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1. General Legislative Logistics
Legislator contact info for the Major & Important bills is now updated into the 1 Minute Advocate.
Other contact info can be found on the GenCourt site, https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
Use Logistics For Testifying for procedures and use 1 Minute Advocate for contact info.
Logistics For Testifying
House of Representatives for most of 2026 is meeting at 1 Granite Place (South Building), Concord, NH.
If action map says to contact committee:
See Legislative Committee Communication & Testifying In Person Procedure, Physical & Email addresses
If action map says to contact your Representative and full House or your Senator and Full Senate:
See Find Your Legislators
See Standard Email/Letter Format
2. Major & Important Bills:
See Action Map table, 1 Minute Advocate & Update Summary above.
3. Federal Update
None so far.
4. Minor bill updates are included in bill status section further below.
See Minor Bill Summary in 1 Minute Advocate.
5. Media.
None so Far
Hearings this week:
1/20/2026 at 9:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 9:00 a.m.
HB1196, Repeal Housing Champion Designation And Grant Program
Level of Response: No Property Owner Position at This Time
Property Owner Position: No Property Owner Position at This Time
1/20/2026 at 9:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 9:30 a.m.
HB1405, Affordable Housing Loan Guarantee Program
Level of Response: No Property Owner Position at This Time
Property Owner Position: No Property Owner Position at This Time
1/20/2026 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:00 a.m.
HB1499, New Grounds For Eviction
Level of Response: No Property Owner Position at This Time
Property Owner Position: No Property Owner Position at This Time
1/20/2026 at 10:00 a.m. Location: State House Time: 10:00 a.m.
SB514, 2026-2111 SB514 text Title: preventing ballot questions concerning alterations to municipal tax caps from being altered by local legislative bodies. Sponsors: (Prime) Keith Murphy , Sharon Carson, Kevin Avard, Daniel Innis, Tim McGough, Victoria Sullivan
Level of Response:
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1/20/2026 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:00 a.m.
HB1057, 2026-2309 HB1057 text Title: relative to the maintenance of private roads held in common ownership. Sponsors: (Prime) Deborah Aylward , David Fracht
Level of Response:
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1/20/2026 at 10:15 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:15 a.m.
HB1273, 2026-2838 HB1273 text Title: enabling municipal support and incentives for residential flood resilience improvements. Sponsors: (Prime) Chris Muns , Michael Edgar, Jim Maggiore, Jaci Grote, Debra Altschiller, Will Darby, Peggy Balboni, Nicholas Bridle, Matt Sabourin dit Choinière
Level of Response:
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1/20/2026 at 10:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:30 a.m.
HB1523, 2026-2666 HB1523 text Title: relative to disclosure requirements for condominium associations. Sponsors: (Prime) Joe Alexander , John Hunt, Tara Reardon
Level of Response:
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1/20/2026 at 10:40 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:40 a.m.
HB1759, 2026-2741 HB1759 text Title: relative to the disqualification of a member of a local land use board. Sponsors: (Prime) David Fracht , Diane Pauer, Deborah Aylward
Level of Response:
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1/20/2026 at 10:50 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:50 a.m.
HB1497, 2026-2431 HB1497 text Title: relative to replacing members of local land use boards for certain conduct. Sponsors: (Prime) Deborah Aylward , Matt Sabourin dit Choinière
Level of Response:
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1/20/2026 at 11:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:00 a.m.
HB1598, Expedited Eviction
Level of Response: Attend hearings, Email legislators, Call Legislators
Property Owner Position: For
1/20/2026 at 11:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:00 a.m.
HB1543, 2026-2784 HB1543 text Title: relative to the transfer of state-owned real property to municipalities. Sponsors: (Prime) Julie Miles , Gary Daniels, Jeanine Notter, Brian Cole, Howard Pearl, Lilli Walsh, Manoj Chourasia, Adam Presa, Henry Giasson, Tim McGough
Level of Response:
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1/20/2026 at 11:20 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:20 a.m.
HB1802, 2026-2300 HB1802 text Title: relative to training, testing, and certification of local land use board members and making an appropriations therefor. Sponsors: (Prime) Deborah Aylward , Jordan Ulery, David Fracht
Level of Response:
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1/20/2026 at 11:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:30 a.m.
