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HB1375 • 2026

prohibiting landlords from charging more than one application fee per tenant every 12 months.

prohibiting landlords from charging more than one application fee per tenant every 12 months.

Housing
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Ellen Read (D), Jonah Wheeler (D)
Last action
2026-03-04
Official status
HOUSE
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.

prohibiting landlords from charging more than one application fee per tenant every 12 months.

prohibiting landlords from charging more than one application fee per tenant every 12 months.

What This Bill Does

  • prohibiting landlords from charging more than one application fee per tenant every 12 months.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-04 H

    Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/03/2026 (Vote 9-8; RC) HC 10 P. 95

  2. 2026-03-04 H

    Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0421h

  3. 2026-02-17 H

    Executive Session: 03/03/2026 10:00 am GP 231

  4. 2026-01-14 H

    Public Hearing: 01/27/2026 11:30 am GP 231

  5. 2025-12-02 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Housing HJ 1 P. 17

Official Summary Text

prohibiting landlords from charging more than one application fee per tenant every 12 months.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1375 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-3034
06/07

HOUSE BILL
1375

AN ACT
prohibiting landlords from charging more than one application fee per tenant every 12 months.

SPONSORS: Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33

COMMITTEE: Housing

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ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits landlords from collecting more than one application fee from the same prospective tenant within a 12-month period, regardless of how many units the tenant applies for or leases.

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26-3034
06/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
prohibiting landlords from charging more than one application fee per tenant every 12 months.

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

1 New Paragraph; Certain Specific Acts Prohibited. Amend RSA 540-A:3 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:
VIII-a. No landlord shall require or accept more than one application fee from the same prospective tenant within any period of 12 months, regardless of the number of rental units for which the tenant applies or leases. For purposes of this section, “application fee” means any fee or charge collected for processing a rental application, including fees for background checks, credit checks, or administrative costs, whether collected for an initial application, renewal, or for applying to another unit under the same landlord or agent.

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