NH Legislative Action Alert (1/25/26)
- Nicole Bump
- Jan 24
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 25
Call Shaheen and Hassan re: ICE
The most important action you can take this week is contacting New Hampshire Senators Shaheen and Hassan and telling them not to vote for this week’s DHS budget appropriation bill, which would maintain ICE’s $10 BILLION annual funding. It would also provide significant additional resources for operations, including $400 million more for detention ($3.84 billion total) and $370 million more for Enforcement and Removal Operations ($5.45 billion total).
More information: Why Democrats Must Block the ICE Funding Bill
“You can’t call ICE fascists who are murdering Americans one day and then vote to fund them the next. That reinforces every negative image voters have of Democrats.”
Call Shaheen: (202) 224-2841
Call Hassan: (202) 224-3324
Now, on to local legislation…
Note: Any bill that starts with HB is a House bill. Any bill that starts with SB is a Senate bill. You submit testimony in two different spots.
ICE Operations
✅ Support SB623
SB623 requires that any state or local law enforcement officer who is assisting ICE must clearly display either their name or their badge number and must not wear any facial covering or mask or disable or disengage their body-worn camera.
1/27, 1:40 pm
Judiciary
✅ Support HB1142
HB1142 is a similar bill going through the House. It requires any state or local law enforcement officer who is assisting ICE to identify themselves by name, badge number, and agency and says they must remain unmasked.
1/28, 03:30 pm
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Taxes, Fees, and Revenue
❌ Oppose HB1300 Amendment 2026-00093h (via email)
This non-germane amendment to the original gerrymandering bill would mandate local votes on town/school budget caps every two years. It’s a tricky way for our legislators to try again for something that has already failed multiple times at the state and local levels.
The action item this week is to email your opposition to the Election Law Committee members by Tuesday morning (1/27):
❌ Oppose SB643
SB643 adds barriers to the existing process required to override a local tax cap. Existing law permits overrides of caps by supermajority vote of the legislative body or, in some cases, by ballot vote of the voters. This requires cities and towns to also hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote.
1/27, 9:30 am
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
✅ Support SB601
SB 601 restores cuts to the state pension system the state made over a decade ago, forcing the state to pay its share of retirement—and delivering actual property tax relief. Remember: the state used to pay 35% of this cost!
1/27, 1:55 pm
Finance
Education
✅ Support HB1034
HB1304 prohibits the possession of a firearm in school—important for the safety of our school employees and our local police.
1/28, 10:30 am
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
✅ Support HB1708
HB1708 increases the rate of the business profits tax and deposits the additional revenues in the education trust fund.
01/29, 11:00 am
Finance
Housing
❌ Oppose HB1709
HB1709 requires rental housing applicants to disclose their legal status, with failure to do so for non-citizens constituting a class B felony. Essentially an immigration bill couched in housing policy.
1/27, 2:00 pm
Housing
✅ Support HB1375
HB1375 prohibits landlords from collecting more than one application fee from the same prospective tenant within a 12-month period.
1/27, 11:30 am
Housing
Cost of Living
✅ Support HB1750
HB1708 makes a $4.4M supplemental appropriation to DHHS to keep SNAP running after a decrease in federal cost sharing. Without this bill, over 76,000 New Hampshire residents will lose access to SNAP—and to food.
2/2, 11:00 am
Finance
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