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As of this writing, the 2025 Legislative session is in its final weeks, and many burning questions—including the state budget—remain unresolved. While we await final outcomes on a host of significant issues impacting municipalities, here is a look back at the session thus far, by the numbers:
731 / 350
The number of House / Senate bills introduced in 2025. This count is on par with historical trends.
81
The number of legislative service requests (LSRs) that were withdrawn before being assigned a bill number. A number of requests are withdrawn every year, often due to redundancy with other proposals or because the language needs more work.
367
The number of bills tracked by the NHMA Advocacy Team. Remember, NHMA provides members access to FastDemocracy, an online bill tracking platform, for efficient, real-time updates to legislative activity of interest to members. Visit our online Bill Tracker page to learn more and feel free to subscribe to weekly or daily updates on subjects and bills of interest.
2
The number of declared independents in the House (there are none in the Senate). Also the number of House vacancies due to resignations.
39
Number of bills related to zoning, planning or housing introduced this session and assigned to the House Housing Committee or its Senate counterpart, the Senate Commerce Committee. A few more bills on these topics were assigned to other committees.
281-2
The combined vote on 16 zoning mandates recommended ought to pass by the House Housing Committee.
95
Number of House or Senate bills dealing with elections or town/school meetings assigned to the respective election committees in each chamber.
190
The number of days between July 1, 2025, and January 6, 2026, when the next legislative session convenes.