HB1635: Modifying the requirements of suicide prevention education policies in schools.
Engrossed
House
Summary
Modifying the requirements of suicide prevention education policies in schools.
Sponsors
Melissa Litchfield
R - HD-32-ROC
Primary
Margaret Drye
R - HD-07-SUL
Co-sponsor
Katelyn Kuttab
R - HD-17-ROC
Co-sponsor
Jodi Nelson
R - HD-13-ROC
Co-sponsor
Kimberly Rice
R - HD-38-HIL
Co-sponsor
History
- 2025-12-10 Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration House Journal 1 P. 29
- 2026-01-14 Public Hearing: 01/21/2026 10:20 am GP 232
- 2026-01-14 Executive Session: 01/22/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- 2026-02-04 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/29/2026 (Vote 10-8; Regular Calendar) House Calendar 9 P. 38
- 2026-02-04 Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- 2026-03-05 Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 183-167 03/05/2026 House Journal 6
- 2026-03-06 Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Education; Senate Journal 6
- 2026-03-17 Hearing: 03/24/2026, Map Room, SL, 09:55 am; Senate Calendar 12
- 2026-04-09 Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Vote 5-0; Consent Calendar; 04/16/2026; Senate Calendar 14
Committee Referrals
2025-12-10
Education Policy and Administration
House
2026-03-06
Education
Senate
Calendar Events
Past Events (3)
2026-01-21
Hearing - GP 232
2026-01-22
Hearing - GP 232
2026-03-24
Hearing - Map Room, SL
Votes
OTP
2026-03-05
Passed
Yea: 183
Nay: 167
NV: 13
Absent: 29
Individual Votes (392)
| Democrats | Vote | Republicans | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Simpson | Nay | Aboul Khan | Yea |
| Alice Wade | Nay | Adam Presa | Yea |
| Alicia Gregg | Absent | Alvin See | Yea |
| Alissandra Murray | Nay | Andrew Prout | Yea |
| Allan Howland | Nay | Arnold Davis | Yea |
| Allison Knab | Nay | Barbara Comtois | Yea |
| Amy Malone | NV | Bill Boyd | Yea |
| Anita Burroughs | Nay | Bill Ohm | Yea |
| Barry Faulkner | Nay | Bob Lynn | Yea |
| Beth Richards | Nay | Brian Cole | Yea |
| Bill Bolton | Nay | Brian Labrie | Yea |
| Billie Butler | Nay | Brian Nadeau | Yea |
| Brian Sullivan | Nay | Brian Seaworth | Yea |
| Buzz Scherr | Nay | Brian Taylor | Nay |
| Carrie Sorensen | Nay | Bryan Morse | NV |
| Carry Spier | Nay | Calvin Beaulier | Yea |
| Cassandra Levesque | Nay | Carol McGuire | Yea |
| Catherine Rombeau | Nay | Cathy Kenny | Yea |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Nay | Charles Foote | Yea |
| Cathryn Harvey | Nay | Charles McMahon | Yea |
| Charlie St. Clair | Absent | Charles Melvin | Yea |
| Chris McAleer | Nay | Cindy Bennett | Yea |
| Chris Muns | Nay | Claudine Burnham | Yea |
| Christal Lloyd | Nay | Clayton Wood | Yea |
| Christine Seibert | Nay | Cyril Aures | Yea |
| Christopher Herbert | Nay | Dan McGuire | Yea |
| Connie Lane | Nay | Daniel Popovici-Muller | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Yea | Darrell Louis | Yea |
| Dale Swanson | Nay | David Love | Yea |
| Dan Bergeron | Nay | David Lundgren | Yea |
| Daniel LeClerc | Nay | David Milz | Yea |
| Daniel Veilleux | Nay | David Nagel | Absent |
| David Fracht | Nay | David Walker | Yea |
| David Luneau | Nay | Deborah Aylward | Yea |
| David Meuse | Nay | Debra DeSimone | Yea |
| David Paige | Nay | Denis Murphy | Yea |
| David Preece | Nay | Denise DeDe-Poulin | Yea |
| Dennis Malloy | Nay | Dennis Mannion | Yea |
| Dru Fox | Nay | Diane Kelley | Yea |
| Efstathia Booras | Absent | Diane Pauer | Yea |
| Eileen Kelly | Nay | Dick Thackston | Yea |
| Eleana Colby | Nay | Dillon Dumont | Yea |
| Ellen Read | Nay | Donald McFarlane | Yea |
| Ellen Rockmore | Nay | Donald Selby | Yea |
