Legislative Review Page - Code Enforcement

Below you will find Legislative House and Senate Bills pertaining to City Code related issues. Click on the House or Senate Bill number to go the State of New Hampshire Bill Status page. Also on this page you will find links to view the full text of the bill and docket information.

If the status of a Bill is not listed on our page, it is still in the legislative process and will require that you look to the State site for further information relative to its disposition. Our page will only indicate if the Bill has been adopted or defeated.

Bill Number Description of legislative initiative
HB334 (New Title) relative to the state’s authority to prohibit or regulate firearms, firearms components, ammunition, firearms supplies, and knives.
HB446 repealing the authority for regulation of certain professional occupations.
HB514 relative to entry on private land.
HB1142 relative to the electricians' board.
HB1150 relative to examinations for licensure as a professional engineer or land surveyor.
HB1153 relative to fire protection of floors in certain detached dwellings.
HB1172 authorizing nano brewery licensees to sell their products at farmers' markets.
HB1222 relative to protected shoreland permitting fees.
HB1223 relative to remedies under the right-to-know law.
HB1224 allowing municipalities to send tax, water, and sewer bills electronically and establishing a committee to study municipal functions which could be performed electronically to achieve cost savings.
HB1233 establishing a statute of limitations on wetlands filling and dredging.
HB1242 relative to membership dues paid by towns.
HB1251 permitting off-premises licensees to sell liquor.
HB1263 repealing the law requiring landlords of restricted residential property provide service of process information.
HB1265 relative to criteria for the government regulation of occupations and professions.
HB1271 relative to the penalty for violating ordinances governing hawkers and peddlers.
HB1282 relative to workforce housing and the definition of community.
HB1286 relative to the installation of sprinklers.
HB1303 amending certain requirements to obtain a local vendor license.
HB1315 relative to the effective date of revisions to the state building code.
HB1316 relative to continuing education for licensed electricians.
HB1317 relative to certifying electricians as fire supression equipment and alarm installers.
HB1327 relative to official oppression.
HB1338 relative to failure to renew a professional or occupational license.
HB1342 prohibiting state and local governments from using funds to employ a lobbyist.
HB1349 relative to the service of town health officers.
HB1357 relative to the membership of mosquito control districts.
HB1359 relative to exceptions for municipal regulation of hawkers and peddlers.
HB1367 relative to the issuance of administrative inspection warrants.
HB1416 relative to the introduction of substances into the New Hampshire public water supply.
HB1429 enabling municipalities to adopt a property tax credit based on home renovation costs.
HB1432 relative to the release of motor vehicle registration information.
HB1439 establishing a committee to study sprinkler requirements in nightclubs.
HB1448 requiring public access to any document and Internet content which is incorporated by reference in administrative rules.
HB1449 requiring a search warrant for searches of privately-owned property.
HB1453 relative to requiring planning boards to require a deeded right-of-way to a public road as a condition for approval of plans for certain developments.
HB1476 prohibiting the enforcement of out-of-state laws, rules, codes, and fess not approved by the New Hampshire legislature.
HB1480 relative to requiring sprinklers in certain buildings.
HB1482 relative to the exemption from property taxation for hospitals.
HB1506 relative to the right-to-know exemption for public employee personnel files.
HB1514 establishing the crime of oppressing an inhabitant's free exercise of rights.
HB1520 prohibiting law enforcement officers from failing to investigate criminal complaints against public servants.
HB1522 reducing the penalty for violating a local vendor ordinance.
HB1531 relative to prosecution for victimless crimes.
HB1532 relative to trespass on land which is not posted.
HB1539 relative to the state building code.
HB1541 repealing the authority of officials to enter and examine the premises of an automotive recycling dealer.
HB1542 relative to interference with state constitutional rights.
HB1554 relative to fire code requirements for licensed foster homes.
HB1565 establishing a committee to study landlord-tenant law and practice.
HB1614 establishing a committee to study the public health implications involved with the imposition of the energy provisions of the state building code.
HB1618 relative to fire safety standards for community living facilities.
HB1628 relative to compliance with fire safety and state building code requirements by municipalities.
SB84 relative to state regulation of the septic system installation process. 
SB94 relative to state certification of community residences in municipalities with zoning ordinances which accommodate certified community residences.
SB213 relative to the authority of state agencies to assess fines and penalties.
SB226 transferring the administration of the electricians' board to the joint board for licensure and certification.
SB239 (New Title) relative to the membership and duties of the installation standards board.
SB340 relative to locations for junkyards.
SB241 relative to expiration and extension of terrain alteration permits.
SB335 establishing a procedure for certain condominiums to waive portions of the state fire code.
SB340 relative to locations for junkyards.
SB342 including standards for log homes in the New Hampshire building code.
SB359 relative to civil actions involving accessibility standards for public buildings.