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HB 65 · 2026 · House · Housing Committee

Tenant rent payment credit reporting

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directing landlords to offer tenants the option of reporting rental payments to consumer reporting agencies.

Directs landlords to offer tenants the option of having their rental payments reported to nationwide consumer reporting agencies.AI-generated

Status

Referred to interim study (House) · January 7, 2026
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill provides tenants an option to have rental payments to their landlords reported to nationwide consumer reporting agencies.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“"Landlord” means a person and their employees, property managers, or officers or agents, who rent or leases to another person a rental unit, including space in a manufactured housing park as regulated by RSA 205-A and in manufactured housing, for other than vacation or recreational purposes.”
RSA 359-B:4-b
“Landlords shall offer their tenants the option of having the tenant’s rental payment information reported to at least one nationwide consumer reporting agency or any other consumer reporting agency so long as the consumer reporting agency resells or otherwise furnishes rental payment information to a nationwide consumer reporting agency.”
RSA 359-B:4-b
“The offer of rent reporting shall be made at the time of the lease agreement and at least once annually thereafter.”
RSA 359-B:4-b
“For lease agreements made prior to January 1, 2026, the offer of rent reporting shall be made no later than April 1, 2026, and at least once annually thereafter.”
RSA 359-B:4-b

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. Loren SeligDPrime
  • Rep. Alissandra MurrayDClerk· Criminal Justice and Public Safety
  • Rep. Christal LloydDDeputy Ranking Member· State, Federal, and Veterans Affairs
  • Rep. Jennifer MandelbaumDClerk· State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
  • Sen. Rebecca Perkins KwokaDMinority Leader

Also: Rep. Allan HowlandD, Rep. Efstathia BoorasD

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Sep 23, 2025HouseCommittee report· consent calendarCommittee report: Refer for Interim Study16–0
    Overall
    100% yea
  • Jan 7, 2026HouseVoice voteRefer for Interim Studyadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 21, 2025Public hearingHouse Housing3:24:21–3:49:4925m 28slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
  • Sep 23, 2025Public hearingHouse Housing2:41–3:481m 7slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Refer for Interim Study; Full Committee Work Session; Executive Session
  • Jan 7, 2026Floor debateHouse floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamRefer for Interim Study — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 8, 2025HouseIntroduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Housing HJ 2 P. 4
  2. Jan 21, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 01/21/2025 11:30 am LOB 210-211
  3. Jan 31, 2025HouseRetained in Committee
  4. Sep 23, 2025HouseFull Committee Work Session: 09/23/2025 10:00 am GP 231
  5. Sep 23, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 09/23/2025 10:00 am GP 231
  6. Sep 23, 2025House: Refer for Interim Study 09/23/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 51 P. 12
  7. Jan 7, 2026HouseRefer for Interim Study: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 73

Coverage

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Background reading

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Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.