NH SB 434
vetoedrelative to regulation of public school materials.
New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · upper
- Introduced
- 2025-11-21
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-07-09 — Vetoed by Governor 07/02/2026
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Timothy Langprimary
- David Rochefortcosponsor
- Keith R. Murphycosponsor
- Kristin Noblecosponsor
- Howard Pearlcosponsor
- Margaret M Dryecosponsor
- Daniel E. Inniscosponsor
- Ruth Wardcosponsor
- Lisa M Freemancosponsor
- Michael I Moffettcosponsor
- Kevin A. Avardcosponsor
- Regina Birdsellcosponsor
- Victoria Sullivancosponsor
- Sharon M. Carsoncosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-11-21
Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Education; SJ 1
introduction,referral-committee
2026-01-22
Hearing: 02/03/2026, Room Map Room, SL, 09:15 am; SC 3
2026-02-10
Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0643s, 02/19/2026, Vote 3-1; SC 6
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-19
Committee Amendment # 2026-0643s, AA, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
2026-02-19
Sen. Altschiller Floor Amendment # 2026-0826s, AF, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
2026-02-19
Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0643s, RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
committee-passage-favorable,passage
2026-02-26
Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 5 P. 124
introduction,referral-committee
2026-04-01
Public Hearing: 04/08/2026 11:30 am GP 232
2026-04-29
Executive Session: 05/04/2026 10:30 am GP 232
2026-05-06
Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1815h 05/04/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 19 P. 20
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-06
Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
2026-05-14
Amendment # 2026-1815h: AF DV 8-336 05/14/2026 HJ 13
2026-05-14
FLAM # 2026-1937h (Rep. Noble): AA DV 191-157 05/14/2026 HJ 13
2026-05-14
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1937h: MA RC 188-161 05/14/2026 HJ 13
committee-passage-favorable,passage
2026-05-21
Sen. Ward Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, RC 14Y-8N, MA; 05/21/2026; SJ 13
2026-06-17
Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14
enrolled
2026-06-17
Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
2026-07-09
Vetoed by Governor 07/02/2026
executive-veto
Versions
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Documents
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Votes
Ought to Pass w/Amendment
2026-02-19 · pass · 16-8
Member-level votes (24)
- Sharon M. Carson: yes
- David H. Watters: no
- Kevin A. Avard: yes
- Regina Birdsell: yes
- Cindy Rosenwald: no
- James P. Gray: yes
- Ruth Ward: yes
- Bill M. Gannon: yes
- Daniel E. Innis: yes
- Suzanne M. Prentiss: no
- Denise Ricciardi: yes
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka: no
- Timothy Lang: yes
- Donovan Fenton: no
- Keith R. Murphy: yes
- Howard Pearl: yes
- Daryl Abbas: yes
- Debra Altschiller: no
- David Rochefort: yes
- Mark McConkey: yes
- Tim McGough: yes
- Tara Reardon: no
- Victoria Sullivan: yes
- Pat Long: no
OTPA
2026-05-14 · pass · 188-161
Member-level votes (387)
- Phyllis M Katsakiores: yes
- Mary Jane Wallner: no
- John B. Hunt: yes
- Janet G Wall: no
- Wayne M. Burton: no
- Gary R Gilmore: no
- Kenneth L Weyler: yes
- Gary L. Daniels: yes
- Sherman A. Packard: other
- John J Sytek: yes
- John R Cloutier: no
- James R MacKay: other
- Susan W Almy: no
- Joseph A. Guthrie: no
- Peter R Leishman: no
- 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: yes
- Thomas L Buco: other
- Jean L. Jeudy: other
- Lucy McVitty Weber: no
- Debra L DeSimone: yes
- Larry G Gagne: yes
- Timothy O. Horrigan: no
- 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: other
- Marc D Tremblay: yes
- 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: no
- Karen E Ebel: no
- Linda C Harriott-Gathright: no
- Martin L. Jack: no
- Aboul B Khan: yes
- Dennis J Malloy: no
- David E Milz: yes
- Chris Muns: no
- Skip A. Rollins: yes
- Thomas C Schamberg: no
- 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: other
- Thomas L Kaczynski: yes
- Mark McLean: yes
- Jason M. Osborne: yes
- John Michael Potucek: yes
- Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien: yes
- Kimberly A Rice: yes
- James A Spillane: yes
- Douglas W. Thomas: yes
- Len P Turcotte: yes
- 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: no
- Michael A Edgar: no
- Michael I Moffett: yes
- Barry Faulkner: no
- Barbara Comtois: other
- Jim L Fedolfi: other
