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New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 356: enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 356 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections. Primary sponsor: Robert Wherry (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 8, 2025): Vetoed by Governor Ayotte 07/07/2025.

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): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Robert WherryPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 13
Deborah AylwardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseMerrimack 5
Ralph G BoehmCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
James L CreightonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Juliet Harvey-BoliaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseBelknap 3
Diane PauerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 36

“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. Vetoed by Governor Ayotte 07/07/2025
  2. Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 26
  3. Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17
  4. Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
  5. Sen. Lang Moved Ought to Pass; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
  6. Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 10Y-13N, MF; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
  7. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/15/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 21A
  8. Hearing: 05/13/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:25 am; SC 21
  9. Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 10
  10. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0619h: MA DV 200-173 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 26
  11. Amendment # 2025-0619h: AA VV 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 26
  12. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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