---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to requirements and criteria for a competitive grant program for drinking water protection and relative to fluoride in municipal water systems."
description: "relative to requirements and criteria for a competitive grant program for drinking water protection and relative to fluoride in municipal water systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 453"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 453 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck W Morse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba3bc997-fe86-41e8-b689-76a4141e4f4e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2968&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "c2becb35de498bca315da6e39301951ffa9916b2fb7f1394b3e9b1c22fc2a9ac"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire SB 453 (2018) — relative to requirements and criteria for a competitive grant program for drinking water protection and relative to fluoride in municipal water systems.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2018-1717h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1717h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1984&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Chuck W Morse — primary (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne J. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-21** Hearing: 01/16/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 49
- **2018-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1140s, 03/22/2018; SC 13A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Committee Amendment # 2018-1140s, AA, VV; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1140s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/22/2018; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Introduced 03/22/2018 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 10 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/03/2018 02:00 PM LOB 305-307
- **2018-04-12** Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2018 10:00 AM LOB 305
- **2018-04-18** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2018-1554h: 04/24/2018 10:00 AM LOB 305
- **2018-04-24** Executive Session: 04/24/2018 LOB 305
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1717h (NT) for 05/02/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 17 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Amendment # 2018-1717h: AA VV 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1717h: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/12/2018; Chapter 0258; Effective 08/11/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba3bc997-fe86-41e8-b689-76a4141e4f4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).