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Current trends in New Hampshire legislation over the last 72 hours as measured by public interest and activity.
| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HB1168 | Passed | Relative to employer documentation requirements. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-21 Enrolled (in recess of) 04/23/2026 House Journal 11 P. 82 |
| #2 | HB1603 | Passed | Requiring the executive director of the department of fish and game to adopt rules relative to procedures for verifying accuracy of records collected relative to threatened and endangered wildlife and ensuring landowner permission is granted for the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 236; eff. 8/31/2026 |
| #3 | SB415 | Passed | Relative to a certain exemption in interest in condominium units and abbreviated registrations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 II. Remainder Effective 07/02/2026 |
| #4 | HB1522 | Passed | Relative to amending and adding definitions related to the protection of persons from domestic violence and relative to the domestic violence fatality review committee. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 230; eff. 7/2/2026 |
| #5 | SB469 | Passed | Allowing the director of the division of motor vehicles to adopt administrative rules regarding the use of electronic signatures and relative to signature requirements where ownership of a vehicle is transferred to an insurer after payment of damages... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-21 Enrolled (in recess of) 04/23/2026 House Journal 11 P. 82 |
| #6 | HB1079 | Passed | Allowing accessory dwelling units to be built within or attached to certain non-conforming structures. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 210; eff. 8/31/2026 |
| #7 | SB534 | Passed | Relative to compliance with certain political expenditures and contribution statutes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-15 Signed by the Governor on 07/10/2026; Chapter 314; Effective 01/01/2027 |
| #8 | HB1807 | Passed | Relative to mandatory reports to voters. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 312; eff. I. Secs 1&3 eff prov sec 4 II. Rem eff 9/8/2026 |
| #9 | SB550 | Passed | Relative to insurance coverage for services provided by naturopathy providers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 Signed by the Governor on 07/02/2026; Chapter 264; Effective 01/01/2027 |
| #10 | HB1563 | Passed | Relative to the special education aid formula and the administration and monitoring of state special education aid. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 232; eff. 7/1/2028 |
| #11 | SB530 | Passed | Relative to fetal death reporting to the Centers for Disease Control. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 Signed by the Governor on 07/02/2026; Chapter 260; Effective 07/02/2026 |
| #12 | HB1723 | Passed | Requiring utilities and electric grid operators to assess and report the vulnerability of high-voltage transformers to geomagnetic and electromagnetic disturbances, and to recommend mitigation measures to protect the state electric infrastructure. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 310; eff. 9/1/2027 |
| #13 | SB575 | Passed | Establishing a committee to study the issue of school bullying and modifying both the exemption of teacher certification records from the right-to-know law and the assignment of superintendent services for school administrative units. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 Signed by the Governor on 07/02/2026; Chapter 269; Effective 07/02/2026 |
| #14 | HB1112 | Passed | Relative to snow removal responsibilities in lease agreements. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 213; eff. 7/1/2027 |
| #15 | HB1756 | Passed | Allowing organizations to file for property tax exemptions once and receive those exemptions unless and until a town assessor finds the organization ineligible for an exemption. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 240; eff. 8/31/2026 |
| #16 | HB1260 | Passed | Relative to marriage registration forms and delayed certificates of marriage. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 296; eff. 9/8/2026 |
| #17 | SB413 | Passed | Relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-21 Enrolled (in recess of) 04/23/2026 House Journal 11 P. 82 |
| #18 | HB155 | Passed | Relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 280; eff. I. Sec 2 eff 6/30/2026 II. Rem eff 1/1/2027 |
| #19 | HB1384 | Passed | Relative to prohibiting foreign adversary persons or foreign entities of concern from financing lawsuits, prohibiting foreign principals from registering as lobbyists, and requires certain disclosures for persons acting on behalf of foreign principal... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 226; eff. I. Sec 2 eff 12:01 1/1/2027 II. Rem eff 1/1/2027 |
| #20 | HB1099 | Passed | Establishing a committee to study the cost and liability of providing educational services to students placed in residential facilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 291; eff. 7/10/2026 |
| #21 | HB1511 | Passed | Relative to the membership of the agriculture in the classroom committee, the annual proclamation of "New Hampshire Day at the Big E," and repealing the repeal of the produce safety chapter. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 229; eff. 7/2/2026 |
| #22 | HB1336 | Vetoed | Relative to regulated conditional deposits. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Vetoed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026 |
| #23 | HB1236 | Passed | Relative to the use of body-worn cameras in county departments of corrections. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 219; eff. 1/1/2027 |
