lewicke — Yea
John M. Callum — Yea
Jonathan D. Mackie — Yea
Joseph A. Pitre — Yea
Joseph Depalma IV — Yea
Josh S. Yokela — Yea
Joshua Adjutant — Nay
Joshua F. Query — Nay
Joyce Weston — Nay
Judith T. Spang — Nay
Karen C. Umberger — Yea
Katherine D. Rogers — Nay
Kendall A. Snow — Nay
Kenna E. Cross — Yea
Kenneth S. Vincent — Nay
Kevin B. Craig — Yea
Kevin M. Pratt — Yea
Kimberly A. Rice — Yea
Kristina M. Fargo — Nay
Kurt F. Wuelper — Yea
Larry L. Laflamme — Nay
Latha D. Mangipudi — Nay
Laura C. Pantelakos — Nay
Laurie J. Sanborn — Yea
Lawrence Welkowitz — Nay
Leah P. Cushman — Yea
Lee Walker Oxenham — Nay
Linda A. Massimilla — Nay
Linda L. Tanner — Nay
Lindsay Tausch — Yea
Lisa H. Bunker — Nay
Mac Kittredge — Yea
Manny Espitia — Nay
Margaret Anne Kennedy — Yea
Maria Perez — Nay
Marjorie A. Porter — Nay
Mark C. Alliegro — Yea
Mark King — Nay
Mary Ann Kimball — Yea
Mary Beth Walz — Nay
Mary C. Freitas — Nay
Mary E. Griffin — Not Voting
Mary Heath — Nay
Mary L. Mayville — Nay
Matthew J. Simon — Yea
Matthew Santonastaso — Yea
Max Abramson — Yea
Mel Myler — Not Voting
Melbourne R. Moran — Nay
Melissa Blasek — Yea
Michael B. O'Brien — Nay
Michael D. Abbott — Nay
Michael J. Sylvia — Yea
Michael P. Pedersen — Nay
Michael Yakubovich — Yea
Natalie J. Wells — Yea
Nick D. White — Yea
Nicole Klein-Knight — Nay
Niki Kelsey — Yea
Norman J. Silber — Yea
Norman L. Major — Not Voting
Oliver J. Ford — Yea
Patricia S. Klee — Nay
Patrick F. Abrami — Yea
Paul F. Ayer — Yea
Paul R. Bergeron — Nay
Paul Somero — Yea
Peter E. Torosian — Yea
Peter F. Somssich — Nay
Peter T. Hayward — Yea
Raymond Howard — Yea
Rebecca J. McWilliams — Nay
Rebecca McBeath — Nay
Richard Littlefield — Yea
Richard M. Abel — Nay
Robert J. Elliott — Yea
Robert L. Theberge — Yea
Robert Renny Cushing — Nay
Robert V. Healey — Nay
Roderick L. Pimentel — Nay
Roger W. Dontonville — Nay
Safiya Wazir — Nay
Scott Wallace — Yea
Sharon Nordgren — Not Voting
Sherry Dutzy — Nay
Sherry Frost — Nay
Skip Cleaver — Not Voting
Sparky Von Plinsky — Nay
Stacie-Marie Laughton — Nay
Stephanie M. Hyland — Not Voting
Stephen J. Shurtleff — Nay
Sue M. Mullen — Nay
Susan C. DeLemus — Yea
Susan GS Treleaven — Nay
Susan Homola — Yea
Suzanne H. Gottling — Nay
Suzanne J. Smith — Nay
Suzanne M. Vail — Nay
Tim Baxter — Yea
Timothy Fontneau — Nay
Timothy J. Smith — Nay
Timothy P. Lang — Yea
Timothy T. Egan — Nay
Tina L. Harley — Yea
Tom E. Lanzara — Yea
Tom J. Loughman — Nay
Tony Labranche — Nay
Tony Lekas — Yea
Tony Piemonte — Yea
Tracy Emerick — Yea
Travis J. O'Hara — Yea
Troy Merner — Yea
Walter A. Stapleton — Nay
Wendy Chase — Nay
William A. Hatch — Nay
William J. Infantine — Yea
William M. Marsh — Nay
William S. Foster — Yea
Willis T. Griffith — Nay
Alexis Simpson Democrat Nay
Anita Burroughs Democrat Nay
Barry Faulkner Democrat Nay
Beth Richards Democrat Not Voting
Brian Sullivan Democrat Nay
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Nay
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Not Voting
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Nay
Chris McAleer Democrat Nay
Christopher Herbert Democrat Nay
Connie Lane Democrat Nay
Daniel Veilleux Democrat Nay
David Luneau Democrat Nay
David Meuse Democrat Nay
Debra Altschiller Democrat Nay
Dennis Malloy Democrat Nay
Dick Ames Democrat Nay
Donovan Fenton Democrat Nay
Dru Fox Democrat Nay
Efstathia Booras Democrat Nay
Ellen Read Democrat Nay
Eric Gallager Democrat Nay
Gaby Grossman Democrat Nay
Gary Woods Democrat Nay
George Sykes Democrat Nay
Gerald Ward Democrat Nay
James MacKay Democrat Nay
Janet Wall Democrat Nay
Jean Jeudy Democrat Nay
Jim Maggiore Democrat Nay
John Cloutier Democrat Nay
Julie Gilman Democrat Nay
Karen Ebel Democrat Nay
Kat McGhee Democrat Nay
Kate Murray Democrat Nay
Kris Schultz Democrat Nay
Laura Telerski Democrat Nay
Laurel Stavis Democrat Nay
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Nay
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Nay
Lucius Parshall Democrat Nay
Lucy Weber Democrat Nay
Marjorie Smith Democrat Nay
Mark Paige Democrat Nay
Martin Jack Democrat Nay
Mary Hakken-Phillips Democrat Nay
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Nay
