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Votes at a glance: New Hampshire House acts on multiple governor vetoes
Summary
On veto day the House debated a slate of governor vetoes and issued roll-call verdicts: several vetoes were overridden (including HB 274, HB 1415, HB 1581, HB 1622) while others were sustained (including HB 194, HB 396, HB 1093, HB 1187, HB 1293).
The New Hampshire House held a full veto-day session, taking roll-call votes on a long list of governor vetoes and issuing a mix of overrides and sustained vetoes.
Several bills drew unanimous or near-unanimous committee support on their paths to the floor and were ultimately overridden by the House, including HB 274 (administrative rulemaking consequences), HB 1415 (holding PFAS facilities responsible for cleanup), HB 1581 (additional cultivation locations for alternative treatment centers), and HB 1622 (professional licensure renewals and administrative rule matters). Supporters said these bills correct gaps in accountability or modernize state rules, and they urged colleagues to return measures to law.
Other measures failed to overcome the two-thirds threshold needed to override. The House sustained the governor's veto on HB 194 (historic markers, contested for involving the legislature in marker removal), HB 396 (narrow classifications by biological sex in certain contexts), HB 1093 (prohibiting mandatory school mask policies), HB 1187 (limits on certain lease-purchase agreements), and HB 1293 (restrictions on residential fertilizer use). Members on both sides used the votes to emphasize trade-offs between local control, enforceability, public health and environmental protection.
The session followed standard procedure: the clerk read each veto message, proponents and opponents were recognized for floor debate, and the chamber proceeded to roll-call votes (the state constitution requires a two-thirds majority to override a veto). The House concluded the veto business and moved into adjournment and farewell remarks at the end of the day.
