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HB1011 • 2026

repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.

repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Kristine Perez (R), Sandra Panek (R), Susan DeRoy (R), Kat McGhee (D), Louise Andrus (R), Susan Porcelli (R), Len Turcotte (R), Bill Boyd (R)
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.

repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.

What This Bill Does

  • repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 10

  2. 2026-01-27 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/13/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 5 P. 7

  3. 2026-01-16 H

    Executive Session: 01/13/2026 02:00 pm GP 231

  4. 2026-01-08 H

    Public Hearing: 01/13/2026 02:00 pm GP 231

  5. 2025-11-07 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Housing HJ 1 P. 2

Official Summary Text

repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1011 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2307
06/05

HOUSE BILL
1011

AN ACT
repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.

SPONSORS: Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. McGhee, Hills. 35; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Panek, Hills. 1; Rep. Andrus, Merr. 5; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. Porcelli, Rock. 19

COMMITTEE: Housing

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ANALYSIS

This bill removes the prohibition on municipal occupancy ordinances based on household composition or bedroom count.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2307
06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Repeal. RSA 674:16, VIII, relative to occupancy restrictions in residential dwellings, is repealed.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.