---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to planning board members serving on other local boards."
description: "relative to planning board members serving on other local boards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1246 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Fracht"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6bb8750-49ef-4583-bb74-dd832439809a"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1946&inflect=2"
source_hash: "24c9896fff120909eb9e029a7c8b64b602f6f2f40bb6f768e0361b518df44d48"
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 1246 (2026) — relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.

## 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=22901&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31293&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30110&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- David Fracht — primary (person)
- Deborah Aylward — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Laurel Stavis — 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. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 11:05 am GP 154
- **2026-01-22** Executive Session: 01/20/2026 11:05 am GP 154
- **2026-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/20/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 5 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Hearing: 03/10/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:15 am; SC 9
- **2026-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/26/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/26/2026); SJ 8 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 56
- **2026-04-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/22/2026; Chapter 33; eff. 06/21/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6bb8750-49ef-4583-bb74-dd832439809a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).