| Eric Gallager | Nay | Douglas Thomas | Yea |
| Eric Turer | Nay | Douglas Trottier | NV |
| Erica deVries | Nay | Erica Layon | Yea |
| Erik Johnson | Nay | Ernesto Gonzalez | Yea |
| Erin Kerwin | Nay | Gary Daniels | Yea |
| Fred Davis | Nay | George Grant | Yea |
| Gaby Grossman | Absent | Gerald Griffin | Yea |
| Gary Gilmore | Nay | Glen Aldrich | Yea |
| Gary Woods | Nay | Glenn Bailey | Yea |
| Geoff Smith | NV | Gregory Hill | Yea |
| George Sykes | Nay | Henry Giasson | Yea |
| Gerald Ward | Nay | Jack Flanagan | Yea |
| Gregory Sargent | Nay | James Guzofski | Yea |
| Heath Howard | Nay | James Spillane | Yea |
| Heather Baldwin | Nay | James Summers | NV |
| Heather Raymond | Nay | James Thibault | Yea |
| Hope Damon | Nay | James Tierney | Absent |
| Jaci Grote | Nay | Jason Osborne | Yea |
| James Gruber | Nay | Jay Markell | Nay |
| James MacKay | NV | JD Bernardy | Yea |
| James Newsom | Nay | Jeanine Notter | Nay |
| James Roesener | NV | Jeffrey Tenczar | Absent |
| Janet Lucas | Nay | Jennifer Rhodes | Yea |
| Janet Wall | Nay | Jeremy Slottje | Yea |
| Jared Sullivan | Nay | Jess Edwards | Yea |
| Jean Jeudy | Nay | Jim Creighton | Yea |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Nay | Jim Fedolfi | Yea |
| Jerry Stringham | Yea | Jim Kofalt | Yea |
| Jessica Grill | Nay | Jim Qualey | Yea |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Nay | Jodi Nelson | Absent |
| Jim Maggiore | Nay | Joe Alexander | Nay |
| Jim Snodgrass | Nay | Joe Sweeney | Yea |
| Jodi Newell | Nay | John Hunt | Yea |
| John Cloutier | Nay | John Janigian | Yea |
| John Larochelle | Nay | John Leavitt | Yea |
| John Stone | NV | John MacDonald | Yea |
| Jonah Wheeler | NV | John Potucek | Yea |
| Julie Gilman | Nay | John Schneller | Yea |
| Karen Ebel | Nay | John Sellers | Nay |
| Karen Hegner | Nay | John Suiter | Absent |
| Kat McGhee | Nay | John Sytek | Yea |
| Kate Murray | Nay | Jonathan Morton | Yea |
| Kathy Staub | Nay | Jonathan Smith | Yea |
| Kristina Schultz | Nay | Jordan Ulery | Yea |
| Laura Telerski | Nay | Jose Cambrils | Yea |
| Laurel Stavis | Nay | Joseph Barton | Yea |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Nay | Joseph Guthrie | Yea |
| Lily Foss | Nay | Joseph Hamblen | Yea |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Nay | Judy Aron | Yea |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Nay | Julie Miles | Yea |
| Linda Haskins | Nay | Juliet Harvey-Bolia | NV |
| Linda Ryan | Nay | Julius Soti | Yea |
| Loren Foxx | Nay | Karel Crawford | Yea |
| Loren Selig | Nay | Katelyn Kuttab | Yea |
| Louis Juris | Nay | Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Yea |
| Lucius Parshall | Nay | Kathleen Paquette | Absent |
| Lucy Weber | Nay | Katy Peternel | Absent |
| Luz Bay | Nay | Keith Ammon | Yea |
| Manoj Chourasia | Nay | Keith Erf | Yea |
| Marc Plamondon | Nay | Kelley Potenza | Yea |
| Marjorie Smith | Nay | Kenneth Weyler | Yea |
| Mark MacKenzie | Nay | Kevin Scully | Yea |
| Mark Paige | Nay | Kevin Verville | Absent |
| Mark Vallone | Nay | Kimberly Rice | Yea |
| Martin Jack | Nay | Kristin Noble | Yea |
| Mary Georges | Nay | Kristine Perez | Yea |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Nay | Larry Gagne | Yea |
| Mary Wallner | Nay | Laurence Miner | Yea |
| Matthew Hicks | Nay | Leonard Turcotte | Yea |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Nay | Lex Berezhny | Yea |
| Megan Murray | Nay | Lilli Walsh | Yea |
| Merryl Gibbs | Absent | Linda Franz | Absent |
| Michael Cahill | Nay | Linda Gould | Yea |
| Michael Edgar | Nay | Linda McGrath | Yea |
| Molly Howard | Nay | Lino Avellani | Yea |
| Muriel Hall | Nay | Lisa Freeman | Yea |
