NH Bill Summaries
New Hampshire legislators have requested hundreds of bills for 2021. The legislature has yet to publish all of the bill texts. Citizens Count will continue to add bills to this page as their text is released. Our analysts read every single bill and summarize it in plain language so you can easily discover what's really up for debate. Interested in testifying for or against a bill this year? Read our tutorial.
| Bill Number | Became Law? | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 174 (2021) | Active | Require drivers to report hitting a cat |
| HB 175 (2021) | No | Requires the Department of Safety to accept driver education courses… |
| HB 176 (2021) | Active | Allow take-out wine and mixed drinks |
| HB 177 (2021) | No | No landfills near state parks |
| HB 178 (2021) | Yes | Amends various provisions of the adult parole process. For example,… |
| HB 179 (2021) | Active | Longer sentence for negligent homicide if past DUIs |
| HB 180 (2021) | Active | Stricter penalty for paying for sexual contact with a human trafficked child |
| HB 181 (2021) | No | Allows a city to vote on accepting a sports book retail location at the… |
| HB 182 (2021) | Active | Requires the principal or other administrator of a high school to grant… |
| HB 183 (2021) | Active | Prohibits a city, town, or village district from licensing or… |
| HB 184 (2021) | No | Prohibits the operation of personal water craft within 300 feet of any… |
| HB 185 (2021) | No | Remove Medicaid work requirements |
| HB 186 (2021) | No | Repeals certain inactive committees and revises the membership and… |
| HB 187 (2021) | Active | More legislative oversight of DHHS orders during a public health emergency |
| HB 188 (2021) | No | Right to free counsel for juveniles, no juvenile confessions without counsel present |
| HB 189 (2021) | No | Allow 3 accessory dwelling units per single-family home |
| HB 190 (2021) | Yes | Requires that the ethics financial disclosure form for legislators only… |
| HB 191 (2021) | Active | Adds requirements for prior authorizations under managed care health… |
| HB 192 (2021) | Yes | More types of pistols allowed for deer hunting |
| HB 193 (2021) | Yes | Provides that any person who negligently or recklessly causes timber to… |
| HB 194 (2021) | Yes | Student testing data privacy changes |
| HB 195 (2021) | Active | Displaying a firearm exception from reckless conduct |
| HB 196 (2021) | Active | Make it legal to display firearm to warn off trespassers, property damage |
| HB 197 (2021) | Active | Allow deadly force defending a person in a vehicle |
| HB 198 (2021) | Active | Restrict high school sports teams to biological sex at birth |
