---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts; and requiring the use of public notices before reassessment of property values for tax purposes."
description: "prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts; and requiring the use of public notices before reassessment of property values for tax purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 71"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 71 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Juliet Harvey-Bolia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-23"
last_action: "2025-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feba2fc0-65fc-4876-9444-4db6d45ba8f7"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0064&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "36f2c05a61752af185f837112731306ca65b1c373c324b00497d5c6ee72490db"
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 71 (2025) — prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts; and requiring the use of public notices before reassessment of property values for tax purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2917e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2917e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **16–7** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report — **16–8** (pass) · upper
- OTP — **211–146** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **15–8** (pass) · upper
- OTPA — **209–162** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — primary (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory G. Hill — cosponsor (person)
- James R Thibault — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Katy Peternel — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa M Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-23** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 2 P. 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-01-22** Executive Session: 01/27/2025 01:30 pm LOB 205-207
- **2025-01-30** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/27/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 10 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-02-06** Ought to Pass: MA RC 211-146 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Finance 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 15 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Division III Work Session: 02/14/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2025-02-14** Division III Work Session: 02/18/2025 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2025-03-03** Division III Work Session: 03/05/2025 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2025-03-14** Executive Session: 03/17/2025 01:15 pm LOB 210-211
- **2025-03-14** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-0555h: 03/17/2025 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2025-04-03** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0555h (NT) 04/02/2025 (Vote 14-11; RC) HC 19 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-04-10** Amendment # 2025-0555h (NT): AA VV 04/10/2025 HJ 12 P. 28
- **2025-04-10** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0555h: MA RC 209-162 04/10/2025 HJ 12 P. 29 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-11** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Hearing: 04/29/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 19
- **2025-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass: RC 15Y-8N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-22** Special Order to 06/05/2026, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2025 SJ 14
- **2025-05-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2025, Vote 5-2; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/05/2025, Vote 5-2; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Sen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2025-2494s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
- **2025-06-05** Sen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2025-2495s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
- **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendments #2025-2494s, and #2025-2495s, RC 16Y-7N, MA; OT3rdg; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2494s and 2025-2495s and Requests CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 168
- **2025-06-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Cordelli, Noble, Freeman, Terry 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 168
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Gannon Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Gannon, Avard, Reardon; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-16** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/16/2025 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-06-12** Conferee Change; Senator Lang Replaces Senator Avard; SJ 17
- **2025-06-19** Conferee Change; Senator Birdsell Replaces Senator Reardon; SJ 17
- **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2025-2772c; 06/26/2025
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2272c: Adopted, DV 204-163 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 23
- **2025-06-25** Removed from Consent (Reps. Cornell, Selig, Weinstein, Kluger, Balboni, M. Hall, Damon, Luneau, M. Murray, Burton) 06/25/2025 HJ 18 P. 17
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2772c; RC 16Y-8N, Adopted; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
- **2025-06-05** Without Objection, the Clerk is authorized to make technical and administrative corrections which are necessary to reflect the intent of the Senate, MA; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
- **2025-07-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2917e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2917e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 63
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 64
- **2025-08-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 265; eff. I.Sec 4 & 5 eff 07/01/2025 II. Rem eff 09/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/feba2fc0-65fc-4876-9444-4db6d45ba8f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).