---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a solid waste working group on solid waste management planning, relative to compost, and establishing a statewide solid waste disposal reduction goal."
description: "establishing a solid waste working group on solid waste management planning, relative to compost, and establishing a statewide solid waste disposal reduction goal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 413"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 413 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen E. Ebel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d40e618d-9214-45c7-9a50-6da3ee409167"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0605&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "930d4192dea7db150f4664aa5232b57e2d89d0c715bf53d827353a855d747db0"
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 413 (2021) — establishing a solid waste working group on solid waste management planning, relative to compost, and establishing a statewide solid waste disposal reduction goal.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-2060e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-2060e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Karen E. Ebel — primary (person)
- Dan H. Wolf — cosponsor (person)
- David E. Milz — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Erin Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- George E. Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Linda A. Massimilla — cosponsor (person)
- Megan A. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sparky Von Plinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne J. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Troy E. Merner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 47 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Public Hearing: 02/17/2021 02:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link: To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/97165419816 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0343h (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 18 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0343h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 20
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0343h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 20 `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 Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Remote Hearing: 04/12/2021, 02:00 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1241s, 05/06/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Committee Amendment # 2021-1241s, RC 23Y-0N, AA; 05/06/2021; SJ 14
- **2021-05-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1241s, RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/06/2021; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1241s (Rep. Pearl): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 10
- **2021-07-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-2060e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-2060e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-08-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/10/2021; Chapter 188; I. Sec. 4 Eff: 11/01/2026 II. Sec. 5-7 Eff: 10/09/2021 III. Rem. Eff: 08/10/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d40e618d-9214-45c7-9a50-6da3ee409167`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).