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Votes at a glance: House action Feb. 6 — committee reports, divisions and roll calls on dozens of bills
Summary
The House considered numerous committee reports, division votes and roll calls on Feb. 6. Several bills were ruled inexpedient to legislate, some measures advanced, and a number of resolutions and committee reports were adopted by recorded or division votes.
The New Hampshire House took dozens of committee reports and motions on Feb. 6, 2025. Several of the most consequential floor outcomes are summarized below. This roundup lists each bill or resolution as reflected in the House record and the result recorded on the floor.
Joint convention and routine motions
- The House adopted a resolution asking the Senate to meet in joint convention for the governor’s budget address; the joint convention convened and adjourned after the governor’s presentation (adopted on voice vote).
Consent calendar and referrals
- The consent calendar was adopted by voice vote; several bills were referred to committees as announced from the floor (no roll call recorded for the consent calendar adoption).
Selected committee reports and floor votes (outcomes as recorded on Feb. 6)
- HB 346 (licensure fees for race tracks): The House ultimately adopted the motion that the bill is inexpedient to legislate (I/L); reported vote recorded in the journal as 185 in favor of I/L, 183 opposed.
- HB 127 (extension of OHRV trails closing date on Connecticut Lakes Headwaters property): The House held a division vote on the committee recommendation; the floor record shows the motion was adopted as stated in the roll (division outcome recorded in the journal).
- HB 174 (increase minimum weight for utility terrain vehicles to 3,500 pounds): A division vote failed to advance the bill on its merits; a subsequent motion to find the bill inexpedient to legislate (ITL) was adopted by voice vote.
- HB 203 (Coast Guard–approved personal flotation devices): The committee majority reported I/L and the House adopted that report by roll call; the roll‑call tally was recorded as 215–62 in favor of the majority report (I/L).
- A motion to suspend House rules to allow late drafting and introduction of a resolution related to impeachment proceedings failed to achieve the required two‑thirds; roll call recorded 99 in favor, 76 opposed (motion failed for lack of two‑thirds).
- HB 332 (allow establishment of village districts to protect and remediate surface waters): The House adopted the majority committee report of inexpedient to legislate by roll call, 96–71.
- HB 334 (comprehensive state development plan): The House adopted the majority committee report of inexpedient to legislate by roll call, 99–71.
- HB 422 (increase penalties under the Shoreland and Water Quality Protection Act): The House adopted the majority committee report of inexpedient to legislate by roll call, 96–71.
- Senate Bill 4 (commercial property assess clean energy resiliency): The Committee on Science, Technology and Energy reported ought to pass and the House adopted the committee report on voice vote (the chair announced “the ayes have it”).
- HCR 8 (urging Congress to find the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor lie within New Hampshire): The House adopted the majority committee report (division vote recorded as 250–23 in favor).
- HCR 9 (urging Congress/U.S. executive to reject compliance with EU corporate sustainability due diligence directive): The House adopted the majority committee report by roll call, 204–63.
- HR 11 (expressing concern about reprisals and abuses in Bangladesh): The House adopted the motion by division vote with the roll recorded as 328–41.
- HB 201 (prohibiting cat declawing): The majority committee reported inexpedient to legislate; the House adopted the ITL report by division vote, recorded 91–77.
- HB 369 (misdemeanor assault prosecutions): The House adopted the committee recommendation as ought to pass with amendment; the amendment was adopted by voice vote and the bill proceeded per the adopted resolution.
Other procedural actions
- The House resolved to adjourn the early session to the late session and to read bills by title only for third reading; the procedural resolution was adopted on voice vote.
These floor results come from committee reports and roll calls announced on the House floor on Feb. 6, 2025. Where a roll call or division vote was recorded in the House, the tally above reproduces the totals announced in the chamber. Items reported to other committees (referrals) are listed on the floor but not tallied here.
