Votes at a glance: key actions from the New Hampshire House session, March 30, 2025

The New Hampshire House considered a large number of bills during its March 30 session. Below are the principal items, the actions taken on the floor during this session and brief notes drawn from floor debate. Where the transcript did not provide a precise roll-call tally for the final motion, outcomes are stated as "adopted," "laid on the table," or "indefinitely postponed" as recorded.

- HB 775 (supervised visitation centers): Laid on the table (motion to table adopted on the floor).

- HB 467 (social districts/open containers): Adopted as amended (committee report "ought to pass with amendment" adopted after adoption of amendment 1084H).

- HB 198 (legalizing limited personal cannabis possession): Committee report adopted; bill advanced to the Senate (sponsor: Representative Jared Sullivan; left sales regulation to future legislation).

- HB 226 (use of drug-checking equipment / harm reduction): After debate and amendment, the House adopted the committee report as amended (minority amendment adopted during floor action; bill advanced).

- HB 466 (refusal to submit to testing—OUI-related): The minority report and related motions were debated; the transcript records complex parliamentary action and a vote outcome that moved the minority position forward for further consideration (outcome: committee action recorded; specifics varied by motion).

- HB 90 (definition of part-time teachers): Committee report adopted as amended (floor adopted committee amendment 0912H; motion adopted).

- CACR 2 (drawing district boundaries prohibition against partisan favoring): Committee report adopted (motion recorded as "inexpedient to legislate").

- HB 154 (hand-count ballot requests): Committee report adopted (motion recorded as "ought to pass").

- HB 408 (move state primary): Motion to table was addressed; HB 408 was laid from the table after a division vote and the related bill HB 481 (move state primary) later proceeded with amendments adopted.

- HB 514 (private suits for election-law violations): Committee report adopted (division vote recorded).

- HB 600 (enable ranked-choice voting for municipal elections): Committee report of "inexpedient to legislate" adopted (ITL passed on roll-call).

- HB 152 (adhesive rodent traps): Indefinitely postponed (motion adopted).

- HB 96 (adopt 2021 energy code baseline): Laid on the table after roll-call vote.

- HB 145 (dietitian licensure compact): Laid on the table after roll-call vote.

- HB 428 (municipal building code amendments): Committee amendment adopted; majority committee report passed as amended after division vote.

- HB 195 and HB 400 and other judiciary matters: Several bills involving privacy, subpoenas for DOE hearing officers, and public collective-bargaining transparency were debated; some committee recommendations were adopted and others were defeated—consult full roll-call lists for individual outcomes.

- HB 187 / HB 3 16 (ambulance reimbursement; balance billing): House adopted the Commerce Committee report; bill advanced (see separate article for details).

- HB 553 (child-protective statutes): Motion to table adopted (HB 553 laid on the table following floor action).

- Multiple energy and utility bills (HB 674, HB 692, HB 755, HB 759, HB 760, HB 761): Many were laid on the table following committee recommendations.

- HCR 3 and HCR 5 and HCR 10 (convention of states / Jones Act matters): Several concurrent resolutions were considered; HCR 3 and HCR 5 were laid on the table after votes; HCR 10 (Jones Act) drew close division and the committee recommendation was adopted with amendment.

- HB 641, HB 614, HB 638 (civil-rights private actions; elderly parole items): Notable judiciary and civil-rights measures were debated; committee recommendations were voted on with mixed outcomes (some committee recommendations adopted; others moved to table based on division votes).

- HB 487 (advance notice of work schedules): The committee's recommendation of "inexpedient to legislate" was adopted after debate and roll-call.

- HB 142 (honor and remember flag) and related ceremonial/honor measures: The House debated and then advanced a floor amendment adopting a date and flag-raising practice; the bill as amended was carried forward.

- HB 157, HB 347, HB 324 (library materials) and HB 292 (SAU consolidation study): Various bills on fiscal notes, employment protections for legislators, material challenges in schools, and school-administration studies received committee action and floor votes; consult the session record for each bill's final status.

Notes and caveats: This roundup summarizes floor actions recorded in the March 30 transcript. The House handled dozens of bills and motions; several votes were taken by division or roll-call. Where the transcript excerpt was ambiguous or repeated the words "aye" and "nay" in ways that made numeric tallies unclear in places, the article records the action reported on the floor (adopted/tabled/indefinitely postponed) rather than quoting potentially inconsistent numeric counts. For legal or administrative use, consult the official House Journal for precise roll-call results and enrolled-bill texts.

Ending: The March 30 floor session sent a broad set of bills on to the next steps — adoption, tabling, or referral for further work — with divided votes on several high-profile policy topics. Observers and stakeholders should consult the official House Journal and committee reports for precise vote tallies and bill texts.