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HB1450 • 2026

relative to the designation and control of shared facilities in rental properties.

relative to the designation and control of shared facilities in rental properties.

Housing
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Diane Kelley (R), Glenn Bailey (R), Susan DeRoy (R), Glen Aldrich (R), Shane Sirois (R)
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to the designation and control of shared facilities in rental properties.

relative to the designation and control of shared facilities in rental properties.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the designation and control of shared facilities in rental properties.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 H

    Refer for Interim Study: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 50

  2. 2026-03-04 H

    Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 03/03/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 10 P. 24

  3. 2026-02-20 H

    Subcommittee Work Session: 03/03/2026 09:30 am GP 231

  4. 2026-02-18 H

    Subcommittee Work Session: 02/24/2026 02:00 pm GP 231

  5. 2026-02-17 H

    Subcommittee Work Session: 02/20/2026 09:00 am GP 159

  6. 2026-02-17 H

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

  7. 2026-01-14 H

    Public Hearing: 01/27/2026 01:00 pm GP 231

  8. 2025-12-04 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Housing HJ 1 P. 21

Official Summary Text

relative to the designation and control of shared facilities in rental properties.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1450 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2823
06/08

HOUSE BILL
1450

AN ACT
relative to the designation and control of shared facilities in rental properties.

SPONSORS: Rep. D. Kelley, Hills. 32; Rep. Aldrich, Belk. 6; Rep. Bailey, Straf. 2; Rep. Sirois, Hills. 32; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3

COMMITTEE: Housing

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ANALYSIS

This bill changes the definition of “shared facility” to include lessees, requires written documentation of the designation, and defines “owner” to mean the owner or lessee of shared facilities throughout the chapter.

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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.
26-2823
06/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to the designation and control of shared facilities in rental properties.

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

1 Shared Facility. Amend RSA 540-B:1 to read as follows:
540-B:1 Definition; Shared Facility.
In this chapter:
I. A "shared facility" means real property rented for residential purposes which has separate sleeping areas for each occupant and in which each occupant has access to and shares with the owner
or lessee
of the facility one or more significant portions of the facility in common, such as kitchen, dining area, bathroom, or bathing area, for which the occupant has no rented right of sole personal use.
The designation of a shared facility shall be documented in a written statement between the parties, specifying that the facility is a shared facility and referencing this chapter.
II. A shared facility shall not include:
(a) Facilities rented to transient guests intended for use of less than 90 days.
(b) Rooms in hotels, motels, inns, tourist homes, and other dwellings rented for recreational or vacationing use.
(c) Rooms provided ancillary to other primary purposes such as jails, student dormitories, nursing homes, hospitals, group homes, and emergency shelters.

III. "Owner" means the owner or lessee of shared facilities.

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