---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to property tax exemptions for charitable organizations for the prior tax year."
description: "relative to property tax exemptions for charitable organizations for the prior tax year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 426"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 426 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John T MacDonald"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ea378a1-5d11-4b5a-836f-be86cfcba4b1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0641&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "a44c440d3f7e890abf409c96186bf2dc65282702fe4e0f227ce18a1721a7dc4a"
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 426 (2025) — relative to property tax exemptions for charitable organizations for the prior tax year.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0141h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0141h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- John T MacDonald — primary (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Jim V. Maggiore — cosponsor (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Katy Peternel — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — 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 11:30 am 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 # 2025-0141h 02/18/2025 (Vote 16-2; CC) HC 14 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Amendment # 2025-0141h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 18
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0141h: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 18 `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, 10:15 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 31
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/01/2025); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/14/2025; Chapter 30; eff.05/14/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ea378a1-5d11-4b5a-836f-be86cfcba4b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).