---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to town health officers."
description: "relative to town health officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 79 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Marsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48dbaa03-7b8d-4058-95ff-2b994eca8d20"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0037&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "0c7c98cbb9139a3cd96839e6828126f364f4888aa9e78e814ceb9cc46b0a39a3"
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 79 (2021) — relative to town health officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1336e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1336e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- William M. Marsh — primary (person)
- Brodie S. Deshaies — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey C. Salloway — cosponsor (person)
- Jess C. Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Lino M. Avellani — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 34 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/08/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/96815613466 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-02** Executive Session: 02/09/2021 02:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/93215390740
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 17-1; 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 Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Remote Hearing: 04/12/2021, 09:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/22/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/22/2021; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-1336e RC 23Y-0N, AA, (In recess of 05/06/2021); SJ 15
- **2021-05-13** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-1336e: AA VV (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 103
- **2021-05-26** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/20/2021); SJ 17
- **2021-05-26** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 104
- **2021-06-09** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/04/2021; Chapter 61; I. Sec. 7 & 8 Eff: 08/03/2021 / II. Rem. Eff: 06/04/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48dbaa03-7b8d-4058-95ff-2b994eca8d20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).