HB 1498
requiring all agendas, minutes, and reports of study committees and statutory commissions be made available to the public on the general court website and specific state agency websites.
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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 | 2428 |
| Local government impact | no |
| Committee code | H12 |
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.
A bill goes on the consent calendar when the committee vote was unanimous or nearly so, and any members who dissented did not object to placing it there. It then passes without floor debate. Ten members may file a petition to pull a bill off the consent calendar and have it debated and voted on separately.
Sponsors
Balboni, Peggy(D) Rock 38, Altschiller, Debra(D) Rock 24, Cornell, Patricia(D) Hills 22, Knab, Allison(D) Rock 12, Maggiore, Jim(D) Rock 23, Malloy, Dennis(D) Rock 24, Muns, Chris(D) Rock 29
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 Legislative Administration
- January 22, 2026Public Hearing: 01/22/2026 10:00 am GP 234
- January 29, 2026Executive Session: 01/29/2026 10:00 am GP 234
- February 6, 2026Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/29/2026 (Vote 11-0; 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 unanimous opinion of the committee is, after hearing expert testimony from our House Clerk, that the goals of this legislation are highly problematic and unrealistic. This bill adds a new paragraph to our right to know laws that requires “[a]ll agendas, minutes, and reports of legislative study committees and statutory commission meetings [to] be posted on an appropriate state department’s website, as well as the general court’s website, within 5 days of the meeting.” NH already has an enviable right to know policy and process. Research indicates this legislation would apply to over 300 such committees and commissions. The Legislative Administration Committee recognizes an unknown number of these committees and commissions sometimes meet away from the State house or Legislative Office Building. They might meet off-site entirely and some commissions might be chaired by non-legislators or not have any legislators even appointed. Meetings may or may not be posted in House or Senate calendars. Recognizing these realities, the committee feels it would be unreasonable to ask the House or Senate clerks to track missing reports and/or send reminders for any required information in order to fulfill the “posting the information on the General Court website” order. Vote 11-0.
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 22, 2026 at 10:00Legislative Administration public hearing recording 1:16:48–1:20:35, about 4 min (estimated)
- January 29, 2026 at 10:00Legislative Administration executive session recording 2:11:00–2:11:30, about 0 min (estimated)
- February 19, 2026House floor debate recording (start time not identified)
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