- Gerald Griffin: yes
- Lisa M Freeman: yes
- Richard W. Lascelles: yes
- Kevin J Scully: yes
- Andrew J. Prout: yes
- John A Leavitt: yes
- Kevin G. Verville: other
- 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: other
- Ellen D Read: no
- Julie D Gilman: other
- Kate Rushford Murray: no
- Mark A Pearson: yes
- Kris Schultz: no
- Charlie G. St. Clair: no
- 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: no
- 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: no
- 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: no
- David James Meuse: no
- Terry W Roy: yes
- Cassandra N Levesque: no
- Judy F. Aron: yes
- Megan A Murray: no
- Kat McGhee: no
- Joe H. Alexander: yes
- 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: no
- Dru Fox: no
- Lucius Parshall: no
- James R Qualey: yes
- Jennifer M Rhodes: yes
- Arnold G Davis: other
- Lex Berezhny: yes
- Mary A Hakken-Phillips: no
- Russell Muirhead: no
- Jim A Kofalt: other
- Lisa C.M. Post: yes
- Ted Gorski: yes
- Daniel T. Veilleux: no
- Vanessa L Sheehan: yes
- Diane E. Kelley: yes
- Diane Pauer: yes
- James L Creighton: yes
- Ross Berry: yes
- Louise Andrus: yes
- 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: yes
- Melissa A. Litchfield: yes
- JD Bernardy: yes
- Mark Paige: no
- Glenn Bailey: yes
- Aidan Ankarberg: other
- Walter Spilsbury: yes
- 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: other
- Lorie Ball: yes
- Luz Bay: no
- Steven T Bogert: other
- Bill R Bolton: other
- Richard R Brown: other
- Claudine R Burnham: no
- Matthew Coker: yes
- Riché Colcombe: yes
- Travis James Corcoran: yes
- 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: no
- Merryl Gibbs: no
- Michael E Granger: other
- Alicia C Gregg: other
- Jessica Grill: no
- Matthew S Hicks: other
- Molly C Howard: no
- Heath Howard: no
- Allan Howland: no
- Philip M Jones: no
- Louis C Juris: no
- Catherine M Kenny: yes
- Seth King: yes
- 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: yes
- 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: no
- Alvin B See: yes
- Christine Seibert: no
- Loren Selig: no
- John Sellers: yes
- Shane A Sirois: yes
- Geoffrey Smith: no
- Carry Spier: no
- Kathy Staub: no
- Jared Sullivan: no
- James Summers: yes
- Trinidad Tellez: no
- Jeffrey Tenczar: other
- Eric S Turer: no
- David E Walker: yes
- Lilli M Walsh: yes
- Jonah Orion Wheeler: no
- Robert J Wherry: yes
- Clayton D Wood: yes
- Dick H Thackston: yes
- James W Tierney: yes
- Brian D Cole: yes
- Mike S Belcher: yes
- Marc W Plamondon: no
- David Fracht: no
- Paige Beauchemin: no
- Sean C Durkin: other
- Erik R Johnson: no
- Jennifer Mandelbaum: no
- Michael Aron: yes
- Liz F Barbour: yes
- Joseph J Barton: yes
- Calvin Beaulier: yes
- Cindy Lynn Bennett: yes
- Dan H Bergeron: no
- Marie Louise Bjelobrk: yes
- Tracy Anne Bricchi: no
- Nicholas D. Bridle: no
- Pam Brown: yes
- Scott R Bryer: yes
- Manoj Chourasia: no
- Suzanne L Chretien: no
- Eleana Marie Colby: no
- Erica R de Vries: other
- Denise DeDe-Poulin: other
- Susan G DeRoy: yes
- Sayra Lynn DeVito: yes
- Ricky J Devoid: yes
- Matt Drew: yes
- Dillon J Dumont: yes
- Pierre M Dupont: yes
- Myles England: other
- 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: other
- 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: no
- Patrick N Long: no
- Darrell A Louis: yes
- Janet Marie Lucas: no
- Amy L Malone: other
- Tim E Mannion: other
- Sanjeev K Manohar: other
- 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: yes
- Sheri Minor: yes
- Pete Morency: yes
- 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: no
- Raymond C. Peeples: other
- Raymond S Plante: yes
- 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: other
- John W. Suiter: other
- Dale Swanson: no
- Brian R. Taylor: no
- James R Thibault: yes
- Travis J Toner: yes
- Alice Wade: no
- Toni Weinstein: other
- Vicki A Wilson: yes
- Billie Butler: no
- Bobbi Boudman: no
- David John Preece: other
Concur
2026-05-21 · pass · 14-8
Member-level votes (24)
- Sharon M. Carson: yes
- David H. Watters: no
- Kevin A. Avard: yes
- Regina Birdsell: yes
- Cindy Rosenwald: no
- James P. Gray: yes
- Ruth Ward: yes
- Bill M. Gannon: yes
- Daniel E. Innis: yes
- Suzanne M. Prentiss: no
- Denise Ricciardi: other
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka: no
- Timothy Lang: yes
- Donovan Fenton: no
- Keith R. Murphy: yes
- Howard Pearl: yes
- Daryl Abbas: yes
- Debra Altschiller: no
- David Rochefort: yes
- Mark McConkey: other
- Tim McGough: yes
- Tara Reardon: no
- Victoria Sullivan: yes
- Pat Long: no
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