New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 5 D · 2 R cosponsors

HB 226 — relative to the use of drug checking equipment.

Last action — Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1

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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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

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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1

  2. Pending Motion Inexpedient to Legislate; 05/01/2025; SJ 11

  3. Sen. Gannon Moved Laid on Table, RC 14Y-8N, MA; 05/01/2025; SJ 11

  4. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/01/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 19

  5. Hearing: 04/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 17

  6. Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 10

  7. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0624h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 50

  8. Amendment # 2025-0624h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 50

  9. Inexpedient to Legislate: MF RC 140-196 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 48

  10. Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0624h

  11. Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/05/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 17 P. 27

  12. Executive Session: 03/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204

  13. Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 02:30 pm LOB 202-204

  14. Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 11

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 408 not signed on · 194 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (408)

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Votes

Laid on Table

Passed 14 Yea · 8 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 14002
Democrat 0800
Total 14802
% of votes cast 58%33%0%8%
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 Not Voting
David Rochefort Republican Yea
Denise Ricciardi Republican Not Voting
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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ITL

Failed 140 Yea · 196 Nay · 62 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 12651029
Democrat 5135030
Unaffiliated 5902
Independent 0001
Total 136195062
% of votes cast 35%50%0%16%
How each member voted (393)
Member Party Vote
Susan C DeLemus — Yea
Thomas L Kaczynski — Nay
Kimberly A Rice — Not Voting
Lisa M Freeman — Yea
Paul P Dargie — Nay
Patrick N Long — Nay
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — Nay
Charlie G. St. Clair — Nay
Gary L. Daniels — Yea
Harry H. Bean — Yea
Jaci L. Grote — Nay
Michael P Murphy — Not Voting
Sandra L Panek — Yea
Suraj Budathoki — Nay
Suzanne M. Vail — Nay
Tom D Mannion — Nay
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 Not Voting
Beth Richards Democrat Nay
Bill Bolton 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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
Ellen Read Democrat Nay
Ellen Rockmore Democrat Nay
Eric Gallager Democrat Nay
Eric Turer Democrat Nay
Erica de Vries Democrat Not Voting
Erik Johnson Democrat Nay
Erin Kerwin Democrat Not Voting
Fred Davis Democrat Nay
Gaby Grossman Democrat Not Voting
Gary Gilmore Democrat Nay
Gary Woods Democrat Nay
Geoffrey Smith Democrat Yea
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 Nay
James MacKay Democrat Nay
James Newsom Democrat Nay
James Roesener Democrat Nay
Janet Lucas Democrat Nay
Janet Wall Democrat Nay
Jared Sullivan Democrat Nay
Jean Jeudy Democrat Not Voting
Jennifer Mandelbaum Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Karen Ebel Democrat Nay
Karen Hegner Democrat Nay
Kat McGhee Democrat Nay
Kate Murray Democrat Nay
Kathy Staub Democrat Not Voting
Kris Schultz Democrat Not Voting
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 Haskins Democrat Not Voting
Linda Ryan Democrat Nay
Loren Foxx Democrat Not Voting
Loren Selig Democrat Not Voting
Louis Juris Democrat Nay
Lucius Parshall Democrat Nay
Lucy Weber Democrat Nay
Luz Bay Democrat Nay
Manoj Chourasia Democrat Yea
Marc Plamondon Democrat Not Voting
Marjorie Smith Democrat Not Voting
Mark MacKenzie Democrat Nay
Mark Paige Democrat Not Voting
Mark Vallone Democrat Yea
Martin Jack Democrat Nay
Mary Georges Democrat Nay
Mary Hakken-Phillips Democrat Nay
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Nay
Matthew Hicks Democrat Nay
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Nay
Megan Murray Democrat Nay
Merryl Gibbs Democrat Nay
Michael Cahill Democrat Nay
Michael Edgar Democrat Not Voting
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
Nicholas Germana Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Peter Lovett Democrat Nay
Peter Petrigno Democrat Nay
Peter Schmidt Democrat Nay
Philip Jones Democrat Nay
Ray Newman Democrat Nay
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Nay
Russell Muirhead Democrat Not Voting
Sallie Fellows Democrat Nay
Samantha Jacobs Democrat Nay
Sanjeev Manohar Democrat Nay
Santosh Salvi Democrat Yea
Seth Miller Democrat Nay
Stephanie Grund Democrat Nay
Stephanie Payeur Democrat Nay
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Not Voting
Sue Newman Democrat Nay
Susan Almy Democrat Nay
Susan Elberger Democrat Nay
Suzanne Chretien Democrat Not Voting
Terri O'Rorke Democrat Nay
Terry Spahr Democrat Nay
Thomas Buco Democrat Not Voting
Thomas Cormen Democrat Nay
Thomas Oppel Democrat Nay
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Yea
Thomas Southworth Democrat Nay
Tim Hartnett 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 Not Voting
William Palmer Democrat Not Voting
Zoe Manos Democrat Nay
Aidan Ankarberg Independent Not Voting
Aboul Khan Republican Nay
Adam Presa Republican Not Voting
Alvin See Republican Yea
Andrew Prout Republican Not Voting
Arnold Davis Republican Yea
