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New HampshireHB13122025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

relative to the authority of various boards.

Sponsored By: Erica J Layon (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

6 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.

Family mediator records gain privacy protection

The law extends confidentiality to specified family mediator records held by the state licensing office, not just the board. It covers information about certified mediators, applicants, interns, and formerly certified mediators. The person concerned can waive protection, and disclosures remain allowed by statute or court order. The change takes effect 60 days after passage.

Optometry board can update medicine lists

The optometry board can review and update the covered list of medicines and diagnostic agents that certified optometrists may use. The law also removes board-approval references for other specified medicines. It sets no patient price, insurance payment, or eligibility change. The changes take effect 60 days after passage.

Accountancy board loses specific fine-setting authority

The law repeals the accountancy board's specific authority to set administrative fines through rules. It does not state what happens to existing fines or remove any separate authority available under other laws. The repeal takes effect 60 days after passage.

Public family mediator directory requirement ends

The family mediator board no longer has a statutory duty to maintain a public list of certified mediators and training programs. The law does not require a replacement directory. This removes the legal guarantee of a board-maintained list, but does not itself require an existing list to close. The repeal takes effect 60 days after passage.

Family mediators face shorter renewal cycles

Family mediators and mediator training programs must renew certification every 2 years instead of every 3 years. Mediators need 16 hours of board-approved education in the preceding 2 years, replacing 24 hours over 3 years. A timely and sufficient renewal application keeps a mediator's certification active until the state licensing office makes its final decision. Late or insufficient applications lack this protection; reinstatement follows state law and board rules. These changes take effect 60 days after passage.

Imaging training must meet national benchmarks

The state licensing office sets medical imaging and radiation therapy program standards through rules, replacing the separate program-approval law. Standards cannot be weaker than those approved by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology, the Joint Review Committee on Education in Nuclear Medicine Technology, or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. This sets a national training-quality floor and requires programs to meet it. The change takes effect 60 days after passage.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Erica J Layon

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Tara Reardon

    Democratic • Senate

  • Unknown sponsor (PersonID 9225)

    Affiliation unavailable

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 300; eff. I. Secs 4+13 eff prov sec 14 II. Rem eff 9/8/2026

    7/16/2026House

  2. Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 56

    7/1/2026House

  3. Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 15

    6/30/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2160e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 47

    6/17/2026House

  5. Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2160e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/04/2026); SJ 14

    6/17/2026Senate

  6. House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1637s (Rep. Layon): MA VV 05/21/2026 HJ 14 P. 11

    5/21/2026House

  7. Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1637s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

    5/5/2026Senate

  8. Committee Amendment # 2026-1637s, AA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

    5/5/2026Senate

  9. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1637s, 05/07/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17

    4/28/2026Senate

  10. Hearing: 04/01/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 12

    3/25/2026Senate

  11. Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7

    3/17/2026Senate

  12. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0390h: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 41

    3/11/2026House

  13. Amendment # 2026-0390h: AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 41

    3/11/2026House

  14. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0390h 03/03/2026 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 10 P. 19

    3/4/2026House

  15. Executive Session: 03/03/2026 01:00 pm GP 159

    2/27/2026House

  16. Full Committee Work Session: 02/18/2026 10:00 am GP231

    2/12/2026House

  17. Public Hearing: 01/29/2026 10:30 am GP 231

    1/22/2026House

  18. Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 15

    12/1/2025House

Bill Text

  • As Amended

    6/17/2026

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  • Enrolled

    6/17/2026

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  • Introduced

    12/1/2025

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  • CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION

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  • Version adopted by both bodies

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