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HB458 • 2026

limiting local assistance to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents.

limiting local assistance to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Terry Roy (R), Thomas Walsh (R), Howard Pearl (r), Steven Smith (R), Bill Gannon (R)
Last action
2026-01-07
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.

limiting local assistance to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents.

limiting local assistance to U.S.

What This Bill Does

  • limiting local assistance to U.S.
  • citizens or permanent legal residents.

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

  1. 2026-01-07 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 77

  2. 2025-11-13 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 09/24/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 51 P. 16

  3. 2025-09-03 H

    Executive Session: 09/24/2025 01:00 pm GP 154

  4. 2025-02-19 H

    Retained in Committee

  5. 2025-02-12 H

    Executive Session: 02/18/2025 01:00 pm LOB 201

  6. 2025-01-29 H

    Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 02:40 pm LOB 307

  7. 2025-01-10 H

    Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 3 P. 11

Official Summary Text

limiting local assistance to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents.

Current Bill Text

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HB 458-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION
25-0877
05/09

HOUSE BILL
458-FN

AN ACT
limiting local assistance to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents.

SPONSORS: Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. S. Smith, Sull. 3; Rep. T. Walsh, Merr. 10; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

This bill provides that local assistance shall be limited to United States citizens or permanent legal residents.

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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.
25-0877
05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT
limiting local assistance to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents.

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

1 Eligibility for Local Assistance; Citizenship or Legal Permanent Residence Required. Amend RSA 165:1, I to read as follows:
I. Whenever a [
person
]
United States citizen, or legal permanent resident
in any town is poor and unable to support himself
or herself
, [
he
]
the person
shall be relieved and maintained by the overseers of public welfare of such town, whether or not [
he
]
the person
has residence there. For the purposes of this chapter the term "residence" shall have the same definition as in RSA 21:6-a.

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

LBA
25-0877
12/30/24

HB 458-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT
limiting local assistance to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Estimated Political Subdivision Impact

FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028

County Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0

County Expenditures
$0
$0
$0
$0

Local Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0

Local Expenditures
$0
Indeterminable Decrease
Indeterminable Decrease
Indeterminable Decrease

METHODOLOGY:
This bill provides that local assistance shall be limited to United States citizens or permanent legal residents.

The New Hampshire Municipal Association states that this bill may reduce municipal welfare costs since fewer individuals and families will be eligible for assistance therefore creating an indeterminable decrease to local expenditures.

It is assumed that any fiscal impact would occur after FY 2025.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:
New Hampshire Municipal Association