New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 5 R · 1 I cosponsors

HB 80 — allowing a public body member's presence at a meeting by electronic or other means of communication only if physical presence is unavoidable.

Last action — Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 05/22/2025; SJ 14

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

This bill died with 2025 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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.

Summary

The bill would have permitted members of a public body to attend meetings via electronic means only when they could not be physically present. The bill was ultimately not passed into law.

Bill Text

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Amendments

1 amendment

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Action History

  1. Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 05/22/2025; SJ 14

  2. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Vote 5-0; CC; 05/22/2025; SC 22A

  3. Hearing: 05/13/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:50 pm; SC 21

  4. Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7

  5. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0312h: MA DV 188-181 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 48

  6. Amendment # 2025-0312h (NT): AA DV 190-179 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 48

  7. Inexpedient to Legislate: MF DV 179-190 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 46

  8. Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0312h (NT)

  9. Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/30/2025 (Vote 13-4; RC) HC 12 P. 18

  10. Executive Session: 01/30/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208

  11. Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208

  12. Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 5

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 409 not signed on · 177 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (409)

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Votes

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Failed 179 Yea · 190 Nay · 29 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 16175015
Democrat 1562012
Unaffiliated 6901
Independent 0001
Total 178186029
% of votes cast 45%47%0%7%
How each member voted (393)
Member Party Vote
Susan C DeLemus — Nay
Thomas L Kaczynski — Nay
Kimberly A Rice — Nay
Lisa M Freeman — Not Voting
Paul P Dargie — Yea
Patrick N Long — Yea
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — Nay
Charlie G. St. Clair — Yea
Gary L. Daniels — Nay
Harry H. Bean — Nay
Jaci L. Grote — Yea
Michael P Murphy — Nay
Sandra L Panek — Nay
Suraj Budathoki — Yea
Suzanne M. Vail — Yea
Tom D Mannion — Nay
Alexis Simpson Democrat Yea
Alice Wade Democrat Yea
Alicia Gregg Democrat Yea
Alissandra Murray Democrat Yea
Allan Howland Democrat Yea
Allison Knab Democrat Yea
Amy Malone Democrat Not Voting
Anita Burroughs Democrat Yea
Barry Faulkner Democrat Not Voting
Beth Richards Democrat Yea
Bill Bolton Democrat Yea
Brian Sullivan Democrat Not Voting
Buzz Scherr Democrat Yea
Carrie Sorensen Democrat Yea
Carry Spier Democrat Yea
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Nay
Catherine Rombeau Democrat Yea
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Not Voting
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Yea
Chris McAleer Democrat Yea
Chris Muns Democrat Yea
Christal Lloyd Democrat Yea
Christine Seibert Democrat Yea
Christopher Herbert Democrat Yea
Connie Lane Democrat Yea
Dale Swanson Democrat Not Voting
Dan Bergeron Democrat Yea
