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HB1050 • 2026

establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.

establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Joe Alexander (R), Lisa Mazur (R), Timothy Lang (R), Samuel Farrington (R), Kristin Noble (R), Victoria Sullivan (R), Lisa Freeman (R), Katy Peternel (R), Keith Murphy (R), Melissa Litchfield (R), Daniel Innis (R)
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.

establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.

What This Bill Does

  • establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 H

    Refer for Interim Study: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 47

  2. 2026-03-04 H

    Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 03/03/2026 (Vote 15-2; CC) HC 10 P. 23

  3. 2026-02-17 H

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

  4. 2026-02-04 H

    Public Hearing: 02/10/2026 10:30 am GP 231

  5. 2025-11-07 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Housing HJ 1 P. 4

Official Summary Text

establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1050 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2452
06/05

HOUSE BILL
1050

AN ACT
establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.

SPONSORS: Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Farrington, Straf. 8; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8; Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. Mazur, Hills. 44; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16

COMMITTEE: Housing

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ANALYSIS

This bill establishes the right to provide educational instruction to children in any designated or non-designated zone within a municipality, overriding any zoning ordinances or land use regulations that might restrict or prohibit such education.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2452
06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.

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

1 New Subdivision; Learning Pod Protection. Amend RSA 674 by inserting after section 76 the following new subdivision:
Learning Pod Protection
674:77 Definitions. In this subdivision:
I. "Learning pod" means providing educational instruction to voluntarily associated children in any designated or non-designated zone within a municipality.
II. "Municipally zoned area" means an area designated for specific uses through a local zoning ordinance.
III. "Non-zoned area" refers to any area within a municipality that is not subject to zoning ordinances or regulations.
674:78 Rights. Every voluntarily associated child shall have the right to be educated in any municipally zoned or non-zoned area within the municipality.
674:79 Implementation. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no zoning ordinance or land use regulation shall restrict or prohibit the provision of educational instruction in any area within the municipality.

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