New Hampshire HB 1498: requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

Bill Text

HB 1498 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2428

 12/07

HOUSE BILL 1498

AN ACT requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

SPONSORS: Rep. Balboni, Rock. 38; Rep. Cornell, Hills. 22; Rep. Maggiore, Rock. 23; Rep. Knab, Rock. 12; Rep. Muns, Rock. 29; Rep. Malloy, Rock. 24; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

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ANALYSIS

 This bill requires all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions to be posted to the general court website and appropriate state department website within 5 days of a meeting.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2428

 12/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.

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

 1 New Paragraph; Right-to-Know; Legislative Committee and Statutory Commission Meetings. Amend RSA 91-A:4 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph: 

 X. All agendas, minutes, and reports of legislative study committees and statutory commission meetings shall be posted on an appropriate state department's website, as well as the general court's website, within 5 days of the meeting. The clerks of the house of representatives and senate shall post such information on the general court's website. Nothing in this paragraph shall interfere with or invalidate the provisions of RSA 91-A:3 and RSA 91-A:5. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.