---
type: "Bill"
title: "re-establishing the commission to study the economic impact of the arts and culture in New Hampshire."
description: "re-establishing the commission to study the economic impact of the arts and culture in New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 522 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-21"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00bcf72c-d8dc-4045-a21b-4bec2c92896e"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1267&inflect=2"
source_hash: "fdc630f2d1374bf1340a7d6be76e29411b5fdccde349ea13c14bab7b9d067b2c"
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 522 (2026) — re-establishing the commission to study the economic impact of the arts and culture in New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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


## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-21** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Hearing: 01/14/2026, Room 103, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 1
- **2026-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/05/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/05/2026; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-26** Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 5 P. 124 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Public Hearing: 03/25/2026 10:30 am GP 228
- **2026-04-01** Executive Session: 03/25/2026 10:00 am GP 228
- **2026-04-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/25/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/23/2026
- **2026-05-12** Signed by the Governor on 05/08/2026; Chapter 65 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** I. Section 2 Effective 11/01/2026
- **2026-05-12** II. Remainder Effective 05/08/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00bcf72c-d8dc-4045-a21b-4bec2c92896e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).