# New Hampshire HB293: preventing minors from accessing obscenity on certain electronic devices with internet access.

New Hampshire HB293, preventing minors from accessing obscenity on certain electronic devices with internet access., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Margaret M Drye (Republican); status in committee, last action 2026-10-06 (Interim Study Report: Not Recommended for Future Legislation 10/05/2026 (Vote 13-0; )) (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire HB293
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: preventing minors from accessing obscenity on certain electronic devices with internet access.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2026-10-06, Interim Study Report: Not Recommended for Future Legislation 10/05/2026 (Vote 13-0; )
- Sponsor: Margaret M Drye (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 9
- 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: Margaret M Drye (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James R Thibault (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Judy F. Aron (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Juliet Harvey-Bolia (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Katy Peternel (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kristin Noble (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa R Mazur (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Marie Louise Bjelobrk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Aron (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michael I Moffett (Republican), House

## Actions (12)

- 2026-10-06: Interim Study Report: Not Recommended for Future Legislation 10/05/2026 (Vote 13-0; ) (House)
- 2026-09-04: Executive Session: 09/30/2026 10:00 am GP 230 (House)
- 2026-01-07: Refer for Interim Study: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 75 (House)
- 2025-11-19: Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 11/12/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 51 P. 14 (House)
- 2025-10-15: ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 10/27/2025 11:00 am GP 230 (House)
- 2025-09-26: Executive Session: 11/12/2025 10:00 am GP 230 (House)
- 2025-09-11: Subcommittee Work Session: 09/15/2025 10:00 am GP 230 (House)
- 2025-08-25: Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 230 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Retained in Committee (House)
- 2025-02-25: Executive Session: 03/03/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208 (House)
- 2025-01-23: Public Hearing: 02/05/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208 (House)
- 2025-01-07: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 13 (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=5186)

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- 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)
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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=5186)

## 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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB293-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-27).