HB 1349 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-3144
06/08
HOUSE BILL 1349
AN ACT relative to exemptions from multi-family zoning requirements for small or low-density communities.
SPONSORS: Rep. Meuse, Rock. 37; Rep. Mandelbaum, Rock. 21
COMMITTEE: Housing
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ANALYSIS
This bill exempts municipalities with fewer than 250 residents per square mile from the statutory requirement to permit multi-family residential development on commercially zoned land, regardless of federal rural or urban designations or overlapping area classifications.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-3144
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to exemptions from multi-family zoning requirements for small or low-density communities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Amendment to Zoning Regulations. Amend RSA 674:80 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. A municipality with a population density of less than 250 residents per square mile, as determined by the latest population data from the United States Census Bureau, shall be exempt from this section. This exemption shall apply to municipalities regardless of any designation by the United States Census Bureau of a community being a rural or urban area and by any resulting overlapping of these areas.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 22, 2026 | House | Hearing |
Jan. 8, 2026: Public Hearing: 01/22/2026 11:30 am GP 231
Dec. 2, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Housing