New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 6 R cosponsors

HB 356 — enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor Ayotte 07/07/2025

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

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” 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.

Vetoed by Governor Kelly Ayotte (Republican) on July 08, 2025.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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. Vetoed by Governor Ayotte 07/07/2025

  2. Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 26

  3. Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17

  4. Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13

  5. Sen. Lang Moved Ought to Pass; 05/15/2025; SJ 13

  6. Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 10Y-13N, MF; 05/15/2025; SJ 13

  7. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/15/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 21A

  8. Hearing: 05/13/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:25 am; SC 21

  9. Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 10

  10. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0619h: MA DV 200-173 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 26

  11. Amendment # 2025-0619h: AA VV 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 26

  12. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  13. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0619h 03/11/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 17 P. 55

  14. ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/11/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308

  15. ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/04/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308

  16. Public Hearing: 02/25/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308

  17. Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 16

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 409 not signed on · 13 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (409)

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Votes

Inexpedient to Legislate

Failed 10 Yea · 13 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 21301
Democrat 8000
Total 101301
% of votes cast 42%54%0%4%
How each member voted (24)
Member Party Vote
Cindy Rosenwald Democrat Yea
David Watters Democrat Yea
Debra Altschiller Democrat Yea
Donovan Fenton Democrat Yea
Pat Long Democrat Yea
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka Democrat Yea
Suzanne Prentiss Democrat Yea
Tara Reardon Democrat Yea
Bill Gannon Republican Nay
Daniel Innis Republican Nay
Daryl Abbas Republican Nay
David Rochefort Republican Yea
Denise Ricciardi Republican Yea
Howard Pearl Republican Nay
James Gray Republican Nay
Keith Murphy Republican Nay
Kevin Avard Republican Not Voting
Mark McConkey Republican Nay
Regina Birdsell Republican Nay
Ruth Ward Republican Nay
Sharon Carson Republican Nay
Tim McGough Republican Nay
Timothy Lang Republican Nay
Victoria Sullivan Republican Nay

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Subjects

elections education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 356?
HB 356 is sponsored by Juliet Harvey-Bolia (Republican), Diane Pauer (Republican), Robert Wherry (Republican), Deborah Aylward (Republican), James Creighton (Republican), and Ralph Boehm (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 356?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” 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 356?
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