🪦HB1615: Bill Hearings & Public Record

HB1615 This Republican bill creates an second-class alternative to marriage, in anticipation of a federal attack on marriage equality. (House Judiciary Committee)

• Official Title: permitting consenting adults to enter into contract-based marriage agreements as an alternative to the requirement of a marriage license.

• Bill Sponsors: (Prime) Sabourin dit Choinière (R), Farrington (R), Granger (R), Drago (R), Dupont (R), Giasson (R), Love (R), Terry (R), Bailey (R), McFarlane (R), Keith Murphy (R)

• Bill Hearings & Public Record

  • BILL UPDATE:

    • Meeting was scheduled with the House Judiciary Committee for Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 1 Granite Place, Concord, NH, Room 230 @ 2:30 pm.

    • Very similar legislative language was included in a proposed amendment to the pending bill CACR25 on 01/21/26 after the public testimony was heard by the Judiciary Committee. Stay informed about CACR25 to see if the legislative body attempts to combine these two bills.

    • Committee recommended ITL (INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE) on 02/05/26

    • Will go on House Calendar (03/11/26)

    • House voted ITL (inexpedient to legislate) on the House Consent Calendar on 03/11/26

    • THE BILL IS DEAD