HB 631 — permitting residential building in commercial zoning.
Last action — Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 201; eff. 07/01/2026 HJ 18
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Kelly Ayotte (Republican) on July 22, 2025.
Odds of enactment
High chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.
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Prognosis
Likely to advance
66% · high confidence
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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10 sponsors
1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (7 D · 3 R) — cross-party backing.
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Failed a recorded vote
Failed 1 recorded vote so far — a real headwind.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
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Action History
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Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 201; eff. 07/01/2026 HJ 18
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Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 58
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Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18
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Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
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Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/08/2025, Vote 5-1; SC 20
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Hearing: 04/10/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am; SC 16
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Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 9
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Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0667h: MA DV 204-134 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 96
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Indefinitely Postpone (Rep. Kuttab): MF RC 128-211 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 94
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Amendment # 2025-0667h (NT): AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 93
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Removed from Consent (Reps. Kuttab, Bridle, Bordes, Panek, Coker, Popovici-Muller, Tenczar, Seidel, L. Walsh, Perez) 03/17/2025 HJ 8 P. 3
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Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0667h (NT) 03/04/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC)
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Executive Session: 02/11/2025 10:00 am LOB 305
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Full Committee Work Session: 02/11/2025 10:00 am LOB 305
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Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 01:30 pm LOB 305
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Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Housing HJ 3 P. 19
Sponsors
- David Watters · Cosponsor
- Joe Sweeney · Cosponsor
- Kris Schultz · Cosponsor
- Christine Seibert · Cosponsor
- Diane Pauer · Cosponsor
- Ross Berry · Cosponsor
- Heath Howard · Cosponsor
- Jodi Newell · Cosponsor
- Jessica Grill · Cosponsor
- Alissandra Murray · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 405 not signed on · 198 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Alissandra Murray Democrat Voted No
Co-sponsors (9)
- David Watters Democrat
- Joe Sweeney Republican Voted No
- Kris Schultz Democrat Voted No
- Christine Seibert Democrat Voted No
- Diane Pauer Republican Voted No
- Ross Berry Republican Voted No
- Heath Howard Democrat Voted No
- Jodi Newell Democrat Voted No
- Jessica Grill Democrat Voted No
Not signed on (405)
405 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 405 →"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.
Whip count is in markup.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Failed
128 Yea
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211 Nay
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58 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 103 | 76 | 0 | 27 |
| Democrat | 15 | 127 | 0 | 28 |
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 125 | 210 | 0 | 58 |
| % of votes cast | 32% | 53% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (393)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Susan C DeLemus | — | Yea |
| Thomas L Kaczynski | — | Yea |
| Kimberly A Rice | — | Yea |
| Lisa M Freeman | — | Yea |
| Paul P Dargie | — | Nay |
| Patrick N Long | — | Nay |
| Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière | — | Yea |
| Charlie G. St. Clair | — | Not Voting |
| Gary L. Daniels | — | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Alissandra Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Allan Howland | Democrat | Nay |
| Allison Knab | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Malone | Democrat | Nay |
| Anita Burroughs | Democrat | Nay |
| Barry Faulkner | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Richards | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Bolton | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Brian Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Buzz Scherr | Democrat | Nay |
| Carrie Sorensen | Democrat | Nay |
| Carry Spier | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Cassandra Levesque | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Rombeau | Democrat | Yea |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Democrat | Nay |
| Cathryn Harvey | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Chris McAleer | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris Muns | Democrat | Nay |
| Christal Lloyd | Democrat | Nay |
| Christine Seibert | Democrat | Nay |
| Christopher Herbert | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| David Meuse | Democrat | Nay |
| David Nagel | Democrat | Not Voting |
| David Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| David Preece | Democrat | Yea |
| Dennis Malloy | Democrat | Nay |
| Dick Ames | Democrat | Nay |
| Dru Fox | Democrat | Nay |
| Efstathia Booras | Democrat | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Janet Lucas | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Wall | Democrat | Nay |
