---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to financial assistance for municipalities affected by disasters."
description: "relative to financial assistance for municipalities affected by disasters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 402 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Kahn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac41f677-319d-4ff3-a753-e47e49fe6f46"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2960&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "25ca5dcd0da237b4fb8cc87a2fdeb9e1365da592817a1179055733e5fbe29994"
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 402 (2022) — relative to financial assistance for municipalities affected by disasters.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1578h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1578h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jay Kahn — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lucius Parshall — cosponsor (person)
- Lucy M. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Ames — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-23** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Finance; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-29** Hearing: 01/25/2022, Room 103, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 1
- **2022-03-23** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/31/2022; SC 13
- **2022-03-31** Refer to Interim Study, MF, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Bradley Moved Ought to Pass; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Daniels Floor Amendment # 2022-1267s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1267s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Introduced 03/31/2022 and referred to Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Public Hearing: 04/13/2022 10:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-06** Division II Work Session: 04/13/2022 03:00 pm LOB 209
- **2022-04-14** Division II Work Session: 04/19/2022 10:00 am LOB 209
- **2022-04-19** Executive Session: 04/26/2022 09:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1578h (Vote 19-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1578h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1578h: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Daniels Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-07-26** Signed by the Governor on 07/25/2022; Chapter 0339; Effective 07/25/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac41f677-319d-4ff3-a753-e47e49fe6f46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).