New Hampshire HB 1171: extending the commission to study environmentally-triggered chronic illness.

Bill Text

HB 1171 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2467

 06/05

HOUSE BILL 1171

AN ACT relative to eviction safeguards for tenants whose Social Security payments are disrupted.

SPONSORS: Rep. O'Rorke, Ches. 7; Rep. Bricchi, Merr. 15; Rep. N. Germana, Ches. 15; Rep. Gruber, Ches. 16; Rep. Jones, Ches. 3; Rep. Lucas, Graf. 7; Rep. Newell, Ches. 4; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10

COMMITTEE: Housing

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ANALYSIS

 This bill establishes a 90-day grace period for residential tenants who miss rent payments due to an unexpected interruption in their monthly Social Security benefits.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2467

 06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to eviction safeguards for tenants whose Social Security payments are disrupted.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Paragraph; Social Security Entitlement Payments. Amend RSA 540:3 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph: 

 I-a. If a residential tenant neglects to pay rent due to the unanticipated halt of monthly Social Security payments, the tenant shall have a 90-day grace period to seek other shelter or seek other funding. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.