New New Hampshire laws taking effect August 18, 2026

HB1266 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

allowing election moderators access to the area designated for counting votes during the performance of their duties.

HB1298 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to the disposal of electronic ballot counting device external memory devices.

SB405 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to amounts reported by political committees.

SB660 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to photo identification cards issued solely for the purpose of voting.

HB1569 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

repealing the directive that the state sell the Anna Philbrook Center for Children property in Concord.

SB470 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to the expungement of certain disciplinary matters.

SB502 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

(New Title) removing references to the department of business and economic affairs and the office of planning and development, and makes various changes to how certain committees and commissions participate or operate.

HB297 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to providing self-funded employer health benefit plans access to their claims data.

HB524 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

(Second New Title) relative to disbursement of funds by the New Hampshire vaccine association.

SB548 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to health carrier provider contract standards.

HB1140 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

enabling certain disabled persons to hunt from a motor vehicle.

HB1466 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to obtaining a certificate of title for certain trailers.

HB1758 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to school bus drivers' certificates.

HB564 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets.

SB529 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

giving preference to lumber sourced in the United States on all state-funded building projects.

SB445 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to adjudicative proceedings where there is a council or board with jurisdiction.

SB590 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to electric aggregation plans.

HB1514 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

(New Title) requiring the department of education and the department of revenue administration to send school monitoring and financial reports to relevant school and school board authorities.

HB1817 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

(New Title) relative to access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs within school districts.

HB1089 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

extending the authorization of the department of environmental services for the evaluation and mitigation of new community water system contamination risks.

HB1199 · 2026 Regular SessionDerived

(New Title) enabling the fish and game department to create a permit and fee for the use of fish and game staff by other state agencies and departments.

HB1742 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

(New Title) relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.

HB1363 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to employee candidate background checks.

SB487 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

allowing credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member.

HB1468 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

(New Title) relative to a flood resilience section in municipal master plans.

HB1698 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished

relative to electronic credentials.