HB1612, Price Fixing Software
Level of Response: Attend hearings, Email legislators, Call Legislators
Property Owner Position: Against
1/20/2026 at 11:45 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:45 a.m.
HB1104, 2026-2517 HB1104 text Title: modifying the priority of applications for school building aid grants. Sponsors: (Prime) Gregory Hill , Jeanine Notter, John Potucek, Kevin Avard, Jim Kofalt, Katy Peternel, Timothy Lang, Howard Pearl, Victoria Sullivan
Level of Response:
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1/20/2026 at 1:30 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 1:30 p.m.
HB1661, Community Heroes Program
Level of Response: No Property Owner Position at This Time
Property Owner Position: No Property Owner Position at This Time
1/20/2026 at 2:30 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 2:30 p.m.
HB1732, Force Federal Mainstream Housing Voucher Program & Inclusion And Accessibility Standards
Level of Response: No Property Owner Position at This Time
Property Owner Position: No Property Owner Position at This Time
1/20/2026 at 3:00 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 3:00 p.m.
HB1814, 2026-2866 HB1814 text Title: establishing a 10-year strategic housing and infrastructure plan. Sponsors: (Prime) Chris Muns , Efstathia Booras, Ellen Read, Laurel Stavis, Connie Lane, Jim Maggiore, Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, Debra Altschiller, David Paige, Erica de Vries, Allan Howland, Karen Hegner
Level of Response:
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1/21/2026 at 9:05 a.m. Location: State House Time: 9:05 a.m.
SB404, 2026-2209 SB404 text Title: relative to economic revitalization zone tax credits. Sponsors: (Prime) James Gray
Level of Response:
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1/21/2026 at 9:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 9:30 a.m.
HB1603, 2026-3192 HB1603 text Title: requiring state agencies to provide current and verifiable evidence of a species presence before imposing any land use restriction related to that species' habitat. Sponsors: (Prime) Sayra DeVito , Calvin Beaulier, Juliet Harvey-Bolia, Melissa Litchfield, Tom Mannion, Lisa Mazur, Keith Murphy, Mary Murphy, Matt Sabourin dit Choinière, Linda McGrath, Susan DeRoy
Level of Response:
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1/21/2026 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:00 a.m.
HB1597, 2026-3177 HB1597 text Title: relative to business profits tax expense deductions. Sponsors: (Prime) John Janigian , Jordan Ulery, Bill Ohm, James Gray, Daryl Abbas, Scott Bryer
Level of Response:
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1/21/2026 at 11:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:00 a.m.
HB1546, 2026-2789 HB1546 text Title: repealing the business profits tax. Sponsors: (Prime) Aidan Ankarberg , Mark Warden, Tom Mannion
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1/21/2026 at 11:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:30 a.m.
HB1629, 2026-3001 HB1629 text Title: repealing the business enterprise tax. Sponsors: (Prime) Aidan Ankarberg , Tom Mannion
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1/21/2026 at 1:00 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 1:00 p.m.
HB1668, 2026-3063 HB1668 text Title: relative to the application of the Internal Revenue Code to provisions of the business profits tax. Sponsors: (Prime) Jason Osborne , Jeanine Notter, Joe Sweeney, Keith Ammon, Mike Drago, Brian Labrie
Level of Response:
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1/21/2026 at 1:45 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 1:45 p.m.
HB1310, 2026-2898 HB1310 text Title: relative to state licensed or certified real estate appraisers. Sponsors: (Prime) Jaci Grote , Carol McGuire, Erica Layon
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1/21/2026 at 2:00 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 2:00 p.m.
HB1102, 2026-2492 HB1102 text Title: increasing the research and development tax credit cap. Sponsors: (Prime) John Janigian
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1/21/2026 at 2:30 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 2:30 p.m.
HB1156, 2026-2389 HB1156 text Title: requiring that probate court notices of acquisitions of real estate through inheritance or similar devise be recorded in a county's registry of deeds. Sponsors: (Prime) David Walker , Jim Maggiore, John MacDonald
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1/22/2026 at 9:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 9:30 a.m.
