New Hampshire HB 1512: allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

Bill Text

HB 1512 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2614

 07/09

HOUSE BILL 1512

AN ACT allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 7; Rep. H. Howard, Straf. 4

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

 This bill allows municipalities to a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2614

 07/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Section; Education; Education Freedom Accounts; Municipal Opt-Out. Amend RSA 194-F by inserting after section 12 the following new section: 

 194-F:13 Municipal Opt-Out. 

 I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any municipality, city, town, or village may hold a referendum to determine whether its residents shall be entitled to receive education freedom account vouchers pursuant to RSA 194-F. Any referendum held pursuant to this section shall be held, to whatever extent possible, using the same or similar procedures and methods of adoption as under RSA 40. 

 II. Upon a vote of yes, residents eligible for education freedom account vouchers under RSA 194-F shall be permitted to receive such vouchers. 

 III. Upon a vote of no, no resident who would otherwise be eligible to receive an education freedom account voucher shall receive such voucher. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.