Revision: June 26, 2025, 2:56 p.m.
HB 71-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
10Apr2025... 0555h
06/05/2025 2494s
06/05/2025 2495s
26Jun2025... 2772CofC
2025 SESSION
25-0064
02/05
HOUSE BILL 71-FN
AN ACT prohibiting the school facilities to be used to provide shelter for aliens, relative to department of health and human services contracts, requiring the use of public notices before re-assessment of property values for tax purposes, and relative to construction of a public pier on Hampton Beach and making an appropriation therefor.
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 3; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Sweeney, Rock. 25; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8; Rep. Sabourin, Rock. 30; Rep. Thibault, Merr. 25; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Prohibits the use of public schools or institutions of higher learning from providing shelter for specified aliens who have not been admitted to the United States, absent a specified disaster.
II. Requires the department of health and human services to include references to the patients' bill of rights in contracts and contract addenda.
III. Revises notice requirements prior to reappraisal of taxable property.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10Apr2025... 0555h
06/05/2025 2494s
06/05/2025 2495s
26Jun2025... 2772CofC 25-0064
02/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Prohibition on Use of School and Institution Facilities to Shelter Certain Aliens. Amend RSA 126-A by inserting after section 32 the following new section:
126-A:32-a Prohibition on Use of School and Institution Facilities to Shelter Certain Aliens.
I. In this section:
(a) “Shelter or housing”:
(1) Means emergency shelter or housing provided exclusively to specified aliens under order of the federal government, a state, or a unit of local government; and
(2) Does not include short-term emergency shelter made necessary by a specified disaster.
(b) “Short-term” means for a duration not to exceed 72 hours.
(c) “Specified alien” means an alien, as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a), who has not been admitted, as so defined.
(d) “Specified disaster” means any fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, tidal wave, earthquake, or snowstorm, for which a disaster declaration is made by the federal government or a state.
II. As a condition on receipt of state financial assistance under any applicable program by a district public school, chartered public school, public academy, or an institution of higher learning, the facilities of the school or institution shall not be used to provide shelter or housing for specified aliens.
2 Department of Health and Human Services; Contracts. All department of health and human services contracts or contract amendments shall include a provision requiring the contractor to comply with the patients' bill of rights as applicable pursuant to RSA 151:21.
3 Applicability. Section 2 of this act shall apply to contracts or contract amendments entered into on or after the effective date of that section.
4 Appraisal of Taxable Property; Annual Appraisal; Municipalities Over 10,000; 45-Day Notice of Revaluation. Amend RSA 75:8-b to read as follows:
75:8-b Annual Appraisal; Municipalities Over 10,000. Except when assessing real estate under RSA 75:8-a, any municipality with a population over 10,000 as determined pursuant to RSA 78-A:25 intending to appraise real estate annually at market value, as defined in RSA 75:1, shall authorize such annual appraisal by a majority vote of the governing body. The governing body shall hold 2 public hearings regarding the annual appraisal process at least 15 days, but not more than 60 days, prior to the governing body's authorization vote. Any municipality with a population over 10,000 as determined pursuant to RSA 78-A:25 annually appraising real estate at market value shall provide notification of changes to the assessed valuation at least 45 days prior to the issuance of the final tax bill[, either]. Such notice shall be [by individual notice to the property owner,] by public notice in a local newspaper of general circulation, by public notice on the municipalities' main website or any social media accounts utilized by the municipality, and public notice posted in the 2 places where the municipality regularly posts notices of its governing body meetings, or by any other means deemed appropriate by the governing body.
5 New Section; Five-Year Valuation Notice. Amend RSA 75 by inserting after section 8-b the following new section:
75:8-c Five Year Valuation Notice. Any municipality that conducts a reappraisal of property pursuant to RSA 75:8-a shall provide notification of changes to the assessed valuation at least 45 days prior to the issuance of the final tax bill. Such notice shall be [by individual notice to the property owner,] by public notice in a local newspaper of general circulation, by public notice on the municipalities' main website and any social media accounts utilized by the municipality, by public notice posted in the 2 places where the municipality regularly posts notices of its governing body meetings, [and] or by any other means deemed appropriate by the governing body.
6 Effective Date.
I. Sections 4 and 5 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
25-0064
4/30/25
HB 71-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2025-0555h)
AN ACT prohibiting the use of the facilities of a public elementary school, a public secondary school, or an institution of higher education to provide shelter for aliens who have not been admitted into the United States and relative to department of health and human services contracts.
FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding, nor does it authorize new positions.
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Estimated State Impact | ||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | None | |||||
Expenditures* | $0 | Indeterminable | ||||
Funding Source(s) | None | |||||
Appropriations* | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | None | |||||
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill | ||||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill prohibits certain educational facilities from being used to provide shelter to specified aliens who have not been admitted into the United States. The Department of Health and Human Services suggests that the bill may conflict with federal guidance, potentially resulting in the loss of federal funding from the Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In the worst-case scenario in which all such funding were withheld, the Department estimates the loss of federal revenue at $12 to $18 million per year. The fiscal impact, therefore, ranges from $0 to $18 million.
The Department of Education states that the bill will have no impact on that Department.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Departments of Education and Health and Human Services