HB 1093 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

19Feb2026... 0489h

2026 SESSION

26-2665

06/07

HOUSE BILL 1093

AN ACT relative to public charter schools and the state building code and governmental land use exemptions.

SPONSORS: Rep. Donnelly, Rock. 25; Rep. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 3; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 25; Rep. D. Mannion, Rock. 25; Rep. Mooney, Hills. 12

COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies that public charter school facilities are included in the definition of public school buildings for purposes of state building code compliance.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19Feb2026... 0489h 26-2665

06/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to public charter schools and the state building code and governmental land use exemptions.

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

1  State Building Code.  Amend RSA 155-A:2, I to read as follows:  

I. All buildings, building components, and structures constructed in New Hampshire shall comply with the state building code and state fire code. The construction, design, structure, maintenance, and use of all buildings or structures to be erected and the alteration, renovation, rehabilitation, repair, removal, or demolition of all buildings and structures previously erected shall be governed by the provisions of the state building code. The state building code in effect at the time that the application for the building permit required by RSA 155-A:4 is received by the governing authority shall remain in effect for the duration of the work covered by that permit. This requirement notwithstanding, for a period of 6 months after the effective date of the code adopted under RSA 155-A:1, IV, a concurrency period is established, allowing building permits, and other required documents, at the election of the applicant, to show compliance using either the code in effect just prior the effective date of the code adopted under RSA 155-A:1, IV, or the code adopted under RSA 155-A:1, IV, but not a combination of the 2 codes. For purposes of this section, "public school building" includes facilities owned, operated, or occupied by public charter schools established under RSA 194-B.  

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