---
type: "Bill"
title: "adopting omnibus legislation relative to municipal finance."
description: "adopting omnibus legislation relative to municipal finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 87 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Birdsell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a46bfa8-fc93-4005-8906-9bc568c8e285"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0870&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "186487a7c6b28bef1782cd70ee6fb879a87b7a1dd74a9b670d054e53105cae67"
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 87 (2021) — adopting omnibus legislation relative to municipal finance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0584s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0584s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Regina Birdsell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Introduced 01/06/2021 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Remote Hearing: 03/01/2021, 09:00 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 12
- **2021-03-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0584s, 03/11/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Committee Amendment # 2021-0584s, RC 23Y-1N, AA; 03/11/2021; SJ 7
- **2021-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0584s, RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/11/2021; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Introduced (in recess of) 02/25/2021 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 4 P. 50 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Public Hearing: 05/17/2021 09:45 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/91407870095 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-05-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 26 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03** Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/03/2021 HJ 8 P. 81 `passage`
- **2021-06-25** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-06** Signed by the Governor on 07/01/2021; Chapter 0105 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Part I Effective 08/30/2021
- **2021-07-06** Part II Effective 08/30/2021
- **2021-07-06** Part III Effective 08/30/2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a46bfa8-fc93-4005-8906-9bc568c8e285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).