---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to eligibility for local assistance."
description: "relative to eligibility for local assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 348"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 348 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer M Rhodes"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2026-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eee11eb-2cad-45b2-99d0-de600ba07730"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "23e512a909ea6193f6411740f03ce876fbea6699c2c7ac8947614fc3e22616f2"
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 348 (2026) — relative to eligibility for local assistance.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- OTPA — **190–157** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer M Rhodes — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
- Donald S McFarlane — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Steven T Bogert — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 11:15 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-01-22** Executive Session: 01/30/2025 02:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-01-31** Retained in Committee
- **2025-09-03** Executive Session: 09/24/2025 01:00 pm GP 154
- **2025-11-13** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0154h 09/24/2025 (Vote 9-8; RC) HC 51 P. 42 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-13** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2026-01-08** Amendment # 2025-0154h: AA VV 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 60
- **2026-01-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0154h: MA RC 190-157 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 60 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Hearing: 03/03/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:30 am; SC 7
- **2026-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1207s, 03/26/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Committee Amendment # 2026-1207s, AA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- **2026-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1207s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1207s (Rep. Pauer): MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 8
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1673e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1673e: AA VV (in recess of) 04/23/2026 HJ 11
- **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 81; 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/8eee11eb-2cad-45b2-99d0-de600ba07730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).