New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB359: prohibiting denial of banking and insurance services based on any factor that is not quantitative, impartial, and risk-based as measured by an objective standard.
Status: In committee, October 15, 2026
What the bill says
An act prohibiting denial of banking and insurance services based on any factor that is not quantitative, impartial, and risk-based as measured by an objective standard. Rep. Belcher, Carr. 4; Rep. Berry, Hills. 44; Rep. Tom Mannion, Hills. 1 COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill requires that financial institutions and insurers use objective information when providing banking services and prohibits those institutions from denying or canceling services based certain personally held beliefs. - - - - - - - -.
From the introduced text, January 8, 2025:
AN ACT prohibiting denial of banking and insurance services based on any factor that is not quantitative, impartial, and risk-based as measured by an objective standard. Rep. Belcher, Carr. 4; Rep. Berry, Hills. 44; Rep. Tom Mannion, Hills. 1 COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill requires that financial institutions and insurers use objective information when providing banking services and prohibits those institutions from denying or canceling services based certain personally held beliefs. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.] Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 25-0393 11/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT prohibiting denial of banking and insurance services based on any factor that is not quantitative, impartial, …
Sponsors
- Allan Howland (D, 20) · primary sponsor