HB1643: Relative to the report of a guardian ad litem.
Dead/Failed
House
Summary
Relative to the report of a guardian ad litem.
Sponsors
Kimberly Rice
R - HD-38-HIL
Primary
Kristin Noble
R - HD-02-HIL
Co-sponsor
Jeanine Notter
R - HD-12-HIL
Co-sponsor
Sherman Packard
R - HD-16-ROC
Co-sponsor
Jason Osborne
R - HD-02-ROC
Co-sponsor
Jodi Nelson
R - HD-13-ROC
Co-sponsor
Debra DeSimone
R - HD-18-ROC
Co-sponsor
Jim Kofalt
R - HD-32-HIL
Co-sponsor
Daryl Abbas
R - SD-022
Co-sponsor
Victoria Sullivan
R - SD-018
Co-sponsor
History
- 2025-12-10 Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law House Journal 1 P. 29
- 2026-02-10 Public Hearing: 02/17/2026 01:30 pm GP 230
- 2026-02-20 ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 03/02/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- 2026-03-02 Executive Session: 03/03/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- 2026-03-04 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/03/2026 (Vote 9-7; Regular Calendar) House Calendar 10 P. 30
- 2026-03-04 Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
- 2026-03-11 Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted DV 182-149 03/11/2026 House Journal 7 P. 66
- 2026-03-17 Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Children and Family Law; Senate Journal 7
- 2026-03-25 Hearing: 04/02/2026, Room 100, State House, 09:40 am; Senate Calendar 12
- 2026-04-17 Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/23/2026; Vote 2-1; Consent Calendar; Senate Calendar 15A
- 2026-04-23 HB 1643 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 04/23/2026; Senate Journal 10
- 2026-04-23 Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; OT3rdg; 04/23/2026; Senate Journal 10
- 2026-05-28 Enrolled Adopted, Voice Vote, (In recess 05/21/2026); Senate Journal 14
- 2026-05-28 Enrolled (in recess of) 05/21/2026 House Journal 14 P. 34
- 2026-06-22 Vetoed by Governor Ayotte 06/12/2026
- 2026-08-19 Veto Sustained 08/19/2026: Regular Calendar 157-152 Lacking Necessary Two-Thirds Vote House Journal 16
Committee Referrals
2025-12-10
Children and Family Law
House
2026-03-17
Children and Family Law
Senate
Calendar Events
Past Events (4)
2026-02-17
Hearing - GP 230
2026-03-02
Hearing - GP 230
2026-03-03
Hearing - GP 230
2026-04-02
Hearing - Room 100, State House
Votes
Veto Override
2026-08-19
Passed
Yea: 157
Nay: 152
NV: 43
Absent: 32
Individual Votes (384)
| 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 | Nay | Bill Boyd | Yea |
| Anita Burroughs | Nay | Bill Ohm | NV |
| Barry Faulkner | Nay | Bob Lynn | Nay |
| Beth Richards | NV | Brian Cole | Yea |
| Bill Bolton | Nay | Brian Labrie | Yea |
| Billie Butler | Nay | Brian Nadeau | Yea |
| Bobbi Boudman | Nay | Brian Seaworth | Yea |
| Brian Sullivan | Nay | Brian Taylor | Nay |
| Buzz Scherr | Nay | Bryan Morse | NV |
| Carrie Sorensen | Nay | Calvin Beaulier | Yea |
| Carry Spier | Nay | Carol McGuire | Yea |
| Cassandra Levesque | Nay | Cathy Kenny | Yea |
| Catherine Rombeau | Nay | Charles Foote | Yea |
| Catherine Sofikitis | NV | Charles McMahon | Yea |
| Cathryn Harvey | Nay | Charles Melvin | Yea |
| Charlie St. Clair | Absent | Cindy Bennett | Absent |
| Chris McAleer | Nay | Claudine Burnham | Yea |
| Chris Muns | Nay | Clayton Wood | Yea |
| Christal Lloyd | Nay | Cyril Aures | Yea |
| Christine Seibert | Nay | Dan McGuire | Yea |
| Christopher Herbert | NV | Daniel Popovici-Muller | Nay |
| Connie Lane | Nay | Darrell Louis | Absent |
| Dale Girard | Yea | David Love | Yea |
| Dale Swanson | Nay | David Lundgren | Yea |
| Dan Bergeron | NV | David Milz | Yea |
| Daniel LeClerc | NV | David Nagel | Nay |
| Daniel Veilleux | Nay | David Walker | Yea |
| David Fracht | Nay | Deborah Aylward | Yea |
| David Luneau | Nay | Debra DeSimone | Absent |
