---
type: "Bill"
title: "removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts."
description: "removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1161"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1161 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew S Hicks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13501e18-0aa1-46eb-a933-b275991ea638"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1861&inflect=2"
source_hash: "199caddc19645447622c57146b419ad22a184ee726ffeefd568570db3f330ca1"
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 1161 (2026) — removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=22808&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33261&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30686&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Matthew S Hicks — primary (person)
- Dale R Girard — cosponsor (person)
- David Fracht — cosponsor (person)
- Eleana Marie Colby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Public Hearing: 01/27/2026 09:40 am GP 154
- **2026-02-04** Executive Session: 02/03/2026 11:15 am GP 153
- **2026-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/03/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 7 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 28 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-25** Introduced 02/19/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Hearing: 03/24/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:15 am; SC 11
- **2026-03-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **2026-05-28** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/22/2026; Chapter 83; eff. 07/21/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13501e18-0aa1-46eb-a933-b275991ea638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).