HB1357, 2026-3065 HB1357 text Title: permitting in all residentially zoned areas by right the placement of newly constructed manufactured homes. Sponsors: (Prime) Jason Osborne , Kimberly Rice, Joe Alexander, Ross Berry, Keith Murphy
Level of Response:
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1/22/2026 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:00 a.m.
HB1065, Residential in Commercial Zones
Level of Response: No Property Owner Position at This Time
Property Owner Position: No Property Owner Position at This Time
1/22/2026 at 11:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:00 a.m.
HB1145, 2026-2333 HB1145 text Title: relative to affordable housing investment fees. Sponsors: (Prime) David Preece , Jim Maggiore
Level of Response:
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1/22/2026 at 12:00 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 12:00 p.m.
HB1496, Repeal Cap On Residential Parking Spaces
Level of Response: No Property Owner Position at This Time
Property Owner Position: No Property Owner Position at This Time
1/22/2026 at 1:25 p.m. Location: State House Time: 1:25 p.m.
SB485, 2026-2049 SB485 text Title: relative to the licensure, regulation and taxation of hemp-based derivative products. Sponsors: (Prime) Timothy Lang , David Watters, John Hunt, Regina Birdsell, Daniel Innis, Howard Pearl, Keith Murphy
Level of Response:
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1/22/2026 at 2:00 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 2:00 p.m.
HB1110, 2026-2555 HB1110 text Title: relative to the New Hampshire real estate practice act. Sponsors: (Prime) Jack Flanagan
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1/22/2026 at 2:15 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 2:15 p.m.
HB1126, 2026-2353 HB1126 text Title: repealing the certification requirement to perform residential mold assessments. Sponsors: (Prime) Jeremy Slottje
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1/22/2026 at 2:30 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 2:30 p.m.
HB1103, 2026-2499 HB1103 text Title: allowing municipalities to utilize community revitalization tax relief credits on a wider variety of properties and structures. Sponsors: (Prime) Allan Howland , David Watters, David Preece, Brian Cole, Julie Gilman, Jim Maggiore, Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, Mary Hakken-Phillips, David Fracht, Michael Aron
Level of Response:
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1/22/2026 at 2:30 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 2:30 p.m.
HB1472, 2026-3044 HB1472 text Title: Sponsors: (Prime) Diane Kelley , Glen Aldrich, Glenn Bailey, Shane Sirois, Susan DeRoy
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1/23/2026 at 9:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 9:00 a.m.
HB1417, 2026-3186 HB1417 text Title: enabling municipalities, cities, and towns to adopt a land value tax system and making an appropriation therefor. Sponsors: (Prime) Joe Sweeney
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1/23/2026 at 9:15 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 9:15 a.m.
HB1385, 2026-3175 HB1385 text Title: prohibiting the use of negative property tax rates in certain municipalities. Sponsors: (Prime) Jay Markell , Bob Lynn, Wayne MacDonald, Jodi Nelson, Lilli Walsh
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1/23/2026 at 10:15 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:15 a.m.
HR25, 2026-2505 HR25 text Title: recognizing the Kingdom of Bhutan as responsible for the oppression and forced eviction of more than 100,000 Bhutanese citizens during the late 1980s and 1990s. Sponsors: (Prime) Suraj Budathoki , Aboul Khan, Christine Seibert
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1/23/2026 at 11:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:00 a.m.
HB1649, 2026-3172 HB1649 text Title: prohibiting certain tax dollars from being donated to non-profit organizations. Sponsors: (Prime) Lorie Ball , Lisa Freeman, Travis Corcoran, Lilli Walsh, Kristine Perez, Dennis Mannion, Henry Giasson, Cindy Bennett
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1/23/2026 at 1:45 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 1:45 p.m.
HB1711, 2026-2746 HB1711 text Title: relative to governmental land uses. Sponsors: (Prime) David Fracht , Diane Pauer, Deborah Aylward
Level of Response:
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Hearings next week:
1/27/2026 at 9:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 9:00 a.m.
HB1112, 2026-2630 HB1112 text Title: relative to snow removal responsibilities in residential lease agreements. Sponsors: (Prime) Lily Foss , Wendy Thomas, Jared Sullivan, Karen Hegner, Alice Wade
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1/27/2026 at 9:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 9:30 a.m.
