---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing April 8, 2024 as solar eclipse day."
description: "establishing April 8, 2024 as solar eclipse day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 105"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 105 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin J. Cavanaugh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f80e37a-2bef-4a73-8090-1fb27bce1784"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0904&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "9fcc5342d4da634d37b8efb226c5f9104780f369575b19560358077abcd5bcc3"
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 SB 105 (2021) — establishing April 8, 2024 as solar eclipse day.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0901h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0901h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Introduced 01/06/2021 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Remote Hearing: 02/03/2021, 09:00 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 9
- **2021-02-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0214s, 02/11/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Committee Amendment # 2021-0214s, RC 23Y-1N, AA; 02/11/2021; SC 11
- **2021-02-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0214s, RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/11/2021; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Introduced (in recess of) 02/25/2021 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 4 P. 48 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Public Hearing: 03/22/2021 01:30 pm Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://zoom.us/j/94138639505Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0901h (Vote 14-4; RC) HC 26 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03** Amendment # 2021-0901h: AA DV 350-25 06/03/2021 HJ 8 P. 140
- **2021-06-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0901h: MA VV 06/03/2021 HJ 8 P. 140 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/10/2021; SJ 19
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-08-16** Signed by the Governor on 08/11/2021; Chapter 0212; Effective 10/10/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f80e37a-2bef-4a73-8090-1fb27bce1784`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).