# New Hampshire HB173: relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article.

New Hampshire HB173, relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by John Sellers (Republican); status passed house, last action 2026-03-20 (Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB173-2025-2026
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire HB173
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-06
- Last action: 2026-03-20, Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- Sponsor: John Sellers (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Sellers (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Diane Pauer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James L Creighton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James W Tierney (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joseph A. Guthrie (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Keith Michael Ammon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa C.M. Post (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa R Mazur (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul A Terry (Republican), House

## Actions (12)

- 2026-03-20: Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/26/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Hearing: 03/03/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 10:00 am; SC 7 (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 2 (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: Ought to Pass: MA DV 187-162 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 59 (House)
- 2025-11-13: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (House)
- 2025-11-13: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 09/24/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 51 P. 41 (House)
- 2025-09-03: Executive Session: 09/24/2025 01:00 pm GP 154 (House)
- 2025-01-31: Retained in Committee (House)
- 2025-01-22: Executive Session: 01/30/2025 02:00 pm LOB 301-303 (House)
- 2025-01-15: Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 10:40 am LOB 301-303 (House)
- 2025-01-06: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 9 (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-06: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=4722)

## Related bills

- HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire tu… (became law)
- HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption. (failed)
- SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state. (failed)
- CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished. (failed)
- HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap. (failed)
- HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to fund statewide housing development programs and address housing shortages and m… (failed)

## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=4722)

## Related
- [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026)
- [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026)
- [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026)
- [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
- [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026)
- [New Hampshire bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-hampshire/bills)
- [New Hampshire state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-hampshire)
- [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB173-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).