Last month, New Hampshire legislators took their final regular session vote, marking the end of the state’s 2026 legislative session. While a handful of childcare-related bills are awaiting a final verdict from the governor, about half of the filed bills failed to make it to the end. 

So far, Gov. Kelly Ayotte has signed bills regarding retired kinship caregivers’ access to the state childcare scholarship program and the continuation of an underutilized child-to-teacher ratio waiver program. House Bill 1515, related to “funding for certain child care workforce programs,” went into law without her signature. Not yet at Ayotte’s desk are bills that would create a childcare tax credit for businesses (which the governor endorsed), a self-insurance program, and one that would simplify zoning laws for home-based and small childcare centers.  

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