New Hampshire HB 1050: relative to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase a firearm.

Bill Text

HB 1050 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2452

 06/05

HOUSE BILL 1050

AN ACT establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.

SPONSORS: Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Farrington, Straf. 8; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8; Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. Mazur, Hills. 44; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16

COMMITTEE: Housing

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ANALYSIS

 This bill establishes the right to provide educational instruction to children in any designated or non-designated zone within a municipality, overriding any zoning ordinances or land use regulations that might restrict or prohibit such education.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2452

 06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT establishing the right to provide educational instruction in municipally zoned and non-zoned areas.

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

 1 New Subdivision; Learning Pod Protection. Amend RSA 674 by inserting after section 76 the following new subdivision:

Learning Pod Protection

 674:77 Definitions. In this subdivision:

 I. "Learning pod" means providing educational instruction to voluntarily associated children in any designated or non-designated zone within a municipality.

 II. "Municipally zoned area" means an area designated for specific uses through a local zoning ordinance.

 III. "Non-zoned area" refers to any area within a municipality that is not subject to zoning ordinances or regulations.

 674:78 Rights. Every voluntarily associated child shall have the right to be educated in any municipally zoned or non-zoned area within the municipality.

 674:79 Implementation. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no zoning ordinance or land use regulation shall restrict or prohibit the provision of educational instruction in any area within the municipality.

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