Citizen in a RepublicNH House Testimony

HB284

House · 2025 sessionRepublicanKilled in Senate

Tax impact statements on warrants

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Requires municipalities to include tax impact statements and a total tax summary statement on budgets and warrant articles.

requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles. Official record

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26 submissions
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All 5 written submissions were individually written — no organized campaign detected.

Status

Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · May 8, 2025
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law
Sponsors, hearings & roll-call votes

The record · every submission as filed

26 submissions
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Marilyn Wilking
for Myself
Walpole

This can be taken to ridiculous extremes. Waste of admin time. One overall tax implication is sufficient.

Oppose
Leigh Hutchinson
for Myself
Derry

Transparency is critically important, however, I feel this and similar bills are actually intended to be used as a scare tactic to sway uninformed voters, particularly around school board budgets. Understanding the estimated costs is important but it requires context. More than likely, this bill will trigger no votes across all warrants, resulting in nothing getting done because no voter wants to raise their taxes even one cent.

Oppose
Ray Chadwick
for Myself
BEDFORD

Granite State Taxpayers supports efforts and legislation to promote awareness of the financial impact on taxpayers of spending and taxing options, to institute and defend tax cap legislation, and promote better public awareness of the impacts of proposed projects and ballot choices. This bill requires a notation stating the estimated tax impact for any special warrant article with a multi-year tax impact in towns that have voted to require a notation stating the estimated tax impact of the annual budget and all special warrant articles. This provides better public awareness of the tax impact of proposed projects. Granite State Taxpayers recommends a vote FOR HB284 Ray Chadwick, Board Member

Support
bonnie bruno
for Myself
hollis

I only wish I could be in person in the hearing room to provide the testimony written below: Heck ya! I support cacr2 - full stop. Mic drop. (Though I would not drop the mic used in the hearing room =)

Oppose
Simon Berrio
for Myself
Dalton

This is more work for the town administration prior to a town meeting, but would be a win for all on the transparency side and likely make a town meeting a bit smoother.

Support
Eric Pauer
for Myself
Brookline

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Vernon Hyman
for Myself
Peterborough

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Jana Sellarole
for Myself
Walpole

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Suzanne Haldane
for Myself
Peterborough

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Bill Alleman
for Myself
Weare

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Janan Archibald
for Myself
Kensington

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Carol Petrusewicz
for Myself
Rochester

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Lisa Haagen
for Myself
Amherst

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Senator William Gannon
for SD23
SANDOWN

Position recorded without written comment.

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Lovell Landon
for Myself
Amherst

Position recorded without written comment.

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James Gardner
for Myself
Keene

Position recorded without written comment.

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Julie Smith
for Myself
Nashua

Position recorded without written comment.

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Gordon Springate
for Myself
Wilton

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Russell Hodgkins
for Myself
Amherst

Position recorded without written comment.

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Aubrey Freedman
for Myself
Bridgewater

Position recorded without written comment.

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Tammy Mahoney
for Myself
Grantham

Position recorded without written comment.

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Curtis Howland
for Myself
Manchester

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Kent Hackmann
for Myself
Andover

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Priscilla Dube
for Myself
Concord

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Linda Bunap
for Myself
Wolfeboro

Position recorded without written comment.

Support