Daniel LeClerc Democrat Yea
Daniel Veilleux Democrat Yea
David Fracht Democrat Yea
David Luneau Democrat Yea
David Meuse Democrat Yea
David Nagel Democrat Yea
David Paige Democrat Yea
David Preece Democrat Yea
Dennis Malloy Democrat Yea
Dick Ames Democrat Yea
Dru Fox Democrat Yea
Efstathia Booras Democrat Yea
Eileen Kelly Democrat Yea
Eleana Colby Democrat Yea
Ellen Read Democrat Yea
Ellen Rockmore Democrat Yea
Eric Gallager Democrat Yea
Eric Turer Democrat Yea
Erica de Vries Democrat Yea
Erik Johnson Democrat Yea
Erin Kerwin Democrat Yea
Fred Davis Democrat Yea
Gaby Grossman Democrat Not Voting
Gary Gilmore Democrat Yea
Gary Woods Democrat Yea
Geoffrey Smith Democrat Not Voting
George Sykes Democrat Yea
Gerald Ward Democrat Yea
Gregory Sargent Democrat Yea
Heath Howard Democrat Yea
Heather Baldwin Democrat Yea
Heather Raymond Democrat Yea
Hope Damon Democrat Yea
James Gruber Democrat Yea
James MacKay Democrat Yea
James Newsom Democrat Yea
James Roesener Democrat Yea
Janet Lucas Democrat Yea
Janet Wall Democrat Yea
Jared Sullivan Democrat Yea
Jean Jeudy Democrat Nay
Jennifer Mandelbaum Democrat Yea
Jerry Stringham Democrat Yea
Jessica Grill Democrat Yea
Jessica LaMontagne Democrat Yea
Jim Maggiore Democrat Yea
Jim Snodgrass Democrat Yea
Jodi Newell Democrat Yea
John Cloutier Democrat Yea
John Larochelle Democrat Yea
John Stone Democrat Yea
Jonah Wheeler Democrat Yea
Julie Gilman Democrat Yea
Karen Ebel Democrat Yea
Karen Hegner Democrat Not Voting
Kat McGhee Democrat Yea
Kate Murray Democrat Yea
Kathy Staub Democrat Yea
Kris Schultz Democrat Yea
Laura Telerski Democrat Yea
Laurel Stavis Democrat Yea
Lee Ann Kluger Democrat Yea
Lily Foss Democrat Yea
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Yea
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Yea
Linda Haskins Democrat Yea
Linda Ryan Democrat Yea
Loren Foxx Democrat Yea
Loren Selig Democrat Yea
Louis Juris Democrat Yea
Lucius Parshall Democrat Yea
Lucy Weber Democrat Yea
Luz Bay Democrat Yea
Manoj Chourasia Democrat Yea
Marc Plamondon Democrat Yea
Marjorie Smith Democrat Yea
Mark MacKenzie Democrat Yea
Mark Paige Democrat Yea
Mark Vallone Democrat Yea
Martin Jack Democrat Yea
Mary Georges Democrat Yea
Mary Hakken-Phillips Democrat Yea
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Not Voting
Matthew Hicks Democrat Yea
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Yea
Megan Murray Democrat Yea
Merryl Gibbs Democrat Yea
Michael Cahill Democrat Yea
Michael Edgar Democrat Yea
Molly Howard Democrat Not Voting
Muriel Hall Democrat Yea
Myles England Democrat Not Voting
Nancy Murphy Democrat Yea
Ned Raynolds Democrat Yea
Nicholas Germana Democrat Yea
Nicholas Germana Democrat Yea
Nicole Leapley Democrat Yea
Paige Beauchemin Democrat Yea
Patricia Cornell Democrat Yea
Paul Berch Democrat Yea
Peggy Balboni Democrat Yea
Peter Bixby Democrat Yea
Peter Leishman Democrat Yea
Peter Lovett Democrat Yea
Peter Petrigno Democrat Yea
Peter Schmidt Democrat Yea
Philip Jones Democrat Yea
Ray Newman Democrat Yea
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Yea
Russell Muirhead Democrat Yea
Sallie Fellows Democrat Yea
Samantha Jacobs Democrat Yea
Sanjeev Manohar Democrat Yea
Santosh Salvi Democrat Yea
Seth Miller Democrat Yea
Stephanie Grund Democrat Yea
Stephanie Payeur Democrat Yea
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Yea
Sue Newman Democrat Yea
Susan Almy Democrat Yea
Susan Elberger Democrat Yea
Suzanne Chretien Democrat Yea
Terri O'Rorke Democrat Yea
Terry Spahr Democrat Yea
Thomas Buco Democrat Yea
Thomas Cormen Democrat Yea
Thomas Oppel Democrat Yea
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Yea
