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NH CACR 11

died on adjournment

relating to sheriffs. Providing that there shall be no age limitation for a person to hold the office of county sheriff.

New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did NH CACR 11 pass?

No. NH CACR 11 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-23): Ought to Pass: MF RC 199-157 Lacking Necessary Three-Fifths Vote 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 25

What is NH CACR 11 about?

NH CACR 11 is a constitutional amendment in the 2026 Regular Session titled “relating to sheriffs. Providing that there shall be no age limitation for a person to hold the office of county sheriff.”.

Who sponsors NH CACR 11?

Tara Reardon is the primary sponsor of NH CACR 11, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-11-21
Latest action
2026-04-23 — Ought to Pass: MF RC 199-157 Lacking Necessary Three-Fifths Vote 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 25
Bill type
constitutional amendment
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Tara Reardonprimary
  • Daryl Abbascosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-23

    Ought to Pass: MF RC 199-157 Lacking Necessary Three-Fifths Vote 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 25

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  2. 2026-04-15

    Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  3. 2026-04-15

    Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/08/2026 (Vote 7-5; RC)

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-04-09

    Executive Session: 04/08/2026 10:00 am GP 159

  5. 2026-04-01

    Public Hearing: 04/08/2026 10:00 am GP 159

  6. 2026-03-27

    Introduced (in recess of) 03/26/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 9 P. 54

    introduction,referral-committee

  7. 2026-03-26

    Ought to Pass with Amendments #2026-1219s, RC 23Y-1N, by necessary 3/5, MA; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  8. 2026-03-26

    Committee Amendment # 2026-1219s, AA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7

  9. 2026-03-18

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1219s, 03/26/2026, Vote 4-0; SC 11

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-02-12

    Hearing: 02/17/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 6

  11. 2025-11-21

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

  • Ought to Pass w/Amendment

    2026-03-26 · pass · 23-1

    Member-level votes (24)
    • Sharon M. Carson: yes
    • David H. Watters: yes
    • Kevin A. Avard: yes
    • Regina Birdsell: yes
    • Cindy Rosenwald: yes
    • James P. Gray: yes
    • Ruth Ward: yes
    • Bill M. Gannon: yes
    • Daniel E. Innis: yes
    • Suzanne M. Prentiss: yes
    • Denise Ricciardi: yes
    • Rebecca Perkins Kwoka: yes
    • Timothy Lang: yes
    • Donovan Fenton: yes
    • Keith R. Murphy: yes
    • Howard Pearl: yes
    • Daryl Abbas: yes
    • Debra Altschiller: no
    • David Rochefort: yes
    • Mark McConkey: yes
    • Tim McGough: yes
    • Tara Reardon: yes
    • Victoria Sullivan: yes
    • Pat Long: yes
  • OTP

