---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorizing certain procedures for rulemaking."
description: "authorizing certain procedures for rulemaking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 630"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 630 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol M. McGuire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feb5e4bc-bbe4-4d77-ac31-b9c32bfdb10e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0135&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "53028c97545d416415dcb7a49e4b6406aca41c9e0f92e0e4806bbca0afd064e5"
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 630 (2021) — authorizing certain procedures for rulemaking.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0753h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0753h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Carol M. McGuire — primary (person)
- Dianne E. Schuett — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Peter B. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- William A. Hatch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 57 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** Public Hearing: 02/19/2021 11:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92168223794 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-02** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/02/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/95501229688
- **2021-03-10** Executive Session: 03/10/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/95164452682
- **2021-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0753h (Vote 20-1; CC) HC 18 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0753h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 40
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0753h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 40 `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 Judiciary; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Remote Hearing: 04/14/2021, 02:15 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/29/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Ought to Pass: RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/29/2021; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 104
- **2021-05-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/13/2021); SJ 16
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2021; Chapter 59; Eff: 07/24/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/feb5e4bc-bbe4-4d77-ac31-b9c32bfdb10e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).