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HB1017 • 2026

relative to accessory dwelling units and workforce housing.

relative to accessory dwelling units and workforce housing.

Housing
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
David Preece (D), Jim Maggiore (D)
Last action
2026-02-10
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to accessory dwelling units and workforce housing.

relative to accessory dwelling units and workforce housing.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to accessory dwelling units and workforce housing.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-10 H

    Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/03/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 10 P. 92

  2. 2026-02-10 H

    Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0289h

  3. 2026-01-28 H

    Executive Session: 02/03/2026 10:00 am GP 231

  4. 2026-01-08 H

    Public Hearing: 01/13/2026 03:30 pm GP 231

  5. 2025-11-07 H

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

Official Summary Text

relative to accessory dwelling units and workforce housing.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1017 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2329
06/08

HOUSE BILL
1017

AN ACT
relative to accessory dwelling units and workforce housing.

SPONSORS: Rep. Preece, Hills. 17; Rep. Maggiore, Rock. 23

COMMITTEE: Housing

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows municipalities to count qualifying accessory dwelling units as workforce housing toward their regional fair share obligation and authorizes the use of restrictive covenants to enforce affordability standards.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2329
06/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to accessory dwelling units and workforce housing.

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

1 Accessory Dwelling Unit Affordability. RSA 674:72, X is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
X. An accessory dwelling unit may be deemed a unit of workforce housing for the purposes of satisfying the municipality's regional fair share obligation under RSA 674:59, III if the unit meets the criteria in RSA 674:58, IV for rental units. The municipality may require that if a property has any accessory dwelling units, the accessory dwelling units, or a portion thereof, shall meet the definition of workforce housing or affordable in RSA 674:58. A municipality may require a restrictive covenant consistent with RSA 674:60, IV to be recorded in the registry of deeds to enforce compliance with these definitions.

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