HB 1039 New Hampshire House · 2026 Regular Session

relative to the contents of parenting plans.

HB 1039 requires parenting plans in New Hampshire to include specific agreements about parents sharing a child's images on social media. This bill directly affects parents creating or modifying custody arrangements by mandating this new provision as a required element. The key mechanism adds a new section (f) to the parenting plan requirements, explicitly covering digital image sharing. The law takes effect January 1, 2027, and applies to all new or revised parenting plans after that date.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Nov 7, 2025 Signed Jun 1, 2026
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No substantive policy changes were made between the adopted version and the final chaptered version. The differences are entirely technical: the bill was assigned Chapter 87, section numbers were prefixed with the chapter number (e.g., '1' became '87:1'), approval and effective dates were added, and minor formatting/spacing adjustments were made for the official publication.
TECHNICAL

Section numbers were renumbered from sequential numbers (1, 2) to chapter-prefixed numbers (87:1, 87:2) as part of the standard chaptering process.

TIMELINE

Approval date (May 28, 2026) and effective date (January 1, 2027) were added at the end of the document for the official record.

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Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Jun 1, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/28/2026; Chapter 87; eff.01/01/2027
lower
Apr 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
upper
Apr 8, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/16/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 14
upper
Mar 17, 2026
Introduced
Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 7
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 2
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/02/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 10 P. 4
lower
Nov 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 3
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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