SB 405 New Hampshire Senate · 2026 Regular Session

relative to amounts reported by political committees.

SB 405 modifies New Hampshire's campaign finance reporting rules by raising the threshold for keeping donor personal information private from $50 to $200 per election cycle. It also increases the threshold requiring detailed donor information (like occupation and employer) from $200 to $1,000 per election cycle. Additionally, the bill allows political committees to summarize small donations collected at events (e.g., fairs) if each donation is $50 or less and the total per donor stays under $200, raising previous limits from $25 and $50. These changes primarily affect political committees and individual donors contributing within the new thresholds.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Nov 18, 2025 Signed Jun 24, 2026
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Version adopted by both bodies CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION · 3 edits
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The changes between these two versions are entirely technical and administrative. The bill was assigned Chapter 184, sections were renumbered with the chapter prefix (e.g., 184:1, 184:2, 184:3), and approval and effective dates were added at the end. No substantive policy content changed.
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The bill was assigned Chapter 184 and all sections were renumbered with the chapter prefix (e.g., section 1 became 184:1, section 2 became 184:2, section 3 became 184:3).

Formatting and line-wrapping changes throughout the text to accommodate the new chapter numbering in headers and section references.

TIMELINE

Approval date (June 19, 2026) and effective date (August 18, 2026) were added at the end of the document.

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Total actions
13
Key actions
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Committee
5
Jun 24, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 06/19/2026; Chapter 184; Effective 08/18/2026
upper
May 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA DV 176-159 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 72
lower
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
lower
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/05/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 19 P. 22
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced
Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Election Law HJ 5 P. 124
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/19/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6
upper
Nov 18, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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James Gray
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