| Jared Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Jean Jeudy | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Democrat | Yea |
| Jerry Stringham | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica Grill | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Maggiore | Democrat | Yea |
| Jim Snodgrass | Democrat | Nay |
| Jodi Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| John Cloutier | Democrat | Nay |
| John Larochelle | Democrat | Nay |
| John Stone | Democrat | Nay |
| Jonah Wheeler | Democrat | Yea |
| Julie Gilman | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Ebel | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Hegner | Democrat | Nay |
| Kat McGhee | Democrat | Yea |
| Kate Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Kathy Staub | Democrat | Nay |
| Kris Schultz | Democrat | Nay |
| Laura Telerski | Democrat | Nay |
| Laurel Stavis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Democrat | Nay |
| Lily Foss | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Democrat | Yea |
| Linda Haskins | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Ryan | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Foxx | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Selig | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Louis Juris | Democrat | Yea |
| Lucius Parshall | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucy Weber | Democrat | Nay |
| Luz Bay | Democrat | Nay |
| Manoj Chourasia | Democrat | Nay |
| Marc Plamondon | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Marjorie Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark MacKenzie | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Mark Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Vallone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Martin Jack | Democrat | Yea |
| Mary Georges | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Jane Wallner | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Hicks | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Democrat | Nay |
| Megan Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Merryl Gibbs | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Cahill | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Edgar | Democrat | Nay |
| Molly Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Muriel Hall | Democrat | Nay |
| Myles England | Democrat | Nay |
| Nancy Murphy | Democrat | Nay |
| Ned Raynolds | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicholas Germana | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicholas Germana | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicole Leapley | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Paige Beauchemin | Democrat | Nay |
| Patricia Cornell | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Paul Berch | Democrat | Yea |
| Peggy Balboni | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Bixby | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Leishman | Democrat | Yea |
| Peter Lovett | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Peter Petrigno | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Schmidt | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Philip Jones | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ray Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Rosemarie Rung | Democrat | Nay |
| Russell Muirhead | Democrat | Nay |
| Sallie Fellows | Democrat | Nay |
| Samantha Jacobs | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Democrat | Nay |
| Santosh Salvi | Democrat | Yea |
| Seth Miller | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Grund | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Stephanie Payeur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Stephen Woodcock | Democrat | Nay |
| Sue Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Almy | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Elberger | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Chretien | Democrat | Nay |
| Terri O'Rorke | Democrat | Nay |
| Terry Spahr | Democrat | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Trinidad Tellez | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Burton | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Pearson | Democrat | Nay |
| Wendy Thomas | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Will Darby | Democrat | Nay |
| William Dolan | Democrat | Nay |
| William Palmer | Democrat | Nay |
| Zoe Manos | Democrat | Nay |
| Aidan Ankarberg | Independent | Not Voting |
| Aboul Khan | Republican | Yea |
| Adam Presa | Republican | Nay |
| Alvin See | Republican | Yea |
| Andrew Prout | Republican | Not Voting |
| Arnold Davis | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Comtois | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Ohm | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Lynn | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Cole | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Labrie | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Nadeau | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Seaworth | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Morse | Republican | Nay |
| Calvin Beaulier | Republican | Nay |
| Carol McGuire | Republican | Nay |
| Catherine Kenny | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Foote | Republican | Yea |
| Charles McMahon | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Melvin | Republican | Yea |
| Cindy Bennett | Republican | Nay |
| Claudine Burnham | Republican | Nay |
| Clayton Wood | Republican | Yea |
| Cyril Aures | Republican | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Republican | Yea |
| Dan McGuire | Republican | Nay |
| Daniel Popovici-Muller | Republican | Not Voting |
| Darrell Louis | Republican | Not Voting |
| David Love | Republican | Yea |
| David Lundgren | Republican | Not Voting |
| David Milz | Republican | Nay |
| David Walker | Republican | Yea |
| Deborah Aylward | Republican | Nay |
| Debra DeSimone | Republican | Nay |
| Denis Murphy | Republican | Nay |
| Denise DeDe-Poulin | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Pauer | Republican | Nay |
| Dick Thackston | Republican | Nay |
| Dillon Dumont | Republican | Not Voting |
| Donald McFarlane | Republican | Nay |
