---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to issuing building permits along private roads."
description: "relative to issuing building permits along private roads."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 296"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 296 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick M Ladd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4941d16-775c-43a8-b6d3-0bb193f8839f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0599&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "69ad1dd541c81e21388ed9b0f9b29a7e9db7c4784c1b9c5b6bd3821d88b8e8fe"
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 296 (2025) — relative to issuing building permits along private roads.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2154s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2154s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rick M Ladd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Housing HJ 2 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 01:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2025-02-05** Full Committee Work Session: 02/11/2025 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2025-03-13** Executive Session: 03/13/2025 12:10 pm LOB 305
- **2025-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0797h 03/13/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 17 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment # 2025-0797h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 35
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0797h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 35 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Hearing: 04/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 17
- **2025-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2154s, 05/22/2025, Vote 4-2; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Committee Amendment # 2025-2154s, AA, VV; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2154s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2154s (Rep. Alexander Jr.): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 12
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 175; eff.09/13/2025 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4941d16-775c-43a8-b6d3-0bb193f8839f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).