---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to structural changes to the department of energy and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights and relative to the effect of murder on a decedent's estate."
description: "relative to structural changes to the department of energy and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights and relative to the effect of murder on a decedent's estate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 266"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 266 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael D Harrington"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f83f601-148c-4e8b-b21d-8a237d423d6e"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "86285bb937a44f3285b3c1bc27b7f577cf0eff7865f34bbc88f209ce4ca2012d"
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 266 (2026) — relative to structural changes to the department of energy and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights and relative to the effect of murder on a decedent's estate.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Michael D Harrington — primary (person)
- James Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M Notter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Vacated and Referred to Science, Technology and Energy (Rep. C. McGuire): MA VV (in recess of) 01/09/2025 HJ 3 P. 28 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Public Hearing: 03/03/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-06** Executive Session: 03/10/2025 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-06** Full Committee Work Session: 03/10/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-11** Retained in Committee
- **2025-09-25** Full Committee Work Session: 10/14/2025 10:00 am GP 229
- **2025-09-25** Executive Session: 10/14/2025 01:00 pm GP 229
- **2025-11-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2998h 10/14/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 51 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-07** Amendment # 2025-2998h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 78
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2998h: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 78 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-30** Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing: 02/11/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 5
- **2026-02-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/19/2026, Vote 3-0; SC 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2026-0719s, AA, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
- **2026-02-19** Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2026-0720s; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
- **2026-02-19** Chair Ruled Sections of Amendment # 2026-0720s Non-Germane, 02/19/2026; SJ 4
- **2026-02-19** Without Objection, Rule 3-17 is Suspended to Allow Non-Germane Amendment # 2026-0720s; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
- **2026-02-19** Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2026-0720s, AA, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
- **2026-02-19** Ought to Pass with Amendments #2026-0719s and #2026-0720s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/19/2026; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-19** Read a Third Time; and Final Passage in the early session; MA; VV, 02/19/2026; SJ 4
- **2026-02-19** Without Objection, the Clerk is authorized to make technical and administrative corrections which are necessary to reflect the intent of the Senate, MA; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
- **2026-02-24** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-0719s and 2026-0720s (Rep. Vose): MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 89
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 124
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/19/2026); SJ 5 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Governor Ayotte 03/03/2026; Chapter 4; eff. I. Sec 5-8 eff 3/3/2026 II. Rem eff 5/2/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f83f601-148c-4e8b-b21d-8a237d423d6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).