---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring recusal of members of zoning boards of adjustment and planning boards in certain circumstances."
description: "requiring recusal of members of zoning boards of adjustment and planning boards in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 92"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 92 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe H. Alexander"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-23"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee47f058-dc05-47a9-b72d-b6b22e52d263"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0125&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "556b340a06e357b4819a7808fbd63394fc0b97cf935cf5f0844f38084506b6eb"
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 92 (2025) — requiring recusal of members of zoning boards of adjustment and planning boards in certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1472s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1472s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Joe H. Alexander — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Jim V. Maggiore — cosponsor (person)
- John Sellers — cosponsor (person)
- John T MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa R Mazur — cosponsor (person)
- Richard W. Lascelles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-23** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/13/2025 11:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-01-15** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/23/2025 01:40 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-05** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/10/2025 02:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0317h (NT) 02/10/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 12 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Amendment # 2025-0317h: AA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 9
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0317h: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2025-04-17** Committee Amendment # 2025-1472s, AA, VV; 04/17/2025; SJ 10
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1472s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1472s, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1472s (Rep. Pauer): MA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 3
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-25** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/23/2025; Chapter 108; eff. 08/22/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee47f058-dc05-47a9-b72d-b6b22e52d263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).