---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a gifts and donations account within the fish and game fund."
description: "establishing a gifts and donations account within the fish and game fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 17 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Lang"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7b6afe2-7a86-444b-8b2e-0b6af9a2c7f5"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0761&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "968d78256a8705f468e30161c12c4ec58766421cc11e53aedc33cf8b83eec836"
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 17 (2023) — establishing a gifts and donations account within the fish and game fund.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Timothy Lang — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Coker — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven T Bogert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: 01/18/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 6
- **2023-01-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/26/2023; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/26/2023; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/18/2023 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-19** Executive Session: 04/26/2023 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/26/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023 HJ 14
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor on 06/01/2023; Chapter 0049; Effective 07/31/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7b6afe2-7a86-444b-8b2e-0b6af9a2c7f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).