    2026-04-23 · pass · 199-157

    Member-level votes (387)
    • Lucius Parshall: no
    • James R Qualey: yes
    • Jennifer M Rhodes: yes
    • Arnold G Davis: yes
    • Lex Berezhny: yes
    • Mary A Hakken-Phillips: no
    • Russell Muirhead: no
    • Jim A Kofalt: yes
    • Lisa C.M. Post: yes
    • Ted Gorski: other
    • Daniel T. Veilleux: no
    • Vanessa L Sheehan: yes
    • Diane E. Kelley: yes
    • Diane Pauer: yes
    • James L Creighton: yes
    • Ross Berry: yes
    • Louise Andrus: no
    • Tony M Caplan: no
    • Jose E Cambrils: yes
    • Eric B Gallager: no
    • Matthew Pitaro: yes
    • Stephen E. Boyd: yes
    • Paul D Tudor: yes
    • Erica J Layon: yes
    • Julius F Soti: yes
    • Bob J. Lynn: yes
    • Susan J Vandecasteele: other
    • Melissa A. Litchfield: yes
    • JD Bernardy: yes
    • Mark Paige: no
    • Glenn Bailey: no
    • Aidan Ankarberg: other
    • Walter Spilsbury: no
    • Wayne D. MacDonald: yes
    • Paul A Terry: yes
    • Bill Boyd: yes
    • Muriel C Hall: no
    • Catherine A Rombeau: no
    • Jodi L Nelson: other
    • Cyril Nicholas Aures: yes
    • Deborah Aylward: yes
    • Peggy Balboni: no
    • Heather P Baldwin: no
    • Lorie Ball: yes
    • Luz Bay: no
    • Steven T Bogert: yes
    • Bill R Bolton: no
    • Richard R Brown: yes
    • Claudine R Burnham: yes
    • Matthew Coker: no
    • Riché Colcombe: yes
    • Travis James Corcoran: no
    • Thomas H Cormen: no
    • Hope E Damon: no
    • Will Darby: no
    • William Dolan: no
    • Tanya Donnelly: yes
    • Mike Drago: yes
    • Margaret M Drye: yes
    • Ron C Dunn: yes
    • Susan A Elberger: no
    • Charles H Foote: yes
    • Loren E Foxx: no
    • Nicholas A Germana: yes
    • Merryl Gibbs: no
    • Michael E Granger: yes
    • Alicia C Gregg: no
    • Jessica Grill: no
    • Matthew S Hicks: yes
    • Molly C Howard: no
    • Heath Howard: no
    • Allan Howland: other
    • Philip M Jones: no
    • Louis C Juris: yes
    • Catherine M Kenny: other
    • Seth King: no
    • Allison Knab: no
    • Katelyn T Kuttab: yes
    • Jessica Finn LaMontagne: no
    • Nicole M Leapley: no
    • Daniel J LeClerc: no
    • Christal R Lloyd: no
    • Peter Lovett: no
    • Tom D Mannion: yes
    • Dennis Mannion: yes
    • Zoe R Manos: no
    • Lisa R Mazur: yes
    • Valerie E McDonnell: no
    • Alissandra Murray: no
    • David J Nagel: no
    • Jodi K Newell: no
    • Kristin Noble: yes
    • Mike Ouellet: yes
    • David Paige: no
    • William S Palmer: no
    • Stephanie R Payeur: no
    • Kristine Perez: yes
    • Katy Peternel: yes
    • Yury Polozov: yes
    • Daniel Popovici-Muller: yes
    • Susan M Porcelli: yes
    • Kelley L Potenza: yes
    • Heather Raymond: no
    • Ned Raynolds: no
    • James Leon Roesener: no
    • Linda V Ryan: yes
    • Alvin B See: no
    • Christine Seibert: no
    • Loren Selig: no
    • John Sellers: other
    • Shane A Sirois: yes
    • Geoffrey Smith: no
    • Carry Spier: no
    • Kathy Staub: no
    • Jared Sullivan: no
    • James Summers: yes
    • Trinidad Tellez: no
    • Jeffrey Tenczar: yes
    • Eric S Turer: no
    • David E Walker: yes
    • Lilli M Walsh: yes
    • Jonah Orion Wheeler: yes
    • Robert J Wherry: yes
    • Clayton D Wood: yes
    • Dick H Thackston: yes
    • James W Tierney: no
    • Brian D Cole: yes
    • Mike S Belcher: no
    • Marc W Plamondon: no
    • David Fracht: no
    • Paige Beauchemin: no
    • Sean C Durkin: yes
