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NH HB 1588

enacted

relative to the regulation of accessory parking for vehicles by local legislative bodies and multifamily housing within commercial districts by municipalities; establishing special assessment districts; and relative to expanding the housing infrastructure  municipal grant program and making an appropriation therefor.

New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did NH HB 1588 pass?

Yes. NH HB 1588 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-20): Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026; Chapter 329; eff. I. Secs 2 & 6 eff as prov sec 7 II. Rem eff 09/13/2026

What is NH HB 1588 about?

NH HB 1588 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “relative to the regulation of accessory parking for vehicles by local legislative bodies and multifamily housing within commercial districts by municipalities; establishing special assessment districts; and relative to expanding the housing infrastructure  municipal grant program and making an appropriation therefor.”.

Who sponsors NH HB 1588?

Joe Sweeney is the primary sponsor of NH HB 1588.

Introduced
2025-12-10
Latest action
2026-07-20 — Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026; Chapter 329; eff. I. Secs 2 & 6 eff as prov sec 7 II. Rem eff 09/13/2026
Bill type
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Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Joe Sweeneyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-20

    Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026; Chapter 329; eff. I. Secs 2 & 6 eff as prov sec 7 II. Rem eff 09/13/2026

  2. 2026-07-06

    Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15

  3. 2026-07-06

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 15

    enrolled

  4. 2026-07-06

    Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 56

  5. 2026-06-23

    Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2194e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15

  6. 2026-06-23

    Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2194e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 54

  7. 2026-06-23

    Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2194e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/04/2026); SJ 14

    amendment-passage

  8. 2026-06-04

    Special Order to next order of business (Rep. Alexander Jr.): MA VV 06/04/2026 HJ 15

  9. 2026-06-04

    Conference Committee Report 2026-2079c: Adopted, RC 185-171 06/04/2026 HJ 15

  10. 2026-06-04

    Special Order to next order of business (Rep. Alexander Jr.): MA VV 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 9

  11. 2026-06-04

    Conference Committee Report 2026-2079c: Adopted, RC 185-171 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 10

  12. 2026-06-01

    Removed from Consent (Reps. Preece, Schamberg, Flanagan, Muns, E. Kelly, Rung, P. Brown, Stavis, Turcotte, Spier) 06/01/2026 HJ 14

  13. 2026-05-29

    Conference Committee Report # 2026-2079c, Adopted, VV; 06/04/2026; SJ 14

  14. 2026-05-28

    Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2026-2079c; 06/04/2026

  15. 2026-05-26

    Conference Committee Meeting: 05/26/2026 10:30 am GP 230

  16. 2026-05-22

    Conferee Change: Rep. Presa Replaces Rep. Cole 05/22/2026 HJ 14

  17. 2026-05-22

    Conferee Change: Rep. Presa Replaces Rep. Cole 05/22/2026 HJ 14 P. 35

  18. 2026-05-20

    President Appoints: Senators Innis, Murphy, Reardon; (In Recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13

  19. 2026-05-20

    Sen. Innis Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13

  20. 2026-05-18

    Speaker Appoints: Reps. Alexander Jr., Cole, Sweeney, Hicks 05/14/2026 HJ 13

  21. 2026-05-18

    Speaker Appoints: Reps. Alexander Jr., Cole, Sweeney, Hicks 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 148

  22. 2026-05-18

    House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1720s and Requests CofC (Rep. Alexander Jr.): MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13

  23. 2026-05-18

    House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1720s and Requests CofC (Rep. Alexander Jr.): MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 148

  24. 2026-05-07

    Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1720s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  25. 2026-05-07

    Committee Amendment # 2026-1720s, AA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

  26. 2026-04-28

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1720s, 05/07/2026, Vote 4-1; SC 17

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2026-03-18

    Hearing: 03/31/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 11

  28. 2026-03-17

    Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7

    introduction,referral-committee

  29. 2026-03-11

    Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 50

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  30. 2026-03-04

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/03/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 10 P. 24