Thomas Southworth Democrat Yea
Tim Hartnett Democrat Yea
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Yea
Timothy Soucy Democrat Yea
Toni Weinstein Democrat Yea
Tony Caplan Democrat Yea
Tracy Bricchi Democrat Yea
Trinidad Tellez Democrat Yea
Wayne Burton Democrat Yea
Wayne Pearson Democrat Yea
Wendy Thomas Democrat Yea
Will Darby Democrat Yea
William Dolan Democrat Not Voting
William Palmer Democrat Yea
Zoe Manos Democrat Yea
Aidan Ankarberg Independent Not Voting
Aboul Khan Republican Nay
Adam Presa Republican Not Voting
Alvin See Republican Nay
Andrew Prout Republican Yea
Arnold Davis Republican Nay
Barbara Comtois Republican Nay
Bill Boyd Republican Nay
Bill Ohm Republican Nay
Bob Lynn Republican Not Voting
Brian Cole Republican Nay
Brian Labrie Republican Nay
Brian Nadeau Republican Nay
Brian Seaworth Republican Nay
Brian Taylor Republican Nay
Bryan Morse Republican Nay
Calvin Beaulier Republican Nay
Carol McGuire Republican Nay
Catherine Kenny Republican Nay
Charles Foote Republican Nay
Charles McMahon Republican Yea
Charles Melvin Republican Nay
Cindy Bennett Republican Nay
Claudine Burnham Republican Nay
Clayton Wood Republican Nay
Cyril Aures Republican Nay
Dale Girard Republican Yea
Dan McGuire Republican Nay
Daniel Popovici-Muller Republican Nay
Darrell Louis Republican Nay
David Love Republican Nay
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Not Voting
David Walker Republican Nay
Deborah Aylward Republican Nay
Debra DeSimone Republican Nay
Denis Murphy Republican Nay
Denise DeDe-Poulin Republican Nay
Dennis Mannion Republican Nay
Diane Kelley Republican Nay
Diane Pauer Republican Nay
Dick Thackston Republican Yea
Dillon Dumont Republican Nay
Donald McFarlane Republican Nay
Donald Selby Republican Nay
Douglas Thomas Republican Nay
Douglas Trottier Republican Nay
Erica Layon Republican Nay
Ernesto Gonzalez Republican Nay
George Grant Republican Nay
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Nay
Glenn Bailey Republican Nay
Gregory Hill Republican Nay
Henry Giasson Republican Nay
JD Bernardy Republican Nay
Jack Flanagan Republican Nay
James Creighton Republican Nay
James Guzofski Republican Nay
James Qualey Republican Nay
James Spillane Republican Nay
James Summers Republican Nay
James Thibault Republican Nay
James Tierney Republican Nay
Jason Osborne Republican Nay
Jay Markell Republican Yea
Jeanine Notter Republican Nay
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Nay
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Nay
Jeremy Slottje Republican Nay
Jess Edwards Republican Nay
Jim Fedolfi Republican Not Voting
Jim Kofalt Republican Nay
Jodi Nelson Republican Nay
Joe Alexander Republican Nay
Joe Sweeney Republican Nay
John Hunt Republican Nay
John Janigian Republican Nay
John Leavitt Republican Nay
John MacDonald Republican Nay
John Potucek Republican Nay
John Schneller Republican Nay
John Sellers Republican Nay
John Suiter Republican Nay
John Sytek Republican Yea
Jonathan Morton Republican Nay
Jonathan Smith Republican Nay
Jordan Ulery Republican Nay
Jose Cambrils Republican Nay
Joseph Barton Republican Not Voting
Joseph Guthrie Republican Nay
Joseph Hamblen Republican Nay
Judy Aron Republican Nay
Julie Miles Republican Nay
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Nay
Julius Soti Republican Nay
Karel Crawford Republican Nay
Katelyn Kuttab Republican Nay
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Nay
Kathleen Paquette Republican Nay
Katy Peternel Republican Nay
Keith Ammon Republican Nay
Keith Erf Republican Nay
Kelley Potenza Republican Nay
Kenneth Weyler Republican Yea
Kevin Scully Republican Nay
Kevin Verville Republican Not Voting
