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SB 471 · 2026 · Senate · Ways and Means Committee

Affordable housing investment fees

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relative to affordable housing investment fees.

Authorizes municipalities to adopt and enforce affordable housing investment fee ordinances as part of their innovative land use controls.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · January 29, 2026
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill authorizes municipalities to adopt and enforce affordable housing investment fee ordinances as part of their innovative land use controls.

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

“As used in this section, "affordable housing investment fee" means a fee or assessment imposed upon development, including subdivision, building construction, or other land use change, which does not meet local inclusionary zoning ordinances or regulations in order to help the municipality invest in affordable housing units.”
Section 2
“Any affordable housing investment fee shall be accounted for separately, shall be segregated from the municipality's general fund, may be spent upon order of the municipal governing body, shall be exempt from all provisions of RSA 32 relative to limitation and expenditure of town moneys, and shall be used solely for investment in affordable housing within the municipality.”
Section 2
“All affordable housing investment fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be assessed at the time of planning board approval of a subdivision plat or site plan.”
Section 2
“When no planning board approval is required, or has been made prior to the adoption or amendment of the affordable housing investment fee ordinance, affordable housing investment fees shall be assessed prior to, or as a condition for, the issuance of a building permit or other appropriate permission to proceed with development.”
Section 2

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. Debra AltschillerDPrime
  • Rep. Anita BurroughsDRanking Member· Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Also: Sen. David WattersD

Public testimony

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

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Jan 29, 2026SenateCommittee report: Inexpedient to Legislate4–1
    Overall
    80% yea
  • Jan 29, 2026SenateVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 14, 2026Public hearingSenate Ways and Means2:48–4:512m 3slocated in the stream transcript==RECESSED== Hearing
  • Jan 21, 2026Public hearingSenate Ways and Means5:37–10:545m 17slocated in the stream transcript==RECONVENE== Hearing
  • Jan 29, 2026Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Inexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote

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

Legislative history

  1. Jan 7, 2026SenIntroduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 1
  2. Jan 14, 2026Sen==RECESSED== Hearing: 01/14/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:00 am; SC 46
  3. Jan 21, 2026Sen==RECONVENE== Hearing: 01/21/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:00 am; SC 2
  4. Jan 29, 2026Sen: Inexpedient to Legislate, 01/29/2026, Vote 4-1, CC; SC 3
  5. Jan 29, 2026SenInexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 01/29/2026; SJ 2

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

  • Introducedversion

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