# New Hampshire SB460: (New Title) prohibiting tier III criminal offenders from being present in designated child safety zones absent a legitimate purpose.

New Hampshire SB460, (New Title) prohibiting tier III criminal offenders from being present in designated child safety zones absent a legitimate purpose., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Denise Ricciardi (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-06-01 (Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 14) (as of 2026-10-14).

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## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire SB460
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: (New Title) prohibiting tier III criminal offenders from being present in designated child safety zones absent a legitimate purpose.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-21
- Last action: 2026-06-01, Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 14
- Sponsor: Denise Ricciardi (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (371 yes, 335 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Denise Ricciardi (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bill M. Gannon (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bob J. Lynn (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David H. Watters (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Debra Altschiller (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jennifer M Rhodes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Katelyn T Kuttab (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kristine Perez (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Regina Birdsell (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Terry W Roy (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Table | fail | 146 | 207 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Adopt Amendment | pass | 225 | 128 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-06-01: Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 14 (House)
- 2026-05-19: Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/20/2026, 11:45 am, Room 154, GP (Senate)
- 2026-05-18: Speaker Appoints: Reps. Roy, Proulx, A. Murray, S. Smith 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 147 (House)
- 2026-05-18: House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Roy): MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 147 (House)
- 2026-05-06: President Appoints: Senators Gannon, Abbas, Altschiller; (In Recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Sen. Gannon Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1286h: MA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 32 (House)
- 2026-04-23: Lay SB460 on Table (Rep. McFarlane): MF RC 146-207 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 30 (House)
- 2026-04-23: Amendment # 2026-1286h (NT): AA RC 225-128 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 28 (House)
- 2026-04-08: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1337h (NT) (House)
- 2026-04-08: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1286h (NT) 04/03/2026 (Vote 9-4; RC) (House)
- 2026-03-25: Executive Session: 04/03/2026 10:00 am GP 159 (House)
- 2026-03-10: Public Hearing: 03/18/2026 11:30 am GP 159 (House)
- 2026-02-26: Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 5 P. 124 (House)
- 2026-02-05: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/05/2026; SJ 3 (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/05/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 4 (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Hearing: 01/20/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 2 (Senate)
- 2025-11-21: Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-11-21: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=22007)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=22007)

## 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-SB460-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-14).