---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to confidentiality of department of revenue administration records."
description: "relative to confidentiality of department of revenue administration records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 53 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/489fe8b4-b477-43f5-b4d8-f014d758c024"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0876&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "d25753408db46aa7e5afed29e1db0dcf0ed641d2accd38f142b333c76bad0690"
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 53 (2022) — relative to confidentiality of department of revenue administration records.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-2297s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2021-2297s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)
- Latha D. Mangipudi — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas L. Southworth — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Introduced 01/06/2021 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Remote Hearing: 01/28/2021, 09:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 8
- **2021-01-28** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 02/04/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9
- **2021-02-04** Rereferred to Committee, RC 23Y-1N, MA; 02/04/2021; SJ 3
- **2021-12-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-2221s, 01/05/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 49 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-05** Sen. Gray Moved to Remove SB 53 from the Consent Calendar; 01/05/2022; SJ 1
- **2022-01-05** Committee Amendment # 2021-2221s, AF, VV; 01/05/2022; SJ 1
- **2022-01-05** Sen. Gray Floor Amendment # 2021-2297s, AA, VV; 01/05/2022; SJ 1
- **2022-01-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-2297s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/05/2022; SJ 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/18/2022 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-20** Executive Session: 04/18/2022 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 17-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-24** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-01** Signed by the Governor on 05/27/2022; Chapter 0123; Effective 05/27/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/489fe8b4-b477-43f5-b4d8-f014d758c024`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).