| David Meuse | Nay | Denis Murphy | Nay |
| David Paige | Nay | Denise DeDe-Poulin | Yea |
| David Preece | Nay | Dennis Mannion | Nay |
| Dennis Malloy | Nay | Diane Kelley | Yea |
| Dru Fox | Nay | Diane Pauer | Yea |
| Efstathia Booras | Nay | Dick Thackston | Yea |
| Eileen Kelly | Nay | Dillon Dumont | Yea |
| Eleana Colby | Nay | Donald McFarlane | NV |
| Ellen Read | Absent | Donald Selby | Yea |
| Ellen Rockmore | Absent | Douglas Thomas | Yea |
| Eric Gallager | Nay | Douglas Trottier | NV |
| Eric Turer | Nay | Erica Layon | Yea |
| Erica deVries | NV | Ernesto Gonzalez | Yea |
| Erik Johnson | Nay | Gary Daniels | Absent |
| Erin Kerwin | Nay | George Grant | Yea |
| Fred Davis | Nay | Gerald Griffin | Yea |
| Gaby Grossman | NV | Glen Aldrich | Yea |
| Gary Gilmore | Nay | Glenn Bailey | Yea |
| Gary Woods | Nay | Gregory Hill | Yea |
| Geoff Smith | NV | Henry Giasson | Yea |
| George Sykes | Nay | Jack Flanagan | Yea |
| Gerald Ward | Nay | James Guzofski | Yea |
| Gregory Sargent | Nay | James Spillane | Yea |
| Heath Howard | Nay | James Summers | NV |
| Heather Baldwin | Nay | James Thibault | Yea |
| Heather Raymond | Nay | James Tierney | Yea |
| Hope Damon | Nay | Jason Osborne | Yea |
| James Gruber | Nay | Jay Markell | Yea |
| James MacKay | NV | JD Bernardy | Yea |
| James Newsom | Nay | Jeanine Notter | Yea |
| James Roesener | Nay | Jeffrey Tenczar | Yea |
| Janet Lucas | Nay | Jennifer Rhodes | Yea |
| Janet Wall | Nay | Jeremy Slottje | Yea |
| Jared Sullivan | NV | Jess Edwards | Yea |
| Jean Jeudy | Nay | Jim Creighton | Yea |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | NV | Jim Fedolfi | NV |
| Jerry Stringham | Nay | Jim Kofalt | Absent |
| Jessica Grill | Nay | Jim Qualey | Yea |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Nay | Jodi Nelson | Yea |
| 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 | NV |
| John Stone | NV | John MacDonald | Yea |
| Jonah Wheeler | Nay | John Potucek | Absent |
| Julie Gilman | Nay | John Schneller | Yea |
| Karen Ebel | Absent | John Sellers | Yea |
| Karen Hegner | NV | John Suiter | NV |
| Kat McGhee | Nay | John Sytek | Nay |
| Kathy Staub | Nay | Jonathan Smith | Absent |
| Kristina Schultz | Nay | Jordan Ulery | Yea |
| Laura Telerski | Nay | Jose Cambrils | Absent |
| Laurel Stavis | Nay | Joseph Barton | NV |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Nay | Joseph Guthrie | Yea |
| Lily Foss | Nay | Joseph Hamblen | Yea |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Nay | Judy Aron | Yea |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Absent | Julie Miles | Yea |
| Linda Ryan | Absent | Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Yea |
| Loren Foxx | Absent | Julius Soti | Yea |
| Loren Selig | Absent | Karel Crawford | Yea |
| Louis Juris | Nay | Katelyn Kuttab | Yea |
| Lucius Parshall | Nay | Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Yea |
| Lucy Weber | Nay | Kathleen Paquette | Yea |
| Luz Bay | Nay | Katy Peternel | Yea |
| Manoj Chourasia | Nay | Keith Ammon | Yea |
| Marc Plamondon | Nay | Keith Erf | Yea |
| Marjorie Smith | Absent | Kelley Potenza | Yea |
| Mark MacKenzie | Nay | Kenneth Weyler | Yea |
| Mark Paige | Nay | Kevin Scully | Absent |
| Mark Vallone | NV | Kevin Verville | Absent |
| Martin Jack | Nay | Kimberly Rice | Absent |
| Mary Georges | Nay | Kristin Noble | Absent |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Nay | Kristine Perez | Yea |
| Mary Wallner | Nay | Larry Gagne | Yea |
| Matthew Hicks | Nay | Laurence Miner | Yea |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Nay | Leonard Turcotte | Absent |
| Megan Murray | Nay | Lex Berezhny | Yea |
| Merryl Gibbs | Absent | Lilli Walsh | Yea |
