---
type: "Bill"
title: "altering the appointment process for the board of tax and land appeals."
description: "altering the appointment process for the board of tax and land appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 489 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-21"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92e5d5e4-b566-4add-a1b5-abe5bb373c93"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1243&inflect=2"
source_hash: "49a9c1d7aeb683bf19a7ef7f4027d94ef18ecf2983908b33ac94f2c085dc99ac"
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 489 (2026) — altering the appointment process for the board of tax and land appeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=22060&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=26544&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32487&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30723&q=billVersion)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-21** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Hearing: 01/20/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:45 am; SC 2
- **2026-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0346s, 02/05/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0346s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/05/2026; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-05** Committee Amendment # 2026-0346s, AA, VV; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
- **2026-02-26** Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 5 P. 124 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Public Hearing: 03/18/2026 11:30 am GP 231
- **2026-03-20** Executive Session: 03/18/2026 11:30 am GP 231
- **2026-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/18/2026 (Vote 12-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Signed by the Governor on 05/08/2026; Chapter 64; Effective 05/08/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92e5d5e4-b566-4add-a1b5-abe5bb373c93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).