Municipalities provide the state with the proving ground for innovation. So long as a municipality's building codes are not less than the state's, their more rigorous standards offer other municipalities an opportunity to learn what might or might not work, to refine the building standards and discover best practices. Are we afraid of innovation?
HB428
House · 2025 sessionRepublicanSigned into lawLocal changes to state building code
AIProhibits local legislative bodies from adopting any new amendments to the state building code beyond those already in effect.
(New Title) relative to the state building code.
MunicipalitiesZoning and Planning
Status
Signed into law · August 11, 2025- ✓Introduced
- ✓House
- ✓Senate
- ✓Governor
- ✓Law
Division of testimony
9 submissionsSupport 2Oppose 7Neutral 0
Susan RichmanOpposeDurham, NHfor MyselfJan 22, 2025
Lois CoteOpposeManchester, NHfor MyselfJan 22, 2025
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Jean BrownOpposeHanover, NHfor MyselfJan 22, 2025
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Crystal PelletierOpposeStark, NHfor MyselfJan 22, 2025
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Carol MorrisonOpposeW Lebanon, NHfor MyselfJan 22, 2025
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Daniel RichardsonOpposeNashua, NHfor MyselfJan 22, 2025
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Janet LucasOpposeCampton, NHfor MyselfJan 22, 2025
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Curtis HowlandSupportManchester, NHfor MyselfJan 22, 2025
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Senator Mark McConkeySupportSenate District 3, NHfor Senate District 3Jan 22, 2025
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