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Votes at a glance: major committee of conference reports adopted by the Senate
Summary
The New Hampshire Senate adopted multiple committee of conference reports across a range of policy areas — elections, education, public safety, and health — with several roll-call votes and recorded debates.
The Senate took up and adopted a series of committee of conference reports on bills spanning housing, education, health and election laws. Several items drew significant floor discussion and roll-call votes; others were adopted on voice votes or with brief debate.
Highlights from the day’s committee of conference report votes:
- House Bill 60 (tenant/lease termination language): Adopted (committee-of-conference accepted) after debate and roll-call. Senator Reardon spoke in opposition citing housing supply concerns.
- House Bill 71 (prohibiting use of public school facilities to shelter non-admitted aliens and DHHS contracts): Adopted after debate; Senator Rosenwald warned the provision could risk $12 million in federal funding to the Department of Health and Human Services.
- House Bill 377 (limits on hormone treatments and puberty blockers for minors): The committee of conference report was adopted after contentious debate. Supporters said the bill protects minors; opponents argued it disrupts medical practice and parental/medical decision-making.
- House Bill 506 (background checks for return of firearms in certain court proceedings): Adopted after lengthy debate; some senators warned the bill’s timelines and NICS-data gaps could create enforcement and safety problems.
- Senate Bill 97 (interdistrict public school transfers) and related education conference reports: Adopted after debate on capacity and funding mechanics. Senator Altschuler and others raised concerns about capacity and unfunded obligations.
- A suite of election-related conference reports (Senate Bills 213 FN, 218, 221, 287): Adopted. Several senators raised concerns about vagueness, burden on municipal clerks, and voter access; recorded roll calls occurred on certain measures.
Many committee of conference reports were adopted by voice vote; where senators requested roll calls, the clerk recorded the tallies in the Senate journal. Across the session the Senate used both suspension-of-rules motions and roll-call votes to move multiple conference reports to adoption.
