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New Hampshire HB 1710 — relative to procedures relating to child abduction.
New Hampshire, 2026. HB 1710: relative to procedures relating to child abduction.
Latest action
October 23, 2026 — Interim Study Report: Not Recommended for Future Legislation 10/23/2026 (Vote 18-3;)
Summary
No summary was supplied. Use the original legislative source for the bill text.
Sponsors
- Jay Markell — primary sponsor
- Debra DeSimone
- Melissa Litchfield
- Bob Lynn
- Jodi Nelson
- Mark Pearson
Bill text
Introduced Read version ↗
Recorded votes
OTP
February 12, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 198 · no: 161 · not voting: 1 · absent: 14 · excused: 20
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (394)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Phyllis M Katsakiores | yes |
| Mary Jane Wallner | no |
| John B. Hunt | yes |
| Janet G Wall | no |
| Wayne M. Burton | no |
| Gary R Gilmore | no |
| Kenneth L Weyler | yes |
| Gary L. Daniels | yes |
| Sherman A. Packard | not voting |
| John J Sytek | yes |
| John R Cloutier | no |
| James R MacKay | absent |
| Susan W Almy | no |
| Joseph A. Guthrie | yes |
| Peter R Leishman | no |
| Marjorie K. Smith | no |
| Michael D Harrington | yes |
| Charles E McMahon | yes |
| Maureen C. Mooney | yes |
| Peter B Schmidt | no |
| Ralph G Boehm | yes |
| Jordan G. Ulery | yes |
| Thomas L Buco | excused |
| Jean L. Jeudy | no |
| Lucy McVitty Weber | no |
| Debra L DeSimone | yes |
| Larry G Gagne | yes |
| Timothy O. Horrigan | no |
| Rick M Ladd | yes |
| Carol M McGuire | yes |
| Timothy A. Soucy | no |
| Susan C DeLemus | yes |
| Jack B. Flanagan | yes |
| Gregory G. Hill | yes |
| David C Lundgren | yes |
| Dan McGuire | yes |
| Jeanine M Notter | yes |
| Bill H Ohm | yes |
| Mark L Proulx | yes |
| Brian Seaworth | yes |
| Steven D Smith | yes |
| Marc D Tremblay | yes |
| Mark Warden | no |
| Dick Ames | no |
| Paul S. Berch | no |
| Peter W Bixby | no |
| Efstathia S Booras | no |
| Michael D Cahill | no |
| Karel A. Crawford | yes |
| Linda A. DiSilvestro | absent |
| Karen E Ebel | no |
| Linda C Harriott-Gathright | no |
| Martin L. Jack | no |
| Aboul B Khan | yes |
| Dennis J Malloy | no |
| David E Milz | yes |
| Chris Muns | no |
| Skip A. Rollins | yes |
| Thomas C Schamberg | no |
| Joe Sweeney | yes |
| George E Sykes | no |
| Suzanne Vail | no |
| Thomas C Walsh | yes |
| Gerald W.R. Ward | no |
| Glen C Aldrich | no |
| Keith Michael Ammon | yes |
| Lino M Avellani | yes |
| Russell Dumais | absent |
| Thomas L Kaczynski | yes |
| Mark McLean | yes |
| Jason M. Osborne | yes |
| John Michael Potucek | yes |
| Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien | yes |
| Kimberly A Rice | yes |
| James A Spillane | yes |
| Douglas W. Thomas | yes |
| Len P Turcotte | yes |
| Peter R. Varney | excused |
| Michael Vose | yes |
| Patricia Cornell | no |
| Linda R Gould | yes |
| Christopher J. Herbert | no |
| David J. Luneau | no |
| Alexis H Simpson | no |
| Thomas L Southworth | no |
| Michael A Edgar | no |
| Michael I Moffett | absent |
| Barry Faulkner | no |
| Barbara Comtois | yes |
| Jim L Fedolfi | yes |
| Gerald Griffin | yes |
| Lisa M Freeman | yes |
| Richard W. Lascelles | yes |
| Kevin J Scully | yes |
| Andrew J. Prout | yes |
| John A Leavitt | no |
| Kevin G. Verville | yes |
| Jess Edwards | no |
| Richard P Tripp | yes |
| John C Janigian | yes |
| Cathryn A Harvey | no |
| Mark S MacKenzie | excused |
| Sue A Newman | no |
| Catherine M Sofikitis | excused |
| Beth S. Richards | excused |
| Ellen D Read | yes |
| Julie D Gilman | excused |
| Kate Murray | no |
| Mark A Pearson | yes |
| Kris Schultz | no |
| Charlie St. Clair | no |
| Brian M Sullivan | no |
| Harry Bean | excused |
| Anita D Burroughs | no |
| Stephen L Woodcock | no |
| John T MacDonald | excused |
| Jerry M. Stringham | no |
| Sallie D Fellows | no |
| Laurel Stavis | no |
| Keith Erf | yes |
| Nancy A Murphy | no |
