New Hampshire SB 436: relative to zoning board of adjustment membership criteria.

Status: Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 02/05/2026; SJ 3 (as of 2026-02-05)

State: New Hampshire · Session: 2026 · Bill: SB 436

Sponsors: Daryl Abbas, Timothy Lang, Bill Gannon, Victoria Sullivan, David Watters, Keith Murphy, Regina Birdsell

Bill Text

SB 436 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2220

 06/09

SENATE BILL 436

AN ACT relative to zoning board of adjustment membership criteria.

SPONSORS: Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

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ANALYSIS

 This bill replaces the existing recusal provision for zoning board of adjustment members with a conflict of interest standard requiring recusal whenever a member&rsquo;s impartiality might reasonably be questioned and including prior quasi-judicial involvement on another board.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2220

 06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to zoning board of adjustment membership criteria.

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

 1 Appointment and Terms of Local Land Use Board Members; Zoning Board of Adjustment and Building Code Board of Appeals. RSA 673:3, V is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

 V. Any member of a zoning board of adjustment who has a conflict of interest in a matter before the board shall recuse himself or herself from acting or voting on that matter. A conflict of interest shall include any circumstance in which the member&rsquo;s impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including prior involvement in the matter in a quasi-judicial capacity as a voting member of another board.

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

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