---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study siting and maintenance rules regarding certain intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) and acquired brain disorder (ABD) community residences."
description: "establishing a committee to study siting and maintenance rules regarding certain intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) and acquired brain disorder (ABD) community residences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1763"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1763 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Drago"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-17"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35469b5b-1554-4788-8f30-02468ac45bed"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1989&inflect=2"
source_hash: "8d8bc99902e7fa32e0035f0f7c814e246f4983540bc60ade986d51978a760ebf"
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 1763 (2026) — establishing a committee to study siting and maintenance rules regarding certain intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) and acquired brain disorder (ABD) community residences.

## 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=24523&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=26885&q=billVersion)
3. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31043&q=billVersion)
4. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33968&q=billVersion)
5. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32198&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Mike Drago — primary (person)
- Brian G Nadeau — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Lynn Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa R Mazur — cosponsor (person)
- Liz F Barbour — cosponsor (person)
- Mary J Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Steven T Bogert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 35 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/21/2026 01:00 pm GP 158
- **2026-01-21** Executive Session: 01/28/2026 02:30 pm GP 158
- **2026-02-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0193h (NT) 01/28/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 6 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Amendment # 2026-0193h (NT): AA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 6
- **2026-02-12** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0193h: MA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Finance 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 7 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 62
- **2026-03-11** Hearing: 03/18/2026, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 10
- **2026-04-10** Committee Amendment # 2026-1431s, AA, VV; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
- **2026-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1431s, 04/16/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 14A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1431s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-07** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1431s (Reps. W. MacDonald, Janigian): MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **2026-06-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2126e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/21/2026); SJ 14 `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2126e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/21/2026 HJ 14
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 181; eff. 06/19/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35469b5b-1554-4788-8f30-02468ac45bed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).