    • Erik R Johnson: no
    • Jennifer Mandelbaum: other
    • Michael Aron: yes
    • Liz F Barbour: yes
    • Joseph J Barton: no
    • Calvin Beaulier: yes
    • Cindy Lynn Bennett: yes
    • Dan H Bergeron: no
    • Marie Louise Bjelobrk: yes
    • Tracy Anne Bricchi: yes
    • Nicholas D. Bridle: yes
    • Pam Brown: yes
    • Scott R Bryer: yes
    • Manoj Chourasia: no
    • Suzanne L Chretien: no
    • Eleana Marie Colby: no
    • Erica R de Vries: yes
    • Denise DeDe-Poulin: yes
    • Susan G DeRoy: yes
    • Sayra Lynn DeVito: other
    • Ricky J Devoid: yes
    • Matt Drew: yes
    • Dillon J Dumont: yes
    • Pierre M Dupont: yes
    • Myles England: no
    • Samuel G Farrington: yes
    • Mary J Ford: yes
    • Lily M Foss: no
    • Linda Franz: yes
    • Mary Ngwanda Georges: no
    • Henry R Giasson: yes
    • Dale R Girard: yes
    • Ernesto L Gonzalez: other
    • George C Grant: yes
    • James Gruber: no
    • Stephanie Grund: other
    • James H Guzofski: yes
    • Robley Hall: yes
    • Joseph Hamblen: yes
    • Tim Hartnett: no
    • Karen A Hegner: no
    • Wayne J Hemingway: yes
    • Samantha Jacobs: no
    • Sly Karasinski: yes
    • Eileen S Kelly: no
    • Erin Kerwin: no
    • Steven Kesselring: yes
    • Lee Ann Kluger: no
    • Lori E Korzen: yes
    • Brian H Labrie: yes
    • John H Larochelle: yes
    • Patrick N Long: yes
    • Darrell A Louis: yes
    • Janet Marie Lucas: no
    • Amy L Malone: no
    • Tim E Mannion: other
    • Sanjeev K Manohar: no
    • Jay D Markell: yes
    • Rita G Mattson: yes
    • Donald S McFarlane: yes
    • Linda McGrath: yes
    • Peter L. Mehegan: yes
    • Julie Miles: yes
    • Seth B Miller: no
    • Laurence A Miner: other
    • Sheri Minor: other
    • Pete Morency: other
    • Bryan Morse: other
    • Mary Murphy: yes
    • Denis Vincent Murphy: yes
    • Brian G Nadeau: yes
    • Rich M Nalevanko: yes
    • James Newsom: no
    • Terri O'Rorke: no
    • Thomas Oppel: no
    • Kathleen Paquette: yes
    • Wayne Pearson: other
    • Raymond C. Peeples: yes
    • Raymond S Plante: other
    • Adam Joseph Presa: yes
    • Sherri L Reinfurt: yes
    • Ellen B Rockmore: no
    • Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière: yes
    • Santosh Salvi: no
    • Gregory M Sargent: no
    • Buzz Scherr: no
    • John Schneller: yes
    • Donald Evan Selby: yes
    • Jeremy Slottje: yes
    • Jim Snodgrass: no
    • Carrie Sorensen: no
    • Terry Spahr: no
    • John Joseph Stone: no
    • John W. Suiter: yes
    • Dale Swanson: no
    • Brian R. Taylor: yes
    • James R Thibault: yes
    • Travis J Toner: yes
    • Alice Wade: no
    • Toni Weinstein: no
    • Vicki A Wilson: yes
    • Billie Butler: no
    • Bobbi Boudman: yes
    • David John Preece: no
    • Phyllis M Katsakiores: yes
    • Mary Jane Wallner: no
    • John B. Hunt: yes
    • Janet G Wall: no
    • Wayne M. Burton: no
    • Gary R Gilmore: yes
    • Kenneth L Weyler: yes
    • Gary L. Daniels: yes
    • Sherman A. Packard: other
    • John J Sytek: yes
    • John R Cloutier: yes
    • James R MacKay: other
    • Susan W Almy: no
    • Joseph A. Guthrie: yes
    • Peter R Leishman: yes
    • Marjorie K. Smith: no
    • Michael D Harrington: yes
    • Charles E McMahon: yes
    • Maureen C. Mooney: yes
    • Peter B Schmidt: no
    • Ralph G Boehm: yes
    • Jordan G. Ulery: other
    • Thomas L Buco: other
    • Jean L. Jeudy: no
    • Lucy McVitty Weber: no
