New New Hampshire laws 2027: laws taking effect in New Hampshire in 2027
10 new New Hampshire laws in 7 topics take effect in 2027. Pick your state or a topic below to see yours, each with its date, what it does and a link to the official text.
- 8 laws take effect on 1 January 2027.
- Later in 2027: 2 on 1 July 2027.
Updated 2 November 2026
One-line summaries are drafted by software from the bill text and are not reviewed by an attorney.
HB 1197: making technical corrections to certain insurance laws.
Makes technical corrections to New Hampshire insurance laws regarding investigations, enforcement, financial statements, and examinations conducted by the insurance commissioner.
SB 550: relative to insurance coverage for services provided by naturopathy providers.
Requires group health insurers to cover services from licensed naturopathic doctors at the same cost-sharing levels as other providers for equivalent services.
SB 565: requiring the commissioner of the insurance department to prepare and publish a report regarding fortified home and commercial standards, and other mitigation and resiliency programs.
Requires the insurance commissioner to develop and publish consumer information about home and commercial fortification standards and mitigation programs to reduce extreme weather damage by 1 January 2028, and every five years thereafter.
SB 607: relative to short-term, limited duration health insurance policies
Requires insurers to limit short-term, limited duration health insurance policies to the maximum length permitted under federal law.
SB 614: establishing multiple-caregiver self-insured risk coverage arrangements for nonprofit and for-profit providers and servicers.
Lets nonprofit and for-profit child care, day care, foster care, and behavioral health providers jointly self-insure liability risks and jointly purchase insurance coverage.
Next year's insurance laws are bills now. Follow them in every state with the Insurance Tracker.
New New Hampshire alcohol and beverage laws in 2027
2 lawsSB 524: relative to the sale of tobacco products, e-cigarettes, devices, e-liquids, or alternative nicotine products and relative to the licensure and sale of certain liquor products.
Requires retail tobacco licensees, tobacco manufacturers, and wholesalers to report inventory, purchases, and sales to the liquor commission, and imposes fines on licensees selling illegal or untaxed tobacco products.
SB 624: restricting access to certain hemp-derived products and establishing the offenses of criminal adulteration and distribution of adulterated controlled substances.
Bans hemp-derived products containing any amount of THC, requires liquor licensees to comply with the prohibition, and creates felonies for adulterating controlled substances or distributing adulterated controlled substances.
Next year's alcohol and beverage laws are bills now. Follow them in every state with the Alcohol and Beverage Tracker.
New New Hampshire cannabis laws in 2027
1 lawSB 624: restricting access to certain hemp-derived products and establishing the offenses of criminal adulteration and distribution of adulterated controlled substances.
Bans hemp-derived products containing any amount of THC, requires liquor licensees to comply with the prohibition, and creates felonies for adulterating controlled substances or distributing adulterated controlled substances.
Next year's cannabis laws are bills now. Follow them in every state with the Cannabis Legislation Tracker.
New New Hampshire data privacy laws in 2027
1 lawHB 1460: prohibiting the sale of a child's personal data.
Prohibits the sale of a child's personal data beginning 1 January 2027.
Next year's data privacy laws are bills now. Follow them in every state with the Data Privacy Legislation Tracker.
New New Hampshire payments and fintech laws in 2027
1 lawHB 1175: relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.
Bans using scanning devices or reencoders to read, store, or transfer payment card information from magnetic strips or integrated circuit chips without permission with intent to defraud.
Next year's payments and fintech laws are bills now. Follow them in every state with the Payments and Fintech Tracker.
New New Hampshire rental housing laws in 2027
1 lawHB 1112: relative to snow removal responsibilities in lease agreements.
Requires landlords to clear snow and ice from common areas unless tenants and landlords agree otherwise in lease agreements.
Next year's rental housing laws are bills now. Follow them in every state with the Rental Housing Tracker.
New New Hampshire tobacco and nicotine laws in 2027
1 lawSB 524: relative to the sale of tobacco products, e-cigarettes, devices, e-liquids, or alternative nicotine products and relative to the licensure and sale of certain liquor products.
Requires retail tobacco licensees, tobacco manufacturers, and wholesalers to report inventory, purchases, and sales to the liquor commission, and imposes fines on licensees selling illegal or untaxed tobacco products.
Next year's tobacco and nicotine laws are bills now. Follow them in every state with the Tobacco and Nicotine Tracker.
Questions about new New Hampshire laws in 2027
When do new laws take effect in New Hampshire in 2027?
Most take effect on 1 January 2027. Of the 10 laws listed here, 8 start on 1 January 2027 and 2 start on 1 July 2027.
What new laws take effect on 1 January 2027 in New Hampshire?
8 laws in insurance, alcohol and beverage, cannabis, data privacy, payments and fintech, rental housing and tobacco and nicotine, including New Hampshire HB 1175 (relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud), New Hampshire HB 1197 (making technical corrections to certain insurance laws), New Hampshire HB 1460 (prohibiting the sale of a child's personal data), New Hampshire SB 524 (relative to the sale of tobacco products, e-cigarettes, devices, e-liquids, or alternative nicotine products and relative to the licensure and sale of certain liquor products) and New Hampshire SB 550 (relative to insurance coverage for services provided by naturopathy providers). The full list, with what each one does, is above.
Is this legal advice?
No. Dates and the one-line summaries are drafted by software from the bill text and are not reviewed by an attorney. Each law links to the legislature’s own record: check the text before relying on it.
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