New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 14 R cosponsors

SB 34 — relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program.

Last action — Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

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

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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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Amendments

1 amendment

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Action History

  1. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  2. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3056h 11/05/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC)

  3. Executive Session: 11/05/2025 02:00 pm GP 232

  4. Retained in Committee

  5. Public Hearing: 04/09/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207

  6. Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 11 P. 109

  7. Ought to Pass: RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6

  8. Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 11

  9. Hearing: 01/21/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 6

  10. Introduced 01/08/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 2

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 14 co-sponsors · 400 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (14)

Not signed on (400)

400 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

Ought to Pass

Passed 16 Yea · 8 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 16000
Democrat 0800
Total 16800
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (24)
Member Party Vote
Cindy Rosenwald Democrat Nay
David Watters Democrat Nay
Debra Altschiller Democrat Nay
Donovan Fenton Democrat Nay
Pat Long Democrat Nay
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka Democrat Nay
Suzanne Prentiss Democrat Nay
Tara Reardon Democrat Nay
Bill Gannon Republican Yea
Daniel Innis Republican Yea
Daryl Abbas Republican Yea
David Rochefort Republican Yea
Denise Ricciardi Republican Yea
Howard Pearl Republican Yea
James Gray Republican Yea
Keith Murphy Republican Yea
Kevin Avard Republican Yea
Mark McConkey Republican Yea
Regina Birdsell Republican Yea
Ruth Ward Republican Yea
Sharon Carson Republican Yea
Tim McGough Republican Yea
Timothy Lang Republican Yea
Victoria Sullivan Republican Yea

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Subjects

education health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 34?
SB 34 is sponsored by Regina Birdsell (Republican), Kevin Avard (Republican), James Gray (Republican), Ruth Ward (Republican), Bill Gannon (Republican), Daniel Innis (Republican), Jim A Kofalt, JD Bernardy (Republican), Timothy Lang (Republican), Howard Pearl (Republican), Keith Murphy (Republican), Lorie Ball (Republican), David Rochefort (Republican), Tim McGough (Republican), and Victoria Sullivan (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 34?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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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