Cannabis laws and bills in New Hampshire

Every bill in the New Hampshire Legislature that falls inside the Cannabis Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in Scope

Past Committee

20 August 2026

Most Recent Action

Cannabis laws enacted in New Hampshire in 2026

1 Cannabis bill was enacted in New Hampshire this year, the latest with a last action on 9 July 2026. Each links to the New Hampshire Legislature's own page.

SB 624restricting access to certain hemp-derived products and establishing the offenses of criminal adulteration and distribution of adulterated controlled substances.9 July 2026

Cannabis bills in New Hampshire

1Enacted

3Past committee

16Introduced or inactive

20 bills in scope

Enacted

SB 624restricting access to certain hemp-derived products and establishing the offenses of criminal adulteration and distribution of adulterated controlled substances.9 July 2026Enacted

Past committee

SB 400relative to duties and reporting requirements of the therapeutic cannabis medical oversight board.21 May 2026Passed chamber SB 461relative to the definition of hemp.21 May 2026Passed chamber HB 186relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor.10 November 2025Passed committee

Introduced or inactive

HB 1446providing that an individual's use of therapeutic cannabis shall not disqualify the individual from the purchase, ownership, or possession of a firearm.20 August 2026Dead SB 650relative to use of cannabis products for therapeutic purposes by alternative treatment centers.26 March 2026In committee SB 462relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.23 March 2026In committee CACR 19relative to the personal possession of cannabis. Providing that adults 21 years of age or older shall have the right to possess a modest amount of cannabis intended for their personal consumption.12 March 2026Dead SB 485relative to the licensure, regulation and taxation of hemp-based derivative products.6 March 2026In committee HB 186relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor.5 March 2026Dead HB 1235legalizing certain quantities of cannabis.24 February 2026Dead HB 190relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits.3 November 2025Dead HB 198relative to legalizing certain quantities of cannabis and establishing penalties for the smoking or vaping of cannabis in public.3 November 2025Dead HB 380relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis.3 November 2025Dead HB 51relative to hemp-derived cannabinoids and the definition of cannabis in therapeutic cannabis.3 November 2025Dead HB 53permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.3 November 2025Dead HB 75legalizing cannabis for persons 21 years of age or older.3 November 2025Dead SB 264relative to the therapeutic cannabis program.3 November 2025Dead HB 196relative to annulling certain cannabis possession offenses.22 May 2025Dead HB 205relative to exempting veterans from certification fees for therapeutic cannabis.13 February 2025Dead

Bill titles link to the New Hampshire Legislature's own page.

Coverage depth varies by jurisdiction. How this is measured, and where it is thinner.

What's In Scope

How Cannabis Legislation bills are selected

In scope is any bill regulating the cultivation, manufacture, testing, distribution, sale, possession or taxation of cannabis and cannabis products: adult-use and medical programmes, licence classes and the agency that issues them, excise rates and revenue allocation, social equity licensing and automatic expungement, intoxicating hemp and cannabinoid products, potency limits, packaging and labelling, impaired driving, workplace and tenancy protections for lawful use, and banking and insurance access for licensees.

Scope is defined by a written topic profile that every bill is measured against. The profiles are drafted by a model and validated by retrieval measurement against a judged set of bills, not reviewed by an attorney. LawSignals is a research tool and does not provide legal advice.

Other practice areas in New Hampshire

Cannabis legislation in other jurisdictions

52 more currently hold bills in this tracker

New Hampshire is one of Cannabis Legislation's jurisdictions

The tracker follows this subject everywhere it is legislated, and publishes a monthly issue on what moved across all of them.

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