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New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1609: limiting the use of state, county, and municipal funds and property for construction and operation of certain immigrant detention facilities.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1609 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on December 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: limiting the use of state, county, and municipal funds and property for construction and operation of certain immigrant detention facilities. Primary sponsor: David Meuse (Democratic). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2026): Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 185-154 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 100.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David MeusePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouseRockingham 37
Luz BayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseStrafford 21
Nick GermanaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseCheshire 15
Rebecca Perkins KwokaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
Alissandra MurrayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseHillsborough 20
Buzz ScherrCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseRockingham 26
Christine SeibertCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseHillsborough 21

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 185-154 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 100
  2. Special Order to the next order of business (Rep. Weber): MA VV 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 100
  3. Special Order to next order of business (Rep. Beauchemin): MF DV 130-190 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 168
  4. Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0207h
  5. Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/03/2026 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 10 P. 88
  6. Executive Session: 03/03/2026 01:00 pm GP 159
  7. Public Hearing: 01/15/2026 01:30 pm GP 231
  8. Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 28

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source