New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 53 — permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.

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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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. No Pending Motion; 04/17/2025 SJ 10

  3. Sen. Abbas Moved Laid on Table, RC 16Y-8N, MA; 04/17/2025; SJ 10

  4. Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 12Y-12N, MF; 04/17/2025; SJ 10

  5. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 04/17/2025, Vote 3-1; SC 17

  6. Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 14

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

  8. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0272h: MA RC 328-42 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 42

  9. Amendment # 2025-0272h: AA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 42

  10. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0272h 02/05/2025 (Vote 13-4; RC) HC 12 P. 18

  11. Executive Session: 01/22/2025 10:15 am LOB 201

  12. Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 10:15 am LOB 201

  13. Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 3

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 412 not signed on · 52 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (412)

412 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Inexpedient to Legislate

Failed 12 Yea · 12 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 12400
Democrat 0800
Total 121200
% of votes cast 50%50%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 Nay
Daryl Abbas Republican Yea
David Rochefort Republican Yea
Denise Ricciardi Republican Yea
Howard Pearl Republican Yea
James Gray Republican Yea
Keith Murphy Republican Nay
Kevin Avard Republican Yea
Mark McConkey Republican Yea
Regina Birdsell Republican Yea
Ruth Ward Republican Yea
Sharon Carson Republican Yea
Tim McGough Republican Nay
Timothy Lang Republican Yea
Victoria Sullivan Republican Nay

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Laid on Table

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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OTPA

