HB 1057
relative to the maintenance of private roads held in common ownership.
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On the record
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| Status | HOUSE |
|---|---|
| In the House | INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE |
| Introduced | 1/7/2026 |
| Floor date | 2/5/2026 |
| LSR number | 2309 |
| Local government impact | no |
| Committee code | H20 |
Where it stands
House: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
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Sponsors
Aylward, Deborah(R) Merr 5, Fracht, David(D) Graf 16
Prime sponsor in bold. From the General Court sponsor file.
What happened
Every action recorded in the official docket, in order. Each line ends with the journal or calendar that recorded it; where we have the document, that citation links to it.
- January 7, 2026Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Public Works and Highways
- January 20, 2026Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 10:00 am GP 228
- January 20, 2026Executive Session: 01/20/2026 10:00 am GP 228
- January 27, 2026Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/20/2026 (Vote 13-0; CC)
- February 5, 2026Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/05/2026
Votes
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Inexpedient to Legislate
Decided on a voice vote. Only the outcome was recorded — there is no count of how any member voted.
Committee reports
Reproduced from the House Calendar in the committee’s own words.
Committee — INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Private roads and easements are an absolute necessity to many Granite Staters who rely upon these shared, often unregulated, access roads. Consequently, private road maintenance is governed under RSA 231:81-a I(b) which came into existence back in 2019 after exhaustive stakeholder engagement. Absent a maintenance agreement recorded with the appropriate county Registry of Deeds, the law allows road installation improvements to occur with the written consent of a majority of the owners using the road. The proposed law would change “a majority of owners” to “unanimous consent” which could allow a single owner to prevent necessary maintenance from occurring on the private road. It was the unanimous consensus of the committee that this change in the law would be detrimental to the other road users who rely on a private road to access their property. The change wouldn’t improve the current process nor the existing law. Allowing a single property owner to hold up road maintenance and improvements under a “unanimous consent” process would be a costly proposition for all road users. The committee unanimously agreed that the law is working; that there is no need to change it; and that any aggrieved property owner has an available remedy with superior court. Vote 13-0.
Hearings and recordings
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- January 20, 2026 at 10:00Public Works and Highways public hearing recording 0:24:01–0:29:25, about 5 min (estimated)
- January 20, 2026 at 10:00Public Works and Highways executive session recording (start time not identified)
- February 5, 2026House floor debate recording (start time not identified)
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