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Nay
Megan Murray Democrat Nay
Michael Cahill Democrat Nay
Michael Edgar Democrat Nay
Pat Long Democrat Nay
Patricia Cornell Democrat Nay
Paul Berch Democrat Nay
Peter Bixby Democrat Nay
Peter Leishman Democrat Nay
Peter Petrigno Democrat Nay
Peter Schmidt Democrat Nay
Ray Newman Democrat Nay
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Nay
Russell Muirhead Democrat Nay
Sallie Fellows Democrat Nay
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Nay
Sue Newman Democrat Nay
Susan Almy Democrat Nay
Thomas Buco Democrat Nay
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Nay
Thomas Southworth Democrat Nay
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Nay
Timothy Soucy Democrat Nay
Tony Caplan Democrat Nay
Aidan Ankarberg Independent Yea
Aboul Khan Republican Nay
Andrew Prout Republican Yea
Arnold Davis Republican Yea
Barbara Comtois Republican Yea
Bob Lynn Republican Yea
Brian Seaworth Republican Yea
Carol McGuire Republican Yea
Charles McMahon Republican Yea
Charles Melvin Republican Yea
Daryl Abbas Republican Yea
David Love Republican Yea
David Lundgren Republican Yea
David Milz Republican Nay
Debra DeSimone Republican Yea
Diane Kelley Republican Yea
Diane Pauer Republican Yea
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Douglas Trottier Republican Yea
Erica Layon Republican Yea
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Yea
Glenn Bailey Republican Yea
Gregory Hill Republican Yea
Howard Pearl Republican Yea
JD Bernardy Republican Yea
James Creighton Republican Yea
James Qualey Republican Yea
James Spillane Republican Yea
Jason Osborne Republican Yea
Jeanine Notter Republican Yea
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Yea
Jess Edwards Republican Yea
Jim Fedolfi Republican Yea
Jim Kofalt Republican Yea
Joe Alexander Republican Yea
Joe Sweeney Republican Yea
John Hunt Republican Yea
John Janigian Republican Yea
John Leavitt Republican Not Voting
John MacDonald Republican Yea
John Potucek Republican Yea
John Sytek Republican Yea
Jonathan Smith Republican Yea
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Jose Cambrils Republican Yea
Joseph Guthrie Republican Yea
Judy Aron Republican Yea
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Yea
Julius Soti Republican Yea
Karel Crawford Republican Nay
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Yea
Keith Erf Republican Yea
Kenneth Weyler Republican Yea
Kevin Verville Republican Yea
Larry Gagne Republican Yea
Len Turcotte Republican Yea
Lex Berezhny Republican Yea
Linda Gould Republican Yea
Lino Avellani Republican Yea
Lisa Post Republican Yea
Louise Andrus Republican Yea
Mark McConkey Republican Yea
Mark McLean Republican Yea
Mark Pearson Republican Yea
Mark Warden Republican Yea
Matthew Pitaro Republican Yea
Maureen Mooney Republican Nay
Melissa Litchfield Republican Yea
Michael Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Moffett Republican Yea
Michael Vose Republican Yea
Mike Bordes Republican Nay
Paul Terry Republican Yea
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Peter Varney Republican Yea
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Yea
Ralph Boehm Republican Yea
Richard Lascelles Republican Yea
Richard Tripp Republican Yea
Rick Ladd Republican Yea
Robert Harb Republican Yea
Ross Berry Republican Not Voting
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Skip Rollins Republican Yea
Stephen Boyd Republican Yea
Stephen Pearson Republican Yea
Steven Smith Republican Yea
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Yea
Ted Gorski Republican Yea
Terry Roy Republican Yea
Thomas Kaczynski Republican Yea
Thomas Walsh Republican Yea
Tom Dolan Republican Yea
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Yea
Walter Spilsbury Republican Yea
Wayne MacDonald Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 439?
HB 439 is sponsored by Andrew Prout (Republican), Juliet Harvey-Bolia (Republican), Erik Johnson (Democrat), Melissa Blasek, Leah P. Cushman, Scott Wallace, and Peter E. Torosian.
What is the current status of HB 439?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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