Bill Text - SB179 (2025)

(New Title) relative to the state council on housing stability.


Revision: Feb. 28, 2025, 9:47 a.m.

SB 179-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2025 SESSION

25-1121

05/09

 

SENATE BILL 179-FN

 

AN ACT to administratively attach the state council on housing stability to the department of health and human services.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that the state council on housing stability shall be administratively attached to the department of health and human services.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-1121

05/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT to administratively attach the state council on housing stability to the department of health and human services.

 

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

 

1  State Council on Housing Stability.  Amend RSA 4-H:1 to read as follows:

4-H:1  State Council on Housing Stability Established.  There is hereby established the state council on housing stability for the purpose of implementing the plan to create housing stability for all citizens of the state of New Hampshire.  The council shall be administratively attached to the department of health and human services as defined in RSA 21-G:5.   

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

 

LBA

25-1121

Revised 2/25/25

 

SB 179-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT to administratively attach the state council on housing stability to the department of health and human services.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:   This bill does not provide funding, nor does it authorize new positions.

 

 

Estimated State Impact

 

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

FY 2028

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue Fund(s)

None

Expenditures*

$0

$11,700

$12,100

$12,600

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 administratively attaches the State Council on Housing Stability to the Department of Health and Human Services.  The Department states the bill will require the creation of a new position to provide administrative support to the council.  This can be supported by a part-time administrative position, with an estimated cost of $11,700 for SFY26, $12,100 for SFY27, and $12,600 for SFY28.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Health and Human Services