HB 1264 New Hampshire House · 2026 Regular Session

increasing the requirements of the education freedom savings account oversight committee and modifying the purpose of the committee.

HB 1264 modifies the purpose and requirements of New Hampshire's Education Freedom Savings Account (EFA) Oversight Committee. The bill expands the committee's duties to specifically review student data, eligibility rules, and EFA fund expenditures, while requiring monthly meetings that must be live-streamed and recorded on the state website. It also mandates that all committee agendas, minutes, and reports be posted online. These changes aim to increase transparency and oversight of the EFA program, which directly affects students and families using education savings accounts.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 1, 2025 Last action Aug 20, 2026
Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2026

How they voted

9399
Passed · 30 other
Total votes 222
Mar 5, 2026
D Democratic107
96 Nay 11
89% Nay
I Independent2
1 Yea 1
50% Yea
R Republican113
92 Yea 3 Nay 18
81% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 5, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (93-99-30)
house
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/29/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 9 P. 36
lower
Dec 1, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1 P. 13
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors

Sponsors