Passed 328 Yea · 42 Nay · 28 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 15635015
Democrat 1553012
Unaffiliated 14200
Independent 0001
Total 32540028
% of votes cast 83%10%0%7%
How each member voted (393)
Member Party Vote
Susan C DeLemus — Yea
Thomas L Kaczynski — Yea
Kimberly A Rice — Yea
Lisa M Freeman — Yea
Paul P Dargie — Yea
Patrick N Long — Yea
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — Yea
Charlie G. St. Clair — Yea
Gary L. Daniels — Nay
Harry H. Bean — Yea
Jaci L. Grote — Yea
Michael P Murphy — Yea
Sandra L Panek — Nay
Suraj Budathoki — Yea
Suzanne M. Vail — Yea
Tom D Mannion — Yea
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 Yea
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 Nay
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 Yea
Jennifer Mandelbaum Democrat Nay
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 Nay
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 Yea
Adam Presa Republican Not Voting
Alvin See Republican Nay
Andrew Prout Republican Yea
Arnold Davis Republican Yea
Barbara Comtois Republican Yea
Bill Boyd Republican Yea
Bill Ohm Republican Nay
Bob Lynn Republican Not Voting
Brian Cole Republican Yea
Brian Labrie Republican Yea
Brian Nadeau Republican Yea
Brian Seaworth Republican Yea
Brian Taylor Republican Nay
Bryan Morse Republican Yea
Calvin Beaulier Republican Yea
Carol McGuire Republican Yea
Catherine Kenny Republican Nay
Charles Foote Republican Yea
Charles McMahon Republican Yea
Charles Melvin Republican Yea
Cindy Bennett Republican Nay
Claudine Burnham Republican Yea
Clayton Wood Republican Yea
Cyril Aures Republican Yea
Dale Girard Republican Yea
Dan McGuire Republican Yea
Daniel Popovici-Muller Republican Yea
Darrell Louis Republican Nay
David Love Republican Yea
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Not Voting
David Walker Republican Yea
Deborah Aylward Republican Yea
Debra DeSimone Republican Yea
Denis Murphy Republican Yea
Denise DeDe-Poulin Republican Yea
Dennis Mannion Republican Nay
Diane Kelley Republican Yea
Diane Pauer Republican Yea
Dick Thackston Republican Yea
Dillon Dumont Republican Yea
Donald McFarlane Republican Yea
Donald Selby Republican Yea
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Douglas Trottier Republican Yea
Erica Layon Republican Yea
Ernesto Gonzalez Republican Yea
George Grant Republican Yea
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Yea
Glenn Bailey Republican Yea
Gregory Hill Republican Yea
Henry Giasson Republican Yea
JD Bernardy Republican Nay
Jack Flanagan Republican Yea
James Creighton Republican Yea
James Guzofski Republican Nay
James Qualey Republican Nay
James Spillane Republican Yea
James Summers Republican Nay
James Thibault Republican Yea
James Tierney Republican Nay
Jason Osborne Republican Yea
Jay Markell Republican Nay
Jeanine Notter Republican Nay
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Yea
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Yea
Jeremy Slottje Republican Yea
Jess Edwards Republican Yea
Jim Fedolfi Republican Not Voting
Jim Kofalt Republican Yea
Jodi Nelson Republican Yea
Joe Alexander Republican Yea
Joe Sweeney Republican Yea
John Hunt Republican Nay
John Janigian Republican Yea
John Leavitt Republican Yea
John MacDonald Republican Yea
John Potucek Republican Yea
John Schneller Republican Nay
John Sellers Republican Nay
John Suiter Republican Yea
John Sytek Republican Yea
Jonathan Morton Republican Yea
Jonathan Smith Republican Yea
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Jose Cambrils Republican Yea
Joseph Barton Republican Yea
Joseph Guthrie Republican Yea
Joseph Hamblen Republican Yea
Judy Aron Republican Yea
Julie Miles Republican Yea
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Yea
Julius Soti Republican Yea
Karel Crawford Republican Nay
Katelyn Kuttab Republican Yea
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Yea
Kathleen Paquette Republican Yea
Katy Peternel Republican Yea
Keith Ammon Republican Yea
Keith Erf Republican Yea
Kelley Potenza Republican Yea
Kenneth Weyler Republican Yea
Kevin Scully Republican Yea
Kevin Verville Republican Not Voting
Kristin Noble Republican Yea
Kristine Perez Republican Yea
Larry Gagne Republican Yea
Laurence Miner Republican Yea
Len Turcotte Republican Nay
Lex Berezhny Republican Yea
Lilli Walsh Republican Nay
Linda Franz Republican Yea
Linda Gould Republican Nay
Linda McGrath Republican Yea
Lino Avellani Republican Yea
Lisa Mazur Republican Yea
Lisa Post Republican Yea
Liz Barbour Republican Nay
Lori Korzen Republican Yea
Lorie Ball Republican Yea
Louise Andrus Republican Nay
Margaret Drye Republican Nay
Marie Louise Bjelobrk Republican Yea
Mark McLean Republican Yea
Mark Pearson Republican Yea
Mark Proulx Republican Yea
Mark Warden Republican Yea
Mary Ford Republican Yea
Mary Murphy Republican Yea
Matt Drew Republican Yea
Matthew Coker Republican Yea
Matthew Pitaro Republican Yea
Maureen Mooney Republican Nay
Melissa Litchfield Republican Yea
Michael Aron Republican Yea
Michael Granger Republican Yea
Michael Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Moffett Republican Yea
Michael Vose Republican Yea
Mike Belcher Republican Not Voting
Mike Bordes Republican Not Voting
Mike Drago Republican Nay
Mike Ouellet Republican Nay
Nicholas Bridle Republican Yea
Pam Brown Republican Nay
Paul Terry Republican Not Voting
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Pete Morency Republican Yea
Peter Mehegan Republican Yea
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Yea
Pierre Dupont Republican Not Voting
Ralph Boehm Republican Yea
Raymond Peeples Republican Yea
Raymond Plante Republican Yea
Rich Nalevanko Republican Nay
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 Yea
Ron Dunn Republican Yea
Ross Berry Republican Yea
Russell Dumais Republican Not Voting
Samuel Farrington Republican Yea
Sayra DeVito Republican Yea
Scott Bryer Republican Yea
Sean Durkin Republican Yea
Seth King Republican Yea
Shane Sirois Republican Not Voting
Sheri Minor Republican Yea
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Sherri Reinfurt Republican Yea
Skip Rollins Republican Yea
Sly Karasinski Republican Yea
Stephen Boyd Republican Nay
Stephen Pearson Republican Nay
Steven Bogert Republican Yea
Steven Kesselring Republican Yea
Steven Smith Republican Yea
Susan DeRoy Republican Yea
Susan Porcelli Republican Nay
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Yea
Tanya Donnelly Republican Yea
Ted Gorski Republican Yea
Terry Roy Republican Yea
Thomas Walsh Republican Not Voting
Tim Mannion Republican Yea
Tom Dolan Republican Yea
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Travis Corcoran Republican Yea
Travis Toner Republican Yea
Valerie McDonnell Republican Nay
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Yea
Vicki Wilson Republican Yea
Walter Spilsbury Republican Yea
Wayne Hemingway Republican Nay
Wayne MacDonald Republican Yea
Yury Polozov Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 53?
HB 53 is sponsored by Heath Howard (Democrat), Jim Kofalt (Republican), and Wendy Thomas (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 53?
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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