New Hampshire House Bill 198
Session 2025
Relative to legalizing certain quantities of cannabis and establishing penalties for the smoking or vaping of cannabis in public.
Active
Failed in Senate on Nov 3, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
198
State
New Hampshire
Session
2025
checkPassed on March 26, 2025
Motion Text
OTP
House Roll Call Votes
Aboul B Khan
Yes
Adam Joseph Presa
Other
Other
Yes
Other
Yes
Amy L Malone
Other
Other
Anita D Burroughs
Yes
Arnold G Davis
No
Other
Bill H Ohm
No
Brian G Nadeau
No
Brian H Labrie
No
Brian M Sullivan
Yes
Brian R. Taylor
No
Yes
Yes
Carol M McGuire
Other
Yes
Cassandra N Levesque
Yes
Catherine A Rombeau
No
Catherine M Sofikitis
Yes
Cathryn A Harvey
Yes
Charles E McMahon
Other
Charles R Melvin
Yes
Yes
Chris R McAleer
Yes
Christal R Lloyd
Yes
Cindy Lynn Bennett
No
Dale R Girard
No
Yes
Dan H Bergeron
Yes
Yes
Darrell A Louis
No
David C Love
No
David C Lundgren
Other
David E Milz
Yes
David E Walker
No
Yes
David James Meuse
Yes
Yes
Debra L DeSimone
No
Denis Vincent Murphy
Yes
Other
Dennis J Malloy
Yes
Dillon J Dumont
Yes
Donald Evan Selby
Other
Donald S McFarlane
Yes
Other
Yes
Dylan N Germana
Other
Efstathia S Booras
Other
Eileen S Kelly
Yes
Eleana Marie Colby
Yes
Ellen B Rockmore
Yes
Ellen D Read
Other
Eric B Gallager
Yes
Yes
Erica J Layon
Yes
Erica R de Vries
Other
Yes
Other
Ernesto L Gonzalez
Other
Fred E Davis
Yes
Gaby M Grossman
Other
Gary L Woods
Yes
Gary L. Daniels
No
Gary R Gilmore
Other
George C Grant
Other
George E Sykes
Yes
Glen C Aldrich
Yes
Yes
Gregory M Sargent
Yes
Harry H Bean
No
Yes
Henry R Giasson
Yes
Hope E Damon
Yes
Jaci L Grote
Yes
James A Spillane
Yes
James Gruber
Yes
James H Guzofski
No
James L Creighton
No
James R MacKay
Yes
James R Qualey
No
James R Thibault
Other
Janet G Wall
Yes
Janet Marie Lucas
Yes
Jay D Markell
No
Other
Jeanine M Notter
No
Jennifer M Rhodes
No
Other
Jessica Finn LaMontagne
Yes
Jim A Kofalt
Yes
Jim L Fedolfi
No
Other
Yes
John A Leavitt
Other
Yes
John C Janigian
Other
John H Larochelle
Yes
John J Sytek
Other
John Joseph Stone
Yes
John Michael Potucek
No
John R Cloutier
Yes
John T MacDonald
No
John W. Suiter
No
Jonah Orion Wheeler
Other
Jonathan H Smith
No
Jonathan Morton
No
Jose E Cambrils
No
Joseph Hamblen
Yes
Joseph J Barton
Other
Julie D Gilman
Other
Julius F Soti
Yes
Karen A Hegner
Yes
Karen E Ebel
Yes
Yes
Katelyn T Kuttab
No
Kathleen Paquette
No
Other
Yes
Other
Kenneth L Weyler
No
Other
Kevin J Scully
Yes
Kimberly A Rice
Other
Other
Larry G Gagne
No
Laurence A Miner
No
Len P Turcotte
No
Yes
Lily M Foss
Yes
Linda C Harriott-Gathright
No
Other
Linda R Gould
No
Yes
Lino M Avellani
Yes
Lisa M Freeman
No
Liz F Barbour
No
Other
Other
Lori E Korzen
No
Yes
Louis C Juris
Yes
Yes
Other
Margaret M Drye
No
Marie Louise Bjelobrk
No
Other
Mark A Pearson
No
Other
Yes
Other
Mark S MacKenzie
Yes
Other
Mary A Hakken-Phillips
Yes
Mary J Ford
No
Mary Ngwanda Georges
Yes
Yes
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière
Yes
Other
Megan A Murray
Yes
Yes
Michael A Edgar
Other
Michael D Cahill
Yes
Michael D Harrington
Yes
Other
Other
Other
Muriel C Hall
No
Other
Nancy A Murphy
Yes
Yes
Nicholas D. Bridle
Other
Other
Patrick N Long
Yes
Paul D Tudor
Yes
Paul P Dargie
Yes
Peter B Schmidt
Yes
Peter L. Mehegan
No
Yes
Peter R Leishman
Yes
Other
Peter W Bixby
Yes
Phyllis M Katsakiores
No
Pierre M Dupont
Yes
Ralph G Boehm
No
Ray E Newman
Yes
Raymond C. Peeples
No
Raymond S Plante
Yes
Rich M Nalevanko
No
Yes
Richard P Tripp
No
Other
Rick M Ladd
No
Ricky J Devoid
Yes
Rita G Mattson
No
Robert D Harb
No
Other
Ron C Dunn
Yes
Yes
Other
Sallie D Fellows
Yes
Samuel G Farrington
Yes
Sanjeev K Manohar
Yes
Sayra Lynn DeVito
No
Scott R Bryer
Yes
Seth B Miller
Yes
Yes
Other
Other
Sherri L Reinfurt
Yes
Stephen L Woodcock
Other
Steven D Smith
Other
Steven Kesselring
No
Sue A Newman
Yes
Susan C DeLemus
No
Susan G DeRoy
Yes
Susan J Vandecasteele
Yes
Susan W Almy
Yes
Suzanne L Chretien
Other
Yes
Terry W Roy
No
Thomas C Schamberg
No
Thomas C Walsh
No
Thomas L Buco
Other
Thomas L Kaczynski
Yes
Thomas L Southworth
No
Yes
Tim E Mannion
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tony M Caplan
Yes
Tracy Anne Bricchi
Yes
Other
Travis J Toner
Yes
Vanessa L Sheehan
No
Vicki A Wilson
No
Yes
Wayne J Hemingway
No
Wendy Ellen N Thomas
Yes
Yes
Other
Other
Yes
Yes
Summary
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11/03/2025
Senate
Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1
05/01/2025
Senate
Pending Motion Inexpedient to Legislate; 05/01/2025; SJ 11
05/01/2025
Senate
Sen. Gannon Moved Laid on Table, RC 12Y-10N, MA; 05/01/2025; SJ 11
04/16/2025
Senate
Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/01/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 19
04/10/2025
Senate
Hearing: 04/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:40 pm; SC 17
03/28/2025
Senate
Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 10
03/26/2025
House
Ought to Pass: MA RC 208-125 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 45
03/19/2025
House
Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
03/19/2025
House
Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/05/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 17 P. 26
02/20/2025
House
Executive Session: 03/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
01/14/2025
House
Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
01/07/2025
House
Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 10
Sources
NH Legislature
Open States
Record Created
Jan 9, 2025 4:03:22 AM
Record Updated
Dec 3, 2025 3:12:37 AM