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HB1166 • 2026

relative to the contents of the budget trailer bill.

relative to the contents of the budget trailer bill.

Budget
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Michael Harrington (R)
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to the contents of the budget trailer bill.

relative to the contents of the budget trailer bill.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the contents of the budget trailer bill.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 44

  2. 2026-03-02 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/20/2026 (Vote 24-1; CC) HC 10 P. 21

  3. 2026-02-17 H

    Executive Session: 02/20/2026 02:30 pm GP 230

  4. 2026-01-15 H

    Public Hearing: 01/30/2026 10:30 am GP 230

  5. 2026-01-14 H

    ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 01/22/2026 11:00 am GP 230

  6. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Finance HJ 1 P. 9

Official Summary Text

relative to the contents of the budget trailer bill.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1166 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2657
09/05

HOUSE BILL
1166

AN ACT
relative to the contents of the budget trailer bill.

SPONSORS: Rep. Harrington, Straf. 18

COMMITTEE: Finance

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ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the budget trailer bill from including any statutory changes that are not explicitly required to implement the biannual budget and requires that each line item in the trailer bill reference the line item in the budget bill that it is needed to implement.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2657
09/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to the contents of the budget trailer bill.

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

1 Budget; Transmission to the Legislature; Changes to Statutory Law. Amend RSA 9:2-a to read as follows:
9:2-a Transmission to the Legislature; Changes to Statutory Law. – Not later than February 15 of the first year of each biennial legislative session, the governor shall transmit to the legislature a document to be known as the trailer bill containing
only
any changes to statutory law deemed necessary for the ensuing biennium. This document shall be separate from the document known as the budget as provided in RSA 9:2 and shall not be considered a budget bill as provided in part II, article 18-a of the New Hampshire constitution.
Nothing shall be contained in the trailer bill as submitted by the governor or in any subsequent changes by the legislature that is not explicitly required to implement the biannual budget, and each line item in the trailer bill shall reference the line item in the budget bill that it is needed to implement.
This document shall be available in printed format and at least one electronic computer file format in common use at the time and shall be publicly posted on the department of administrative services' website on the date of the transmittal.

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