New New Hampshire laws taking effect January 1, 2026
47 laws take effect January 1, 2026.
Of the 649 bills enacted since 2025, 647 have an effective date and 2 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:40 a.m. EDT.
Crime (13)
HB369 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(New Title) relative to misdemeanor sexual assault prosecutions and relative to the duty to report for sexual offenders and offenders against children.
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01/01/2026
.HB406 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to the formation of fraudulent businesses.
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01/01/2026
.HB468 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(New Title) establishing the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems and changing the reckless driving minimum penalties.
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01/01/2026
.HB473 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening and testing in an instance of suspected or actual criminal exposure to controlled substances.
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01/01/2026
.HB602 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
requiring certain offenders to participate in a victim impact program.
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01/01/2026
.HB670 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(New Title) adjusting the minimum fine for attacks by nuisance dogs.
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01/01/2026
.HB776 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
(New Title) relative to the crime of aggravated driving while intoxicated and relative to proclaiming the Virginia opossum the state marsupial of New Hampshire.
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The date of the act's main provisions (Sections 1-2).
Sections 1-2: Sections 1-2 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB87 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
prohibiting the posting of land not owned by the poster.
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01/01/2026
.SB258 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(New Title) establishing crimes related to the fraudulent use of gift cards.
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.SB262 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to the penalty for trafficking in persons under 18 years of age.
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.SB267 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to the penalty for engaging in prostitution as a patron.
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.SB278 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
including qualifying convictions from other states as grounds for termination of parental rights petitions.
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.SB300 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
criminalizing the creation of child intimate visual representations.
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Healthcare (5)
HB507 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to the timeline for credentialing of mental health care providers.
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01/01/2026
.HB701 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(New Title) relative to the terminal patients' right to try act.
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01/01/2026
.HB712 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
(New Title) limiting breast surgeries for minors, relative to residential care and health facility licensing, and relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities.
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The remainder of this act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB124 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to continuing care retirement communities.
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ective 01/01/2026
.SB47 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
requiring certain health insurance policies of a birth mother to provide coverage for a newly born child from the moment of birth.
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Government (4)
HB132 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(Second New Title) eliminating liability for support and recovery over certain indigent relations.
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01/01/2026
.HB179 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to hazardous waste accident fees.
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01/01/2026
.HB213 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to wage garnishment for child support.
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01/01/2026
.SB161 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(New Title) making technical corrections to statutes governing out-of-state placements for children.
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Housing (4)
HB309 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to making electronic rent payments optional.
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01/01/2026
.HB617 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to the homestead right.
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01/01/2026
.SB164 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(New Title) relative to homeowners and prohibiting certain types of listing agreements.
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.SB166 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to notice required prior to sale of a manufactured housing unit located in a resident-owned community.
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Elections (3)
HB340 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
relative to electioneering by public employees.
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Published by the legislature:
1/1/2026
.HB67 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
relative to agreements with the secretary of state for the use of accessible voting systems.
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The remainder of this act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB221 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(New Title) relative to the verification of voter rolls annually.
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Public Lands (3)
HB393 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
prohibiting mooring of boats without a permit.
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01/01/2026
.SB299 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to penalties for contractors violating water pollution and waste disposal regulations.
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.SB40 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
relative to safe boater education certificates.
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The date of the act's main provisions (Section 1).
Section 1: Section 1 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Civil Rights (2)
HB187 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to restraining orders sought by a parent on behalf of a minor child.
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01/01/2026
.HB320 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to enforcement of marital property settlements.
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01/01/2026
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Climate (2)
HB416 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
prohibiting the intentional disposal of yard waste into the surface waters of the state.
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01/01/2026
.SB4 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to commercial property assessed clean energy and resiliency (C-PACER).
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Defense (2)
HB225 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member.
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01/01/2026
.HB62 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to protection of persons from domestic violence and military protective orders.
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01/01/2026
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Education (2)
HB273 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records.
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01/01/2026
.HB520 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to authorizing hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas.
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01/01/2026
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Immigration (2)
HB511 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
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01/01/2026
.SB62 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(New Title) relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
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.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Traffic (2)
SB151 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to accessible parking permit verification and fraud prevention.
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.SB266 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to safety and accountability of drivers under 18 years of age.
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Agriculture (1)
SB31 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
establishing an apprentice guide license.
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AI (1)
HB143 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
(Second New Title) criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child.
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01/01/2026
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Taxes (1)
HB268 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
relative to hearings before the board of tax and land appeals.
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01/01/2026
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Enacted, but not yet dated (2)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HB282Unresolved(New Title) increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty, relative to the determination of education adequacy grants and calculation of certain group II benefits within the retirement system.two clauses set different dates for the same provision
- HB705Contingentrelative to health care cost transparency.6 months after finalization of federal guidance under United States Presidential Executive Order 14221