| Rosemarie Rung | no |
| Wendy Ellen N Thomas | no |
| Ray E Newman | no |
| Fred E Davis | no |
| Laura Damphousse Telerski | no |
| Matthew B. Wilhelm | no |
| Connie Boyles Lane | no |
| Gary L Woods | no |
| Tom Dolan | yes |
| David C Love | yes |
| Stephen C. Pearson | yes |
| Mark A Vallone | yes |
| Robert D Harb | yes |
| Charles R Melvin | no |
| Gaby M Grossman | excused |
| Jim V. Maggiore | no |
| Jaci Grote | no |
| David James Meuse | excused |
| Terry W Roy | yes |
| Cassandra N Levesque | no |
| Judy F. Aron | yes |
| Megan A Murray | no |
| Kat McGhee | no |
| Joe H. Alexander | yes |
| Paul P Dargie | no |
| Peter Petrigno | no |
| Tom Ploszaj | yes |
| Mike Bordes | yes |
| Juliet Harvey-Bolia | yes |
| Douglas R. Trottier | absent |
| Jonathan H Smith | yes |
| Chris R McAleer | no |
| Dru Fox | no |
| Lucius Parshall | no |
| James R Qualey | yes |
| Jennifer M Rhodes | yes |
| Arnold G Davis | yes |
| Lex Berezhny | yes |
| Mary A Hakken-Phillips | no |
| Russell Muirhead | no |
| Jim A Kofalt | yes |
| Lisa C.M. Post | yes |
| Ted Gorski | yes |
| Daniel T. Veilleux | no |
| Vanessa L Sheehan | yes |
| Diane E. Kelley | yes |
| Diane Pauer | yes |
| James L Creighton | yes |
| Ross Berry | yes |
| Louise Andrus | yes |
| Tony M Caplan | no |
| Jose E Cambrils | yes |
| Eric B Gallager | no |
| Matthew Pitaro | yes |
| Stephen E. Boyd | yes |
| Paul D Tudor | yes |
| Erica J Layon | yes |
| Julius F Soti | yes |
| Bob J. Lynn | yes |
| Susan J Vandecasteele | yes |
| Melissa A. Litchfield | yes |
| JD Bernardy | yes |
| Mark Paige | no |
| Glenn Bailey | yes |
| Aidan Ankarberg | absent |
| Walter Spilsbury | yes |
| Wayne D. MacDonald | yes |
| Paul A Terry | yes |
| Bill Boyd | yes |
| Muriel C Hall | no |
| Catherine A Rombeau | no |
| Jodi L Nelson | yes |
| Cyril Nicholas Aures | yes |
| Deborah Aylward | yes |
| Peggy Balboni | no |
| Heather P Baldwin | no |
| Lorie Ball | yes |
| Luz Bay | no |
| Steven T Bogert | yes |
| Bill R Bolton | no |
| Richard R Brown | excused |
| Claudine R Burnham | yes |
| Matthew Coker | yes |
| Riché Colcombe | yes |
| Travis James Corcoran | yes |
| Thomas H Cormen | no |
| Hope E Damon | no |
| Will Darby | no |
| William Dolan | excused |
| Tanya Donnelly | yes |
| Mike Drago | yes |
| Margaret M Drye | yes |
| Ron C Dunn | yes |
| Susan A Elberger | no |
| Charles H Foote | excused |
| Loren E Foxx | no |
| Nicholas A Germana | yes |
| Merryl Gibbs | absent |
| Michael E Granger | yes |
| Alicia C Gregg | no |
| Jessica Grill | absent |
| Linda Haskins | no |
| Matthew S Hicks | no |
| Molly C Howard | absent |
| Heath Howard | no |
| Allan Howland | no |
| Philip M Jones | no |
| Louis C Juris | yes |
| Catherine M Kenny | yes |
| Seth King | no |
| Allison Knab | no |
| Katelyn T Kuttab | yes |
| Jessica Finn LaMontagne | no |
| Nicole M Leapley | no |
| Daniel J LeClerc | no |
| Christal R Lloyd | no |
| Peter Lovett | no |
| Tom D Mannion | yes |
| Dennis Mannion | yes |
| Zoe R Manos | no |
| Lisa R Mazur | yes |
| Valerie E McDonnell | yes |
| Alissandra Murray | no |
| David J Nagel | no |
| Jodi K Newell | no |
| Kristin Noble | yes |
| Mike Ouellet | yes |
| David Paige | no |
| William S Palmer | no |
| Sandra Panek | yes |
| Stephanie R Payeur | no |
| Kristine Perez | yes |
| Katy Peternel | yes |
| Yury Polozov | yes |
| Daniel Popovici-Muller | excused |
| Susan M Porcelli | yes |
| Kelley L Potenza | yes |
| Heather Raymond | no |
| Ned Raynolds | no |
| James Leon Roesener | absent |
| Linda V Ryan | no |
| Alvin B See | yes |
| Christine Seibert | no |
| Loren Selig | no |
| John Sellers | yes |
| Shane A Sirois | yes |
| Geoffrey Smith | no |
| Carry Spier | no |
| Kathy Staub | no |
| Jared Sullivan | no |
| James Summers | yes |
| Trinidad Tellez | no |
| Jeffrey Tenczar | excused |
| Eric S Turer | no |
| David E Walker | yes |
| Lilli M Walsh | yes |
| Jonah Orion Wheeler | yes |
| Robert J Wherry | yes |
| Clayton D Wood | yes |
| Dick H Thackston | yes |
| James W Tierney | yes |
| Brian D Cole | yes |
| Mike S Belcher | yes |
| Marc W Plamondon | no |
| David Fracht | no |
| Paige Beauchemin | no |
| Sean C Durkin | excused |
| Michael Murphy | excused |
| Erik R Johnson | no |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | yes |
| Michael Aron | yes |
| Liz F Barbour | yes |
| Joseph J Barton | yes |
| Calvin Beaulier | yes |
| Cindy Lynn Bennett | yes |
| Dan H Bergeron | no |
| Marie Louise Bjelobrk | yes |
| Tracy Anne Bricchi | no |
| Nicholas D. Bridle | yes |
| Pam Brown | yes |
| Scott R Bryer | yes |
| Suraj Budathoki | no |
| Manoj Chourasia | no |
| Suzanne L Chretien | no |
| Eleana Marie Colby | no |
| Erica R de Vries | no |
| Denise DeDe-Poulin | yes |
| Susan G DeRoy | yes |
| Sayra Lynn DeVito | yes |
| Ricky J Devoid | yes |
| Matt Drew | yes |
| Dillon J Dumont | yes |
| Pierre M Dupont | yes |
| Myles England | excused |
| Samuel G Farrington | yes |
| Mary J Ford | absent |
| Lily M Foss | no |
| Linda Franz | yes |
| Mary Ngwanda Georges | no |
| Henry R Giasson | yes |
| Dale R Girard | no |
| Ernesto L Gonzalez | yes |
| George C Grant | yes |
| James Gruber | no |
| Stephanie Grund | no |
| James H Guzofski | yes |
| Robley Hall | yes |
| Joseph Hamblen | yes |
| Tim Hartnett | no |
| Karen A Hegner | no |
| Wayne J Hemingway | yes |
| Samantha Jacobs | no |
| Sly Karasinski | yes |
| Eileen S Kelly | no |
| Erin Kerwin | no |
| Steven Kesselring | yes |
| Lee Ann Kluger | no |
| Lori E Korzen | yes |
| Brian H Labrie | yes |
| John H Larochelle | no |
| Patrick N Long | no |
| Darrell A Louis | yes |
| Janet Marie Lucas | no |
| Amy L Malone | absent |
| Tim E Mannion | excused |
| Sanjeev K Manohar | no |
| Jay D Markell | yes |
| Rita G Mattson | yes |
| Donald S McFarlane | no |
| Linda McGrath | yes |
| Peter L. Mehegan | yes |
| Julie Miles | yes |
| Seth B Miller | no |
| Laurence A Miner | yes |
| Sheri Minor | yes |
| Pete Morency | yes |
| Bryan Morse | absent |
| Jonathan Morton | yes |
| Mary Murphy | excused |
| Denis Vincent Murphy | yes |
| Brian G Nadeau | yes |
| Rich M Nalevanko | yes |
| James Newsom | no |
| Terri O'Rorke | no |
| Thomas Oppel | no |
| Kathleen Paquette | yes |
| Wayne Pearson | no |
| Raymond C. Peeples | yes |
| Raymond S Plante | yes |
| Adam Joseph Presa | yes |
| Sherri L Reinfurt | yes |
| Ellen B Rockmore | no |
| Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière | yes |
| Santosh Salvi | no |
| Gregory M Sargent | no |
| Buzz Scherr | no |
| John Schneller | yes |
| Donald Evan Selby | yes |
| Jeremy Slottje | yes |
| Jim Snodgrass | no |
| Carrie Sorensen | no |
| Terry Spahr | yes |
| John Joseph Stone | no |
| John W. Suiter | yes |
| Dale Swanson | no |
| Brian R. Taylor | yes |
| James R Thibault | yes |
| Travis J Toner | absent |
| Alice Wade | no |
| Toni Weinstein | no |
| Vicki A Wilson | yes |
| Billie Butler | no |
| David John Preece | no |
Legislative history
- Interim Study Report: Not Recommended for Future Legislation 10/23/2026 (Vote 18-3;)
- Executive Session: 10/23/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- Refer for Interim Study: MA VV 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 3
- Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 03/17/2026 (Vote 25-0; CC)
- Executive Session: 03/17/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- Division I Work Session: 03/13/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- Ought to Pass: MA RC 198-161 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 14
- Referred to Finance 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 16
- Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
- Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/27/2026 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 6 P. 10
- Executive Session: 01/27/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 11:00 am GP 230
- Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 32
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