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HB1105 • 2026

making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years.

making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years.

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Sponsor
Douglas Trottier (R), Mike Bordes (R), Sheri Minor (R), Glen Aldrich (R), Lisa Freeman (R), Timothy Lang (R), Steven Bogert (R), Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R), Howard Pearl (r)
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years.

making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years.

What This Bill Does

  • making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 H

    Lay HB1105 on Table (Rep. St. Clair): MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 62

  2. 2026-02-04 H

    Removed from Consent (Reps. Comtois, Sabourin dit Choiniere, Ploszaj, St. Clair, Giasson, Miller, Johnson, Scully, Soucy, Grote) 02/04/2026 HJ 3 P. 6

  3. 2026-01-27 H

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/16/2026 (Vote 15-1; CC) HC 5 P. 10

  4. 2026-01-20 H

    Executive Session: 01/13/2026 10:45 am GP 154

  5. 2026-01-08 H

    Public Hearing: 01/13/2026 10:45 am GP 154

  6. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 6

Official Summary Text

making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1105 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2522
07/08

HOUSE BILL
1105

AN ACT
making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years.

SPONSORS: Rep. Trottier, Belk. 8; Rep. Aldrich, Belk. 6; Rep. Bogert, Belk. 5; Rep. Bordes, Belk. 5; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8; Rep. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 3; Rep. S. Minor, Belk. 5; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

This bill changes the length of the term of office for certain Belknap county officials to 4 years.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
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Matter removed from current law appears [
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2522
07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years.

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

1 The State and Its Government; County Attorneys; Election; Temporary Vacancies. Amend RSA 7:33 to read as follows:
7:33 Election; Temporary Vacancies. There shall be a county attorney for each county, who shall be a member of the New Hampshire bar, elected biennially by the voters of the county; provided that, at the 2022 state general election, and at each subsequent state general election, the county attorney for Rockingham and Belknap county shall be chosen in the county by the voters for a 4-year term; and, provided that, at the 2024 state general election, and at each subsequent state general election, the county attorney for Coos county shall be chosen in the county by the voters for a 4-year term
; and, provided that, at the 2026 state general election, and at each subsequent state general election, the county attorney for Belknap county shall be chosen in the county by the voters for a 4-year term
. If the county attorney is absent at any term of court or unable to discharge the duties of the office, the superior court, acting as a body, shall appoint a county attorney, who shall be a member of the New Hampshire bar, for the time being and allow said appointee such compensation for his or her services as set by the county delegation.

2 Elections; State and County Officers to be Elected; Elected for 2-Year Term. Amend RSA 653:1, V to read as follows:
V. One sheriff, one county attorney, one county treasurer, one register of deeds, and one register of probate by the voters in each county; provided that, at the 2022 state general election, and at each subsequent state general election, any such officer in Rockingham county shall be chosen in the county by the voters for a 4-year term; and, provided that, at the 2024 state general election, and at each subsequent state general election, any such officer in Coos county shall be chosen in the county by the voters for a 4-year term;
and, provided that, at the 2026 state general election, and at each subsequent state general election, any such officer in Belknap county shall be chosen in the county by the voters for a 4-year term;

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