New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1610: allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds.
Status: Vetoed, August 19, 2026
What the bill says
An act allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Panek, Hills. 1; Rep. Franz, Graf. 6 COMMITTEE: Education Funding ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill allows school districts to retain year-end unassigned general funds on an annual basis. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter r.
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2026:
AN ACT allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Panek, Hills. 1; Rep. Franz, Graf. 6 COMMITTEE: Education Funding ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill allows school districts to retain year-end unassigned general funds on an annual basis. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 5Mar2026... 0809h 05/07/2026 1635s 26-2523 07/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. 198:4-b Contingency Fund. I. A school district annually, only by an article separate from the budget and all other articles in the warrant, or the governing body of a city …
Sponsors
- John Sellers (R, 10) · primary sponsor
- Susan DeRoy (R, 3)