A busy Thursday in Concord saw the governor sign 44 bills into law spanning education, healthcare, elections, and housing. Two bills were killed. The day’s highest-stakes measures include a new prosthetics insurance mandate and a ban on using student IDs at the polls.
Signed into Law
Healthcare
- SB 408 — Requires health insurance plans to cover prosthetic devices for amputees and people with limb differences.
- SB 453 — Allows nurse practitioners and physician associates to make certain certifications previously limited to physicians, such as disability determinations.
- SB 670 — Creates a developmental services oversight commission, mandates reporting when children die in residential care, and strengthens the adult abuse registry.
- SB 550 — Requires insurers to cover services provided by licensed naturopathic providers.
- SB 663 — Establishes a working group to review Medicaid payment methodologies within DHHS.
Education
- SB 223 — Prohibits student ID cards from being used as valid photo identification to obtain a ballot.
- SB 430 — Requires school employees to disclose certain student information to parents and guardians.
- SB 491 — Allows Education Freedom Account funds to be used for career and technical education programs.
- HB 131 — Strengthens anti-bullying and cyberbullying prevention measures in NH schools.
- SB 577 — Bans certain synthetic color additives from meals served in public schools.
- SB 574 and SB 586 — Create a commission to study school administrative unit efficiency; require SAUs to publish annual audit reports.
Elections
- SB 438 — Enables data sharing between the Department of Safety and the Secretary of State to verify voter registration accuracy.
- HB 1031 — Allows state candidates to use campaign funds for personal security measures.
Environment and Energy
- SB 440 — Allows municipalities to voluntarily create clean energy districts to promote local energy efficiency.
- SB 418 — Prohibits towns from requiring licenses to produce and sell homestead food products such as jams and baked goods.
- SB 540 — Clarifies regulations around portable solar generation devices.
- SB 624 — Restricts access to certain hemp-derived products with psychoactive effects.
Housing and Taxes
- HB 1079 — Allows accessory dwelling units to be built within or attached to non-conforming structures.
- HB 1103 — Expands the types of properties eligible for community revitalization tax relief credits.
- SB 523 — Creates a commission to study implementing a residential builder registration system.
Other notable signings: SB 667 (stronger penalties for assaulting emergency room personnel), SB 562 (home damage mitigation and resiliency program), SB 524 (allows restaurants to include alcohol with meal deliveries), SB 531 (cosmetology training task force for Coos County), HB 1112 (clarifies snow removal responsibilities in leases), and SB 448 (modifies the state definition of “veteran”), among others.
Killed
- SB 627 — Would have adjusted NH Turnpike toll rates and created inflation-based toll reviews to fund the 2027–2036 ten-year transportation plan.
- SB 535 — Would have redefined residential breeders and imported animals in the context of animal transfers.
To see how your specific legislators voted on these bills, visit nhpolitics.org/find-your-rep.