---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to notice and public access requirements for hybrid and virtual agency public comment hearings for rulemaking."
description: "relative to notice and public access requirements for hybrid and virtual agency public comment hearings for rulemaking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 266"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 266 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol M. McGuire"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c057985b-e04f-43c4-afe3-655e6325f2fe"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0225&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "b412e1ae0946ad0c9150d9069517ffaeda5ced1e86f4d29e88a47cb313ca9c6b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 266 (2023) — relative to notice and public access requirements for hybrid and virtual agency public comment hearings for rulemaking.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Sponsors

- Carol M. McGuire — primary (person)
- Jeffrey P. Goley — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/19/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-02** Executive Session: 02/08/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/08/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 11 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Hearing: 04/18/2023, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 18
- **2023-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-07-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/30/2023; Chapter 125; Eff: 08/29/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c057985b-e04f-43c4-afe3-655e6325f2fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).