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HB1180 • 2026

updating the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024.

updating the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Wendy Thomas (D)
Last action
2026-02-27
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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updating the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024.

updating the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024.

What This Bill Does

  • updating the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-27 H

    Executive Session: 02/18/2026 10:30 am GP 231

  2. 2026-02-27 H

    Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/18/2026 (Vote 9-6; RC) HC 10 P. 87

  3. 2026-02-27 H

    Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass

  4. 2026-01-15 H

    Public Hearing: 01/28/2026 10:30 am GP 231

  5. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 9

Official Summary Text

updating the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1180-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2486
06/05

HOUSE BILL
1180-FN

AN ACT
updating the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024.

SPONSORS: Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill revises the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024 or a similar code that achieves equivalent or greater energy savings.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2486
06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
updating the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024.

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

1 State Building Codes; Definitions. Amend RSA 155-A:1, IV to read as follows:
IV. "New Hampshire building code" or "state building code" means the adoption by reference of the International Building Code 2021, the International Existing Building Code 2021, the International Plumbing Code 2021, the International Mechanical Code 2021, the International Energy Conservation Code [
2018
]
2024 or similar code achieving equivalent or greater energy savings
, the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code 2021 and the International Residential Code 2021, as published by the International Code Council Inc., and the National Electrical Code 2023, as published by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., as reviewed and recommended by the state building code review board, including all amendments reviewed and approved by the board as of April 11, 2025, and ratified by the legislature in accordance with RSA 155-A:10.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.

LBA
26-2486
11/3/25

HB 1180-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT
updating the definition of the state building code to include the International Energy Conservation Code 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2029.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Safety