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HB1498 • 2026

requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Peggy Balboni (D), Allison Knab (D), Dennis Malloy (D), Patricia Cornell (D), Chris Muns (D), Debra Altschiller (D), Jim Maggiore (D)
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

What This Bill Does

  • requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 28

  2. 2026-02-06 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/29/2026 (Vote 11-0; CC) HC 7 P. 17

  3. 2026-01-22 H

    Executive Session: 01/29/2026 10:00 am GP 234

  4. 2026-01-08 H

    Public Hearing: 01/22/2026 10:00 am GP 234

  5. 2025-12-10 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 1 P. 23

Official Summary Text

requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1498 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2428
12/07

HOUSE BILL
1498

AN ACT
requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

SPONSORS: Rep. Balboni, Rock. 38; Rep. Cornell, Hills. 22; Rep. Maggiore, Rock. 23; Rep. Knab, Rock. 12; Rep. Muns, Rock. 29; Rep. Malloy, Rock. 24; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions to be posted to the general court website and appropriate state department website within 5 days of a meeting.

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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.
26-2428
12/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

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

1 New Paragraph; Right-to-Know; Legislative Committee and Statutory Commission Meetings. Amend RSA 91-A:4 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:
X. All agendas, minutes, and reports of legislative study committees and statutory commission meetings shall be posted on an appropriate state department's website, as well as the general court's website, within 5 days of the meeting. The clerks of the house of representatives and senate shall post such information on the general court's website. Nothing in this paragraph shall interfere with or invalidate the provisions of RSA 91-A:3 and RSA 91-A:5.

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