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HB1214 • 2026

relative to public libraries.

relative to public libraries.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kristine Perez (R), Ross Berry (R), Sherri Reinfurt (R), Louise Andrus (R), Sayra DeVito (R), John Sellers (R), Joe Alexander (R), Henry Giasson (R)
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to public libraries.

relative to public libraries.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to public libraries.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 27

  2. 2026-02-18 H

    Executive Session: 02/10/2026 02:10 pm GP 154

  3. 2026-02-18 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/10/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 9 P. 21

  4. 2026-02-05 H

    Public Hearing: 02/10/2026 02:10 pm GP 154

  5. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 11

Official Summary Text

relative to public libraries.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1214 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2706
09/08

HOUSE BILL
1214

AN ACT
relative to public libraries.

SPONSORS: Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Andrus, Merr. 5; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Berry, Hills. 44; Rep. DeVito, Rock. 8; Rep. Giasson, Hills. 29; Rep. Reinfurt, Hills. 29; Rep. Sellers, Graf. 10

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows a municipality's governing body to assume governance of a public library.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2706
09/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to public libraries.

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

1 Public Libraries; Definitions. Amend RSA 202-A:2, II to read as follows:
II. "Library trustees" shall mean the governing board of a public library
, except where the municipality adopts the provisions of RSA 202-A:26
.

2 New Section; Public Libraries. Amend RSA 202-A by inserting after section 25 the following new section:
202-A:26 Adoption by Municipality.
A municipality may, according to the provisions of RSA 39:3, elect to have the municipality's governing body assume control of the governance of the library. If a municipality's governing body assumes control of the public library, the library trustees shall serve in an advisory role to the governing body.

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