New Hampshire bills

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State bill data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.

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• SB 608 Became law
  relative to family caregiver support in certain programs and child care support for kinship caregivers.
  May 29, 2026: II. Remainder Effective 05/28/2026
• SB 642 Became law
  repealing the committee for the protection of human subjects institutional review board.
  May 29, 2026: Signed by the Governor on 05/28/2026; Chapter 113; Effective 01/01/2027
• SB 568 Became law
  relative to the department of safety's procedures for the processing of employee candidate background checks.
  May 29, 2026: Signed by the Governor on 05/28/2026; Chapter 107; Effective 07/27/2026
• SB 643 Passed House
  requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps and requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.
  May 21, 2026: Sen. Gray Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/21/2026; SJ 13
• SB 409 Passed House
  relative to the penalties for the offense of disobeying an officer and relative to liability of governmental units.
  May 21, 2026: Sen. Gannon Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/21/2026; SJ 13
• SB 503 Became law
  relative to the use of spruce-pine-fir lumber.
  May 19, 2026: Signed by the Governor on 05/18/2026; Chapter 77; Effective 11/14/2026
• HB 1175 Passed Senate
  relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.
  May 19, 2026: Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/18/2026; Chapter 73; eff.01/01/2027
• SB 640 Passed Senate
  relative to the use of artificial intelligence to provide services requiring a professional license.
  May 14, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 24
• SB 480 Passed Senate
  limiting certain prior authorization requirements for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and similar rehabilitative services.
  May 14, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 2
• SB 522 Became law
  re-establishing the commission to study the economic impact of the arts and culture in New Hampshire.
  May 12, 2026: II. Remainder Effective 05/08/2026
• SB 401 Became law
  relative to removing an obsolete annual reporting requirement by municipal overseers of public welfare to the department of health and human services and repealing the department of health and human services reporting requirement on 10-year demographic cost projections.
  May 12, 2026: Signed by the Governor on 05/08/2026; Chapter 54; Effective 05/08/2026
• SB 411 Became law
  relative to the procedure concerning search warrant inventories.
  May 12, 2026: Signed by the Governor on 05/08/2026; Chapter 56; Effective 01/01/2027
• SB 422 Passed Senate
  relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.
  May 7, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA DV 183-156 05/07/2026 HJ 12 P. 29
• SB 559 Passed Senate
  reducing the minimum allowable speed limit on locally controlled roads.
  Apr 23, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 218-110 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 75
• SB 447 Passed Senate
  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.
  Apr 23, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 12
• SB 521 Passed Senate
  relative to unauthorized camping on private property.
  Apr 9, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 11
• HB 1025 Passed Senate
  relative to the designation of the chief financial officer as a civilian employee within the department of military affairs and veterans services.
  Mar 30, 2026: Signed by Governor Ayotte 03/27/2026; Chapter 10; eff. 07/1/2026
• HB 1152 Passed Senate
  designating the funds account for donations and bequests received by the department of military affairs and veterans services to be non-lapsing funds.
  Mar 30, 2026: Signed by Governor Ayotte 03/27/2026; Chapter 12; eff. 07/01/2026
• SB 659 In committee
  relative to education financing.
  Mar 26, 2026: Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
• SB 517 Passed Senate
  relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost, and making an appropriation therefor.
  Mar 12, 2026: Pending Motion OT3rdg; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
• SB 466 In committee
  relative to the possession of a firearm without a serial number.
  Mar 12, 2026: Pending Motion Committee Amendment # 2026-1043s; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
• SB 664 In committee
  limiting hospital executive compensation in communities designated as distressed place-based economies under certain circumstances.
  Mar 12, 2026: Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
• SB 566 Passed Senate
  relative to recruiting incentive programs for the national guard.
  Mar 12, 2026: Pending Motion OT3rdg; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
• CACR 21 Passed House
  voting eligibility.
  Mar 11, 2026: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0455h: MF RC 184-146 Lacking Necessary Three-Fifths Vote 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 140
• HB 1519 In committee
  relative to the term of office and mandatory retirement age for the adjutant general for department of military affairs and veterans services.
  Mar 11, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 43
• HB 1305 In committee
  enabling the use of telehealth to deliver veterinary care.
  Mar 11, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 33
• SB 403 In committee
  requiring all schools to start the school year after Labor Day.
  Mar 6, 2026: Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
• SB 509 In committee
  preventing municipalities from limiting dead-end road length if compliant with the state fire code.
  Mar 6, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
• HB 1181 In committee
  relative to public hearing notice requirements for zoning board of adjustment appeals.
  Mar 5, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 27
• CACR 10 Passed House
  the adoption of tax laws.
  Mar 5, 2026: Ought to Pass: MF RC 194-158 Lacking Necessary Three-Fifths Vote 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 81
• SB 654 Passed Senate
  creating tax credits for businesses that have on-site child care services and for businesses that provide health care coverage for certain employees.
  Mar 5, 2026: Pending Motion Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
• HB 1020 In committee
  proclaiming Lake Winnipesaukee the official state lake of New Hampshire.
  Mar 5, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 128
• HB 1047 In committee
  relative to the offense of capital murder.
  Mar 5, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 3
• HB 1666 In committee
  requiring capacity planning in the state 10-year energy strategy.
  Mar 5, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA DV 178-149 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 132
• HB 1401 In committee
  amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.
  Mar 4, 2026: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
• SB 506 In committee
  relative to community engagement and work requirements under the state Medicaid program.
  Feb 24, 2026: Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
• SB 556 In committee
  including syringes and similar medical devices in the definition of special waste for purposes of solid waste management and making the disposal of such special waste a felony.
  Feb 13, 2026: Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
• SB 437 In committee
  making a line on the return that enumerates the number of people who attempted to register to vote but were denied registration due to lack of required documentation.
  Feb 12, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
• HB 1094 In committee
  repealing the prohibition on collecting seaweed between sunset and sunrise.
  Feb 12, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 5
• SB 579 In committee
  modifying the language for intra-district public school transfers to include schools within school administrative units.
  Feb 9, 2026: Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
• SB 436 In committee
  relative to zoning board of adjustment membership criteria.
  Feb 5, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
• HB 1452 In committee
  relative to parent-taught driver education as an alternative to traditional driver education programs.
  Feb 5, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 178-155 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 59
• HB 1104 In committee
  modifying the priority of applications for school building aid grants.
  Feb 5, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 7
• SB 204 Passed Senate
  relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost, and making an appropriation therefor.
  Jan 7, 2026: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 183-161 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 123