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NH SB570
Bill
Status
11/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sharon Carson
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AI Summary
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Defines "public at large" as any reasonably large group of individuals or organizations similarly situated to incur similar benefits or detriments from legislation, including professions, property owners, or marketplace participants
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Revises the definition of financial interest to apply when a legislator or household member is an employee of, or receives compensation from, an individual or organization that could gain or lose material value from official activity
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Creates new definition of "direct benefit" or "direct detriment" as financial effects that flow to a legislator without intervening action by independent actors, excluding benefits affecting marketplaces where the legislator participates as a member of the public
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Clarifies that for recusal purposes, "organization" means the client rather than the lobbyist, and registering as a lobbyist alone does not constitute exercising substantial influence over an organization's affairs
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Takes effect 60 days after passage
Legislative Description
Relative to the legislative ethics committee and legislative ethics.
Last Action
Hearing: 01/28/2026, Room 103, State House, 09:10 am; Senate Calendar 3
1/20/2026