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HB1161 • 2026

removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts.

removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Matthew Hicks (D), David Fracht (D), Dale Girard (R), Eleana Colby (D)
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts.

removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts.

What This Bill Does

  • removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-28 H

    Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/22/2026; Chapter 83; eff. 07/21/2026

  2. 2026-05-12 H

    Enrolled (in recess of) 05/07/2026 HJ 12

  3. 2026-05-11 S

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12

  4. 2026-04-03 S

    Ought to Pass : MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8

  5. 2026-03-25 S

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 13

  6. 2026-03-18 S

    Hearing: 03/24/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:15 am; SC 11

  7. 2026-02-25 S

    Introduced 02/19/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5

  8. 2026-02-19 H

    Ought to Pass : MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 28

  9. 2026-02-06 H

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/03/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 7 P. 17

  10. 2026-02-04 H

    Executive Session: 02/03/2026 11:15 am GP 153

  11. 2026-01-21 H

    Public Hearing: 01/27/2026 09:40 am GP 154

  12. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 8

Official Summary Text

removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts.

Current Bill Text

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CHAPTER 83
HB 1161 - FINAL VERSION

2026 SESSION
26-2653
12/06

HOUSE BILL
1161

AN ACT
removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hicks, Merr. 24; Rep. Colby, Merr. 9; Rep. Fracht, Graf. 16; Rep. Girard, Sull. 6

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

This bill removes the requirement that legislative bodies of municipalities establish an advisory board for each development district and instead permits the creation of such boards.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2653
12/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts.

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

83:1 Advisory Board; Development Districts; Requirement Removed.
Amend the section heading and RSA 162-K:14, I to read as follows
:
162-K:14
Optional
Advisory Board.
I. The legislative body of the municipality [
shall
]
may, in the same manner as the chapter is adopted pursuant to RSA 162-K:1,
create an advisory board for each development district that ensures fair representation of business and community interests. The board shall consist of such number of members appointed or elected as determined by the legislative body. A majority of members shall be owners or occupants of real property within the community and at least one member shall be an owner or occupant of real property within the development district. In a substantially residential development district, however, the board shall consist solely of owners or occupants of real property within the community and at least one member shall be an owner or occupant of real property within the development district.

83:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 22, 2026
Effective Date: July 21, 2026