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NH HB488

Bill

Status

Engrossed

1/15/2026

Primary Sponsor

Walter Spilsbury

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits individuals from simultaneously holding certain incompatible municipal offices, including combinations of selectman, treasurer, moderator, trustee of trust funds, tax collector, auditor, highway agent, and full-time police chief

  • Bars full-time municipal employees and department heads from serving as selectmen, on planning boards (except as expressly allowed), or on any budget or finance-related boards of the same municipality

  • Prevents town clerks from holding other elected or appointed offices except tax collector or deputy tax collector, and bars selectmen from also serving on school boards or boards of assessors in the same town

  • Prohibits municipal employees who provide support for local land use boards from serving on those same boards

  • Allows current officeholders with newly conflicting positions to remain until the next elections are held, with alternates treated the same as full members for conflict purposes

Legislative Description

Relative to limiting conflicts of interest and concentrations of power for municipalboard and committee members.

Last Action

Hearing: 03/10/2026, Room 122-123, State House, 09:30 am; Senate Calendar 9

3/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Election Law and Municipal Affairs1/15/2026
Municipal and County Government1/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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