Bill Text - HB1201 (2026)

Requiring certain political committees to disclose the identity of their donors.


Revision: Dec. 1, 2025, 9:31 a.m.

HB 1201  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2579

04/09

 

HOUSE BILL 1201

 

AN ACT requiring certain political committees to disclose the identity of their donors.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Muirhead, Graf. 12; Rep. Lane, Merr. 16

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires any political committee exempt from taxation to disclose the identity of its donors.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2579

04/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT requiring certain political committees to disclose the identity of their donors.

 

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

 

1  Donor Disclosure; Mandatory Voter Notice Required.  Amend RSA 664:6, VII to read as follows:  

VII.  Any political committee that is exempt from taxation under sections 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), or 501(c)(6) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [may disclose, but] shall [not] be required to disclose in its itemized statement of receipts, the identity of its donors.  [Any political committee affected by this section who chooses not to disclose the identity of its donors shall place the following disclosure on all communications to voters:  "This organization has an exemption under the federal law and is not required, and chooses not, to disclose its donors."]  

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