CHAPTER 141

SB 600-FN - FINAL VERSION

2026 SESSION

26-2097

07/08

SENATE BILL 600-FN

AN ACT requiring the governor to submit and present a quarterly fiscal year budget report about the general and education trust funds to the general court fiscal committee.

SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13

COMMITTEE: Finance

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires the governor to submit and present a quarterly fiscal year budget report about the general and education trust funds to the general court fiscal committee.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2097

07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT requiring the governor to submit and present a quarterly fiscal year budget report about the general and education trust funds to the general court fiscal committee.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

141:1  New Section; The State and Its Government; Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases; Quarterly Fiscal Reports.  Amend RSA 4 by inserting after section 48 the following new section:  

4:49  Quarterly Fiscal Reports.  The office of the governor, beginning October 1, 2026, in consultation with the commissioner of administrative services, shall submit and present a quarterly fiscal year budget status report regarding the general and education trust funds to the fiscal committee of the general court.  Said reports shall include information about the following:

I.  Actual general and education trust fund unrestricted revenues as compared to the official revenue plan for the current fiscal year;

II.  Estimated general and education trust fund unrestricted revenues as compared to the official revenue plan for the remainder of the current fiscal year;

III.  Actual general and education trust fund appropriation warrants as reported on the department of administrative services warrant summary for the current fiscal year;

IV.  Estimated additional general and education trust fund appropriation warrants for the remainder of the current fiscal year; and

V.  Projected general fund lapse estimates as compared to budget estimates for the current fiscal year.

141:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 12, 2026

Effective Date: August 11, 2026