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HB1169 • 2026

relative to notification waiting periods to the underground utility damage prevention laws.

relative to notification waiting periods to the underground utility damage prevention laws.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Brian Labrie (R), Mike Drago (R), Mike Ouellet (R), Brian Cole (R), Jonathan Morton (R), John Potucek (R)
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to notification waiting periods to the underground utility damage prevention laws.

relative to notification waiting periods to the underground utility damage prevention laws.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to notification waiting periods to the underground utility damage prevention laws.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 19

  2. 2026-01-26 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/20/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 5 P. 16

  3. 2026-01-22 H

    Executive Session: 01/20/2026 10:30 am GP 229

  4. 2026-01-08 H

    Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 10:30 am GP 229

  5. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 1 P. 9

Official Summary Text

relative to notification waiting periods to the underground utility damage prevention laws.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1169 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2466
06/05

HOUSE BILL
1169

AN ACT
relative to notification waiting periods to the underground utility damage prevention laws.

SPONSORS: Rep. Labrie, Hills. 2; Rep. Cole, Hills. 26; Rep. Drago, Rock. 4; Rep. Morton, Hills. 39; Rep. Ouellet, Coos 3; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 13

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

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ANALYSIS

This bill shortens the minimum excavation notice period from 72 to 48 hours, excluding weekends and 6 holidays, and extends the validity of excavation notifications from 30 days to one year if site conditions remain unchanged.

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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.
26-2466
06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to notification waiting periods to the underground utility damage prevention laws.

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

1 Notification by Excavator. Amend RSA 374:51, II to read as follows:
II. At least [
72
]
48
hours before a proposed excavation, but not including Saturdays, Sundays, [
and legal holidays
]
or

Christmas, New Years Day, Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, July 4th, known as Independence Day, and Labor Day
, each person required to give notice of an excavation shall notify the damage prevention system referred to in RSA 374:49. Such notice shall occur no more than 30 days before the proposed excavation is to be made.

2 Notification by Excavator. Amend RSA 374:51, VI to read as follows:
VI. The excavator's notification shall be valid for [
30 calendar days
]
one year
from the date and time of confirmation of notification by the underground facility damage prevention system
as long as no utility alterations have been made at the excavation location during the one-year period
.

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