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New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 631: permitting residential building in commercial zoning.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 631 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: permitting residential building in commercial zoning. Primary sponsor: Alissandra Murray (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 22, 2025): Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 201; eff. 07/01/2026 HJ 18.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alissandra MurrayPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouseHillsborough 20
Ross BerryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 44
Jessica GrillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseHillsborough 18
Heath HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseStrafford 4
Jodi NewellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseCheshire 4
Diane PauerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 36
Kris SchultzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseMerrimack 29
Christine SeibertCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseHillsborough 21
Joe SweeneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 25
David WattersCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate4

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 201; eff. 07/01/2026 HJ 18
  2. Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 58
  3. Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18
  4. Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
  5. Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/08/2025, Vote 5-1; SC 20
  6. Hearing: 04/10/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am; SC 16
  7. Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 9
  8. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0667h: MA DV 204-134 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 96
  9. Indefinitely Postpone (Rep. Kuttab): MF RC 128-211 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 94
  10. Amendment # 2025-0667h (NT): AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 93
  11. Removed from Consent (Reps. Kuttab, Bridle, Bordes, Panek, Coker, Popovici-Muller, Tenczar, Seidel, L. Walsh, Perez) 03/17/2025 HJ 8 P. 3
  12. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0667h (NT) 03/04/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC)

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source