HB 1516 · 2026 · House · Municipal and County Government Committee
Tax bill spending charts and QR codes
AI-generated(New Title) allowing municipalities to vote to require that pie charts, bar charts, and QR codes be placed on property tax bills depicting where and how tax dollars are being allocated.
Requires municipalities to include pie charts, bar charts, and QR codes on property tax bills depicting how tax dollars are allocated.AI-generated
Status
Referred to interim study (Senate) · April 10, 2026- ✓Introduced
- ✓House
- ✕Senate
- Governor
- Law
Analysis
This bill requires municipalities to produce pie charts, bar charts, and QR codes on property tax bills depicting where and how tax dollars are being allocated.
From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.
Official record
gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source
Sponsors
- Rep. Brian ColeRVice Chair· Housing
- Rep. Mike DragoRMajority Whip
- Rep. Jason OsborneRMajority Leader
- Rep. Diane PauerRChair· Municipal and County Government
- Rep. Joe SweeneyRDeputy Majority Leader
- Sen. Victoria SullivanRVice Chair· Education
Also: Rep. Matt DrewR, Rep. John SchnellerR, Sen. Tim McGoughR
Public testimony
32 signed in online · 7 wrote testimony
22% support78% oppose0% neutral
In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted
“Transparency is important especially in relation to our property taxes and where it all going.”
“More information is always good, and some people are more visual learners that find charts easier to understand.”
“Please reconsider the QR code part. One should not need to buy a smart phone with apps that will sell their data just so they can see where their property taxes are being spent.…”
“While transparency is never a bad thing, I oppose this bill as written as it will increase costs for my town(Dalton) by requiring additional hours for our lone town office employee to produce these Concord specified items.…”
“This bill seems to require municipalities to produce pie charts, bar charts, and QR codes on property tax bills depicting where and how tax dollars are being allocated. Are you kidding me? Stop requiring more and more of cities and towns and do your own jobs!”
“Suggest you modify the text to not specify the type of data visualization (i.e. pie charts, bar charts). Best practices in data visualization should be deployed based on the context = leveraging size, shape, color, etc.”
Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.
Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026
Hearings
- 2026-01-309:00 amHouse Municipal and County GovernmentGP 154Public hearing
- 2026-02-179:00 amHouse Municipal and County GovernmentGP 154Public hearingrescheduled
- 2026-04-079:15 amSenate Election Law and Municipal AffairsSH 122-123Public hearing
Legislative history
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 24
- Jan 30, 2026HousePublic Hearing: 01/30/2026 11:25 am GP 154
- Feb 17, 2026HouseExecutive Session: 02/17/2026 09:00 am GP 154
- Feb 17, 2026HouseMajority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0610h (NT) 02/17/2026 (Vote 11-6; RC) HC 10 P. 68
- Feb 27, 2026HouseMinority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- Mar 12, 2026HouseAmendment # 2026-0610h (NT): AA VV 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 44
- Mar 12, 2026HouseOught to Pass with Amendment 2026-0610h: MA DV 176-160 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 45
- Mar 12, 2026SenIntroduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7
- Apr 7, 2026SenHearing: 04/07/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:15 am; SC 13
- Apr 16, 2026Sen: Referred to Interim Study, 04/16/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 14
- Apr 16, 2026SenRefer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
Coverage
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Documents (PDF)
Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.