Barbara Comtois Republican Nay
Bill Boyd Republican Yea
Bill Ohm Republican Yea
Bob Lynn Republican Yea
Brian Cole Republican Yea
Brian Labrie Republican Yea
Brian Nadeau Republican Yea
Brian Seaworth Republican Nay
Brian Taylor Republican Yea
Bryan Morse Republican Yea
Calvin Beaulier Republican Nay
Carol McGuire Republican Not Voting
Catherine Kenny Republican Yea
Charles Foote Republican Yea
Charles McMahon Republican Not Voting
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 Nay
Daniel Popovici-Muller Republican Nay
Darrell Louis Republican Yea
David Love Republican Yea
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 Nay
Diane Pauer Republican Yea
Dick Thackston Republican Yea
Dillon Dumont Republican Nay
Donald McFarlane Republican Nay
Donald Selby Republican Not Voting
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Douglas Trottier Republican Not Voting
Erica Layon Republican Nay
Ernesto Gonzalez Republican Not Voting
George Grant Republican Not Voting
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Nay
Glenn Bailey Republican Nay
Gregory Hill Republican Yea
Henry Giasson Republican Nay
JD Bernardy Republican Yea
Jack Flanagan Republican Yea
James Creighton Republican Yea
James Guzofski Republican Yea
James Qualey Republican Yea
James Spillane Republican Nay
James Summers Republican Yea
James Thibault Republican Not Voting
James Tierney Republican Yea
Jason Osborne Republican Nay
Jay Markell Republican Yea
Jeanine Notter Republican Nay
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Yea
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Yea
Jeremy Slottje Republican Nay
Jess Edwards Republican Yea
Jim Fedolfi Republican Yea
Jim Kofalt Republican Yea
Jodi Nelson Republican Not Voting
Joe Alexander Republican Nay
Joe Sweeney Republican Nay
John Hunt Republican Yea
John Janigian Republican Not Voting
John Leavitt Republican Not Voting
John MacDonald Republican Yea
John Potucek Republican Yea
John Schneller Republican Yea
John Sellers Republican Yea
John Suiter Republican Yea
John Sytek Republican Not Voting
Jonathan Morton Republican Yea
Jonathan Smith Republican Nay
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Jose Cambrils Republican Yea
Joseph Barton Republican Not Voting
Joseph Guthrie Republican Yea
Joseph Hamblen Republican Yea
Judy Aron Republican Yea
Julie Miles Republican Yea
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Yea
Julius Soti Republican Nay
Karel Crawford Republican Yea
Katelyn Kuttab Republican Nay
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Yea
Kathleen Paquette Republican Yea
Katy Peternel Republican Yea
Keith Ammon Republican Nay
Keith Erf Republican Yea
Kelley Potenza Republican Nay
Kenneth Weyler Republican Yea
Kevin Scully Republican Nay
Kevin Verville Republican Not Voting
Kristin Noble Republican Nay
Kristine Perez Republican Yea
Larry Gagne Republican Yea
Laurence Miner Republican Yea
Len Turcotte Republican Yea
Lex Berezhny Republican Nay
Lilli Walsh Republican Yea
Linda Franz Republican Yea
Linda Gould Republican Yea
Linda McGrath Republican Yea
Lino Avellani Republican Nay
Lisa Mazur Republican Nay
Lisa Post Republican Yea
Liz Barbour Republican Yea
Lori Korzen Republican Yea
Lorie Ball Republican Nay
Louise Andrus Republican Yea
Margaret Drye Republican Yea
Marie Louise Bjelobrk Republican Yea
Mark McLean Republican Nay
Mark Pearson Republican Yea
Mark Proulx Republican Not Voting
Mark Warden Republican Not Voting
Mary Ford Republican Yea
Mary Murphy Republican Yea
Matt Drew Republican Nay
Matthew Coker Republican Not Voting
Matthew Pitaro Republican Yea
Maureen Mooney Republican Yea
Melissa Litchfield Republican Nay
Michael Aron Republican Yea
Michael Granger Republican Nay
Michael Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Moffett Republican Nay
Michael Vose Republican Yea
Mike Belcher Republican Yea
Mike Bordes Republican Not Voting
Mike Drago Republican Yea
Mike Ouellet Republican Yea
Nicholas Bridle Republican Not Voting
Pam Brown Republican Yea
Paul Terry Republican Nay
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Pete Morency Republican Yea
Peter Mehegan Republican Nay
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Yea
Pierre Dupont Republican Yea
Ralph Boehm Republican Yea
Raymond Peeples Republican Yea
Raymond Plante Republican Nay
Rich Nalevanko Republican Yea
Richard Brown Republican Nay
Richard Lascelles Republican Yea
Richard Tripp Republican Yea
Riché Colcombe Republican Not Voting
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 Nay
Ross Berry Republican Nay
Russell Dumais Republican Yea
Samuel Farrington Republican Nay
Sayra DeVito Republican Nay
Scott Bryer Republican Yea
Sean Durkin Republican Yea
Seth King Republican Nay
Shane Sirois Republican Yea
Sheri Minor Republican Not Voting
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Sherri Reinfurt Republican Yea
Skip Rollins Republican Nay
Sly Karasinski Republican Yea
Stephen Boyd Republican Yea
Stephen Pearson Republican Yea
Steven Bogert Republican Yea
Steven Kesselring Republican Nay
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 Nay
Tom Dolan Republican Nay
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Travis Corcoran Republican Not Voting
Travis Toner Republican Yea
Valerie McDonnell Republican Yea
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Yea
Vicki Wilson Republican Yea
Walter Spilsbury Republican Nay
Wayne Hemingway Republican Yea
Wayne MacDonald Republican Yea
Yury Polozov Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 226?
HB 226 is sponsored by David Watters (Democrat), Mark Proulx (Republican), Christine Seibert (Democrat), Jodi Newell (Democrat), Tom Mannion (Republican), David Meuse (Democrat), and Ellen Read (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 226?
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.
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