    • Debra L DeSimone: yes
    • Larry G Gagne: yes
    • Timothy O. Horrigan: yes
    • Rick M Ladd: yes
    • Carol M McGuire: yes
    • Timothy A. Soucy: no
    • Susan C DeLemus: yes
    • Jack B. Flanagan: yes
    • Gregory G. Hill: yes
    • David C Lundgren: yes
    • Dan McGuire: yes
    • Jeanine M Notter: yes
    • Bill H Ohm: yes
    • Mark L Proulx: yes
    • Brian Seaworth: yes
    • Steven D Smith: yes
    • Marc D Tremblay: no
    • Mark Warden: yes
    • Dick Ames: no
    • Paul S. Berch: no
    • Peter W Bixby: no
    • Efstathia S Booras: no
    • Michael D Cahill: no
    • Karel A. Crawford: yes
    • Linda A. DiSilvestro: other
    • Karen E Ebel: no
    • Linda C Harriott-Gathright: no
    • Martin L. Jack: no
    • Aboul B Khan: yes
    • Dennis J Malloy: other
    • David E Milz: no
    • Chris Muns: no
    • Skip A. Rollins: other
    • Thomas C Schamberg: yes
    • Joe Sweeney: yes
    • George E Sykes: no
    • Thomas C Walsh: yes
    • Gerald W.R. Ward: no
    • Glen C Aldrich: yes
    • Keith Michael Ammon: yes
    • Lino M Avellani: yes
    • Russell Dumais: yes
    • Thomas L Kaczynski: yes
    • Mark McLean: no
    • Jason M. Osborne: yes
    • John Michael Potucek: yes
    • Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien: yes
    • Kimberly A Rice: yes
    • James A Spillane: other
    • Douglas W. Thomas: yes
    • Len P Turcotte: other
    • Peter R. Varney: other
    • Michael Vose: yes
    • Patricia Cornell: no
    • Linda R Gould: yes
    • Christopher J. Herbert: no
    • David J. Luneau: no
    • Alexis H Simpson: no
    • Thomas L Southworth: yes
    • Michael A Edgar: yes
    • Michael I Moffett: yes
    • Barry Faulkner: no
    • Barbara Comtois: yes
    • Jim L Fedolfi: yes
    • Gerald Griffin: yes
    • Lisa M Freeman: yes
    • Richard W. Lascelles: yes
    • Kevin J Scully: yes
    • Andrew J. Prout: no
    • John A Leavitt: yes
    • Kevin G. Verville: yes
    • Jess Edwards: yes
    • Richard P Tripp: yes
    • John C Janigian: yes
    • Cathryn A Harvey: no
    • Mark S MacKenzie: no
    • Sue A Newman: no
    • Catherine M Sofikitis: other
    • Beth S. Richards: no
    • Ellen D Read: no
    • Julie D Gilman: yes
    • Kate Rushford Murray: other
    • Mark A Pearson: other
    • Kris Schultz: other
    • Charlie G. St. Clair: other
    • Brian M Sullivan: no
    • Anita D Burroughs: no
    • Stephen L Woodcock: no
    • John T MacDonald: yes
    • Jerry M. Stringham: no
    • Sallie D Fellows: no
    • Laurel Stavis: other
    • Keith Erf: yes
    • Nancy A Murphy: no
    • Rosemarie Rung: no
    • Wendy Ellen N Thomas: no
    • Ray E Newman: no
    • Fred E Davis: no
    • Laura Damphousse Telerski: other
    • Matthew B. Wilhelm: no
    • Connie Boyles Lane: no
    • Gary L Woods: no
    • Tom Dolan: yes
    • David C Love: yes
    • Stephen C. Pearson: yes
    • Mark A Vallone: no
    • Robert D Harb: yes
    • Charles R Melvin: yes
    • Gaby M Grossman: other
    • Jim V. Maggiore: yes
    • David James Meuse: no
    • Terry W Roy: yes
    • Cassandra N Levesque: no
    • Judy F. Aron: yes
    • Megan A Murray: yes
    • Kat McGhee: no
    • Joe H. Alexander: no
    • Paul P Dargie: no
    • Peter Petrigno: no
    • Tom Ploszaj: yes
    • Mike Bordes: yes
    • Juliet Harvey-Bolia: yes
    • Douglas R. Trottier: other
    • Jonathan H Smith: yes
    • Chris R McAleer: yes
    • Dru Fox: no

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