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Bill Text

SB 502-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

01/29/2026 0116s

05/21/2026 1988EBA

2026 SESSION

 26-2098

 07/08

SENATE BILL 502-FN

AN ACT removing references to the department of business and economic affairs and the office of planning and development, and making various changes to how certain committees and commissions participate or operate.

SPONSORS: Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. McGough, Dist 11; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Wood, Merr. 13; Rep. Aures, Merr. 13

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill removes references to the department of business and economic affairs and the office of planning and development, and makes various changes to how certain committees and commissions participate or operate.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01/29/2026 0116s

05/21/2026 1988EBA 26-2098

 07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT removing references to the department of business and economic affairs and the office of planning and development and making various changes to how certain committees and commissions participate or operate. 

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

 1 The State and Its Government; New Hampshire Geographic Information System Committee; Geographic Information System (GIS) Committee Established. Amend RSA 4-F:1, I(a)(6) to read as follows:

 (6) [Office of planning and development] Department of business and economic affairs.

 2 The State and Its Government; Department of Business and Economic Affairs; Establishment; Purpose. Amend RSA 12-O:2, I and II to read as follows:

 I. There shall be a department of business and economic affairs under the executive direction of a commissioner of business and economic affairs, consisting of but not limited to a division of economic development, a division of planning and community development, and a division of travel and tourism. The department's purpose shall be to ensure the efficient coordinated function of the department, economic development policies of the state of New Hampshire and the collaborative participation of all related state departments, agencies, and authorities.

 II. The purpose of this chapter is to improve the administration of state government by providing unified direction of policies, programs, and personnel in the field of economic development, planning and community development, and travel and tourism development making possible increased efficiency and economies from integrated administration and operation of these related functions of the state government.

 3 The State and Its Government; Department of Energy; General Provisions. Amend RSA 12-P:3, II to read as follows: 

 II. The department of energy is authorized to work with [the department of business and economic affairs,] the public utilities commission[,] and the department of administrative services to coordinate the implementation of the establishment of the department, and to transfer appropriations and create the proper expenditure lines, if needed, for the establishment of their respective operations, including but not limited to the relocation of personnel, work stations, books, papers, personnel record files, and equipment, with the approval of the governor and council and of the director of personnel. 

 4 Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places; Regional Planning Commissions; Purposes. Amend RSA 36:45 to read as follows:

 36:45 Purposes. The purpose of this subdivision shall be to enable municipalities and counties to join in the formation of regional planning commissions whose duty it shall be to prepare a coordinated plan for the development of a region, taking into account present and future needs with a view toward encouraging the most appropriate use of land, such as for agriculture, forestry, industry, commerce, and housing; the facilitation of transportation and communication; the proper and economic location of public utilities and services; the development of adequate recreational areas; the promotion of good civic design; and the wise and efficient expenditure of public funds. The aforesaid plan shall be made in order to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the region and its inhabitants. To promote these purposes the [office of planning and development] division of planning and community development shall delineate planning regions for the state so that each municipality of the state will fall within a delineated region and shall have the