| Donald Selby | Republican | Not Voting |
| Douglas Thomas | Republican | Nay |
| Douglas Trottier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Erica Layon | Republican | Nay |
| Ernesto Gonzalez | Republican | Yea |
| George Grant | Republican | Nay |
| Gerald Griffin | Republican | Nay |
| Glen Aldrich | Republican | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| James Tierney | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Osborne | Republican | Nay |
| Jay Markell | Republican | Nay |
| Jeanine Notter | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeffrey Tenczar | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer Rhodes | Republican | Nay |
| Jeremy Slottje | Republican | Nay |
| Jess Edwards | Republican | Nay |
| Jim Fedolfi | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jim Kofalt | Republican | Nay |
| Jodi Nelson | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Alexander | Republican | Nay |
| Joe Sweeney | Republican | Nay |
| John Hunt | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Janigian | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Leavitt | Republican | Not Voting |
| John MacDonald | Republican | Nay |
| John Potucek | Republican | Nay |
| John Schneller | Republican | Yea |
| John Sellers | Republican | Nay |
| John Suiter | Republican | Yea |
| John Sytek | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan Morton | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jordan Ulery | Republican | Nay |
| Jose Cambrils | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Barton | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph Guthrie | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joseph Hamblen | Republican | Yea |
| Judy Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Julie Miles | Republican | Nay |
| Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Republican | Nay |
| Julius Soti | Republican | Nay |
| Karel Crawford | Republican | Not Voting |
| Katelyn Kuttab | Republican | Yea |
| Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Republican | Yea |
| Kathleen Paquette | Republican | Not Voting |
| Katy Peternel | Republican | Nay |
| Keith Ammon | Republican | Nay |
| Keith Erf | Republican | Nay |
| Kelley Potenza | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kenneth Weyler | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Scully | Republican | Nay |
| Kevin Verville | Republican | Yea |
| Kristin Noble | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Lisa Mazur | Republican | Nay |
| Lisa Post | Republican | Nay |
| Liz Barbour | Republican | Yea |
| Lori Korzen | Republican | Yea |
| Lorie Ball | Republican | Yea |
| Louise Andrus | Republican | Yea |
| Margaret Drye | Republican | Yea |
| Marie Louise Bjelobrk | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Proulx | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Warden | Republican | Nay |
| Mary Ford | Republican | Yea |
| Mary Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Matt Drew | Republican | Nay |
| Matthew Coker | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew Pitaro | Republican | Nay |
| Maureen Mooney | Republican | Nay |
| Melissa Litchfield | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Aron | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Granger | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Harrington | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Moffett | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Vose | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Belcher | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bordes | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Drago | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Ouellet | Republican | Nay |
| Nicholas Bridle | Republican | Yea |
| Pam Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Terry | Republican | Nay |
| Paul Tudor | Republican | Not Voting |
| Pete Morency | Republican | Nay |
| Peter Mehegan | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Varney | Republican | Not Voting |
| Phyllis Katsakiores | Republican | Not Voting |
| Pierre Dupont | Republican | Nay |
| Ralph Boehm | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Peeples | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Plante | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rich Nalevanko | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Lascelles | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Tripp | Republican | Yea |
| Riché Colcombe | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Ladd | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| Shane Sirois | Republican | Yea |
| Sheri Minor | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sherman Packard | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sherri Reinfurt | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| Susan DeRoy | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Porcelli | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Vandecasteele | Republican | Nay |
| Tanya Donnelly | Republican | Nay |
| Ted Gorski | Republican | Yea |
| Terry Roy | Republican | Not Voting |
| Thomas Walsh | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tim Mannion | Republican | Nay |
| Tom Dolan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tom Ploszaj | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Corcoran | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Toner | Republican | Yea |
| Valerie McDonnell | Republican | Nay |
| Vanessa Sheehan | Republican | Yea |
| Vicki Wilson | Republican | Nay |
| Walter Spilsbury | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne Hemingway | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne MacDonald | Republican | Nay |
| Yury Polozov | Republican | Nay |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 631?
- HB 631 is sponsored by David Watters (Democrat), Joe Sweeney (Republican), Kris Schultz (Democrat), Christine Seibert (Democrat), Diane Pauer (Republican), Ross Berry (Republican), Heath Howard (Democrat), Jodi Newell (Democrat), Jessica Grill (Democrat), and Alissandra Murray (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB 631?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2025. Enacted.
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