Kristin Noble Republican Nay
Kristine Perez Republican Nay
Larry Gagne Republican Nay
Laurence Miner Republican Nay
Len Turcotte Republican Nay
Lex Berezhny Republican Nay
Lilli Walsh Republican Nay
Linda Franz Republican Nay
Linda Gould Republican Nay
Linda McGrath Republican Nay
Lino Avellani Republican Nay
Lisa Mazur Republican Nay
Lisa Post Republican Yea
Liz Barbour Republican Nay
Lori Korzen Republican Nay
Lorie Ball Republican Nay
Louise Andrus Republican Yea
Margaret Drye Republican Nay
Marie Louise Bjelobrk Republican Nay
Mark McLean Republican Nay
Mark Pearson Republican Nay
Mark Proulx Republican Nay
Mark Warden Republican Nay
Mary Ford Republican Nay
Mary Murphy Republican Nay
Matt Drew Republican Nay
Matthew Coker Republican Yea
Matthew Pitaro Republican Nay
Maureen Mooney Republican Nay
Melissa Litchfield Republican Nay
Michael Aron Republican Nay
Michael Granger Republican Nay
Michael Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Moffett Republican Nay
Michael Vose Republican Nay
Mike Belcher Republican Not Voting
Mike Bordes Republican Yea
Mike Drago Republican Nay
Mike Ouellet Republican Nay
Nicholas Bridle Republican Yea
Pam Brown Republican Nay
Paul Terry Republican Not Voting
Paul Tudor Republican Nay
Pete Morency Republican Nay
Peter Mehegan Republican Nay
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Nay
Pierre Dupont Republican Not Voting
Ralph Boehm Republican Nay
Raymond Peeples Republican Nay
Raymond Plante Republican Nay
Rich Nalevanko Republican Nay
Richard Brown Republican Nay
Richard Lascelles Republican Nay
Richard Tripp Republican Nay
Riché Colcombe Republican Nay
Rick Ladd Republican Nay
Ricky Devoid Republican Nay
Rita Mattson Republican Nay
Robert Harb Republican Nay
Robert Wherry Republican Nay
Robley Hall Republican Nay
Ron Dunn Republican Nay
Ross Berry Republican Nay
Russell Dumais Republican Not Voting
Samuel Farrington Republican Nay
Sayra DeVito Republican Nay
Scott Bryer Republican Nay
Sean Durkin Republican Nay
Seth King Republican Nay
Shane Sirois Republican Not Voting
Sheri Minor Republican Nay
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Sherri Reinfurt Republican Nay
Skip Rollins Republican Nay
Sly Karasinski Republican Nay
Stephen Boyd Republican Nay
Stephen Pearson Republican Nay
Steven Bogert Republican Nay
Steven Kesselring Republican Nay
Steven Smith Republican Nay
Susan DeRoy Republican Nay
Susan Porcelli Republican Nay
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Nay
Tanya Donnelly Republican Yea
Ted Gorski Republican Nay
Terry Roy Republican Nay
Thomas Walsh Republican Not Voting
Tim Mannion Republican Nay
Tom Dolan Republican Yea
Tom Ploszaj Republican Nay
Travis Corcoran Republican Yea
Travis Toner Republican Nay
Valerie McDonnell Republican Nay
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Nay
Vicki Wilson Republican Nay
Walter Spilsbury Republican Nay
Wayne Hemingway Republican Nay
Wayne MacDonald Republican Nay
Yury Polozov Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 80 do?
The bill would have permitted members of a public body to attend meetings via electronic means only when they could not be physically present. The bill was ultimately not passed into law.
Who sponsors HB 80?
HB 80 is sponsored by Glenn Bailey (Republican), Aidan Ankarberg (Independent), Claudine Burnham (Republican), Michael Granger (Republican), Kelley Potenza (Republican), and Len Turcotte (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 80?
This bill died with 2025 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.
Where can I track HB 80?
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