Citizen in a RepublicNH House Testimony

HB1134

House · 2026 sessionRepublicanInterim study

Town meeting budget override rules

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Determines the order in which total appropriations in warrant articles accumulate for purposes of triggering an override vote of a local tax or budget cap.

relative to the town meeting form of local governance.Official record

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

Status

Referred to interim study (Senate) · April 3, 2026
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law
Sponsors, hearings & roll-call votes

The record · every submission as filed

22 submissions
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Rich Nalevanko
for Myself
Alstead

This bill provides clarity with regard to the treatment of warrant articles in relation to local tax caps, and I strongly support OTP.

Support
Daniel Richardson
for Myself
Nashua

Excellent! NH needs this at the state-level. This performance-based engineering of budget priorities was used by republicans in Nashua in mid-2000s and it worked. There were cries of doom and "cutting to the bone" from the typical bloodsuckers. Democrat majority won next term and they resumed budget-busting Spending Cap overrides ever since.

Support
Rich Nalevanko
for Myself
Alstead

This bill provides clarity with regard to the treatment of warrant articles in relation to local tax caps, and I strongly support OTP.

Support
Andrew Harmon
for Myself
New Hampton

To the honorable members of the House Municipal and County government committee: I am very opposed to HB 1134 as I cannot see what, if any, particular solution or goal this bill will serve. Warrant articles are already held in town meetings, and voted upon in a second deliberative session in so-called “SB2” towns, while other towns hold their own methods for completing warrant ballots. I urge the members to vote Inexpedient to Legislate when you hold the executive session for this bill.

Oppose
Donna Tully
for Myself
Littleton

Republicans sponsoring this bill are shortsighted and do not have our best interests at heart.

Oppose
Catherine Miller
for Myself
Franconia

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Lois Cote
for Myself
Manchester

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Gerard Desrochers
for Myself
Franklin

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Beth Edwards
for Myself
Lisbon

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Barbara Langworthy
for Myself
Franconia NH

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Patricia E Kellogg
for Myself
Littleton

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Karen Collman
for Myself
Franconia

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Eric Pauer
for Myself
Brookline

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Susan Moore
for Myself
Whitefield

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Michael Bryant
for Myself
Hollis

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Marlise Bryant
for Myself
Hollis

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Mary Terrio
for Myself
Hollis

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Linda Burnap
for Myself
Wolfeboro

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Amy Erickson
for Myself
WOLFEBORO

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Janet Robertson
for Myself
Gilford

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Eric Zaenglein
for Myself
Amherst

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Francesca Heap
for Myself
Richmond

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose