Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed 32 bills in 2026.
On Veto Day, Aug. 19, the Legislature overrode seven of those vetoes.
This is a very large number of vetoes for a single year. Because this information is not available in a single location anywhere else online, we’ve created this list of all of the governor’s vetoed bills this year.
Vetoes overridden by the Legislature
HB 1102 Increasing the research and development tax credit cap and relative to state park fees for state residents
HB 1184 Relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property
HB 1267 Prohibiting school district attorneys and non-school personnel from questioning students without their parent or guardian present
HB 1369 Relative to the manner of posting the warrant for town meetings
HB 1422 Relative to the time to petition for a new trial
HB 2026 Relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan
SB 468 Enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location
Vetoes sustained by the Legislature
HB 221 Enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators
HB 232 Relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals
HB 349 Relative to the practice of optometry and authorization to perform ophthalmic laser procedures
HB 396 Exempting meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in state for sale in state from certain inspections
HB 451 Establishing the paint product stewardship program
HB 1072 Relative to employer notice of department of labor investigations
HB 1097 Requiring legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers
HB 1336 Relative to regulated conditional deposits
HB 1337 Repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders
HB 1358 Establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools
HB 1442 Permitting classification of individuals biological sex under certain limited circumstances
HB 1491 Relative to pool risk management programs
HB 1565 Relative to the penalty for false reports of suspected abuse and neglect made to the division for children, youth, and families, relative to owner’s project manager services for school building aid projects, and relative to long-term care eligibility and making an appropriation therefor
HB 1610 Allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds
HB 1643 Relative to the report of a guardian ad litem
HB 1726 Relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study the sale of state-owned property
HB 1766 Relative to cruelty to livestock
SB 268 Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
SB 434 Relative to regulation of public school materials
SB 475 Relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock
SB 481 Relative to the sale of the Sununu Youth Services Center property
SB 535 Defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels
SB 552 Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances
SB 627 Relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic inflation-based toll reviews for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan
SB 661 Relative to pooled risk management programs
