HB 1371
prohibiting application fees for residential rental agreements.
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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 | 2/19/2026 |
| LSR number | 3009 |
| Local government impact | no |
| Committee code | H64 |
Where it stands
House: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Every floor vote on this bill was a voice or division vote, so there is no record of how individual legislators voted.
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Sponsors
Lucas, Janet(D) Graf 7, Booras, Efstathia(D) Hills 8, Hegner, Karen(D) Hills 41, Hicks, Matthew(D) Merr 24, Read, Ellen(D) Rock 10
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 Housing
- January 27, 2026Public Hearing: 01/27/2026 11:00 am GP 231
- February 3, 2026Executive Session: 02/03/2026 10:00 am GP 231
- February 9, 2026Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/03/2026 (Vote 16-2; CC)
- February 19, 2026Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/19/2026
Votes
Roll call tallies and individual votes from the General Court roll call files. Presiding, excused and absent are shown separately: one member presides over each House roll call and does not vote except to break a tie.
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
The committee believes this bill is not needed at this time. This bill as proposed would rewrite the application fee language that was carefully compromised and implemented last year. This bill would expand the application fee language into RSA 356-C:12 which is the prohibition section of the RSA. Under current law in RSA 540 there is language that allows the housing provider to collect an application fee but if they choose not to rent the unit to the applicant they must return the fee beyond the actual cost of conducting a background check, credit check, and reasonable administrative costs from vetting the tenant. The committee does not believe these changes need to be made at this time. Vote 16-2.
Hearings and recordings
Recordings are the General Court’s own, on YouTube. Start times are estimates unless stated otherwise, and the player opens early.
- January 27, 2026 at 11:00Housing public hearing recording 2:47:14–2:56:24, about 9 min (estimated)
- February 3, 2026 at 10:00Housing executive session recording 1:25:30–1:26:00, about 0 min (estimated)
- February 19, 2026House floor debate recording (start time not identified)
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