HB1143, 2026-2455 HB1143 text Title: relative to the remediation of mold in rental housing. Sponsors: (Prime) Seth King
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1/27/2026 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:00 a.m.
HB1171, 2026-2467 HB1171 text Title: relative to eviction safeguards for tenants whose Social Security payments are disrupted. Sponsors: (Prime) Terri O'Rorke , Wendy Thomas, Donovan Fenton, Nicholas Germana, Philip Jones, Jodi Newell, James Gruber, Janet Lucas, Tracy Bricchi
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1/27/2026 at 10:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:30 a.m.
HB1336, 2026-2931 HB1336 text Title: allowing exceptions to the cap on residential security deposits for applicants not meeting standard approval criteria. Sponsors: (Prime) Joe Alexander , Jason Osborne, Alissandra Murray, Sheri Minor, Julie Miles, Sherri Reinfurt
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1/27/2026 at 11:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:00 a.m.
HB1371, 2026-3009 HB1371 text Title: prohibiting application fees for residential rental agreements. Sponsors: (Prime) Janet Lucas , Efstathia Booras, Ellen Read, Matthew Hicks, Karen Hegner
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1/27/2026 at 11:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:30 a.m.
HB1375, 2026-3034 HB1375 text Title: prohibiting landlords from charging more than one application fee per tenant every 12 months. Sponsors: (Prime) Ellen Read , Jonah Wheeler
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1/27/2026 at 1:00 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 1:00 p.m.
HB1450, 2026-2823 HB1450 text Title: relative to the designation and control of shared facilities in rental properties. Sponsors: (Prime) Diane Kelley , Glen Aldrich, Glenn Bailey, Shane Sirois, Susan DeRoy
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1/27/2026 at 1:30 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 1:30 p.m.
HB1553, 2026-2810 HB1553 text Title: relative to pet-related fees and rent in residential tenancies. Sponsors: (Prime) Patrick Long , Heath Howard
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1/27/2026 at 2:00 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 2:00 p.m.
HB1709, 2026-2669 HB1709 text Title: relative to prohibiting the rental of residential property to individuals unlawfully present in the United States. Sponsors: (Prime) Joe Alexander , Kimberly Rice, Daniel Innis, Ross Berry, Katy Peternel, Kristine Perez, Katelyn Kuttab, Victoria Sullivan
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1/27/2026 at 2:30 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 2:30 p.m.
CACR16, 2026-2640 CACR16 text Title: relating to property. Providing that individuals may sleep on property they own or have a legal right to occupy. Sponsors: (Prime) Ellen Read , Jodi Newell
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1/28/2026 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:00 a.m.
HB1159, 2026-2637 HB1159 text Title: relative to updating the state building code. Sponsors: (Prime) Carol McGuire , Keith Erf, Heath Howard, Howard Pearl
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1/28/2026 at 10:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 10:30 a.m.
HB1180, 2026-2486 HB1180 text Title: updating the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024. Sponsors: (Prime) Wendy Thomas
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1/28/2026 at 11:00 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:00 a.m.
HB1004, 2026-2286 HB1004 text Title: exempting certain dwelling units from automatic sprinkler system requirements. Sponsors: (Prime) Matt Drew , Brian Labrie
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1/28/2026 at 11:30 a.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 11:30 a.m.
HB1271, 2026-2835 HB1271 text Title: relative to third-party code review and inspection services for building permits. Sponsors: (Prime) Joe Sweeney
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1/28/2026 at 1:00 p.m. Location: Granite Place Time: 1:00 p.m.
HB1555, 2026-2830 HB1555 text Title: relative to the administration and enforcement of the state fire code. Sponsors: (Prime) Erica Layon , Carol McGuire, Daniel Innis, Yury Polozov, Daniel Popovici-Muller, Keith Murphy, Matt Sabourin dit Choinière, Victoria Sullivan
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Future Hearings:
None so far.
Love & Light,
Nick Norman
Director of Legislative Affairs
AANH Government Affairs Chair
NHRPOA Legislative Affairs Committee Chairman
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