---
type: "Bill"
title: "proclaiming April 11, 2022 as Wentworth Cheswill Day."
description: "proclaiming April 11, 2022 as Wentworth Cheswill Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 283"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 283 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charlotte I. DiLorenzo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73fc1b4e-04ff-44dd-ab1a-03db7c159d57"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0554&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "97be7081713b88a7063421163b5b0b25e6130962c8a458bb1ba50c5229f07e8c"
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 HB 283 (2021) — proclaiming April 11, 2022 as Wentworth Cheswill Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1135s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1135s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — primary (person)
- Barbara J. Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Betty I. Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Ellen D. Read — cosponsor (person)
- Latha D. Mangipudi — cosponsor (person)
- Linda C. Harriott-Gathright — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Cahill — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Petrigno — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Renny Cushing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 42 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Public Hearing: 02/22/2021 01:45 pm Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://zoom.us/j/97378434787Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0540h (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 18 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0540h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 24
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0540h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 24 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-07** Introduced 04/01/2021 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Remote Hearing: 04/14/2021, 10:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1135s, 04/22/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Committee Amendment # 2021-1135s, RC 23Y-1N, AA; 04/22/2021; SJ 12
- **2021-04-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1135s, RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/22/2021; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1135s (Rep. McGuire): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 10
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-09-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/23/2021; Chapter 217; Eff: 08/23/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73fc1b4e-04ff-44dd-ab1a-03db7c159d57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).