---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to local tax cap and budget laws."
description: "relative to local tax cap and budget laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 374"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 374 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diane Pauer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b67e116d-f39b-4893-88ce-b767029324b3"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0428&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "ebe310df8337266b18a8491ce1399567bc2be409ffcfa508ef4081cc96a8db25"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 374 (2025) — relative to local tax cap and budget laws.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2025-1835s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1835s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **195–159** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diane Pauer — primary (person)
- Dan McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Donald S McFarlane — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jim A Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Richard W. Lascelles — cosponsor (person)
- Scott R Bryer — cosponsor (person)
- Tim E Mannion — cosponsor (person)
- Tim McGough — cosponsor (person)
- Tom D Mannion — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-08** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Public Hearing: 02/27/2025 09:40 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-05** Executive Session: 03/10/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-19** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0572h 03/10/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 17 P. 64 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-27** Amendment # 2025-0572h (NT): AA VV 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 85
- **2025-03-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0572h: MA RC 195-159 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 87 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Hearing: 04/22/2025, Room 103, LOB, 10:30 am; SC 18
- **2025-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1835s, 05/08/2025; Vote 4-1; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1835s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Committee Amendment # 2025-1835s, AA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1835s (Rep. Pauer): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 14
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 183; eff.09/13/2025 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b67e116d-f39b-4893-88ce-b767029324b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).