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NH HB 1681

enacted

relative to the definition, inspection, and local approval of tiny houses and yurts as innovative housing structures.

New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did NH HB 1681 pass?

Yes. NH HB 1681 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-20): Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026; Chapter 330; eff.09/13/2026

What is NH HB 1681 about?

NH HB 1681 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “relative to the definition, inspection, and local approval of tiny houses and yurts as innovative housing structures.”.

Who sponsors NH HB 1681?

George C Grant, George Grant are the primary sponsors of NH HB 1681, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-12-12
Latest action
2026-07-20 — Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026; Chapter 330; eff.09/13/2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • George C Grantprimary
  • George Grantprimary
  • Lisa C.M. Postcosponsor
  • Brian D Colecosponsor
  • Skip A. Rollinscosponsor
  • Skip Rollinscosponsor
  • Brian Colecosponsor
  • Sherri Reinfurtcosponsor
  • Michael Aroncosponsor
  • Lisa Postcosponsor
  • Sherri L Reinfurtcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-20

    Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026; Chapter 330; eff.09/13/2026

  2. 2026-07-06

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

    enrolled

  3. 2026-07-06

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

  4. 2026-07-06

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

  5. 2026-06-23

    Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2191e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15

  6. 2026-06-23

    Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2191e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 54

  7. 2026-06-23

    Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2191e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/04/2026); SJ 14

    amendment-passage

  8. 2026-05-21

    House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1709s (Rep. Alexander Jr.): MA RC 242-102 05/21/2026 HJ 14

  9. 2026-05-21

    House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1709s (Rep. Alexander Jr.): MA RC 242-102 05/21/2026 HJ 14 P. 14

  10. 2026-05-05

    Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1709s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  11. 2026-05-05

    Committee Amendment # 2026-1709s, AA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

  12. 2026-04-30

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1709s, 05/07/2026; Vote 4-1; CC; SC 17

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-04-16

    Hearing: 04/21/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:30 am; SC 15

  14. 2026-03-17

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

    introduction,referral-committee

  15. 2026-03-11

    Special Order to the next order of business (Rep. Alexander Jr.): MA DV 299-28 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 226

  16. 2026-03-11

    Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0998h: MA DV 231-99 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 228

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  17. 2026-03-11

    Amendment # 2026-0998h: AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 226

  18. 2026-03-10

    Removed from Consent (Reps. Turcotte, Sheehan, Hill, Verville, T. Walsh, Corcoran, Gilman, Stavis, Mandelbaum, Maggiore) 03/09/2026 HJ 7 P. 1

  19. 2026-03-04

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0998h 03/03/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 10 P. 25

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2026-02-17

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

  21. 2026-02-11

    Public Hearing: 02/17/2026 01:00 pm GP 231

  22. 2025-12-12

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Housing HJ 1 P. 31

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

  • Concur

    2026-05-21 · pass · 242-102

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

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