---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to portraits and memorial objects in the state house, legislative office building, and Upham Walker house."
description: "relative to portraits and memorial objects in the state house, legislative office building, and Upham Walker house."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 509"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 509 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet G. Wall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3366a1-7c17-4950-8c78-416f1ef3b0f8"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0770&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "4b003602e6c91fa8b9177c55b5df9db96f2f957e50bfb7eac5448a2ef065d76d"
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 509 (2021) — relative to portraits and memorial objects in the state house, legislative office building, and Upham Walker house.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1678s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1678s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Janet G. Wall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 2 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Public Hearing: 02/22/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/91906391213 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 18 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 42 `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`
- **2021-04-15** Remote Hearing: 04/28/2021, 09:30 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
- **2021-05-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1593s, 05/27/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Sen. Carson Moved to Remove HB 566 from the Consent Calendar; 05/27/2021; SJ 17
- **2021-05-27** Committee Amendment # 2021-1593s, AA, VV; 05/27/2021; SJ 17
- **2021-05-27** Sen. Carson Floor Amendment # 2021-1678s, AA, VV; 05/27/2021; SJ 17
- **2021-05-27** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2021-1593s and 2021-1678s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/27/2021; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1593s and 2021-1678s (Rep. Hill): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 12
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/23/2021; Chapter 143; Eff: 09/21/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b3366a1-7c17-4950-8c78-416f1ef3b0f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).