2026 SESSION
26-2307
06/05
HOUSE BILL 1011
AN ACT repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.
SPONSORS: Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. McGhee, Hills. 35; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Panek, Hills. 1; Rep. Andrus, Merr. 5; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. Porcelli, Rock. 19
COMMITTEE: Housing
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes the prohibition on municipal occupancy ordinances based on household composition or bedroom count.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2307
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 674:16, VIII, relative to occupancy restrictions in residential dwellings, is repealed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.