| Michael Cahill | Nay | Linda Franz | Yea |
| Michael Edgar | Nay | Linda Gould | Nay |
| Molly Howard | Nay | Linda McGrath | Yea |
| Muriel Hall | Nay | Lino Avellani | Yea |
| Myles England | Nay | Lisa Freeman | Yea |
| Nancy Murphy | Nay | Lisa Mazur | Yea |
| Ned Raynolds | Nay | Lisa Post | Yea |
| Nicholas Germana | Nay | Liz Barbour | Yea |
| Nicole Leapley | Nay | Lori Korzen | Yea |
| Paige Beauchemin | Nay | Lorie Ball | Yea |
| Patricia Cornell | Nay | Louise Andrus | Yea |
| Patrick Long | Nay | Marc Tremblay | Yea |
| Paul Berch | Absent | Margaret Drye | Yea |
| Paul Dargie | Nay | Marie Bjelobrk | Yea |
| Peggy Balboni | Nay | Mark McLean | Yea |
| Peter Bixby | Nay | Mark Pearson | Nay |
| Peter Leishman | Nay | Mark Proulx | Nay |
| Peter Lovett | Nay | Mark Warden | Yea |
| Peter Petrigno | Nay | Mary Ford | Yea |
| Peter Schmidt | Nay | Mary Murphy | Yea |
| Philip Jones | Nay | Matt Drew | Yea |
| Ray Newman | Nay | Matt Sabourin | Yea |
| Richard Ames | Nay | Matthew Coker | Absent |
| Rosemarie Rung | Nay | Matthew Pitaro | Yea |
| Russell Muirhead | NV | Maureen Mooney | Nay |
| Sallie Fellows | Nay | Melissa Litchfield | Yea |
| Samantha Jacobs | NV | Michael Aron | Yea |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Nay | Michael Granger | Yea |
| Santosh Salvi | Nay | Michael Harrington | Yea |
| Seth Miller | Nay | Michael Moffett | Yea |
| Stephanie Grund | NV | Michael Vose | NV |
| Stephanie Payeur | Nay | Mike Belcher | Yea |
| Stephen Woodcock | Nay | Mike Bordes | Yea |
| Sue Newman | Nay | Mike Drago | Yea |
| Susan Almy | Nay | Mike Ouellet | Absent |
| Susan Elberger | Nay | Nicholas Bridle | Nay |
| Suzanne Chretien | Nay | Pamela Brown | Yea |
| Teresa O'Rorke | Nay | Paul Terry | Yea |
| Terry Spahr | Nay | Paul Tudor | Yea |
| Thomas Buco | Absent | Peter Mehegan | Yea |
| Thomas Cormen | Nay | Peter Morency | NV |
| Thomas Schamberg | Nay | Peter Varney | NV |
| Thomas Southworth | Nay | Phyllis Katsakiores | Yea |
| Timothy Horrigan | Nay | Pierre Dupont | Yea |
| Timothy Soucy | Nay | Ralph Boehm | Yea |
| Toni Weinstein | Nay | Raymond Peeples | Yea |
| Tony Caplan | Nay | Raymond Plante | Yea |
| Tracy Bricchi | Nay | Richard Brown | Yea |
| Trinidad Tellez | Nay | Richard Lascelles | NV |
| Wayne Burton | Nay | Richard Nalevanko | Yea |
| Wayne Pearson | Nay | Richard Tripp | Yea |
| Wendy Thomas | Nay | Riche Colcombe | NV |
| William Darby | Nay | Ricky Devoid | Yea |
| William Dolan | NV | Rita Mattson | Yea |
| William Palmer | Nay | Robert Harb | Yea |
| Zoe Manos | Nay | Robert Wherry | Yea |
| Robley Hall | NV | ||
| Roderick Ladd | Yea | ||
| Ron Dunn | Absent | ||
| Ross Berry | Yea | ||
| Russell Dumais | NV | ||
| Samuel Farrington | Yea | ||
| Sayra Devito | NV | ||
| Scott Bryer | Yea | ||
| Sean Durkin | NV | ||
| Seth King | Yea | ||
| Shane Sirois | Yea | ||
| Sheri Minor | NV | ||
| Sherman Packard | NV | ||
| Sherri Reinfurt | Yea | ||
| Skip Rollins | Yea | ||
| Sly Karasinski | Yea | ||
| Stephen Boyd | Yea | ||
| Stephen Pearson | Yea | ||
| Steven Bogert | NV | ||
| Steven Kesselring | Yea | ||
| Steven Smith | Yea | ||
| Susan DeLemus | Yea | ||
| Susan Deroy | Yea | ||
| Susan Porcelli | Yea | ||
| Susan Vandecasteele | Nay | ||
| Tanya Donnelly | Yea | ||
| Ted Gorski | Yea | ||
| Terry Roy | Absent | ||
| Thomas Kaczynski | Yea | ||
| Thomas Walsh | Yea | ||
| Tim Mannion | Yea | ||
| Tom Dolan | Yea | ||
| Tom Mannion | Yea | ||
| Tom Ploszaj | Yea | ||
| Travis Corcoran | NV | ||
| Travis Toner | NV | ||
| Valerie McDonnell | NV | ||
| Vanessa Sheehan | Absent | ||
| Vicki Wilson | Yea | ||
| Walter Spilsbury | Absent | ||
| Wayne Hemingway | Yea | ||
| Wayne MacDonald | Yea | ||
| Yury Polozov | Yea |
Other
- Aidan Ankarberg — NV