HB1246 • 2026

relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: David Fracht (D), Laurel Stavis (D), Diane Pauer (R), Deborah Aylward (R)
Last action: 2026-04-22
Official status: SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.

What This Bill Does

relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.

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

2026-04-22 H
Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/22/2026; Chapter 33; eff. 06/21/2026
2026-04-08 S
Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/26/2026); SJ 8
2026-04-08 H
Enrolled (in recess of) 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 56
2026-03-20 S
Ought to Pass : MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
2026-03-18 S
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/26/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11
2026-03-04 S
Hearing: 03/10/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:15 am; SC 9
2026-02-09 S
Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 4
2026-02-05 H
Ought to Pass : MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 14
2026-01-29 H
Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/20/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 5 P. 11
2026-01-22 H
Executive Session: 01/20/2026 11:05 am GP 154
2026-01-14 H
Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 11:05 am GP 154
2025-12-01 H
Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 12

Official Summary Text

relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

CHAPTER 33
HB 1246 - FINAL VERSION

2026 SESSION
26-2738
04/09

HOUSE BILL
1246

AN ACT
relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.

SPONSORS: Rep. Fracht, Graf. 16; Rep. Aylward, Merr. 5; Rep. Stavis, Graf. 13; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

ANALYSIS

This bill mandates that a member of a planning board, who also serves on a zoning board, may only participate and vote on one board when an application or development project is heard by both boards.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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.
26-2738
04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.

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

33:1 Planning Board Members Serving on Other Local Boards. Amend RSA 673:7, I to read as follows:
I. Any 2 appointed or elected members of the planning board in a city or town may also serve together on any other municipal board or commission, except that no more than one appointed or elected member of the planning board shall serve on the conservation commission, the local governing body, or a local land use board as defined in RSA 672:7.
A member who also serves on a zoning board of adjustment shall recuse from voting on any matter previously decided by that board in a quasi-judicial capacity in which the member participated as a voting member.

33:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: April 22, 2026
Effective Date: June 21, 2026