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Committee votes 11-9 to send CACR12 — a ban on a personal income tax — to voters after contested debate
Summary
The Ways and Means work session on CACR12 ended with a narrow 11-9 committee recommendation to place an amendment that would bar the House from adopting a tax on personal income on the ballot, after members debated clarity, fiscal impacts and whether voters should decide.
The Ways and Means work session on CACR12 concluded with the committee recommending the constitutional amendment to voters by an 11-9 vote. The amendment, advanced as 2026-1134H in executive session, would prohibit the House from adopting a tax on personal or earned income.
Representative Shamberg opened substantive debate, calling the proposal "a bad idea," saying the amendment is ‘‘dangerously vague’’ and warning it would "severely restrict future legislatures" and could "undermine or invalidate existing tax structures." Shamberg said the New Hampshire Constitution "explicitly gives the legislature the full power and authority to raise and spend taxes" (part two, Article 5, as cited in the hearing) and that placing detailed fiscal rules in the constitution would limit government’s ability to respond…
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