---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study barriers to increased land development in New Hampshire."
description: "establishing a commission to study barriers to increased land development in New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 43 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd42e609-0577-41ff-87d5-4b6fd1da601a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0889&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "d6e2d085a0f7d70c86330a838d2dcdddb6a18b06671b7c4a0f4999a2eb2bb960"
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 43 (2019) — establishing a commission to study barriers to increased land development in New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2655e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2655e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **206–118** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Hearing: 01/22/2019, Room 103, SH, 10:15 am; SC 7
- **2019-01-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0071s, 01/31/2019; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Amendment # 2019-0071s, AA, VV; 01/31/2019; SJ 4
- **2019-01-31** Sen. Giuda Floor Amendment # 2019-0217s, AA, VV; 01/31/2019; SJ 4
- **2019-01-31** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2019-0071s and 2019-0217s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/31/2019; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 11 P. 69 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/16/2019 10:00 am LOB 301
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/23/2019 01:00 pm LOB 301
- **2019-04-30** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1520h for 05/08/2019 (Vote 13-7; RC) HC 23 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-05-08** Amendment # 2019-1520h: AA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 88
- **2019-05-08** FLAM # 2019-1859h (Rep. Abramson): AF DV 119-209 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 88
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1520h: MA RC 206-118 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 88 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Fuller Clark Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2655e: AA VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2655e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-10** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-12** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 56
- **2019-07-30** Signed by the Governor on 07/29/2019; Chapter 300 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-30** I. Section 2 Effective 11/01/2020
- **2019-07-30** II. Remainder Effective 07/29/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd42e609-0577-41ff-87d5-4b6fd1da601a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).