# New Hampshire SB659: relative to education financing.

New Hampshire SB659, relative to education financing., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Sharon M. Carson (Republican); status introduced, last action 2026-03-26 (Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 03/26/2026; SJ 7) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire SB659
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: relative to education financing.
- Status: introduced
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-04
- Last action: 2026-03-26, Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- Sponsor: Sharon M. Carson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Sharon M. Carson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bill M. Gannon (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Daniel E. Innis (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: David Rochefort (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Howard Pearl (r), Senate
- Cosponsor: James P. Gray (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Keith R. Murphy (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kevin A. Avard (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark McConkey (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Regina Birdsell (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ruth Ward (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tim McGough (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Timothy Lang (Republican), Senate

## Actions (6)

- 2026-03-26: Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Sen. Murphy Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/26/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 11 (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Hearing: 03/13/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 9A (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 02/12/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 6 (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Education Finance; SJ 3 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-02-04: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=26441)

## Related bills

- HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire tu… (became law)
- HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption. (failed)
- SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state. (failed)
- CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished. (failed)
- HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap. (failed)
- HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to fund statewide housing development programs and address housing shortages and m… (failed)

## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=26441)

## Related
- [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026)
- [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026)
- [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026)
- [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
- [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB659-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).