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2026-02-17

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

  32. 2026-02-11

    Public Hearing: 02/17/2026 01:30 pm GP 231

  33. 2025-12-10

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Housing HJ 1 P. 27

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

  • Adopt CofC Report

    2026-06-04 · pass · 185-171

    Member-level votes (387)
    • Phyllis M Katsakiores: no
    • Mary Jane Wallner: yes
    • John B. Hunt: no
    • Janet G Wall: yes
    • Wayne M. Burton: yes
    • Gary R Gilmore: yes
    • Kenneth L Weyler: no
    • Gary L. Daniels: no
    • Sherman A. Packard: other
    • John J Sytek: no
    • John R Cloutier: yes
    • James R MacKay: other
    • Susan W Almy: no
    • Joseph A. Guthrie: no
    • Peter R Leishman: no
    • Marjorie K. Smith: other
    • Michael D Harrington: no
    • Charles E McMahon: no
    • Maureen C. Mooney: other
    • Peter B Schmidt: no
    • Ralph G Boehm: no
    • Jordan G. Ulery: yes
    • Thomas L Buco: other
    • Jean L. Jeudy: yes
    • Lucy McVitty Weber: no
    • Debra L DeSimone: yes
    • Larry G Gagne: no
    • Timothy O. Horrigan: yes
    • Rick M Ladd: yes
    • Carol M McGuire: yes
    • Timothy A. Soucy: no
    • Susan C DeLemus: no
    • Jack B. Flanagan: no
    • Gregory G. Hill: no
    • David C Lundgren: no
    • Dan McGuire: yes
    • Jeanine M Notter: yes
    • Bill H Ohm: yes
    • Mark L Proulx: no
    • Brian Seaworth: no
    • Steven D Smith: yes
    • Marc D Tremblay: yes
    • Mark Warden: yes
    • Dick Ames: yes
    • Paul S. Berch: no
    • Peter W Bixby: no
    • Efstathia S Booras: yes
    • Michael D Cahill: no
    • Karel A. Crawford: no
    • Linda A. DiSilvestro: no
    • Karen E Ebel: no
    • Linda C Harriott-Gathright: no
    • Martin L. Jack: no
    • Aboul B Khan: yes
    • Dennis J Malloy: no
    • David E Milz: yes
    • Chris Muns: other
    • Skip A. Rollins: no
    • Thomas C Schamberg: yes
    • Joe Sweeney: yes
    • George E Sykes: yes
    • Thomas C Walsh: no
    • Gerald W.R. Ward: yes
    • Glen C Aldrich: yes
    • Keith Michael Ammon: yes
    • Lino M Avellani: no
    • Russell Dumais: other
    • Thomas L Kaczynski: yes
    • Mark McLean: yes
    • Jason M. Osborne: yes
    • John Michael Potucek: yes
    • Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien: no
    • Kimberly A Rice: no
    • James A Spillane: yes
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    • Len P Turcotte: no
    • Peter R. Varney: other
    • Michael Vose: yes
    • Patricia Cornell: yes
    • Linda R Gould: yes
    • Christopher J. Herbert: other
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    • Thomas L Southworth: yes
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    • Barry Faulkner: yes
    • Barbara Comtois: yes
    • Jim L Fedolfi: yes
    • Gerald Griffin: yes
    • Lisa M Freeman: yes
    • Richard W. Lascelles: yes
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    • Andrew J. Prout: no
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    • Jess Edwards: yes
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    • John C Janigian: yes
    • Cathryn A Harvey: no
    • Mark S MacKenzie: no
    • Sue A Newman: no
    • Catherine M Sofikitis: other
    • Beth S. Richards: other
    • Ellen D Read: other
    • Julie D Gilman: no
    • Kate Rushford Murray: no
    • Mark A Pearson: other
    • Kris Schultz: yes
    • Charlie G. St. Clair: no
    • Brian M Sullivan: yes
    • Anita D Burroughs: no
    • Stephen L Woodcock: no
    • John T MacDonald: yes
    • Jerry M. Stringham: no
    • Sallie D Fellows: no
