---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study property blight in New Hampshire cities and towns."
description: "establishing a committee to study property blight in New Hampshire cities and towns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 334"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 334 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M Prentiss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-15"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2420a1e-def3-4aab-b3dd-30d1c37a4613"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3082&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "f24ef786ff260484ae5c306271e0cf2c196df15920408243a7903e21df0eab4d"
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 334 (2022) — establishing a committee to study property blight in New Hampshire cities and towns.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1008s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1008s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Suzanne M Prentiss — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- John R. Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Laurel Stavis — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)
- Walter A. Stapleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-15** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Hearing: 01/26/2022, Room 103, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 4
- **2022-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1008s, 03/17/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Committee Amendment # 2022-1008s, AA, VV; 03/17/2022; SJ 5
- **2022-03-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1008s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/17/2022; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Municipal and County Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/07/2022 03:30 pm LOB 301-303
- **2022-04-06** Executive Session: 04/18/2022 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2022-04-19** Executive Session: 04/27/2022 10:00 am LOB 305-307
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2022; Chapter 0167; Effective 06/07/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2420a1e-def3-4aab-b3dd-30d1c37a4613`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).