HB 1233 New Hampshire House · 2026 Regular Session

relative to the minutes of non-public sessions.

HB 1233 modifies New Hampshire's right-to-know law to clarify how non-public meeting minutes are handled. It requires that only specific portions of minutes directly covered by a motion to hold a non-public session may be withheld from public disclosure, rather than entire records. The bill also mandates that public bodies list non-public session minutes online with the date, start time, end time, and reason for withholding. This affects town councils, school boards, and other public bodies holding non-public meetings. The changes take effect 60 days after enactment.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 1, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 20, 2026
Committee
Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Vote 5-0; CC; 04/09/2026; SC 13
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Introduced
Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 6
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 20
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/13/2026 (Vote 17-1; CC) HC 9 P. 18
lower
Dec 1, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Judiciary HJ 1 P. 11
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Calvin Beaulier
Calvin Beaulier
RRepublican
NH
Grafton 1