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HB1491 Relative to pooled risk management programs.

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Relative to pooled risk management programs.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

6
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Your Wallet

Effective pooled risk management reduces insurance costs for municipalities, which can lower property taxes.

6
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Your Community

Improved risk pooling helps municipalities manage costs and protect against liability.

5
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Your Freedom

No direct impact on individual freedoms.

Status

Reconsider HB1491 (Rep. N. Germana): Motion Failed Voice Vote 09/19/2026 House Journal 16

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

John Hunt (R)

The Short Version

Updates rules for pooled risk management programs, which allow municipalities and government entities to share insurance costs. Currently in Senate Finance for amendment review. Pooled risk saves taxpayer money on insurance.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Municipalities saving on insurance costs
  • ▲ Property taxpayers

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Minimal

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

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 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 159 for , 12 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 for , 136 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).

159R + 1D
Voted to Override (160)
12R + 136D
Voted to Sustain Veto (148)
32
Absent
44
Not voting
Show all 384 individual votes

Voted Yea (160)

Republicans (159)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (148)

Republicans (12)
Democrats (136)
Absent (32)

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) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karen Ebel (D) , Kevin Scully (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristin Noble (R) , Leonard Turcotte (R) , Linda Harriott-Gathright (D) , Linda Ryan (D) , Loren Foxx (D) , Loren Selig (D) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Mike Ouellet (R) , Paul Berch (D) , Ron Dunn (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Vanessa Sheehan (R) , Walter Spilsbury (R)

Did not vote (44)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Alice Wade (D) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Ohm (R) , Bryan Morse (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Christopher Herbert (D) , Dan Bergeron (D) , Daniel LeClerc (D) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Erica deVries (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Heather Baldwin (D) , James MacKay (D) , James Summers (R) , Jared Sullivan (D) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Leavitt (R) , John Stone (D) , John Suiter (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Mark Vallone (D) , Michael Vose (R) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Riche Colcombe (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Dumais (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Grund (D) , Steven Bogert (R) , Travis Corcoran (R) , Travis Toner (R) , Valerie McDonnell (R) , William Dolan (D)

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