Scope
New Hampshire House Bill 1739 (2026), as introduced, would have created RSA chapter 162-V to attract data-center campuses: municipal property-tax stabilization or PILOT agreements, a transferable business tax credit tied to construction costs, a required grid modernization agreement with the department of energy and public utilities commission, fast-track permitting zones, host-community agreements and workforce commitments. The House voted it inexpedient to legislate on 19 February 2026.
- Geographic scope
- New Hampshire
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- New Hampshire General Court
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Never took effect (did not pass)
- Scheduled expiration
- No expiration date recorded
- Ended
- 19 February 2026
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026
About this date
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Summary
New Hampshire House Bill 1739 of 2026 proposed incentives for large data-center campuses, including local property-tax stabilization agreements and a transferable business tax credit, conditioned on grid modernization agreements covering interconnection costs and non-gas generation. The committee recommended inexpedient to legislate 18-0 and the House adopted that report by voice vote on 19 February 2026.
What this does not establish
- The record uses the bill as introduced; no amended version was opened.
- The bill never took effect; no New Hampshire data center incentive is established by this record.
- The official docket records how the bill ended; it does not establish that any later 2026 or 2027 bill with similar content was or was not filed.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
Primary source: New Hampshire General Court page on gc.nh.gov
- New Hampshire General Court official bill docket — records the votes and the day the bill ended