    • Laurel Stavis: no
    • Keith Erf: yes
    • Nancy A Murphy: no
    • Rosemarie Rung: no
    • Wendy Ellen N Thomas: no
    • Ray E Newman: yes
    • Fred E Davis: yes
    • Laura Damphousse Telerski: yes
    • Matthew B. Wilhelm: yes
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    • Gary L Woods: yes
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    • Robert D Harb: yes
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    • Cassandra N Levesque: no
    • Judy F. Aron: yes
    • Megan A Murray: yes
    • Kat McGhee: no
    • Joe H. Alexander: yes
    • Paul P Dargie: no
    • Peter Petrigno: yes
    • Tom Ploszaj: no
    • Mike Bordes: no
    • Juliet Harvey-Bolia: other
    • Douglas R. Trottier: other
    • Jonathan H Smith: no
    • Chris R McAleer: yes
    • Dru Fox: yes
    • Lucius Parshall: no
    • James R Qualey: no
    • Jennifer M Rhodes: no
    • Arnold G Davis: yes
    • Lex Berezhny: yes
    • Mary A Hakken-Phillips: yes
    • Russell Muirhead: yes
    • Jim A Kofalt: yes
    • Lisa C.M. Post: yes
    • Ted Gorski: no
    • Daniel T. Veilleux: yes
    • Vanessa L Sheehan: no
    • Diane E. Kelley: no
    • Diane Pauer: yes
    • James L Creighton: yes
    • Ross Berry: yes
    • Louise Andrus: no
    • Tony M Caplan: yes
    • Jose E Cambrils: no
    • Eric B Gallager: yes
    • Matthew Pitaro: yes
    • Stephen E. Boyd: no
    • Paul D Tudor: no
    • Erica J Layon: yes
    • Julius F Soti: no
    • Bob J. Lynn: no
    • Susan J Vandecasteele: yes
    • Melissa A. Litchfield: no
    • JD Bernardy: no
    • Mark Paige: yes
    • Glenn Bailey: yes
    • Aidan Ankarberg: no
    • Walter Spilsbury: no
    • Wayne D. MacDonald: yes
    • Paul A Terry: yes
    • Bill Boyd: no
    • Muriel C Hall: yes
    • Catherine A Rombeau: no
    • Jodi L Nelson: yes
    • Cyril Nicholas Aures: yes
    • Deborah Aylward: other
    • Peggy Balboni: no
    • Heather P Baldwin: yes
    • Lorie Ball: no
    • Luz Bay: yes
    • Steven T Bogert: other
    • Bill R Bolton: no
    • Richard R Brown: no
    • Claudine R Burnham: yes
    • Matthew Coker: no
    • Riché Colcombe: no
    • Travis James Corcoran: no
    • Thomas H Cormen: no
    • Hope E Damon: yes
    • Will Darby: no
    • William Dolan: other
    • Tanya Donnelly: yes
    • Mike Drago: yes
    • Margaret M Drye: yes
    • Ron C Dunn: yes
    • Susan A Elberger: yes
    • Charles H Foote: no
    • Loren E Foxx: no
    • Nicholas A Germana: no
    • Merryl Gibbs: yes
    • Michael E Granger: yes
    • Alicia C Gregg: no
    • Jessica Grill: yes
    • Matthew S Hicks: yes
    • Molly C Howard: yes
    • Heath Howard: yes
    • Allan Howland: no
    • Philip M Jones: no
    • Louis C Juris: yes
    • Catherine M Kenny: no
    • Seth King: no
    • Allison Knab: no
    • Katelyn T Kuttab: yes
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    • Daniel J LeClerc: yes
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    • Tom D Mannion: yes
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    • Zoe R Manos: no
    • Lisa R Mazur: yes
    • Valerie E McDonnell: yes
    • Alissandra Murray: yes
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    • Jodi K Newell: yes
    • Kristin Noble: yes
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    • David Paige: yes
    • William S Palmer: yes
    • Stephanie R Payeur: no
    • Kristine Perez: no
    • Katy Peternel: yes
    • Yury Polozov: yes
    • Daniel Popovici-Muller: no
    • Susan M Porcelli: no
    • Kelley L Potenza: yes
    • Heather Raymond: no
    • Ned Raynolds: yes
    • James Leon Roesener: yes
    • Linda V Ryan: no
    • Alvin B See: no