| #24 | SB475 | Vetoed | Relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-17 Vetoed by Governor 07/15/2026 |
| #25 | SB627 | Vetoed | Relative to toll rate adjustments for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 Vetoed by Governor 07/02/2026 |
| #26 | SB442 | Passed | Relative to pet transfers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 Signed by the Governor on 07/02/2026; Chapter 251; Effective 08/31/2026 |
| #27 | SB540 | Passed | Relative to plug-in solar generation systems. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 II. Remainder Effective 07/02/2026 |
| #28 | HB1268 | Passed | Modifying the structure and administration of home education programs and relative to pharmacy benefits managers, managed care laws, notice of drug pricing options and pharmacy benefit manager business practices. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 290; eff. I. Secs 11-20 eff 1/1/2027 II. Rem eff 7/1/2026 |
| #29 | HB1275 | Passed | Relative to the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on agriculture, exempting certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl products from use restrictions, and relative to the definition of "drinking water standard". [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 298; eff. I. Sec 4 eff 9/8/2026 II. Rem eff 7/10/2026 |
| #30 | HB244 | Passed | Updating and recodifying the municipal enforcement of the building and fire code. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-20 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026; Chapter 318; eff.7/1/2026 12:01 a.m. |
| #31 | HB661 | Passed | Relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments, supplemental security income payments, and veterans benefits for children in foster care. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 287; eff. I. Sec 1 eff 7/1/2027 II. Sec 2 eff 1/1/2028 III. Sec 3 eff 7/10/2026 |
| #32 | SB426 | Passed | Repealing the permissible fireworks advisory committee. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-21 Enrolled (in recess of) 04/23/2026 House Journal 11 P. 82 |
| #33 | HB1772 | Passed | Relative to prescribing ibogaine for investigational use only and adopting the physician associate licensure compact. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-20 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026; Chapter 333; eff. 09/13/2026 |
| #34 | SB535 | Vetoed | Defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 Vetoed by Governor 07/02/2026 |
| #35 | HB1362 | Passed | Relative to motor vehicle equipment specifications. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 302; eff. 7/10/2026 |
| #36 | HB1021 | Passed | Amending the date to provide written notice to a municipality of a taxpayer's election to be assessed under the low-income housing tax credit program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 207; eff. 1/1/2027 |
| #37 | HB1576 | Passed | Relative to the enforcement of criminal restitution obligations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 233; eff. 6/1/2027 |
| #38 | HB1219 | Passed | Relative to immunization requirements in foster family homes and relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Law Without Signature 07/07/2026; Chapter 279; eff. 9/5/2026 |
| #39 | SB592 | Passed | Enabling regional, conservation, and energy resource planning for habitat strongholds and wildlife corridors and creating a commission to study transferring ownership of the Winnipesaukee River Basin program to an alternative authority. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-17 III. Remainder Effective 09/13/2026 |
| #40 | HB1422 | Vetoed | Relative to the time to petition for a new trial. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Vetoed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026 |
| #41 | HB1197 | Passed | Making technical corrections to certain insurance laws. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-10 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 218; eff. 1/1/2027 |
| #42 | SB223 | Passed | Relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 Signed by the Governor on 07/02/2026; Chapter 243; Effective 08/31/2026 |
| #43 | HB1306 | Passed | Relative to the counting of absentee ballots. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 299; eff. 9/8/2026 |
| #44 | HB1310 | Passed | Relative to state licensed or certified real estate appraisers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-21 Enrolled (in recess of) 04/23/2026 House Journal 11 P. 82 |
| #45 | SB670 | Passed | Establishing a developmental services oversight commission; relative to reporting requirements regarding the death of a child in residential care; and relative to the registry of founded reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-09 III. Remainder Effective 08/31/2026 |
| #46 | HB1062 | Passed | Authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 289; eff. 9/8/2026 |
| #47 | SB599 | Passed | Relative to the renewable energy fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-15 Signed by the Governor on 07/10/2026; Chapter 317; Effective 07/10/2026 |
| #48 | HB1374 | Passed | Modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of school district operating documents by school boards. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 303; eff. 10/8/2026 |
| #49 | HB707 | Passed | Establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16 Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 288; eff. 9/8/2026 |
| #50 | HB1044 | Passed | Relative to the filling of vacancies in the office of a county commissioner. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-21 Enrolled (in recess of) 04/23/2026 House Journal 11 P. 82 |
