Revision: Dec. 17, 2025, 8:49 a.m.
HB 1771-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-3132
05/08
HOUSE BILL 1771-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Drye, Sull. 7
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill repeals the prospective repeal of child care staffing ratios and the associated waiver system. The bill also requires the department of health and human services to provide annual notice to child care providers of the option to request a waiver of the child care staffing requirements.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-3132
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Child Care Licensing; Child Care Staffing Ratios; Notice of Waiver. Amend RSA 170-E:11, I(c)(5) to read as follows:
(5) The department shall provide an annual notice to licensed child care providers of the option to request a waiver of the child care staffing requirements established under this subparagraph.
(6) The department shall make an interim report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate on the number of waivers applied for, granted, and denied by November 1, 2025. The department shall make a [final] report on the number of waivers applied for, granted, denied, and renewed by November 1, 2026 and annually thereafter.
2 Repeal. 2024, 197:3, I, relative to the prospective repeal on December 31, 2026, of RSA 170-E:11, I(c) relative to child care staffing ratios and the waiver system, is repealed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
26-3132
12/16/25
HB 1771-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department was initially contacted on 11/4/25 for a fiscal note worksheet, with follow-up contact made on 12/11/25. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services