    • Christine Seibert: yes
    • Loren Selig: no
    • John Sellers: no
    • Shane A Sirois: no
    • Geoffrey Smith: other
    • Carry Spier: no
    • Kathy Staub: yes
    • Jared Sullivan: yes
    • James Summers: other
    • Trinidad Tellez: yes
    • Jeffrey Tenczar: no
    • Eric S Turer: no
    • David E Walker: no
    • Lilli M Walsh: no
    • Jonah Orion Wheeler: no
    • Robert J Wherry: yes
    • Clayton D Wood: yes
    • Dick H Thackston: yes
    • James W Tierney: no
    • Brian D Cole: yes
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    • Marc W Plamondon: no
    • David Fracht: no
    • Paige Beauchemin: yes
    • Sean C Durkin: no
    • Erik R Johnson: no
    • Jennifer Mandelbaum: other
    • Michael Aron: yes
    • Liz F Barbour: no
    • Joseph J Barton: yes
    • Calvin Beaulier: yes
    • Cindy Lynn Bennett: yes
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    • Marie Louise Bjelobrk: yes
    • Tracy Anne Bricchi: no
    • Nicholas D. Bridle: no
    • Pam Brown: no
    • Scott R Bryer: no
    • Manoj Chourasia: yes
    • Suzanne L Chretien: yes
    • Eleana Marie Colby: no
    • Erica R de Vries: yes
    • Denise DeDe-Poulin: no
    • Susan G DeRoy: no
    • Sayra Lynn DeVito: yes
    • Ricky J Devoid: no
    • Matt Drew: yes
    • Dillon J Dumont: yes
    • Pierre M Dupont: no
    • Myles England: yes
    • Samuel G Farrington: yes
    • Mary J Ford: no
    • Lily M Foss: yes
    • Linda Franz: yes
    • Mary Ngwanda Georges: yes
    • Henry R Giasson: yes
    • Dale R Girard: yes
    • Ernesto L Gonzalez: yes
    • George C Grant: yes
    • James Gruber: no
    • Stephanie Grund: no
    • James H Guzofski: no
    • Robley Hall: yes
    • Joseph Hamblen: no
    • Tim Hartnett: no
    • Karen A Hegner: yes
    • Wayne J Hemingway: no
    • Samantha Jacobs: yes
    • Sly Karasinski: yes
    • Eileen S Kelly: no
    • Erin Kerwin: yes
    • Steven Kesselring: yes
    • Lee Ann Kluger: yes
    • Lori E Korzen: no
    • Brian H Labrie: yes
    • John H Larochelle: no
    • Patrick N Long: yes
    • Darrell A Louis: other
    • Janet Marie Lucas: no
    • Amy L Malone: yes
    • Tim E Mannion: other
    • Sanjeev K Manohar: yes
    • Jay D Markell: yes
    • Rita G Mattson: no
    • Donald S McFarlane: yes
    • Linda McGrath: no
    • Peter L. Mehegan: yes
    • Julie Miles: yes
    • Seth B Miller: no
    • Laurence A Miner: other
    • Sheri Minor: other
    • Pete Morency: yes
    • Bryan Morse: other
    • Mary Murphy: no
    • Denis Vincent Murphy: no
    • Brian G Nadeau: yes
    • Rich M Nalevanko: yes
    • James Newsom: yes
    • Terri O'Rorke: no
    • Thomas Oppel: no
    • Kathleen Paquette: no
    • Wayne Pearson: no
    • Raymond C. Peeples: no
    • Raymond S Plante: no
    • Adam Joseph Presa: yes
    • Sherri L Reinfurt: yes
    • Ellen B Rockmore: yes
    • Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière: no
    • Santosh Salvi: yes
    • Gregory M Sargent: no
    • Buzz Scherr: yes
    • John Schneller: yes
    • Donald Evan Selby: no
    • Jeremy Slottje: yes
    • Jim Snodgrass: yes
    • Carrie Sorensen: yes
    • Terry Spahr: other
    • John Joseph Stone: other
    • John W. Suiter: yes
    • Dale Swanson: yes
    • Brian R. Taylor: no
    • James R Thibault: yes
    • Travis J Toner: other
    • Alice Wade: no
    • Toni Weinstein: no
    • Vicki A Wilson: no
    • Billie Butler: yes
    • Bobbi Boudman: no
    • David John Preece: no

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https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2446&inflect=2

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