---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to notice of tax exempt-status filing procedures by town officials or offices."
description: "relative to notice of tax exempt-status filing procedures by town officials or offices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 421"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 421 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark A Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e48cf1d4-94b2-4b2d-bf2b-8e15637d8935"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0300&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "0f814e6c7e5e54c400511d1f38f51495c141f07eccd5edb799d47b7493c171f3"
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 421 (2025) — relative to notice of tax exempt-status filing procedures by town officials or offices.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1964s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1964s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Mark A Pearson — primary (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Debra L DeSimone — cosponsor (person)
- John C Janigian — cosponsor (person)
- Jose E Cambrils — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen C. Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Paul A Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 3 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 01:50 pm LOB 307
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/18/2025 01:00 pm LOB 201
- **2025-02-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0354h 02/18/2025 (Vote 16-2; CC) HC 14 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Amendment # 2025-0354h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 17
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0354h: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Hearing: 04/08/2025, Room 103, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 16
- **2025-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1964s, 05/15/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2025-1964s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1964s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1964s and Requests CofC (Rep. S. Smith): MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Pauer, J. MacDonald, Walker, Maggiore 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Gray Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Gray, Lang, Long; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-17** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/17/2025 12:30 pm LOB 305
- **2025-07-08** Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17
- **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e48cf1d4-94b2-4b2d-bf2b-8e15637d8935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).