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The Revised Statutes Online is the online version of New Hampshire's statutory code. The Revised Statutes Online has the same text as the print versions but does not have case annotations or other legal research aids. Search by keyword or browse the titles and chapters.
Laws of the State of New Hampshire
This is a link to free, digitized versions of the print volumes of New Hampshire session laws. Many early volumes are missing and coverage ends at 1971.
Quick Search (Current Legislation)
Search by bill number, bill title, LSR number, subject, text, and legislative sponsors.
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Quick Search (Current Legislation)
Search by bill number, bill title, LSR number, subject, text, and legislative sponsors.
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Sign up for Westlaw Remote Access and search for NH Bills. Quick tip: type nh leg in the search box and choose the appropriate content page from the drop down.
Legislative calendars list the business that has been scheduled in the legislature. They include hearing notices, committee reports, bill amendments, and more. The House and the Senate have separate calendars. During the legislative session, the calendars willbe published several times a week.
Legislative journals are the records of what occurred on the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives. There are two versions of journals: the daily, or working, journals which are published within a few days of each completed floor session, and the official, permanent journals which are bound and edited versions of the daily journals. The permanent journals are indexed in several ways and include transcriptions of all remarks on the floor of the Senateand selectivetranscriptions of House remarks.
House Calendars and Journals (Daily)
Coverage starts in 1997.
Senate Calendars & Journals (Daily)
Coverage begins in 1999.
Journal of the House (Permanent) Internet Archive.
As of 7/2022, the oldest volume is from 1798; the newest from 2016 with many gaps in coverage.
Journal of the Senate (Permanent) Internet Archive
As of August 2022, the oldest volume is from 1797; the newest from 2017 with many gaps in coverage. More are being scanned regularly, so check back.
Journal of the Senate of New Hampshire. Hathi Trust
Coverage: 1802-1919. Several of the item links have no date, meaning that you will have to click on the link to see the session year.
Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives. Hathi Trust
Coverage: 1861-1966
House and Senate Sessions
Streaming media files of Senate and House floor debate are available online. If you are researching a recent law, you will need to use the daily journals and streaming media files because as of 2024 thepermanent journals were last published in 2017.Also, you may want to listen to the House floor sessions even if you have the House Journal; debate in the House is not routinely transcribed in the House Journal.
General Court of New Hampshire. Media Archives
Includes House Sessions from 2003, Senate Sessions from 2015, House Hearings from 2007, and Senate Hearings from 2011. Not all committee hearings were streamed before 2020, so the coverage of hearings is very selective.
New Hampshire Senate Livestream via YouTube
All Standing Committee hearings will be live streamed on the NH Senate’s YouTube channel. Coverage begins in 2020 to the present. Full Senate sessions are here as well.
NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming
All streaming videos of standing committee meetings and joint committees as well as recent House sessions can be found at the NH House of Representatives YouTube channel. The oldest videos here are from 2020.
The Law Library has the old volumes of the NH RSAs in print. If what you need isn't online, email us at lawlibrary@courts.state.nh.us and we'll scan and send it to you.
New Hampshire Statutes Annotated - Historical
Westlaw's archive of the New Hampshire RSAs from 1989 to the present.
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These are links to statutory codes and compilations that existed before the current version, the Revised Statutes Annotated.
Public Laws of the State of New Hampshire (1925)
No free version online. Email lawlibrary@courts.state.nh.us for more information.
Revised Laws (R.L., 1942)
No free version online. Email the law library for more information.
New Hampshire State Statutes: A Historical Archive
HeinOnline's archive of historical New Hampshire statutes from 1771 through 1942.
The General Court is New Hampshire's legislature.
Compiling a New Hampshire Legislative History
New Hampshire. Office of Legislative Services. November 2018
Information about bill drafting, understanding amendments, and a guide to the parts of a bill.
How a Bill Becomes a Law In New Hampshire
State of New Hampshire. New Legislator Orientation Manual
New Hampshire Municipal Association. A Guide to Legislative Advocacy for Local Officials. 2019
Includes a glossary of legislative words and phrases.
"The purpose of this article is twofold: first, to provide background for the practitioner about the history of New Hampshire statutory law and, second, to provide information on the organization and citation of both the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated (RSAs) and the session laws."
