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HB1422 Relative to the time to petition for a new trial.

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Relative to the time to petition for a new trial.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact on residents.

6
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Your Community

Adjusting retrial timelines could improve justice outcomes by ensuring adequate time for new evidence.

7
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Your Freedom

Potentially expands access to justice for those seeking to correct wrongful convictions or trial errors.

Status

Notwithstanding the Governor's Veto, Shall HB 1422 Become Law: Regular Calendar 18Y-6N, Veto Overridden by necessary two-thirds vote; 08/19/2026; Senate Journal 15

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Tom Mannion (R)

The Short Version

Modifies the time limits for petitioning for a new trial in NH courts. This procedural change could affect defendants' ability to seek retrials based on new evidence or legal errors.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Defendants seeking retrials
  • ▲ Wrongfully convicted individuals

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Court system handling additional petitions

Roll Call Detail (2 votes)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 2 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 171 for , 6 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 143 for , 1 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Veto Override 2026-08-19
Passed

YES = Override the veto (keep the bill alive). NO = Let the veto stand (kill the bill).

171R + 143D
Voted to Override (314)
6R + 1D
Voted to Sustain Veto (7)
26
Absent
37
Not voting
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Voted Yea (314)

Republicans (171)
Democrats (143)
Absent (26)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Darrell Louis (R) , Debra DeSimone (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Ellen Rockmore (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , John Potucek (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karen Ebel (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristin Noble (R) , Leonard Turcotte (R) , Linda Harriott-Gathright (D) , Loren Selig (D) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Mike Ouellet (R) , Paul Berch (D) , Ron Dunn (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Vanessa Sheehan (R) , Walter Spilsbury (R)

VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required 2026-08-19
Passed

YES = Yes. NO = No.

10R + 8D
Voted Yea (18)
6R
Voted Nay (6)
0
Absent
0
Not voting
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