| Myles England | Absent | Lisa Mazur | Yea |
| Nancy Murphy | Nay | Lisa Post | Yea |
| Ned Raynolds | Nay | Liz Barbour | Yea |
| Nicholas Germana | Nay | Lori Korzen | Yea |
| Nicole Leapley | Nay | Lorie Ball | Absent |
| Paige Beauchemin | Nay | Louise Andrus | Yea |
| Patricia Cornell | Nay | Marc Tremblay | Yea |
| Patrick Long | Nay | Margaret Drye | Yea |
| Paul Berch | Nay | Marie Bjelobrk | Yea |
| Paul Dargie | Nay | Mark McLean | Yea |
| Peggy Balboni | Nay | Mark Pearson | Yea |
| Peter Bixby | Nay | Mark Proulx | Nay |
| Peter Leishman | Nay | Mark Warden | Yea |
| Peter Lovett | Absent | Mary Ford | Yea |
| Peter Petrigno | Nay | Mary Murphy | Yea |
| Peter Schmidt | Nay | Matt Drew | Absent |
| Philip Jones | Nay | Matt Sabourin | Yea |
| Ray Newman | Nay | Matthew Coker | Absent |
| Richard Ames | Nay | Matthew Pitaro | Yea |
| Rosemarie Rung | Nay | Maureen Mooney | Yea |
| Russell Muirhead | Nay | Melissa Litchfield | Yea |
| Sallie Fellows | Nay | Michael Aron | Yea |
| Samantha Jacobs | Nay | Michael Granger | Yea |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Nay | Michael Harrington | Yea |
| Santosh Salvi | Nay | Michael Moffett | Yea |
| Seth Miller | Nay | Michael Murphy | Absent |
| Stephanie Grund | Nay | Michael Vose | Yea |
| Stephanie Payeur | Absent | Mike Belcher | Yea |
| Stephen Woodcock | Nay | Mike Bordes | Yea |
| Sue Newman | Nay | Mike Drago | Yea |
| Suraj Budathoki | Nay | Mike Ouellet | Yea |
| Susan Almy | Nay | Nicholas Bridle | Nay |
| Susan Elberger | Nay | Pamela Brown | Yea |
| Suzanne Chretien | Nay | Paul Terry | Yea |
| Suzanne Vail | Nay | Paul Tudor | Yea |
| Teresa O'Rorke | Nay | Peter Mehegan | Yea |
| Terry Spahr | Nay | Peter Morency | Absent |
| Thomas Buco | Absent | Peter Varney | Absent |
| Thomas Cormen | Nay | Phyllis Katsakiores | Yea |
| Thomas Oppel | Nay | Pierre Dupont | Absent |
| Thomas Schamberg | Nay | Ralph Boehm | Yea |
| Thomas Southworth | Nay | Raymond Peeples | Yea |
| Tim Hartnett | Nay | Raymond Plante | Yea |
| Timothy Horrigan | Nay | Richard Brown | Yea |
| Timothy Soucy | Nay | Richard Lascelles | Yea |
| Toni Weinstein | Nay | Richard Nalevanko | Yea |
| Tony Caplan | Nay | Richard Tripp | Yea |
| Tracy Bricchi | Nay | Riche Colcombe | Yea |
| Trinidad Tellez | Nay | Ricky Devoid | Yea |
| Wayne Burton | Nay | Rita Mattson | Yea |
| Wayne Pearson | Nay | Robert Harb | Yea |
| Wendy Thomas | Nay | Robert Wherry | Yea |
| William Darby | Nay | Robley Hall | Yea |
| William Dolan | Nay | Roderick Ladd | Yea |
| William Palmer | Nay | Ron Dunn | Yea |
| Zoe Manos | Nay | Ross Berry | Yea |
| Russell Dumais | NV | ||
| Samuel Farrington | Yea | ||
| Sayra Devito | Yea | ||
| Scott Bryer | Yea | ||
| Sean Durkin | Yea | ||
| Seth King | Yea | ||
| Shane Sirois | Yea | ||
| Sheri Minor | Absent | ||
| Sherman Packard | Absent | ||
| Sherri Reinfurt | Yea | ||
| Skip Rollins | Yea | ||
| Sly Karasinski | Yea | ||
| Stephen Boyd | Yea | ||
| Stephen Pearson | Yea | ||
| Steven Bogert | Yea | ||
| Steven Kesselring | Yea | ||
| Steven Smith | NV | ||
| Susan DeLemus | Yea | ||
| Susan Deroy | Yea | ||
| Susan Porcelli | Nay | ||
| Susan Vandecasteele | Yea | ||
| Tanya Donnelly | Yea | ||
| Ted Gorski | Yea | ||
| Terry Roy | Yea | ||
| Thomas Kaczynski | Yea | ||
| Thomas Walsh | Yea | ||
| Tim Mannion | Absent | ||
| Tom Dolan | Yea | ||
| Tom Mannion | Yea | ||
| Tom Ploszaj | Yea | ||
| Travis Corcoran | Yea | ||
| Travis Toner | Absent | ||
| Valerie McDonnell | Yea | ||
| Vanessa Sheehan | Yea | ||
| Vicki Wilson | Yea | ||
| Walter Spilsbury | Yea | ||
| Wayne Hemingway | Yea | ||
| Wayne MacDonald | Yea | ||
| Yury Polozov | Yea |
Other
- Aidan Ankarberg — NV